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In this video, I'm going to show you how
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to take all those bits of wallpaper,
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turn them into gorgeous displays.
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Those samples from the DIY shop, turn
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them into something you'll love. Let's
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get started.
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To start with, you need to make all the
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separate little pieces for your flower.
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So, there is a free template which you
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can download, but if not, you know, if
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you want to go it your own way, you can
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just make your own petal shape. But as
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you'll see, there's a circular disc
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which is going to go at the back of the
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flower. And you need to cut out your
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petals. Now, you can enlarge these. You
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can make them smaller. You can make them
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any size you like. There's just a
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standard size on the template. And then
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you'd make them bigger or smaller. And
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then you'll also need to cut out the
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parts for the center, which I'll talk
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about in a little while. So, all I've
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done here is cut out the templates. Now,
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if you can print them off on thin card
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and then they'll be easier to draw
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around. I didn't here. I've just used
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paper, but if you use thin card, they do
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make a much better template. So then
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you're going to take your paper. Now, as
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you saw, I've got wallpaper, and I've
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turned it over onto the back. And then
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you're just going to do as many petals
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as you want. Now, I've made them with
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eight, 10, or 12 petals. But there are
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no rules. You can make them with as many
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or as few petals as you like. The only
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word of warning, the fewer petals you've
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got, the harder it is to get it to glue
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all the way around and stay there, cuz
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obviously they're having to stretch out
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somewhat. So, as you can see, I'm just
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working out the best way of getting them
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on to use as little wallpaper as
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possible. However, if you're using a
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paper with a pattern that you want to
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make sure you get a certain thing on the
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petal, then you're probably going to
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draw around your petals on the right
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side of your paper so that you can line
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them up perfectly. For example, if
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you've got little flowers or birds or
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something and you want them to radiate
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out from the center of your flower. And
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you'll see I'm just drawing around one
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of those small circles.
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The size of that circle really doesn't
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matter. I've not made it very big, but
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you could. I mean, you could draw around
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a small plate if you wanted. So long as
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it doesn't protrude beyond the petals
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and you can't see it from the front, it
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really doesn't matter about the size of
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that circle. So, just keep going until
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you've got enough petals. I think I've
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doing 10 here. Yeah, we'll go for 10.
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Um, and just keep going.
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Once you're happy you've drawn them all
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and they all fit and you've got what you
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want, it's time to just cut them all
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out. So, at the moment, I'm just cutting
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out the petals and the circle for the
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back.
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I won't make you watch me cut them all
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out. I mean, that is quite a dull video.
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So, just cut them all out. And then, as
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if by magic, you will have a selection
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of petals and the little circle for the
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back.
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And then we're going to need the paper
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for the center. So, what you want is a
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strip of paper. Now, my measurements are
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the width of the wallpaper, which is 22
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in and 2 in. So, the strip is 22 in by 2
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in, but they are no means crucial
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measurements.
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If you want your center of your flower
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to protrude further, you'd make it
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wider. If you want it to protrude less,
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then you'd make it a narrower strip. If
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you want it to be a fatter center, a
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longer strip. And if you want it to be a
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smaller center, then a shorter strip.
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And I keep stressing throughout this
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video, this is about creativity and you
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making it how you want. And I think this
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is a great project for expressing your
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own creativity by your selection of
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paper sizes, positioning of them. At the
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end of the video, I will show you some
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different combinations and things I've
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done with them just to give you some
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ideas. But really, just go and go crazy
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and do what you want with them. So now
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we've got everything. We've got the
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strip for the center, the petals, and
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the circle for the back.
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So, let's take that strip of paper and
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fold it in half. So, you're going to
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fold it in half with your pretty paper
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on the outside
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and just work your way across.
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What I do recommend is that you make it
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a good fold.
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What do I mean by that? Once you've
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folded it all the way along and you're
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happy with it, just run something along
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it to make sure it makes a crisp fold.
