Paper Flower Tutorial
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| Paper Flowers |
I love making Paper Flowers and these punchcraft flowers helped so much in transforming this tin can and cardboard box in yet another recycling craft.
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| Recycling Craft |
I made a stationery set of a pen stand and easel box type notepaper holder and decorated them with vintage paper , some quilling and lots of punchcraft paper flowers.
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| Paper Flowers |
I have never worked with vintage style paper -- this was part of a winnings from
Lil Bee Boutique[Thank You Hana].So quite unsure how it has balanced out with the punchcraft flowers.
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| Paper Flowers |
This is the lid of the box with quilled leaves and punchcraft flowers.
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| Paper Flowers |
The lid of the box has an extra flap which can stand up like an easel to display the paper flowers.
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| Paper Flowers |
One can add a small photo or quote on the inner panel of the recycled box.
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| Recycling craft |
On the lower half of the box I added a lacy pearl border and some tiny punchcraft flowers.
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| Paper Flowers |
This matching stationery set was inspired by 2 blogger friends
Hussena and
Priya Sondhi who do such an awesome job of color coordination and " matching"! Do drop by their blogs to be fascinated!
This is the closeup of the rose on the tin can which I recycled into a craft tool holder /penstand.To match with the box , I used the same type of punchcraft flowers.
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| Punchcraft Flowers |
How to Make a Paper Rose
Materials required
1.Paper - normal thickness paper is enough and not cardstock [which is so much tougher to punch and shape ]
2.Paper Punches- I used the pear punch for this rose. You can hand cut rough pear shapes too! The circle punch is optional-- the circle or any other shape is used to form the base of the paper rose.
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
3.Glue
4.Shaping tool- optional ....you can use a pen or knitting needle as alternatives
Make the Paper Rose Petals
Punch 12 pear shapes and shape each into a flower petal. Gently roll back the 2 corners of the pear shape as shown in the photo of the paper flower tutorial
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
I find it quicker to shape all 12 paper flower petals in one go!
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
Make the central rose bud
Take 4 of the shaped petals and bend the narrow part of the pear shape at a right angle as shown . Make the inner most petal by increasing the bend of the 2 corners ,applying glue on one corner flap and gluing in place to form a conical bud.
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
Take a 2nd petal and apply glue as shown at the corners and the base. Wrap it around the first petal to make the bud.
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
Take 2 more petals bend at right angles at the narrow part ,apply glue at the base and lower part of the erect part.Slide and wrap both these petals around the bud.
You can add more petals in the same fashion to give a more fuller rose bud.
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
Pinch the upper part of the pear shape with the thumb and index of one finger . Using the thumb of the other hand to create the central crease makes it quick and easy[Sounds tricky but its not!!].
Bend the narrow base at a right angle. Apply glue at the base and lower edges of the paper flower petal.
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
This picture shows the 8 shaped petals and the central bud of the paper rose
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
Place the bud on the base of one petal and wrap the petal around it. In this way surround the bud with 3 petals to make a mini paper flower.
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
Add 5 petals to surround the central flower. I find this stage the trickiest as I use normal glue which takes its own sweet time to dry!
To help the petals stay in place I shaped a circle into a cup and pasted it as a base to hold the petals of the flower together.
Another trick is to insert the paper rose into the hole of the circle punch -- this helps to hold the petals in position while the glue dries on your paper punchcraft rose
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| Paper Flower Tutorial |
Here is the link to the
Paper Daisy Tutorial
Here are
Tutorial links to make Paper Roses with other shapes
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| Paper Flowers |
Do tell me how you liked the roses and yet another recycling project .
If you are a beginner to punchcraft here are links to some Easy Punchcraft flower tutorials
If you want to try some Advanced Punchcraft flowers here are some tutorials
