Create the perfect gift basket for the mom who is an avid gardener. Complete with decorated spade and trowel, row markers, small planting pot, gloves, and seeds, then coupled with a matching card, this basket is one she'll truly appreciate.
you'll need
Surface and Papers
• Wood tote (Hobby Lobby), 12" W x 7" D x 5" T (not including handle).
• Papers (American Crafts&trade): Florentine; Hummus; French Onion.
• Card stock: brown, white, blue, coral.
Embellishments
• Buttons: red, ½" five; green, 5/8", four; blue, 5/8", three.
• Grosgrain ribbon: blue with brown edging, ½"-wide.
• Rub-ons (American Crafts™): Spring and Summer.
• Brown silk flower.
• Paper flowers, three each (American Crafts™): white, coral.
Tools & Supplies
• Baby Blue Americana® Acrylics (DecoArt®).
• Paintbrush.
• Zip Dry™ Paper Glue (Beacon Adhesives).
• Fancy edged scissors (Fiskars®): zigzag; wavy edged.
• Garden supplies (Lowes): trowel, spade, row markers, gloves.
• Excelsior.
• Computer and printer.
• Flower seed packets.
• General supplies: scissors, ruler.
what to do
Tote
1 Use photo as guide to cover front and back of tote with patterned papers.
2 Cut a 2"-wide strip to width of tote from brown card stock; trim one long edge with zigzag scissors and adhere to tote so straight edge is aligned with top edge of tote. Cut blue leaves from Hummus paper; adhere randomly to card stock strip. Randomly glue red buttons to leaves.
3 Transfer rub-ons to white card stock; trim around designs and adhere each to bottom right corner of tote front. Embellish with brown silk flower and green button.
4 Cut strip from brown patterned paper to fit around handle; adhere in place.
Spade and Trowel
1 Cut brown card stock slightly shorter than handles; use wavy edged scissors to trim edges. Cut green patterned paper ½" shorter than brown card stock. Matte patterned paper onto center of card stock, then adhere papers around handles.
2 Cut two 12" lengths from ribbon. Thread each length through handle holes and tie ends in a knot, leaving 1" tails.
Row Markers
Print plant names on blue card stock. Trim card stock to fit row markers and adhere in place. Embellish with flower rub-ons and green buttons.
Pot
Paint inside and outside of pot; let dry. Cut a strip from brown patterned paper and adhere to rim.
Card
1 Cut a 6"x12" piece from coral card stock; score and fold in half for 6" square card. Cut a 5-¾" square from blue card stock; adhere to card front. For "dirt", cut a 1"x5-¾" wavy wide strip from brown patterned paper; set aside.
2 For flower stems cut three ¼"x4" strips. Adhere white flowers onto coral flowers, and blue buttons onto flower centers. Adhere flowers onto top of stems, then adhere flowers and stems onto blue card stock spacing evenly apart. Adhere "dirt" across bottom of stems.
3 Trace and cut out patterns Cut 24 leaves from coral card stock and 12 from green patterned paper. Cut green leaves in half. Adhere green leaf halves to top of 12 coral leaves and to bottom of remaining coral leaves. Adhere leaves with green top to left side of stems and leaves with green bottoms to right side of stems.
4 Print Happy Mother's Day on white card stock. Trim around sentiment and adhere to bottom right of card.
Finishing
Fill pot with excelsior. Arrange pot, trowel, spade, gloves, row markers, and seeds in pleasing manner. Insert card.
Design by Lisa Dorsey.
Veronica
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