Monday, December 20, 2010

Beautiful Paper Flowers

Paper Flower

 
Step 1:  Cut a square piece of cardstock at least 2 -3 inches. .  I drew a sprial shape so you could see how you should cut it.  I would not recommend drawing the line if you feel comfortable enough to cut a spiral freehand.
Step 2: Cut the spiral shape out of the cardstock square.  Be sure to leave a small circle in the center to use as the base for the flower to sit on. 
Step 3: Trim off the square corner and distress (rough up) the outside edges of  spiral.                                                           
Step 4: Use CTMH ink to edge the outer edge of the spiral circle using a sponge to apply the ink to the paper.  This will give your paper flower some more texture and dimensional with the additional of a soft colour.                                           
Step 5: Now it is time to start rolling your paper flower.  It is easiest to start with a pair of tweezers to wrap the outside piece as tight as possible.  If you look at step 4 you can see that I started doing this.  Keep rolling the spiral as tight (smaller flower) or as loose (larger flower) as you like.  Every few twirls around you should use a mini glue dot to adhere it in place.  Once you get to the final twirl around and end up at the circle for the base, place one of two glue dots down and press the paper flower down onto the base.  This should hold it long enough for you to apply Liquid Glass .  For a final touch add an embellishment like an opaque pearl ahesive gem or a sparkle gem.  And then voila...you have a beautiful paper flower to decorate a card, craft or book!