Easy Paper Basket Tutorial

Paper Basket Tutorial

           Hi friends Thank you so much for the supportive comments  on my Felt flowers layout - I hardly scrapbook so each and every feedback was so important to boost my confidence!

        This month I am reviewing the  Flower punch board for one of my favourite Craft supply stores Crafter’s Corner and I wanted to try out different projects to make with this punchboard

Here are links to 2 projects I had already shared using this new type of Punch board

• Easy Flowers tutorial - Basic introduction to the flower punch board features and basic flower making tutorial 
• Easy Daffodils tutorial - How to make quick and easy paper daffodils using the flower punch board

          Some ideas are "accidental" discoveries and when I found that the 7-  petal flowers made with the Flower punch board tend to stand upright , that gave me the idea to make flower baskets with them.

Paper Basket Tutorial

These Paper Baskets are quick and easy to make and will look good as home decor or party favours. I can just imagine filling up the baskets with little trinkets or candy as return gifts for parties!

How to make easy Flower Baskets

Materials Required
Flower  Punch Board - manufactured by We R Memory Keepers

Flower Punch Board

Glue , Scissors

Pattern Paper /Chart paper and Cardstock

Optional - Ink pad to ink the edges of your flower petals ,Stamps ,Embossing powders to jazz up your paper even more

If you missed the Easy flower making tutorial do read it first to get familiar with the basic steps of how to use the flower punch board .

Flower Basket tutorial

Punch and  fold a  5 inch [S ] and 3 inch [XXS ]flower. The shimmer on the flowers is because I stamped and embossed the paper strips before making them into flowers

Flower Basket tutorial

          Make a 7 petal flower from the  folded strip you made for the 5 inch flower .Gently roll down the flower petals using the shaping tool included in the Flower punch board.Even though the flower can actually stand upright like a basket  you can make it  sturdier  by simply adding a cylindrical base to your flower basket .

Flower Basket tutorial

To make a base : Fold a 7 x 1 1/4 inch paper strip in half lengthwise[ you don't have to exactly follow this measurement!]. Glue the ends of this strip to get a paper ring. 

Flower Basket tutorial

Glue this paper ring base on to the under-surface of the flower.You need to be quite generous with the glue in this step and be patient to let the glue dry while holding the parts!

Flower Basket tutorial

Make a 7 petal 3 inch diameter flower following the Flower punch board tutorial and stick it inside your larger flower. If there is still a gap in the center just add a punched circle to the center.

Flower Basket tutorial

Make a handle using matching card stock - again no hard and fast rules about the measurement [I used 11 x 1 inch strip] and taper the ends as shown in the pictorial above to allow easy gluing into the basket.

Paper Basket tutorial 

I inserted the tapered ends of the handle under my smaller flower [ better to glue on the handle before you glue on the smaller flower!]

Flower Basket tutorial 

The picture above shows the Flower basket on its stand. I couldn't resist adding a Resin flower on the handle of my flower basket!

Resin Flower

Adding the resin flower tended to make my basket topple over [Oops!!!]
So salvaged the project by adding a bouquet of flowers to the basket!

Foam flowers Mulberry Flowers

Poked foam flowers [ these are store bought ones but here is the handmade foam rose tutorial link], mulberry flowers and pollens [ these are normal pollens dressed up with floral tape] into play-dough [ instead of floral sponge!!] and added them inside the flower basket.

Paper Basket Tutorial

Using the same tutorial steps you can make baskets as large as 12 inches in diameter using the flower punch board!
I hope you enjoyed the easy basket tutorial ....do tell me how it is.

Supplies

Flower Punch Board,Embossing : Versamark Watermark , WOW Embossing Powders , Ranger Heat Gun,Dies:Spellbinders Floral Oval ,PoppyStamps Swirly Curl border,Embellishments : Resin Flowers [from Crafters Corner]Paper : DCWV Floral stack

Edited : This Basket tutorial was featured at Monday Handmade Linkup Party--- Thank you Judy