Paper Potted Spring Flowers

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• 4" Clay Pot
• DCWV 12"x12" Double Sided Cardstock Stack
• 12pk Wilton® Bamboo Dowel Rods
• Panacea 150' Jute Twine, Natural
• 24pk 9"x 12" POP!™ Felt Sheets - Primary
• Siser® EasyPSV Permanent Vinyl
• 6pk 12"x 12"Siser® EasyPSV Application Tape
• Siser® Weeder
• 8" Fiskars® Performance Titanium Soft Grip Scissors
• Silhouette Cameo® 4 Cutting Machine
• AdTech High Temp Mini Size Hot Glue Gun Kit

DIRECTIONS:

1. Measure the lip of the flowerpot and resize design if needed.
2. Place EasyPSV with the paper liner side down on the cutting mat. Load the cutting mat into the cutter and cut normally. Once the machine has completed cutting, gently peel the vinyl away from the mat.
3. Use scissors to trim around the designs to save unused vinyl. Next, take the Siser Weeder Tool to weed away the excess material around the words. Don't forget to weed the cavities. When you are done, only the words and dots should remain on the paper backing.
4. Cut a piece of Siser EasyPSV Application Tape slightly bigger than the design. Peel away backing from tape and place adhesive side down over the weeded design. Burnish the vinyl until it is adhered to the application tape.
5. Peel away the paper lining from the application tape, ensuring that the design is sticking to the tape.
6. Take the application tape and place over the desired area on the flowerpot. Burnish vinyl once again so that it adheres to the flowerpot, then gently remove the application tape.
7. Resize flower design to desired size. Duplicate the design if you would like to cut several flowers.
8. Arrange various colors of cardstock onto cutting mat so that it matches the layout of the flowers in the software. Load the cutting mat into the cutter and cut normally. Once the machine has completed cutting, gently peel the cardstock away from the mat.
9. Gently remove cardstock from the cutting mat and arrange flower layers.
10. Using a glue gun, apply small dots of glue onto the layers to hold them together. Use small dots to glue wooden dowels to the flowers as well.
11. Wrap twine around flowerpot twice and tie bow. Use glue gun to secure twine bow to pot.
12. Crumble paper and place in flowerpot, then cover with felt. Tuck felt around paper so that the paper is completely hidden.
Stick flower "stems" down into the pot as desired.

JOANN HACKS:

• When working with EasyPSV, make sure you're only cutting through the vinyl and not the backing. Cutting too deep can make the weeding and transfer process more difficult. Visit the Siser website for a complete list of cut settings for all Siser EasyPSV.