Beautiful DIY Foamirana Flowers

You can decorate the interior with artificial flowers for any holiday. Masters to create their masterpieces choose convenient material foamiran. Products made from it look very realistic. It is easy to work with plastic suede, even the smallest details can be made. It is malleable, absolutely safe, able to take any form. Even novice needlewomen after studying master classes will be able to create beautiful bouquets and original jewelry.

What is Foamiran?

Soft porous rubber for needlework is named in honor of the Iranian company manufacturer of sponge materials - Foamiran. In appearance, it feels velvety to the touch, resembles thick paper. Foamiran is a polymer based on vinyl acetate and ethylene. The main substances are organic, have a pungent odor. A few minutes after opening the package, the unpleasant odor disappears.

Apply plastic suede paper can be in various fields of needlework. Among the popular creative trends leading position is floristics. Foamiran is ideal for the manufacture of volumetric buds, miniature petals. Due to plasticity, bright colors, it is used in scrapbooking, in interior decoration, in children's art, for the manufacture of hairpins and rims.

Properties and types of material

Interesting in composition and texture, foamiran has useful properties for needlework lovers. Material for creativity when heated changes shape, remembers it after cooling. For the deformation of the sheet does not require special devices, enough warmth of the hands, iron, tongs. It is easy to cut, has no sharp edges.

It is better to glue parts from plastic suede into the finished product, it is better to apply glitter using a heat gun or a glue of strong fixation. After solidification, foamiran resembles polymer clay. It does not absorb moisture, withstands prolonged contact with water, does not crack in the winter. It can be stretched, painted with crayons or paint.

Foam for sale in the form of sheets of various thickness and size. When choosing a material it is necessary to consider the purpose of the finished product. If this is part of a bouquet, an elegant flower, decoration for a hair band, you should work with thin sheets, no more than 1.5 millimeters in thickness. Various crafts on stands, puzzles, applications are perfectly obtained from thick sheets, more than 3 millimeters thick. There are several types of foamiran, each of which has its own purpose:

• Iranian. Finely porous material is sold in rolls and sheets with a thickness of 0.8 to 2 mm. The color palette has more than 30 shades, mostly pastel, calm colors;
• Chinese. Rigid, porous sheets from 0.8 to 1 mm. The palette has 24 bright, saturated colors. Quickly deformed during heat treatment;
• Chinese "marshmallow". It has different properties depending on the thickness. Up to 1 mm - air, low density, stretched without treatment, well tinted. Up to 2 mm - practically does not hold the shape, melts during heat treatment. Use it for puppet decor, children's crafts;
• Korean. Velvety, "plush" kind of plastic suede. The main feature - perfectly stretches and does not tear when working. It has a standard thickness - 0.6 mm - 0.8 mm - 1 mm. A diverse palette, in the assortment there are bright, pastel colors;
• Turkish. Sold in sheets, rolls with a thickness of 1 mm. It has similarities with Iranian material in many characteristics. The color palette is less diverse;
• Decorative. Suitable for specific jobs. It has an additional texture - a convex pattern, sequins, embossing. This form is used for the manufacture of festive paraphernalia.

Master classes on making flowers

It is possible to make flowers from foamiran with your own hands, without having any special skills and complex tools. Beginning needlewomen and even children can successfully work with pliable material, following the step-by-step instructions when studying master classes. Every living flower has its own characteristics. To make artificial analogues of Physalis, dandelion more realistic, you will need to prepare multi-colored sheets of revelure, cardboard, pencil, scissors, toothpick, wire, iron, acrylic paints.

Lily

The first step is to create a pattern. On paper you need to draw templates for all the details. The flower for the hairpin will consist of seven petals, three of which are larger than the others, one strip - 6 cm long and 1 cm wide, a triangle with sides of 2 cm. You can choose any color of foamiran, but it is better to stop on white.

