Welcome Topiary Home Decor

Welcome Topiary Home Décor
Designed By: Christy Fulk
August, 2013
Welcome your houseguests with this vintage-style topiary welcome banner. This would look great in any
home’s entryway. Make one as a gift and another one for yourself. Colors can be customized to match your
entryway’s color scheme. This would also make a great home décor class.
Instructions
Step 1
Brush a Pistachio Pudding ink pad across a 3/8” wooden dowel that is 12” long. Cover all but the very bottom
of the dowel with ink.
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Step 1
Step 2
Stick one end of the wooden dowel into the bottom of a 4” white Styrofoam ball, until the dowel measures 10”
under the ball. Put hot glue around the dowel and into the edges of the hole in the Styrofoam.
Step 2A
Step 2B
Step 3
Cut ten 11” x 2” pieces of Very Vanilla card stock. Stamp a flower stamp from the Flower Shop stamp set six
times onto each strip with Crisp Cantaloupe ink. Punch the 60 flowers out with the Pansy punch.
Step 3
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Step 4
Put the larger end of the Simply Scored stylus onto the center of one of the flowers. Push the stylus gently into
the flower, folding the petals up and around the stylus. Do not push too hard, or the stylus will tear through the
flower. Take the flower off of the stylus, and open it up. Repeat this step with all of the flowers.
Step 4A
Step 4B
Step 4C
Step 5
Beginning at the bottom of the Styrofoam ball, attach a flower to it by putting a straight pin into the center of
the flower. Attach another flower the same way, making sure that it overlaps the first flower a little bit. Attach
about two more flowers to the ball, around the dowel.
Step 5A
Step 5B
Step 5C
Step 6
Attach the rest of the flowers to the Styrofoam ball. Make sure the flowers are close so that very little of
Styrofoam shows through.
Step 6
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Step 7
Lay a 1.9” x 3.8” green Styrofoam half ball so the flat side is on the table. This will keep the half ball from
wobbling back and forth. Insert the bottom of the wooden dowel into the center of the half ball, and push it
through. Remove the dowel. Turn the half ball over, and insert the dowel through the hole again so the flat side
of the ball is on top.
Step 7A
Step 7B
Step 7C
Step 8
Get a 5” clay pot (5” diameter opening and 5” tall), and set it down. This clay pot was already the desired color.
If the clay pot isn’t the desired color, paint it with acrylic paint.
Step 9
Insert the topiary into the pot, and push the Styrofoam half ball into the pot as far as it will go. It’s a good tight
fit, so it shouldn’t need glued in place.
Step 9
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Step 10
Put hot glue around the base of the wooden dowel and into the cracks of the Styrofoam hole. Once the glue has
cooled, cover the Styrofoam with preserved Spanish moss.
Step 10A
Step 10B
Step 11
Cut one 16” and one 20” pieces of 1-1/4” Burlap ribbon.
Step 12
Put some hot glue along the top border of the pot in curvy lines for about 2”. Attach one end of the 16” piece of
Burlap ribbon before the glue hardens. Repeat this step until the whole piece of ribbon is attached to the pot.
Step 12A
Step 12B
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Step 12C
Step 13
Tie the 20” piece of Burlap ribbon into a bow. Hot glue the bow onto the Burlap ribbon where the two ribbon
ends meet on the pot.
Step 13
Step 14
Repeat Steps 1 through 13 to make a second topiary.
Step 14
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Step 15
Pull off a little piece of Simply Pressed Clay, and roll it into a ball. Get the flower mold from the Buttons &
Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds. Press the clay ball into the smallest flower in the mold.
Step 15A
Step 15B
Step 16
Turn the mold over, and press it down against a flat, smooth surface. This will make the bottom of the flower
flat and smooth. Rub off any excess clay that may be around the mold. This will help the flower come out
easier. Bend the mold back as shown, and take the flower out gently.
Step 16A
Step 16B
Step 16C
Step 17
Repeat Steps 15 – 16 five more times to make a total of six flowers. Set the flowers aside, and let air-dry about
24 hours. Turn them upside down to let the bottom dry a few hours before the 24 hours is up. The flowers will
still be pushy, but the design will stay intact.
Step 18
Cut one 11” x 1-3/4” piece of Very Vanilla card stock.
