A lightweight 3D wall art decoration of flowers and leaves that can be thrown up by anybody from cheap supplies quickly.

Supplies

Cardboard
Napkin (kitchen and/or normal)
White gesso
Clay (air drying)
Acrylic paint
- blue
- white
- green
- mandarin
- gold (metal)
- silver-blue (metal)
- silver-green (metal)
- dark-brown
White glue
Hot glue
Silicone molds
Varnish

Step 1: The Base

Grab a simple cardboard box and cut the sides so that you should have at least two big ones, but of course you can have any layer.

Measure the sides to have the required size, I selected 18x50cm.

Step 2: Glue Together the Base

Using white glue simply just put together the same sized cardboard sheets.

With a heavy book on the top leave it to dry.

Step 3: Glue Some Structure

To have some real feel structure at the surface use the napkin and diluted glue.

Mix white glue and water in 1 to 1 rate in a small bowl and take a brush.

Cut the napkin to smaller parts and start to glue them to the cardboard with overlaps on each piece.

Don't be afraid if it gets creases that is exactly the goal!

Wait for dry completely before the next step.

Step 4: Priming Paint

After the diluted glue dried on the box you can coat with one layer of white gesso on the whole surface.

Wait again for the full dry.

Step 5: Background Color

To color up the background pour some white and blue paint and with a brush just color the boards.

To have some gradient you can use wide brush moves and mix the colors in different ratio.

For the extra sparkling effect then silver-blue metallic paint put up with dry brush technique roughly here and there.

Step 6: Sculpting the Stem of the Plants

Take some napkin and separate the layers and then cut to long slices with 2cm width.

Dip a kitchen towel in water and then put one slice on the top of it to get it wet and then start to roll it to make the stem structure. You'll practice this step a bit as if the slice gets too wet or not wet enough you can easily fail here, but don't be afraid you can master it quickly. If you prefer you can use clay for the stem too.

Step 7: Combine the Parts

When the stem parts are fully dried you can paint them if you want different color.

After the paint got dried glue the stems in a winding format on the cardboard with white glue.

Step 8: Flowers and Leaves

Get the clay and the molds and create as many flowers and leaves as many you want.

Put the air drying clay in the mold and right after that you can remove it and I recommend to put it on the stem (but do not press it) and let it dry. This will help later to have them a back that fits better to the existing structure.