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Eyelets 
Instructions
  Cut a small square of white cardstock and mount it onto a piece of bright green cardstock.
  Sew five stems onto the square using bright green embroidery thread.
  At the end of each "stem", place an eyelet hole-punch and lightly tap the end with a hammer. Make sure the eyelet hole-punch is straight and at a ninety degree angle to the surface of the paper. Make sure you do this work on a self-healing matte.
  Place a large 3/8" eyelet ( in this case a pink flower-shaped eyelet ) in the hole with the pretty side facing you.
 
  1. Flip the square of paper over and place the eyelet setter into the hole of the eyelet. Lightly tap the eyelet until the sides bend down and flatten. Lift up the eyelet setter and lightly tap the eyelet with the hammer to flatten out any metal.
  2. Next, insert a smaller 1/8" eyelet into the center of the flower eyelet. Take a hammer and repeat the process with the eyelet setter and hammer. This is called nesting eyelets.
  3. Repeat this for the remaining four flowers at the top of the stems.
  4. Tie a pink ribbon around the stems of the flowers.
  5. Cut one strip of bright green paper and place along bottom edge of 12 x 12 hot pink paper.
  6. Adhere the small square with the flower stems onto the pink stockcard.



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