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So, I'm going to use something called a
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bon tool.
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We call it that. Maybe it's called
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something else in other places, but you
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could use your fingernail, the back of a
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ruler, back of your scissors even, just
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something to smooth it down. So, you've
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got that folded strip.
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And then take your scissors and on the
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folded side, you're going to cut down
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the strip. So you're going to just down
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I mean across it. And you're just going
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to repeat that all the way along
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just to make those little narrow strips.
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But make sure you don't cut all the way
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through because we need to keep it
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together
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so that we can roll it later. So just
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work your way all the way along.
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Obviously, the wider the strips you
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make, the wider the detail will be. The
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narrower, the more detail there'll be on
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your your center. And then that will be
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ready to make your center in a little
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while.
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So, put that to one side and we'll do
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something with the petals. Now, because
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mine's wallpaper, you'll see that
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they're curling the wrong way and that's
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just cuz the way the wallpaper was
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rolled. So, if you've got the same
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problem, just roll them the other way
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because we want them to naturally curl
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forwards to make those pretty petals.
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But you can see I'm just curling. I'm
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not folding. It's just to help it go the
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way I want it to.
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Once you're happy there,
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at least flat and hopefully curling a
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little bit,
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you're going to take each one and cut
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some off the long pointy end. Now, I'm
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trying to put them all together to do it
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in one go.
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And you don't have to cut any off, so
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I'd watch the whole video through before
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you start cutting any bits off. I just
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find it makes it easier to put the
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petals together. And because I'm going
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to cut some off the center anyway, I
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don't mind doing it now. And then where
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you've cut that end off or you've got
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the long point, just nip it together and
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form a little fold, but only at that
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end. You're not running it all the way
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along the petal.
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You'll see just a a nip at one end.
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And then I'm just letting them down.
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It's just going to help when we're
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trying to make it stay in at the center
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of the the flower. Could
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you do them all together, you wouldn't
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get that nice little fold in the bottom.
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So, I do recommend doing them all
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separately.
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And it's time to start gluing. So, I'm
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using something called a cool melt glue
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gun, which is basically a hot melt glue
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gun, but operates at a lower
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temperature. So, you have to have
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different glue sticks. And you're going
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to take each petal in turn, apply a
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little glue along the widest part of the
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petal on the wrong side and glue another
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one to it. Now, if any glue pokes
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through, just be careful not to burn
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yourself. Mine isn't that hot, so I'm
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okay just to pull it straight off. But
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if it is hot, just leave it there and
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then pull it off when it's cooled. And
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you can see they've just stuck together.
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Just on the widest part, not all the way
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along. There's no need. Just on that
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widest part. So again, a little bit of
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glue and stick the next one on.
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It won't surprise you to learn you're
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doing them all the same. And you're just
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going to keep working your way along,
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but you will see how that flower is
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starting to form
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even when you've only got three or four
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together.
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So just keep adding them on.
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Now, what you can do, of course, is keep
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forming it round and deciding how many
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petals. You don't have to use all the
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petals you cut out. If you decide you
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want to use fewer,
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but now I'm keeping going.
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Now, if you're not using hot melt glue,
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you're going to have to keep waiting for
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the glue to dry. Probably once you've
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got them all glued, don't try and form
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it into a flower. Just let the glue dry.
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And you're going to see in a minute,
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even if you're using hot mel glue, it's
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worth being a little bit cautious. So
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once you've got all your petals together
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and you know it's going to reach round
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and look fabulous,
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little bit of glue on that last one and
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join the petals up.
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If you do this too early
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or if you do this and then flatten it
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down too early, you might have a problem
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like I'm about to show you. So at this
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point, just leave it all to dry. walk
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away. Make sure it's all set or dried
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and then come back to try and turn it
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into a flower because if you do it too
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soon,
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that can happen.
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So, because you don't want that, just
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give it a little bit of time.
