Flowers for my Mother

It's my mother's birthday tomorrow and I wanted to give her something she likes and would never not find a need for.
So I made her tulips that will never wilt with my super duper jumping clay! :)





OKie. There are 3 parts to making this bouquet of flowers:


1) the flowers
2) the tag
3) decorating the vase.


Lets start with the flowers. Here's what you need:


Jumping clay (or any other clay that you are comfortable with)
Green coloured wire for stalks


Here's how you do it!


Firstly, take a tiny bit of green and cover the tip of the stalk with it.
Roll some (maybe 3) thin white 'snakes' to make the pollen.
Stick them onto the green.



Next for the petals.
Take some red and more white to make pink.



Take a small amount and roll it into something like a diamond, with 2 pointed edges.



Flatten it to make it look like a petal.



Roll it around the pollens.



Make a few more and keep rolling it around.

You can choose to make 2 to 3 more layers of petals.
Make a few flowers, as many as you like :)


Now for the tag.
Here's what you need:


Jumping clay (or any clay that you are comfortable with)


I got this idea off the "Cake Decorators Motif Bible" by Pageone.



First, take some black and flatten it into a rectangle.
Take some white and flatten it into a curved-bottom triange.

Use a blade (or anything flat like a ruler) to draw the lines on the white.


Take some leaf green-coloured clay and roll them into shapes of teardrops.
Flatten them to look like leaves.
Place them onto the white clay.

Once again, use the blade to make a line in the middle.


To make the roses, roll a tiny amount of red clay into thin long snakes.
Press them flat,
Then curl them up.



Take some brown and spell out the words of your choice, rolling the clay into thin snakes.



Add some flowers and leaves onto the words.



Now for the tiny bow, or ribbon, at the end of the bouquet.
Take some brown (some colour clay used for the words) and roll them into the shape of a diamond.
Flatten it.



Fold it into half.

Make 2.


Then place them onto the tag.



Take another small bit of brown clay and shape it into a square.
Put it in between the 2 triangles that make up the bow.



Do this only after you tag is dry.
Use a pen knife to make a hole at the top corner of the tag.




Your tag is done!
Now to put them all together!
What you need:


Some thin coloured paper
Strings
Small vase



Stuff some paper into the vase.
This is to make sure that the flowers stay in position.



Take another piece of coloured paper and place the vase on top.



Wrap it around the vase.



Thread the string into the tag.

Tie the string, which is attached to the tag, around the vase to secure the paper.



Voila! You're all done!


TIps!
Vase can be anything from a recycled jam bottle to an old Coca Cola bottle!
If you do not have a green wire for the stalk there are a few options:
use a satay stick and wrap it around with green paper;
use the jumping clay and roll it into a stalk (allow it to dry for about a day so that it is easier to work with);
Tooth picks!


Information about materials
Clay can be bought from ArtFriend and Popular at Bras Basar. Book "The Cake Decorator's Motif Bible" bought from Pageone.
Clay takes about a day to fully dry.
For more information about jumping clay, I found 2 websites:
www.jumpingclay.blogspot.com
www.jumpingclay.com