Day 4 of May Arts / Little Yellow Bicycle Blog Week

{tutorial} spring in a can

Today’s tutorial was inspired by Little Yellow Bicycle’s Flower Button Dots. As soon as I saw them I knew exactly what I wanted to create—a Spring Flower Bouquet! Finding an adorable and whimsical container wasn’t so easy. While making dinner one night, it came to me…a tin can! All I needed was some fun May Arts ribbon, a lil’ adhesive and a few buttons to create, “Spring in a Can!”

Gather the following supplies:

• 36” of 1.5” wide May Arts Ribbon per can

• 5” of May Arts Ribbon per flower

• (optional embellishment):12” of May Arts Ribbon per can

• Little Yellow Bicycle Flower Button Dots

• Little Yellow Bicycle Cardstock Stickers – Fresh Verse
• Little Yellow Bicycle Elizabeth Park Tear-Out Ticket Book

• Doodlebug Design Inc. Boutique Buttons – Bon Appétit Assortment

• Doodlebug Design Inc. Chunky Brads – Bon Appétit Assortment

• Piggy Bank Parties Chic Spring Paper

• Piggy Bank Parties Spring Graphs Paper

• 1 Clean Tin Can

• Packing Peanuts

• Plastic Wrap

• Recycled Easter Grass or Paper Shred

• 2” Scalloped Circle Punch

• 1.5” Circle Punch

• 2” Circle Punch

• 1/16” Hole Punch

• 1 lollipop stick, wooden food pick or wooden skewer per flower

• Glue Arts Ribbon Adhesive & Mini Adhesive Squares

• Pop-Up Adhesive Dots

Ready? Here we go…

 

1. Fill the tin can with packing peanuts and cover with plastic wrap. Cut away excess plastic wrap.

2. Cut the 1.5” wide ribbon into 12” lengths. Add ribbon adhesive along both long edges. Wrap one 12” ribbon around the bottom third of the can.

3. Tuck under the ribbon end and seal with ribbon adhesive. Repeat with the other two 12” ribbons until can is covered and embellish with buttons.

4A. Punch 1”, 1.5” and 2” circles—one of each circle size per flower—from Piggy Bank Parties paper. Stack the circles and punch a 1/16” hole. Attach the circles together with a brad.

or

4B. Punch 2” scalloped circles as well as 1.5” and 2” circles from Piggy Bank Parties paper. Attach Little Yellow Bicycle Flower Button Dots and Cardstock Stickers to the punched circles for quick and easy flowers!

Note: If the flowers will be seen from both sides then finish the backs

with punched circles or make the flowers two-sided..

5. Attach the flower to a lollipop stick, wooden food pick or wooden skewer with mini adhesive squares. Tie the 5” ribbon around the stick and trim ends to create leaves.

6. Poke a tiny hole in the plastic wrap with a sharp object. Insert a flower into the hole and push gently into the packing peanuts. The plastic wrap holds the stem in place so be careful not to make the hole too big. Repeat until you have added all of your flowers.

7. Add a few adhesive dots to the plastic wrap in between the flowers. Add recycled Easter grass or paper shred to the plastic wrap and press down to adhere to the adhesive dots. Trim the excess grass.

8. Ta-Da! A lovely bouquet for any Spring occasion. Perfect for Mother’s Day, a Spring luncheon or a lil’ way to make someone Happy!

I wanted to add a lil’ something special to the bouquet….

9. Attach a 12” piece of contrasting ribbon around the top edge of the can.

10. Cut the butterfly out of the Little Yellow Bicycle Elizabeth Park Tear-Out Ticket Book. Fold the wings up and attach to the can using an adhesive dot. Ta-Da!

Piggy Bank Parties wanted to wish you a, “Happy Spring!” so we are offering you our Spring Graphs Paper as a free download for you, our wonderful May Arts blog followers!

{free download} Spring Graphs Paper

I hope you’re inspired to create “Spring in a Can” using May Arts ribbon and Little Yellow Bicycle’s adorable embellishments!

Sources:

• Ribbon by May Arts

{Styles: KB28 (1.5”), KB56 (3/8”) and BA17 (3/8”)}

• Flower Button Dots, Cardstock Stickers and Tear-Out Ticket Book by Little Yellow Bicycle

• Buttons and Brads by Doodlebug Designs, Inc.

• Adhesive by Glue Arts
• Spring Graphs and Chic Spring Papers by Piggy Bank Parties

Blog Post By: Doris Driver

 

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