Hanging Paper Flowers
Last night I sat in my scrappy room and had my Cricut cut a bunch of different paper flowers. I wanted to make a bouquet of some sort but wasn’t sure which direction to go. I saw a tutorial on this a while back but couldn’t remember where, so going based on memory, I winged the biggest part of it. Each of these flowers has 5 to 7 different layers – each one different and all either inked, embossed, stickled or a mixture of the three. I used a few different types of brads to hold them together and then glued the back of the flower to a very small dowel rod. The wrapping for the bouquet is a 12 x12 sheet of decorative cardstock with inked edges (to flow with the flowers). I used a sheer ribbon to run through the top sides of the wrapper and also used a Tim Holtz hinge on the side for my heart and butterfly. I threaded the hinge through the ribbon and it dangles really nice. I tied the bow at the top first and then just pulled my ribbon on through until it was positioned on the side. Oh! Before I forget! The flowers were run through a 3″ round piece of chipboard with holes cut in for the dowels to fit through. I used my cropadile for that – 3/16″ side.
Cute project. The colors used here look very autumn-ish to me.
August 30 2009 08:09 pm | Projects