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By Patty Cox


Japan

 

Main supplies:

  • Pacon® Colorwave® Super Bright tagboard, bright orange
  • Pacon® Fadeless® art board, orange
  • Pacon® Fadeless® duet paper, dark blue/turquoise
  • Pacon® Fadeless® paper, light blue (white back)
  • Pacon® construction paper, pink, brown, yellow, green
  • Pacon® cellophane, yellow
  • glue stick
  • Fiskars® scissors
  • Fiskars® paper punches, 1/4” hole
  • Royal® graphite paper and pencil

 

 

Instructions:
1. Cut a 2” circle from pink construction paper. Glue circle on bright orange tagboard. Tear strips of yellow cellophane. Apply glue stick to back of strips. Glue over sun circle and on sky background. Cut tree trunk from brown construction paper. Glue in position.
2. Trace pattern for mountain. Using graphite paper, transfer pattern to orange tagboard.
2. Mountain: Cut 3/4” squares from dark blue/turquoise duet paper. Fold the corners to the turquoise center point (with dark blue on the outside). Glue folded squares on mountain base. Cut 3/4” squares from light blue paper with white back. Fold the corners to the white center point (with light blue on the outside). Glue folded squares on mountain top. Trim 1/2” from right edge and bottom edge of tagboard, making the jagged edge of mountain even. Glue tagboard on orange artboard.
3. Cherry Blossoms: Cut out several hearts from pink construction paper. Fold hearts vertically in half. Dip fold in a small puddle of glue. Arrange five folded hearts in a circle creating a cherry blossom. Punch 1/4” flower centers from yellow construction paper. Dip dots in glue, then position in flower center.
4. Leaves: Cut out leaves from green construction paper. Make two diagonal folds on circle creating a point on one side. Glue folded leaves around cherry blossoms.

Pacon® Colorwave® Super Bright tagboard, Fadeless® art board, Fadeless® duet paper,
construction paper, cellophane, Fiskars® scissors and paper punch. Royal® Graphite paper

   

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