Saturday, 2 March 2013

Daisy Mother's Day card : mixed crochet and papercraft

Today I wondered what would happen if I tried to crochet something using a piece of card in place of the central chain - this is what happened when I tried it!

Here is the step-by-step guide.
You will need:
2mm crochet hook
Anchor pearl cotton
card in cream, yellow and green
Bostik Sticki-pen (repositionable and dries clear)

The base of the card is A5

1. Cut a disc of yellow card 2cm in diameter and mark 12 evenly spaced dots.

2. Push a needle through to create holes
3. With pen marks facing away from you, follow this crochet pattern (British abbreviations):
(Insert hook, pull loop through hole, ch2)
4. repeat 11 times.
5. Scr into each ch space - 12 times
6. Ch7 into every scr
7. (See photo) You should be left with 12 loops that will become the petals. It will look a bit messy, but keep going!
8. Scr 10 into each ch space. Cut end and pull behind work - glue in place on the back of the card centre.
9. Cut a thin strip of yellow card, less than 5mm in width.
Use the length of an A4 sheet. Roll this tightly, release the spiral a little, and glue end carefully in place to create the circle that fits into the centre of the daisy.
10. Glue in place
11. Now cut a thin strip of green card, using the width of the A4 page. Roll this tightly, then taking the outer-most layer, squeeze a point and release ths spiral slightly to create the leaf-shape.
12. Cut a rectangle the same width as the card base and snip grass blades into it. Glue the strip of blades in place.
13. Cut a thin stem and tiny branch for the leaf from green card. Glue all in place.


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