We apply templates to the material and mark its borders. Cut the petals and start their processing on the mold with the help of an iron. If there is no auxiliary element, you can simply fold them with an accordion, thin them with your fingers, apply a texture with a toothpick. All items should be equally tinted with a pale pink color. You can use paint or dry pastel. Then all the petals are heated, stretched by the waves and attached to the prepared litons. Pestles can be made from pieces of foamiran, glue and ground coffee.

The final step is picking the petals. Pistils and stamens wrapped with green tape. Then you need to glue the three largest petals, and between them the remaining. Lily flower, narcissus can be supplemented with green leaves from Thomas, processed by the same method.

Poppy

It is necessary to start poppy production from the box. To do this, you can use clay and green oil paint. Polymeric material we roll in a ball and we do serifs. At the bottom you need to push a small hole, fill it with glue and lay a piece of wire. If you are making a flower arrangement, you need to prepare several boxes at once. Then send all clay parts to the oven for 5 minutes.

For stamens of poppy, it is necessary to prepare thin strips of black foamiran, up to 30 cm long. Then paint one edge on both sides with salad pastel and often cut to half. To stamens slightly twirled, they need to be heated on the warm surface of the iron.

Leaves, shamrocks, petals should be carefully cut out on patterns, put a texture. The concave structure of the trefoils can be given by pressing in the center with your finger. Jagged petals are obtained if the edges of the scarlet blanks are processed with scissors with uneven edges. Parts bent on the mold or manually are assembled according to the following pattern of attachment to the box:

• The black stripes of foamiran with concave stamens outward;
• Four small petals;
• Large petals;
• Trefoils;
• Green sheets.

Daisies

To make a summer flower, you will need to squeeze out 25 petals on the pattern on the foamiran. You can choose any size, but it is better not to make them long, just 5 cm in length and 2 cm in width. The ends of the cut parts for plausibility are treated with curly scissors.

For the middle of the flower will need a yellow strip of plastic material, cut into fringe. The tape covered with glue must be twisted with a small displacement tube. To the ends straightened and become voluminous, they should be slightly heated and fluffed with your fingers.

The texture on the petals is easy to apply when heated with a toothpick or on a universal mold. After processing the main parts of the flower, you can begin to manufacture the base. To do this, cut a circle with a diameter of 6 cm from green foamiran, mark its edges at a distance of 0.5 cm, and cut triangular notches. Then the sepal heat and slightly stretch the middle, giving it a convex shape.

Chamomile assembly begins with gluing seven petals to the yellow center. Subsequent join in chess order. The final stage is gluing the sepal.

the Rose

There are several ways to collect a flower from foamiran. From a pliable material, you can create a delicate bud, a lush tea rose, a wreath of small flowers. Novice needlewomen is better to first learn how to make a simple rose with the involvement of a minimum of elements.

Stencils need to prepare three patterns for petals of different sizes, with a diameter of 10, 8 and 6 centimeters. Circles must be divided into five equal parts and form oval petals. Then we transfer the outline of the template to the revelure of any color and cut out the blanks.

To make the flower look natural, the edges of the petals can be painted with pastel a tone paler than the main color of the material. The prepared elements are leaning against the iron and pushing the middle of each part. The edges of the convex petals need a little twist.

Bud form a ball of foil and toothpicks. The brilliant center can be hidden under pieces of foamiran. Assembling the roses is done by placing the petals on the stick and alternately sticking through one. The shape of the flower can be given any. The bottom of a blossoming bud is covered with a green backing with figured sheets. We replace the wooden base with curved wire.

Ranunculus

There are a lot of varieties of ranunculus and each is unique in its own way. Wedding bouquets often make up beautiful artificial flowers; crowns, hairpins and hairpins decorate them. Each flower has its own pattern and master class:

