I finally had the confidence to use my ‘Zing’ cutting machine and wow did I have fun.

My first project was the above posy of flowers.

To create this project was simple (if you have a cutting machine) if you want you can hand cut flowers out.

What you will need:

• Flower design
• Chocolate hearts
• Coloured card x2 colours (I used three A4 blue sheets and three A4 orange sheets)
• Wooden skewers
• Pot/Vase
• Craft foam (the stuff they put in the bottom of your box of flowers to keep them upright).

Construction:

Once I had my two different coloured flowers, I simply used a needle to place a small hole in the middle of both flowers and inserted my wooden skewer through each piece of cardboard. Then I gently placed my chocolate on top and twisted the skewer until my chocolate was secure (had this not worked, I would have tried heating the skewer up a fraction and then twisting it on to the skewer).

Once I had a handful of these I started to place them in my pot that I had placed craft foam in the bottom (this was the hardest part for me). I am no florist.

A friend who is a florist suggested next time I should start from the top and work my way around – thank you Stacey 🙂

So what seemed like hours, I finally ended up with this beautiful gift …