Design by Night

These pretty paper pansies are a cheap alternative to store bought scrapbooking flowers. They are made from recycled paper bags and pages from old books and magazines. They are a great addition for most paper crafts including, cards, invitations, scrapbooking and gift tags. I used my final flower by gluing it to a bobby pin and placing it on a gift tag to add a little something extra to a present. What you will need: Recycled brown craft paper bag A page or two from an old book or magazine (newspaper is too thin) Scissors Pencil Paper Glue Button Teaspoon Dish towel Paper towels Download pansypattern.jpg and print it out full size (a scale has been placed on each jpg to help with printing at the correct proportions). Cut out each flower pattern. Using the large pansy flower pattern trace three flowers on the brown paper bag and book pages. Then take the small flower pattern and trace two small flowers on the book pages. Cut out all the flowers. Referring to the dotted lines on the or...