How to Make a Buttonhole Corsage.
by Isabel Naomi in Craft > Jewelry
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How to Make a Buttonhole Corsage.
In this Instructable we show you how to make a buttonhole corsage using inner tube of a bike and Nespresso coffee capsules. We hope you like our Instructable. Materials we used to make the corsage are cleaned Nespresso capsules, cleaned inner tube of a bike, a circle punch (1.5 cm diameter) a metal brooch, a round metal rivet, 657117 Sizzix Bigz Die - Flower, Petal Power by Eileen Hull, a Bigshot, a flower punch, a glue gun, scissors, cutting pliers, flat nose pliers and round nose pliers
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To see how to make this buttonhole corsage in detail, watch this video.
Cut Out a Coffee Pod Circle
Cut of the top and the bottom of your coffee pod. Use a circle punch to cut a circle of about 1.5 cm in diameter. Hereafter cut out a paper circle. Fold this paper circle onto 8 pieces and mark.
Cut Your Circle
Use the paper circle to cut your coffee pod circle. Leave the middle uncut. Now fold one in two of the cut pieces around the tip of a pencil. Now put this piece to the side.
Cut Out Your Flower Base
Use the Bigshot to cut out a flower from a piece of bicycle inner tube. Use this together with the first prepared piece in the next step.
Attach the Two Pieces
With a round silver colored rivet, attach the prepared coffee pod piece and the inner tube flower.
Prepare Another Coffee Pod
Cut the border of a coffee pod. Use a round nosed plier to turn the coffee pod regularly. When you have turned all around, fold them slowly inward.
Prepare the Stem
Use a small flower punch to cut out coffee pod and inner tube flower. Pierce the second prepared coffee pod and add e brooch to it. Now pierce the coffee pod flower and cut the petals a bit.
Finish the Corsage
Add the flower and fold the petals around the coffee pod. Hereafter add the inner tube flower. Use a glue gun to attach the top part and your corsage is done. We hope you like our Instructable.