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hi in this video i'm going to show you
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how to make some peony flowers out of
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really inexpensive really easy to do i'm
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christine of christinescrafts.com
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and this channel is dedicated to
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so let's get started and think about
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what you're going to need to make your
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the first thing you're going to need is
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a paper napkin or a tissue
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or indeed you're some tissue paper you
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can see it's just perfectly ordinary
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just fold it into four which is how it
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you're also going to need some different
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coloured tissue paper i've chosen yellow
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for the center of your flower
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this is just ordinary tissue paper some
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scissors to cut them out
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a ruler to do your measuring and you're
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going to need some sort of
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wire i've got a piece of florist wire
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here but it really doesn't matter what
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sort of wire you've got
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and if you like and you don't want a
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stem on your flower you could even use a
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stapler to fasten them
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so the first thing we're going to do is
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take that paper napkin you can use it as
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but mine's got a little pattern
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imprinted on around the edge and i want
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to get rid of that so i'm just going to
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it's entirely up to you you can leave
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and i'm now going to cut this napkin
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equal squares now if they're slightly
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rectangular it doesn't matter
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but as long as they're all equal in size
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see i have a little bit of trouble
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separating them don't worry about it
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just cut them and get those four squares
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now obviously this is a paper napkin so
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actually two ply meaning there are two
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very fine tissue paper in each square
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so if you're making this out of ordinary
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tissue paper you might want to consider
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eight squares instead of four
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so there are my four squares all
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you now need to move on i'm making a
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center for your flower so i've chosen
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and because my larger squares ended up
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five inches on each side i'm making
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these smaller squares
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two inches on each side now if you want
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to scale your flowers up or down you can
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large squares that are five inches and
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two inches i'm only making four of these
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and they're just going to form the
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so now take those four yellow squares
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and make sure they're all lined up
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and then just simply fold over one edge
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turn everything over fold again turn it
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and fold again and just keep repeating
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forming a concertina until you've got
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all the way across the square
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make sure you've got some good crisp
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folds and then use your scissors
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to just round the ends it's just going
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edge to your center now take the four
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and do the same thing make a small fold
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turn it over make another small fold and
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work your way across the whole square
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you're forming a concertina
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keep going until you get to the other
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side make sure they're approximately the
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nice crisp folds use the scissors to
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those edges makes a big difference when
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you come to fluff the flower out at the
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so once we've got those both completed
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we need to attach them together so
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you're going to take the larger pink
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open it in the middle and place the
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yellow one inside now make sure you get
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it completely in the middle when you're
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looking end to end so that you end up
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with a symmetrical flower
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and then wrap your wire around that
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center again it can be worth measuring
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to make sure you're exactly in the
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and make sure your wire comes down away
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from the yellow center
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and that's your stem now open up the
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and find that yellow inside
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open it up as best you can and we're now
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those layers of tissue paper this is
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fiddly and the tissue paper is prone to
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so take your time find that first layer
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and gently pull it up
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and then do the same with the second
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gently pull it up and then you're going
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for the other two yellow layers of
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and that will form one side of the
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center of your flower
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and then go to the other side and repeat
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and then you'll end up with that nice
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when your flower is finished
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then you're going to go to your larger
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pieces of tissue paper the pink
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and you're going to repeat that now this
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each layer has actually got two layers
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of tissue paper in it
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so you need to try and separate them it
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a fingernail is incredibly useful um but
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you've got to separate it so you get
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fine layers of tissue paper which gives
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you the nice detail of the flower
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so once you've completed one side you'll
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eight pieces of tissue paper all fluffed
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and forming the petals of your flower
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so each one has been separated out
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and then repeat for the other side again
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all eight layers pulled up
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and forming your petals and then you can
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and adjust them and make it as pretty as
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you like i've got a flower
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all completed you can repeat and make
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and make a beautiful vas of flowers or a
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bunch to give to somebody
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but that's all it takes to make your
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beautiful flower you can see i'm just
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and finishing it off making sure it's as
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so i hope you've enjoyed watching this
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video and i hope you enjoy making your
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and if you enjoy crafting on a budget
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and you want to make lots of other
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