Learn how to make these gorgeous DIY Pressed Flowers Transparent Lavender Bookmarks using a laminator. You can use lavender or any other pressed flowers that you love, the sky (and your garden) is the limit!
Hello creative friends! We are always on the lookout for new craft supplies that can get quite expensive, but we often tend to forget to also include nature in our search. Nature can provide such unique elements that can be integrated into our projects, no matter the season, we just need to open our eyes, our minds and why not our hearts to see them.
This time of year, summer just feels like the perfect time to get creative, especially with the abundance of colorful flowers from our garden that are waiting to be acknowledged. Lavender is one of my all-time favorites, so if you’ve been wondering what you can do with pressed flowers, you NEED to try this project – these absolutely amazing DIY Pressed Flowers Transparent Lavender Bookmarks using a laminator are really easy to make!
DIY Pressed flowers transparent lavender bookmarks
It would be best to try this transparent laminating technique with pressed flowers, but if you don’t have any, don’t worry, you can try this project first -> How to press flowers in 10 seconds! It’s quite an easy technique that will help you get instantly pressed gorgeous flowers while also preserving some of their shapes and colors.
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I wanted to give my bookmarks a vintage vibe so I’ve decided to create the printable around a stunning frame from The Graphics Fairy. All its intricate details will only help us imprint a lovely antiqued look on our bookmarks and the final pieces will be absolutely amazing!
laserjet printer | regular printing paper or cardstock | pressed flowers (buy them or make your own) | scissors | manicure scissors | laminator | laminating pouches
I’ve actually experimented and used both fresh and pressed flowers – lavender in this case – and the final results were different, depending on how flattened the flowers were. If your flowers still have some volume, don’t expect to get perfect results.
The truth is I loved how all these variations turned out, even with their small air pockets and imperfections!
Click HERE to learn how to make the DIY Pressed Flowers Transparent Lavender Bookmarks and download the free printable,
I’m sharing the step-by-step tutorial on The Graphics Fairy ♥!
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