Easy Paper flowers Tutorial

Paper flower tutorial 

       Dear friends  I think many of us have a special crafty first love - a technique or style we fall in love with at the beginning of our crafting journey--like stamping, quilling , punch craft etc .Well one of my first loves was craft punches ! 

       I would buy whatever punch I could get my hands on and try and cook up different ways to make flowers with a single punch [see Heart punch flower tutorial  , Pear Punch Rose tutorial ,Balloon punch flower tutorial , Easy circle flower tutorial ]!

Flower Punch Board tutorial 

         And since I loved punches so much ,I was super excited when Shalini [the owner of Crafter’s Corner] sent me the Flower Punch Board to  play with! Not only is it a super 2 in 1 punch [makes flowers and leaves!!], it comes along with  a scoring tool [super useful bone folder ] and a handy shaping tool [no more hunting for the right pen to shape your flowers!]  too.

Flower Punch Board

           Many of you know I usually make all the decorations for my daughter’s birthday parties [see Large Paper flower tutorial ]and I was quite excited that the punch board could be used to make huge 9 inch flowers ideal for party decor!You can actually make 7 different sized flowers ranging from 3 inches to 9 inches diameter

How to make flowers using the Flower Punch Board

There are a couple of videos on You tube demonstrating how to use the flower punch board but I know there are many like me who enjoy pictorials.

The board has tables in cm and inches which indicate what size paper is required to make a particular size flower named XXS,XS etc which has corresponding lines marked on the board.

Flower Punch Board

For this basic flower making tutorial I made the smallest 3 inch diameter flower [called XXS] using a 1 3/4 x 6 inch paper strip

Flower tutorial 

Making flowers with the flower punch board just involves punching , scoring and folding. To start ,align the paper strip at the vertical groove and punch.Also score along the diagonal line.

Flower Punch Board

Shift the paper strip and align to the line of the corresponding flower size eg XXS.Now punch and score both vertically and diagonally.

Flower Punch Board tutorial 

Shift the paper and align the vertical score-line you just made to the XXS  line and repeat the punch and score steps.

Flower tutorial

Fold your petal strip by mountain folding all the diagonal score lines and valley folding all the vertical score lines.Stick  the petals to make a fairly flat 8 petal flower [ideal for scrapbooks and albums] or  stick one petal over the other to make a 7 petal flower as shown. 

Flower tutorial

Shape the petals inwards or outwards using the shaping tool. The shaping tool also has a slotted end like a slotted quilling tool.

Paper flower tutorial 

You can also snip off petals before sticking to make a more cupped 3 dimensional 6 petal or 5 petal flower as seen in my paper flower bouquet.

How to make Leaves with the flower punch board

You can also make cute perfectly shaped leaves  from squares of paper [ size 1 to 4 inches] by using the reverse punch on the flower punch board.

Paper leaf tutorial 

Punch opposite corners of a paper square to make a leaf and score it using the scoring tool and score-board to make your leaves 3 D with veins!

Paper leaf tutorial 

Making these punch craft paper flowers was so quick and easy I made a whole bouquet of flowers in no time!

Paper flower tutorial 

         My daughter was fascinated with the punch board and had a go at making the flowers too..I think we'll be making lots of flowers for teachers day!

Tip : The flower punch board works best on good quality paper and thin pattern paper can give slightly ragged petal edges but chart paper worked fine for me!

I hope you enjoyed the basic introduction to the flower punch board . Here is a tutorial on how to make Paper Daffodils with the punch board : Easy Paper Daffodil tutorial 

Supplies : Flower Punch Board , Prima Introspection Paper Pad