These flowers never fade

OK, this is crafty playtime at its best.  Using up scraps of paper and fabric, brads and buttons, playing with my die-cut machine, and creating a fun spring decoration.

This is a CASE of a Stampin Up sample, though I use the term "CASE" liberally here.  Really, it was a starting off point for making my own "flower pot".  I used a square Dollar Store tin flower pot, covered it with rings of sticky strip, and then adhered die cut textured and stamped leaves all around - it has a real tactile quality that makes you want to touch it.  Using all greens for the leaves is so simple yet so effective.  It's filled with shredded paper, the flowers are glued to wooden skewers, and then just stuck into the shred.  The handle is three strands of floral wire twisted together and tied through holes punched in the sides of the pot.  Easy, easy, easy!

Each flower is two-sided so it can be viewed from all around.  Also, you could just pluck out a flower and use as a gift decoration or stick it into a real flower pot for a little more decoration.  A flower wand, perhaps?  Add a few colored eggs, and it could be an Easter basket as well. 

Thanks for looking!  And if you have any questions about how to make this, please don't hesitate to ask.

All supplies by Stampin' Up (except pot, wire and skewers):

Stamps:  Style Beautiful

Paper:  Rose Red, Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Garden Green and Not Quite Navy cardstock.  First Edition dp.

Other:  Springtime Vintage & Sweet Stitches designer fabric.  Fun Flowers, Leaves #2 & Blossom Party dies, Square Lattice & Perfect Polka Dots embossing folders. Fancy Flower, Five Petal Flower & Boho Blossoms punches.  Sweet Stitches & Subtles brads, Sweet Stitches Big Buttons, Peach Parfait ribbon & Paper Daisies.  Big Shot & Crop-A-Dile.