Miniature decorative Hydrangeas

 Start by cutting out lots of little coloured circles, I've used a paper punch that has a crimped edge but plain circles would work as well.However a hole punch will be too big. I also used three different shades of purple for my flowers, it just depends how you want them to look. Hydrangea flowers can range from bright blue to purple depending on the Ph of the soil. 

To add shape to the petals i individually pressed each one into a piece of foam with a blunt needle tool. If you use too sharp a tool or even press too hard it will puncture the paper or push it through the foam (speaking from experience)  

Depending on the thickness of the paper this will impact on how easily it will keep its shape. With the thicker paper i actually shaped them with my fingertips and needle tool. 

 This is what they look like after, the paper punch i am using came as a kit which included a pair of fine tipped tweezers. These would perfect to pick up all the petals as it didn't change the shape of them. 






For the base of the Hydrangeas i used baked green polymer clay with a headpin pushed into it. After finishing them i realized i should have used a colour matching the petals, but it didn't affect it too much

I had started by putting glue on small sections of the base then adding flowers but found it easier to dip the petals on glue then position them on. I found that the petals that had more glue on them lost their shape. 


Once all the space is filled i pushed it into more of the foam from before to let it dry. Thankfully non of the petals fell off. After a while i did go in a press the petals down a little just so the shape from more spherical. Once it was completely dry i added a couple of small petals to cover up any blank spaces 



These flowers will be for a dresser i'm making so they will go in a vase, all they need doing if for the stem to be painted green and to add a few leaves. I do have a blog post for how i made the dresser if you want to check that out: 

http://itssomesortofdeliciousbiscuit.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/shabby-chic-miniature-dresser.html

I'll post a photo to my facebook page once the dresser is finished.