Paper Flowers

Yesterday I held my second workshop during which we learned how to make paper flowers 3 different ways.

To make this flower we punched a 1 3/8″ circle from Real Red cardstock and then punched a scallop circle around it.  By cutting between two of the scallops and rolling the cardstock up really tightly you get a gorgeous little flower.   Now I know that there was a tutorial somewhere on the net about this and if I can find out where I will post a link.

The Base of the this card is Crumb Cake with a layer of Basic Black.  The Top Note die is cut using Very Vanilla card and the Real Red cardstock has been run through the Big Shot using the Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder.  The leaves are cut using the Little Leaves  sizzlet and Old Olive cardstock.  To make the large flowers we joined 3 of the pieces I described above and then when they are finished we attached a circle of real red card behind them and attached to the card front using mini glue dots.  We made two flowers like this and then two flowers using 2 of the pieces described above and then one flower using only 1 of the pieces described above.  Some Basic Black grosgrain tied around the middle  to conceal the top edge of the Real Red cardstock.

The flowers on this card are made by punching out a Scallop Circle, then cutting between two of the scallops and continuing to cut in a spiral until you reach the centre of the scallop circle.  You begin at the outside edge and roll until you get to the centre as tight as you can, then you let the cardstock go so that it springs open.  These flowers are attached to a 1/2″ circle of matching cardstock using crystal effects.  They take about an hour to dry enough to add to the card front.

This card uses Rich Razzleberry as the base card.  The layer of Regal Rose has been stamped using the Friendly Words Jumbo Roller and Versamark ink.  The edges were sponged with Regal Rose ink.  The Sahara Sand cardstock has been embossed using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder.  5/8″ grosgrain Very Vanilla ribbon  has been wrapped around the card.  The  bow was made by wrapping a Clear Rhinstone brad around a piece of ribbon that has been folded into three and then it was attached using mini glue dots.  The Little Leaves were cut using Old Olive cardstock and then the 3 flowers we made from Rich Razzleberry card  were attached using mini glue dots.  The greeting from Sincere Salutations was stamped using Real Red ink.

The flowers on this card were made by punching 3 layers of cardstock and then piercing a hold through the centre of them.  Then we distressed them so that each piece could be separated into 2 layers.  The layers were then scrunched up and opened out again.  The six pieces were attached using a brad and then each layer scrunched up around the brad.  Once all six layers are done, then they are opened from the outside giving a gorgeous almost carnation like effect.  One good thing about these is that you can use up all the retired brad colours because you don’t see the brad once the flower is completed. 

This card also has a base of Crumb Cake and a layer of Basic Black card.  The Top Note is cut using Very Vanilla cardstock.  3 Little Leaves were cut from Old Olive card and then we made the flowers.  1 from the  Scallop Circle,  2 from the 1″ circle punch and 2 from the 3/4″ circle punch.  They are attached using mini glue dots.  The greeting from Sincere Salutations has been stamped using Real Red ink.

They also made a presentation box which was very simple so that if required the card could be posted.

This class was very “full on” and for the first one, the ladies had to punch out all their own pieces.  For the class on Saturday I punched out all the pieces for the flowers  for them and also did most of the distressing to save time.  The ladies only had to punch out the pieces for their technique card.

Making paper flowers can be quite time consuming, but the finished product is so worth the effort. 

Bye for now, Kris.