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And then once you're confident it's all
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going to stay glued together, it's time
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to come back to it.
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Because once you've got your flower
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formed,
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you see there's a little cut there.
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We've no seen that I just waited for a
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while. You can flatten it down to make
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your flower. And this is where you'll
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see whether you've got a gap in the
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middle, whether the petals are pushing
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up against each other. What have you
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made in the center? And partly that
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depends on how many petals you've you've
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glued. So you can see mine are a little
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bit close together in the middle. I want
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a gap. So, if at this point you haven't
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got a gap and you want a gap,
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it's time to just cut a little bit more
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off. So, just take your time and be
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careful by bringing all those petals
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together.
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You see, I'm not completely confident
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there. I mean, I could leave it like
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that and not have a center,
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and that would be great. And in fact,
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later on, I'm going to show you one
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where I didn't put a center in, and you
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can see what you think. But assuming you
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want to put a center in your flower at
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this point, you can just cut a little
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bit more off those petals.
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There's no measurement here. Just cut a
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little bit. Put it back down flat to see
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if you've cut enough off.
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And then you can always cut a little bit
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more. You can never put it back on, but
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you can always cut a little bit more
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off. So you can see I've got a gap there
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now. Proper little hole in the middle.
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That's going to be big enough, I think.
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So, I'm just going to turn my attention
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back to that center and make that
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center. So, you remember we've folded
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it. We've cut the little cuts into it.
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Now, it's time to roll it. Now, as you
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roll it, it will try to ride up one
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surface over the other. So, if you want
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to, you can glue it closed, but just a
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word of warning, you only want to glue
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it closed along that open edge, the edge
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with the fold. You don't want to be
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gluing that or you'll end up with
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nothing that looks like a center. It'll
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just be like a block. So, if you do
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decide to glue it, just do it just along
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that edge. But, as you can see, I'm just
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using my thumb to keep pushing it back
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in and making sure it all lines up
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perfectly. So, just keep rolling and
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keep it nice and tight.
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And that'll form this lovely center.
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Just keep rolling. And obviously when
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you get to the end, we're going to have
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to glue it closed. And you can just push
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the edges. Make sure it's all lined up
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perfectly.
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And then glue it closed.
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Just hold it. Make sure it's glued
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before you let go. And that's your
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flower center all ready.
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Oh, nearly stuck it down. So remember
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that circle we cut out right at the
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beginning? That's what we're going to
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glue the flower down to. So, just make
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sure you're completely happy, check your
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flower center actually fits.
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And if you're happy with it all, it's
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time to glue. If you're not happy, maybe
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you need to trim a bit more.
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Maybe decide not to put the center in.
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But just make sure you're happy before
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you do the next step, which is cover
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your circle in glue
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and stick the petals to it.
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And you have to move quite quickly when
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you're using the hot melt glue and there
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are no second chances. But it doesn't
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matter if that circle isn't exactly in
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the center. And then you're going to put
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that center into the little hole that
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you've got. Now, if that doesn't stick
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down properly, which mine didn't,
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because there's not really enough glue
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to hold that down, you've got the chance
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to glue it again, but what you want is
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to make sure the gap's big enough for it
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to go into. And then also, you can press
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the edges out so that they spllay out of
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the center to form a bit more detail for
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that center. So, as you can see, I'm
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just going to splod a load more glue and
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glue that in. And just hold on to it.
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make sure it sticks down properly.
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It's worth just taking that time and
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depending on your glue, you might be
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holding it for a little while. Um, but
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it's worth it because then you've got a
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completed flower which you can then do
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with whatever you want.
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So, here's where I've put three
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together, different sizes. They've all
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got centers, and I think they look
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lovely on that blue wall. Um, and here's
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one with no center, which I promised
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you.
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And as you can see, just as gorgeous,
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just a little bit different.
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And then I've just positioned one on its
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own. You really do only need one to make
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an impact on a wall, but the more the
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merrier.
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