I’m with Beth!! I am tired of Old Man Winter, who, in Denver, stayed away most of the late winter and just arrived a couple of weeks ago with snow and cold.

I loved Beth’s idea for creating a fabulous, colorful card with some perky peonies (S4-193) on them. I decided to take the idea and use it for an altered project: pencils with peonies. A selection of green, blue and purple from my scraps bin filled the bill. I grabbed my Peony die template and got creating.

After some experimentation, I found the following instructions to work the best.

1. Cut the peony die templates #1, #2 and #4 (1 is the smallest with higher getting larger). I did not emboss. Distribute the colors and patterns for creating the flowers by placing them in stacks of graduated trios.



2. Place a stack of three die templates on your palm and press with a small dowel, flat end of a pencil or end of a paintbrush, giving the flowers dimension. Now they are ready to be stacked.



3. Using mini glue dots, attach the #2 to #4 and then #1 to #2. For me, layers kept their dimension better this way than going from smallest to largest.
4. Set aside in pairs.
5. Wrap 2 large Glue Dots around the end of the pencil just below the metal housing for the eraser.
6. Secure the pair of peonies to opposite sides of the pencil.



7. Sharpen pencils and give away to the delight of all.

This would be a fantastic favor for a bridal or a baby shower. Use colored pencils for even more fun. (and by the way…we don’t have many peonies here in Colorado…I’m jealous of those of you who do!)

Happy Spring! Eli

Tags: Baby Shower, Bridal Shower, Die cutting, Eli, party favor, Peony, S4-193 Peony

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