• Asian ranunculus. For work use white and olive material. From it prepare the petals of three kinds and tinted lemon and pink pastel. After warming and giving the desired shape of the bulb, the petals are strung on a wire. The base of the foil ball is overlaid with small olive details. With a downward shift of 2 mm, parts of a slightly larger size are glued. Subsequent rows are placed on the same level. The product is finished by gluing the sepal.
• African ranunculus. We cut out four types of squares from red foamiran - 2x2 cm - 21 pcs., 3x3 cm - 24 pcs., 3.5x3.5 cm - 18 pcs., 4x4 cm - 24 pcs. Then from them we form droplets-petals, we tint with violet paint. Billets need to be heated and processed by the brog. On the base prepared from foil we glue over all petals, starting with the smallest ones. You can create the effect of a blooming flower by warming up the finished bud. We make flat leaflets from green elastic suede and form a beautiful twig, decorate it with glitter.
• Persian ranunculus. From the white Thomas prepare flap circles of different sizes. The smallest tinted green pastel over the entire surface, large - pink. Apply a texture to the leaves with a toothpick. The petals are warmed up and pushed by the gullet, the leaves are simply pulled out and the ends are twisted. We begin flower picking with small green petals of unblown bud. On the next billet we fix the circles in ascending order of their size and sepals. We form a branch.

Pion

To make a volumetric flower, you will need to prepare as many petal patterns of various sizes as possible, some small skills in working with paints. Foamiran is better to use dense, at least 2 millimeters thick. The material for rough sketches will serve as cardboard. We cut out templates from it, put it on a reveljur and make petals for four rows, 10 pieces for each.

The next job is to paint the workpieces with acrylics, heat, give volume and a cupped shape to the future pion. The role of the core will be played by a bead wound with foamiran. On the stem prepared and painted in green color, alternately, the petals should be glued, starting with the smallest ones. If it is necessary to create an unblown flower for the bouquet, the petals are glued to the bead tightly, spreading half the details with glue.

In order for an artificial flower to look more like a natural one, to have a volumetric appearance, it is necessary to paint distant petals from the center in a dark color, making the tone lighter with each circle.

Mallow

To make yourself a mallow flower from foamiran, it will take a minimum of time and materials. The pattern in the form of an elongated heart must cut 5 - 7 petals. The longer the billet, the bigger the flower will be. Now it is necessary to color the colorless elements and give maximum similarity with a real plant. The top of the petal is painted with red chalk, and the bottom with yellow. Rub the paint thoroughly with a sponge or cloth.

For the manufacture of the pestle need a cotton swab, PVA and colored sand. Dip the future core of the mallow in glue and sprinkle with yellow powder. While it dries, you can do the processing of petals. You can create the necessary texture by placing the part between two sheets of corrugated paper and warming up well. Not allowing cooling, the sheets should be squeezed over the entire area. Now the petals of mallow have characteristic stripes.

To form petal bends, it will be necessary first to heat its bottom part — to make a hollow, and then top — to stretch it to the sides well. It is necessary to glue the elements to the stamen, promazyvaya very edge of the base. Each subsequent petal should go to the middle of the previous one, the last one starts at the first. Gluing place on the back side can be hidden under the green leaf.

Orchid

First you need to prepare cardboard templates for all the parts of the craft. The foamiran orchid can be made as a separate flower, as a dressing, as a hairpin or as an original decor in a pot. The middle petals are made of material several tones darker than the extreme ones. Using pencils, we apply characteristic stripes and texture, we warm them in our hands and stretch them, giving all parts a certain shape.

Strong wire can be used as a stem. We string on it a weighty bead and twist the ends. The first fasten the largest - double petals, then triple and middle. For a complete picture, create a few more colors.

It is possible to supplement the composition with several unopened buds. The role of the middle in this case is played by folded foil. Paste it with foamiran and attach small identical petals. Wire stalks can be wrapped with green tape or crepe paper. All the details are connected and placed on the peduncle. Orchid looks great in a clay pot.

Crocuses

The first spring flowers delight with their beauty not for long, because they bloom only a few weeks. You can save the beauty of colorful crocuses by making an almost exact copy of the foamiran plant with your own hands. The ideal pattern size is 5 centimeters high and 3 centimeters wide. We apply it to plastic suede and we draw around with a pointed object at the rate of one flower - 6 petals.

