How Do You Make Greeting Cards With Pressed Flowers?
Pressed flowers or leaves make beautiful homemade stationery. Crafters of all ages can use dried flowers and leaves to create original gift tags, pictures or cards. With a few basic supplies, you can get started. Your designs can be as simple or as complex as you like. Read on to learn how to make greeting cards with pressed flowers. Choose flowers and leaves from outside that you wish to press and use. To press the items you gathered, you can put them in a flower press or simply between the pages of a heavy book. In a day or two, you will have a dried pressed flower. Select your card stock, which you can find at your local craft store. Card stock comes in a variety of colors and textures. You can even find card stock that is already folded and in bundles with envelopes. Decide on the size of your card or gift tag and cut the paper. If you want to add a decorative edge to your card, cut the paper slightly larger than your intended card. Use a ruler and place it on the cardstock paralle
