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Pressed For Time

By Selina Wesley

This design needs thinking about well in

advance, unless you have a good selection of

pressed flowers and plant material to hand

already. There is no need to use exactly the same

plants as I have but I have included plant names

where appropriate in case you would prefer to.

Plant Material:

Mountains and islands: Tulip petals,

Alstroemeria, spotted Green leaf.

Snow capped mountains: Alstroemeria.

Jetty and fence: a heavy leaf.

Boat on jetty: White Lily petal, Purple petal,

thin stems and a Sweet Pea tendril.

Small boats: Red petal and any

Brown plant material.

Foreground plants: Pink Spiraea,

Solidago (Golden Rod).

Other Materials Used:

Matt thermaseal 12cm x 16cm.

Very Pale Blue card 12cm x 16cm.

Scrap of thin White card.

2 Tiny feathers.

Sharp knife or scissors.

upward, these are cut to length to make the

mountains different heights. For the snow I find

typing correction fluid perfect and it comes with

a little brush inside the lid. Paint the ‘tops’ of the

mountains to give a realistic snow effect.

The mountains (b) are made from Tulip

petals, the islands (c) are Alstroemeria petals

and the remaining islands (d) are spotted green

leaves. All of these are cut in half lengthwise to

give them flat bottoms.

Once you have prepared these pieces, glue

them onto the pale blue background card using

the diagram to help with placing. As all plants

vary in size this is inevitably going to be a rough

guide but keep the horizon about where it is

shown and make sure the edges finish outside

the aperture area. Use a very tiny amount of glue

on each piece, just enough to hold it in place. The

easiest way to do this is to put a little glue into a

saucer and use a cocktail stick to apply. You may

Colouring pencils: Blue, Green and Red.

Fine Black felt tipped pen and a Blue pen.

White correction fluid (Tippex or similar)

or acrylic paint.

Embroidery threads in Greens and Mauves.

P. V.A. Craft Adhesive.

Card mount: DE01U, Textura Bright White.

To Make The Card:

If you are starting from scratch you will need

to begin by selecting the plant material, place in

a flower press and leave for about 4-6 weeks in a

warm place until completely dry.

For the three snow capped mountains (a) I

have used Alstroemeria petals, with their tips

find a pair of tweezers a great help when placing

the pieces.

Shade the background very lightly with

colouring pencils to add a little detail to the

water and sky and always shade from side to

side only. Use blue and a little red to shade the

sky pressing very lightly so the colour only

just shows.

very thin stems or a single strand of embroidery

thread for the ropes either side of the mast. Cut

the flag from any purple coloured petal. Tie the

boat to the jetty using a piece of brown plant

material for the post and a curved Sweet Pea

tendril. Glue a little sprig of Spiraea beneath the

boat for foreground interest.

Cover the picture with a piece of matt ther-

maseal following the instructions that come with

it for pressing. Mount the design into the card

in the usual way and glue the card closed.

The water is shaded with green, blue and

red as follows. Towards the top where it meets

the hills shade with red and blue, the red serves

as a reflection of the reddish hills. As you work

down the card shade with blue and green keep-

ing more blue towards the centre and green

towards the edges.

Glue the remaining pieces onto the card as

you go along. Cut a piece of heavy leaf to the

shape of the jetty, and cut

stems to make the wooden

fence and legs.

Cut two tiny hulls from

brown plant material and two

sails from any red petals. To

make the small boats look like

they are moving through the

water I have added a tiny

feather beneath each. If you

have feather pillows check

inside your pillowcase, one or

two will always make their

way out of the casing and

some of them are a perfect size.

The picture is made mostly from shades of

mauve and green. I made a simple tassel from

embroidery threads in shades as similar as I

could find to those within the design. By adding

a couple of strands of silvery thread the tassel

has been given a slight sparkle as well.

Next place the pink Spiraea

and Solidago to the sides of

the scene and glue into place.

These add depth to the picture,

especially the larger piece

coming across the scene.

To make the hull of the

large boat, glue the white lily

petal onto a piece of thin card.

Cut the card to the shape of

the hull. Use the black felt pen

to draw a line along the top

edge of the hull. I have also

added a squiggle in blue pen

beneath the line for the name

of the boat.

Cut the mast from a stem

and glue onto the background,

glue the hull on just overlap-

ping the end of the mast. Use

Actual Size

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