Spring Into A Good Book!

The May board was a simple spring theme. I had wanted to do paper flowers but the technique for creating them was too involved for my time span. Instead, I opted for brightly colored pinwheel flowers.

Technique

Materials

• Large construction paper sheets - 10x12 (large) and 6x6 (small)
• Scissors or paper cutter
• Pencil 
• Ruler
• Hot Glue
• Bone folder

Large Pinwheels:

1. Use large sheets of construction paper, trim the excess if needed so the sheets measure 10x12.
2. Fold the sheet in an accordion method.
3. After creasing sheet in accordion method fold in half lengthwise.
4. Glue ends together creating a V-shaped petal.
5. Repeat steps 1-4 twice to create a total of 3 V-shaped petals.
6. Glue all V-shaped petals together to create one large flower.
7. Repeat steps above as needed to create additional flowers.

Large pinwheels utilize 3 large sheets folded according to the methods above and glued together.

Small Pinwheels:

• Use the same method above but trim the paper to 6x6.

Small pinwheels will also use 3 sheets.

Finish each wheel with a circle for the center. I used largest and smallest sized circles from the die cutter at my branch. Be creative! You can use any design for the center - it doesn't have to be a circle. After creating all my flowers, I laid out my design then hole punched the tops of the flowers. Next, using cotton cord I strung the flowers together creating a swag. I applied my swag after resetting my background and borders. Using staples and thumbtacks, I looped the ends of the swag and stapled/tacked them onto the board for display. This part was a bit tricky - you just have to work with it to get the desired effect. The letters/words were added after the swag so I could determine the best use of space for the board.

How did you like this board? Have suggestions? Let me know!