Pressed Flower Card with Rayon Unryu

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Submitted by preschu4 on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 04:51
Project_ID: 
CRD001
Project_type: 
Family
Project_photo: 

This card project consists of several aspects of botanical art. It is something the whole family can enjoy together.

Materials:

  1. Small fresh or pressed leaves with visitible vains
  2. Card stock (fold to 5X7 card)
  3. Contrasting handmade paper (optional, cut to 4X6)
  4. White computer paper 2 sheets
  5. Color pencils
  6. Rayon unryu (or sometimes called sanwa paper) cut to 4X6
  7. Repositional spray glue (optional)
  8. Photo spray glue
  9. Pressed flowers and leaves

Store bought papers often are too strong in color and pattern or too plain to be fun for good pressed flower card. Why don't we have a family project together to create unique botanical art paper?

 

Here is how to get great background paper for this card:

  1. Collect some small leaves with visible vains. I have used honeysuckle.
  2. Spray repositional glue on one sheet of computer paper.
  3. Line the leaves into desirable pattern with the back side facing up
  4. Cover with a white paper.
  5. Use color pecil to paint in straight line motion over the leaves.

Now we are ready to make the card.

 

 

 

Trim the background paper to 3.5X5.5.

Attach leaves first, then flowers. Use just a tiny dot of glue in strategic locations to attach flowers and leaves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spray photo glue onto the pressed flower arrangement like on the left. Make sure the entire surface is covered.

 

Cover the design with the rayon unryu like on the right. Make sure the entire surface is attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see the flowers look like all hiding behind the rayon unryu paper.

Put a drop of the resin glue on each flower. Spread the glue evenly and thinly with finger tip. Now you can see the flowers come out as if there is nothing covering them. I have tried silicon glue from home improvement stores. They work but not as well as the Japanese glue. The Japanese glue dries to a finish that you would not notice any covering. The glue from home improvement stores will dry shinnier. You can find the Japanese glue in my website store.

 

Trim off the rayon unryu from the sides. Glue the design on a piece of contrasting handmade paper. Glue the whole assembly to the card.

Now you have a top quality handmade pressed flower art card.