First, we create a vein on the elements. To do this, heat them and press them to the corrugated paper. The next step is toning and decoration with green, blue pastel. The pestle can be made from a cotton swab and glue, or from a yellow piece of revelure, cut into small fringe. We glue the prepared central leg with six petals in chess technology. The stem, starting from the bud, is wound with a green ribbon and fasten two thin leaves at the very base of the flower. Crocuses look better as a group in a vase or basket.

Tulips

You can make a real symbol of spring from foamiran in several ways. For the simplest, you will need to stock up on two blanks, cut out according to a drawing in the form of propeller blades. The size of the flower depends on the size of the initial part. The heart of a tulip, a snowdrop can be made from any dense oblong object the size of an apricot stone. Foil is used more often. For the stem fit wooden skewer, wire.

You can make a tulip out of plastic suede in any color, but it is better to choose pastel colors. They are easier to tint artistic pastel. The edges can be processed in pink, and the bottom of the petal green. After coloring, parts of the future bud must be wavy - hold it near the iron for a few seconds and squeeze into a spiral.

To fix the flower should be careful. The edges should not be fixed to the center. Connect the upper petals should be in the middle of the previous ones, so that the crafts will not break up. A nondescript stem should be shrouded in a green stripe of foamiran and supplemented with oblong leaves.

Chrysanthemum

For the pattern of multi-layered flower will require several stencils. The paper square 10 centimeters must be bent in half several times, the end cut off in a semicircle. This will be the first scheme that must be circled on another sheet. We also fold the previous sample, but we cut 1 cm longer from the curve. We make manipulations 4 more times. In total, 6 colors of different sizes are obtained.

Cut out elements of chrysanthemum, gerberas can be slightly tinted with acrylic paint on the edges. Any colour. After drying, the workpiece should be moved to the iron with the unpainted side down. The readiness signal of the part will be the edges bending inward. Then they need to knead and straighten. For the core, a twisted fringed strip is used. Collect chrysanthemum by gluing the middle of all the petals, moving from the largest element to the core. Sheets are added last.

Creating small flowers from scraps

Работая с фоамираном, неизбежно остаются мелкие обрезки. Но не стоит торопиться их выбрасывать. Яркие кусочки можно использовать повторно для изготовления мелких деталей цветочных композиций, орнамента для подарков. Можно делать оригинальные оттиски при помощи металлических булавок, пуговиц, различных силуэтов или воспользоваться фигурным дыроколом. There are many types of miniature composters capable of expanding the creative activities of an aspiring needlewoman or a professional designer.

Small flowers, butterflies, bells from scraps of a reveljura - an original ornament for cards, frames, vases, various costume jewelry. To create them will require a minimum of materials and time. From a narrow pruning can get a dozen beautiful little forget-me-nots. Production of flowers by a puncher takes place in several stages:

1. Preparation of tools (ruler, hole punch, foamiran trim, glue);
2. Matching the size of pruning with the shape of the flower punch;
3. Making elements of the composition;
4. Toning blanks;
5. Heat treatment of petals;
6. The manufacture of stamens and the formation of flowers;
7. Adding bonding parts (wire, thread, cloth tape);
8. Preparation of leaves (iron, mold);
9. Collecting the final composition.

If the hole punch tears the edges of flowers, badly pushes the items, a sheet of paper should be put under the Foamiran. This will significantly improve the quality of logging.

How to use flowers

The main scope of decorative plastic material - floral design. Due to its properties of the most realistic transmission, it is used to make colorful flower arrangements from exquisite roses, spring crocuses and tulips, field daisies, photo zone decor and more.

The foamiran flowers are decorated with handmade hats and umbrellas of dolls, fridge magnets, all kinds of products for solemn and everyday hairstyles, headbands for adults and children. An old brooch can be updated by decorating it with a camellia flower from the revelure. Bored gum will love again if they will show off the original composition of roses.

Conclusion

Flowers of foamiran have a lot of advantages compared with other materials for creativity. They are very light, therefore they do not weigh down hairpins, headbands and other decorations. Decorative bouquets and individual flowers are as close as possible to a natural, lively original, so they will give a good mood regardless of the season.