'Butterflies on Roses' Scribbles

Carrying forward my 'Red & Gold' color scheme for Valentine's Day was this adorable arrangement of paper butterflies scribbled with love notes fluttering over red and gold satin roses.

Supplies Needed:

• Satin Ribbon in Red and Gold
• Golden paper cutouts of butterflies (template given below)
• Wide golden ribbon (I used wire-edged)
• Drinking Straws or Florist Wires

Directions:

1. Make satin ribbon roses using these directions:

How To Make Ribbon Roses

The number of roses depends upon how large you want your bouquet to be.

Note: The wider the ribbon, the larger your roses will turn out. The longer the ribbon, the denser your roses will be.

2. If you want to arrange your flowers in a vase, twist the ribbons at their bases to drinking straws and tape them. You can also use florist wires.

3. Cut out butterflies from golden paper using this template above.

4. Fold them from the center, crease and then re-open. Write little love notes/quotes inside.

5. Glue the creased center of the butterflies on to some of the flowers.

6. When arranging them in a vase, use wide golden ribbon around their bases stuffing half of it inside the neck of the vase to give them a hand-tied posy look.

7. For displaying them in a transparent glass vase, roll a sheet of craft paper of desired color and insert it in the vase. You can stick to red or golden or add a different touch with an unusual color like pink. Place the roses inside the 'tube' of craft paper and add ribbon at the neck of the vase.