Candle Wreath
By Mary-Anne Luscombe
Materials Required:
A4 Paper: Mid Green and White.
Gold shiny card 8cm x 13cm.
3mm Quilling paper: Red, Cream and
Light Green.
Quilling tool.
Small sharp scissors.
P.V.A. Craft adhesive.
Card mount: AP02G-GO-23 Deep Green/Gold.
To Make The Card:
Use the diagram to make a template for draw-
ing round if you want to make more than one
card, if not trace and transfer the lines as usual
then cut out the gold oval. You can use a gold
AP07 offcut or draw around the inside of an
AP07 aperture to very simply get an oval shape.
Actual size
It s a little shorter and fatter but works if you
take care when placing the florets.
I have left the front of the card unglued to
allow the design to  sit in a little. Fold the card
and glue the oval centrally onto the flap behind
the aperture.
Florets:
Make 12 of these. Each floret
is made from a 1.5cm wide x
21cm long strip of mid green
paper. Turn the paper to land-
scape format, mark out 12 x
1.5cm strips across the long
side of the paper and rule lines
from top to bottom, the narrow
width of the paper is just the
right length for the strips.
Fold one strip of paper in
half to make a long narrow
strip, see diagram right.
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Cut the top off the strip of
Candles:
paper at an angle making
Make 3 of
sure the folded side is on the
these. Start with
right as shown, place your
a 7.5cm x 10.5cm
strip over the diagram and
piece of white
mark the angle if it helps.
paper, turn the
Snip all along the folded
paper to land-
edge, the cuts should be very
scape format.
close to each other, just about
Roll the paper
1.5mm to 2mm apart and
around a 5mm
should stop approximately
knitting needle
three quarters of the way
and glue the end.
across the width of the strip.
As you reach the bottom, cut
Cut the top
right across to remove the
to an angle as
lower triangle as shown.
shown but leave
the candles long
Feed the top point
for now.
(i.e. the point on the
open edge of the strip,
Place the
not the folded edge)
flames onto the
into the slot in the gold oval at the desired height and glue into
quilling tool, and roll place. Hold the candles over the lower florets,
the strip up. As you starting with the centre one and cut to length
roll, the cut points will before gluing the back edge and slipping into
place under the florets.
bend out sideways to
form the floret. Glue
Christmas
the end so it does not come unrolled.
Roses:
Glue a floret onto the top centre of the oval,
positioning it so the top of the base is aligned
Make 3 of these.
with the top edge of the oval, or just 2mm to
Begin by making five
3mm above if using an offcut. Place a floret at the
tight coils from 1D 2
bottom centre of the oval, aligning the bottom
strips of cream and
edge of the base with the edge or just 2mm to
glue the ends. Gently
3mm lower if using
push the centres out
an offcut.
to form a short cone
shape, the pointed
Place five florets
end of a pencil is
along each side so the
useful for this but
outer points just cross
be careful not to mark
each other (otherwise
your work.
it will look a bit
gappy), then glue
Gently flatten the
them into place.
coil to make an oval
petal shape.
Flames:
Glue the five
Make 3 of these
petals together in a
from 1D 2 strips of red.
circle. Make a tight
Roll the paper onto
coil from a 1D 4 strip of
the tool, drop the coil
pale green and glue
off the tool and allow to
the end. Make sure
un-wind a little then glue
the petal circle is  pushed side down with the
the end. Pinch at one end  dips at the top and glue the green coil onto the
to make a point twisting flower centre. Glue the three flowers into place
slightly to shape the flame. on the design to finish.
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