This beautiful Butterfly Ranunculus makes you think of butterfly wings, hence its name. The blooms are light, with petals like parchment. Everything about this delightful bloom is delicate and ephemeral. They cannot help but make you feel dreamy. Calla Lilies are known as representing the ‘magnificence of beauty’ and this Burnt Amber Calla Lily certainly lives up to the reputation. It is simply gorgeous in its sophisticated design and colors. Look at those rich hues and how they blend so well! 7. Saffron Hydrangea Now, take the left hand edge of one of the petals in your pliers and bend it in towards the petal to it's left. This should give it sort of a C shape when looking at it from the top. Do the same with the remaining petals and they all should be wrapping around each other. If they are still too wide, use your regular pair of pliers to squish them together in a tighter spiral. Note: this project is sponsored by Spellbinders who provided me with a Platinum 6 machine. What happened next was all my own creation! Garden Therapy readers have a special discount for the new machine as well, so be sure to grab the code at the end of this post. How to Make Copper Garden Art Flowers

Copper Beauty Cymbidium Orchids have creamy copper petals and a dark burgundy spotted lip. These sumptuous blooms are said to symbolize beauty and love. Well, they certainly are beautiful and you’re going to love them! They would be perfect in a garden or in a floral display. 17. Ginger Swirl Iris So, after lots of requests from the internet and my friends, I thought I'd upload a step-by-step guide to making a rose out of sheet copper and steel/brass rod. Of course, this is not a definitive guide - I saw a similar flower on the internet and wasn't completely satisfied with it, so modified it to suit what I wanted in a project. So feel free to adapt and change as you go along; as long as you don't just steal my idea and call it your own, I'm fine with it. A big, big thank you to everyone who did vote for this in the Valentines 2013 Contest - I won! Thank you so much, it was an incredible surprise. Also, a big thank you to my very tolerant parents, my helpful DT teacher, and Jeffery Santo at Darkmoon Metals, who gave the initial inspiration for this project. Only do this for one side of each blank -there's not much point in doing it to both sides, and by trying to do it to both, you'll end up flattening out the other side. Cordless Drill/Drill Press/Dremel/Hand Drill - as long as it can take a 5mm (3/16" or thereabouts) drill bit, you're good. These lovely fall flowers have long-lasting hardiness and versatility. They look gorgeous in a garden and also, due to their resilience and strength, are great in corsages, bouquets and flower arrangements. 3. Copper ThistleThis plant has luscious shades of salmon, crimson, and berry. Intricate copper veins are what really make this plant stand out as something special. 28. Copper Leaf Ammania Securely hold the copper using pliers (the larger the better) and make sure the area is clear from any potential fire hazards This is very important - if you don't do this right, you won't be able shape the rose later. Take the next square, and align it with the first. Then, align the fourth with the second. Finally, simple thread the rectangle on top - it doesn't really matter about alignment, though I make it in line with the third out of habit. Secondly, I am assuming a variety of things, such as workshop ability. I am 17, have done a Design and Technology (Resistant Materials) GCSE (woo A*) for which I was awarded an engineering scholarship, spent many, many hours doing metal and woodwork both in and out of school and in general love working with my hands. It's therefore safe to say that what I may find simple (texturing, peening) may be a complex process to many of you, so I have tried to make this project as simple as possible, whilst still producing a satisfying end result that looks, and feels, professional. I have kept all the stages exactly the same as the first time I made one, so I haven't dumbed it down at all, but want to warn you - this is not something that can be done without commitment to the project. It really is worth it though.

Feed the sandwich through the Platinum 6 by holding it with one hand and turning the crank with the other. Once the machine “catches” the sandwich, move a hand to the top of the machine and hold firmly while you turn the crank with the other. This is a powerful cutting machine but it is not difficult to use. Mostly, you provide stability to the machine and let it do the hard work.As previously stated this option will produce more uniform colors, but multiple rounds can be done to combine different colors in the same flower. Remove the corners that you have now exposed, to create four individual petals. File all those new cut edges to remove any toolmarks. Then, use your soft mallet to hammer the copper flat. It doesn't matter if the petals overlap slightly, we'll sort that out later. Cut all the corners off each blank. You want to remove enough copper so that you end up with something that looks like this: This is a tall, bearded, Iris in a simply divine hue. The ruffled edges of the petals and sepals and the coloring, as well as the absolutely gorgeous design of the Iris blossom, make this a scintillating plant to own! 18. Austrian Copper Rose