Flower Series pt.1

So this is the first card in a little series I'm doing where I'm experimenting with making paper, ribbon, whatever, flowers. :)

Here is my little cast of Characters to assemble the flower.

Punch, or cut out lots of 2" squares. I'm using papers from the Early Bird Mini Deck by Cosmo Cricket.

Fold the square in half to make a triangle.

Fold that triangle in half.

Then fold one side back over onto itself.

Flip it over, and fold the other side back onto itself too. It will look like this now.

Now looking at the picture above, bend over one of the top points to the bottom middle, and staple it together with the Tiny Attacher.

Now it looks like this.

Bend the other peak over, and staple it down too.

Once both sides are stapled down, I just used my finger to gently press the petal open. Repeat till you have lots of little petals.

Then I cut out a small piece of scrap paper and covered it in glue dots. Next time I'd use a bigger piece than shown below for better stick, since some of the petals were a little loose.

The right side up. You can see I alternated 2 different patterns. Then you cover up the middle with a big button, chipboard, whatever :)


Side shot of the finished card.


And, the finished card:

Let me know what you think! I did this from memory of something I saw a while ago done in fabric... Wish I could remember where...

Anyhow, have a great one!!!

L