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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Salmon pink Fall leaf armature

Cut a strip of cardboard

Bend and shape the strip into an interesting shape. Secure the strip with glue.

Cut the tip of the leaf flat.

Glue the leaf to the cardboard.

Glue on another leaf.

Glue the stems to point up

Let the leaf overlap the cardboard to cover it at the top.

Cover the entire cardboard armature.

Lightly tack the leaves at the top to cover any cardboard that might show.

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Tutorials
Autumn leaf Roses
6 September 2011
Autumn leaf Roses

I used to make baskets full of these when I was a little girl. We had a big Acasia thorn tree and I used to spear my “roses” onto the tree pretending I was the fairy responsible for bringing blossoms.
Autumn Leaf Rosette
11 November 2012
Autumn Leaf Rosette

Great way to use all the autumn leaves you collect on walks during the season. Slowly build up the leaf rosette and let the leaves dry before adding a few more.
Paper flowers
28 February 2011
Paper flowers

You can use any type of paper to make flowers. I use tissue paper, Crêpe paper, cardboard, newsprint and coffee filters (new and used) to make sweet peas, carnations, paper roses, blossoms, lilies, poppies and orchids.
Three tier dried autumn leaf armature
8 November 2017
Three tier dried autumn leaf armature

Dry autumn leaves on cardboard disks to create an upright fall armature
Pierce and stack fall leaves to rest on the edge of a container
1 November 2017
Pierce and stack fall leaves to rest on the edge of a container

Use one leaf to keep the next in place
Related Designs
Psithurism
8 November 2017
Psithurism

Craft a three tiered, dried autumn leaf armature
A Round
1 November 2017
A Round

Create a delicate design that rests lightly on the edge of a container
Foraging
13 November 2013
Foraging

This week's design is part of a challenge issued by Sherry Donnelly of Gertie Mae’s Floral Studio and Flirty Fleurs, Alicia Schwede, owner of Bella Fiori and Chuck Graham, Floral designer at BLOOM by Anuschka to create a design with anything I can pick up close to my design room. And no flowers allowed...