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Step 19
Stamp the word “Welcome” with the ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers stamp set in Island Indigo ink
across the Very Vanilla strip. Make sure to leave space in-between the letters. Punch each letter out with the
straight-edged pennant in the Petite Pennant Builder punch.
Step 19
Step 20
Cut one 11” x 2” piece of Pistachio Pudding card stock.
Step 21
Punch out seven pennants with the scallop pennant in the Petite Pennants Builder punch. Attach the letter
pennants to the scalloped pennants with SNAIL adhesive. Dry emboss all seven pennants by running them
through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Impressions folder.
Step 21
Step 22
Put a strip of Sticky Strip on the back of each pennant, along the top.
Step 22
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Step 23
Cut one 18” and two 15” pieces of Pistachio Pudding 3/8” Ruffle Stretch Trim. Lay the 18” piece of Pistachio
Pudding trim down, with the ruffle on the bottom. Remove the red film from the Sticky Strip on the “W”
pennant. Attach it to the ribbon about 2” from the left end. Turn the ribbon upside down, and get the other
ribbon end on the left. Remove the red film from one of the “E” pennants, and attach it to the ribbon upside
down about 2” from the ribbon end.
Step 23A
Step 23B
Step 24
Lay the ribbon right-side up again, and line the left top corner of the “W” pennant at the 2” mark. Remove the
red film from the “C” pennant, and attach it onto the ribbon, lining up the bottom point with the 9” mark. This
will put the “C” in the center of the banner.
Step 24
Step 25
Center the other “E” pennant and “L” pennant in-between the “W” & “C” pennants. Remove the red film, and
attach them to the ribbon. Center the “O” pennant and the “M” pennant in-between the “C” & first “E”
pennants. Remove the red film, and attach them to the ribbon.
Step 25A
Step 25B
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Step 26
Once the clay flowers are completely dry, they need to be colored. Put Crisp Cantaloupe ink onto a sponge
dauber. Press the sponge dauber onto the top of one of the clay flowers, inking up the raised parts of the flower.
Keep adding ink until desired look is achieved. Repeat this step again on the rest of the six flowers. Let ink
dry.
Step 26A
Step 26B
Step 27
Put a piece of Sticky Strip onto the back of all six clay flowers. Remove the red film, and attach one flower inbetween each pennant onto the ribbon.
Step 27A
Step 27B
Step 28
Wrap a piece of Sticky Strip onto both wooden dowels underneath the flower topiary. Remove the red film.
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Step 28
Step 29
Attach the left end of the “Welcome” banner to the center front of the Sticky Strip on the left topiary, and wrap
it around the dowel going to the right (counterclockwise).
Step 29
Step 30
Attach the other end of the banner to the other topiary, starting from the front center of the Sticky Strip, and
wrapping it around the dowel going to the left (clockwise).
Step 30
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Step 31
Attach one of the 15” pieces to the left topiary by tying it into a bow, over the left ribbon end of the banner.
Attach the other 15” piece to the right topiary by tying it into a bow, over the right ribbon end of the banner.
Step 31
Materials:
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Item #
(1) 11” x 2” Pistachio Pudding Card Stock
(20) 11” x 2” Very Vanilla Card Stock
(1) 11” x 1-3/4” Very Vanilla Card Stock
(2) 16” Burlap Ribbon
(2) 20” Burlap Ribbon
(1) 18” Pistachio Pudding 3/8” Ruffle Stretch Trim
(2) 15” Pistachio Pudding 3/8” Ruffle Stretch Trim
ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers Stamp Set
Flower Shop Stamp Set – clear-mount
Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin’ Pad
Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad
Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin’ Pad
Pistachio Pudding 8-1/2” x 11” Card Stock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2” x 11” Card Stock
1-1/4” Burlap Ribbon
Pistachio Pudding 3/8” Ruffle Stretch Trim
Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine
Square Lattice Embossing Folder
Pansy Punch
Petite Pennants Builder Punch
Simply Pressed Clay
Buttons & Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds
Simply Scored Stylus
SNAIL® Adhesive
Sticky Strip
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130020
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130698
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104332
104294
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(2) 4” White Styrofoam Balls
(2) 1.9” x 3.8” Green Styrofoam Half Balls
(2) 5” Clay Pots (5” diameter opening & 5” tall)
(2) 3/8” Round Wooden Dowels (12” long)
Hot Glue Gun
Hot Glue Sticks
Straight Pins
Preserved Spanish Moss
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