I LOVE making paper flowers. It's a good thing too, because last year about this time, my daughter and I were making HUNDREDS (I'm not exaggerating) for her wedding decor. Even the "father of the bride" was die cutting and pasting!
Today, on Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #61, Dawn McVey shows us a clever way to make adorable flowers by using leaf die cuts. I decided to use the leaf die cuts and matching stamps from the Frilly Flowers Collection by Papertrey Ink. First, I stamped the die a gorgeous tangelo orange. Then, to give the leaf a little dimension and make it look a little more like a flower petal, I squeezed the more pointed end.
I used a square punch at the base to make my flower (this helped me find the center more easily) and glued the "squeezed ends" of the leaves at the center. Then I glued and layered...
With the Frilly Flowers Collection, you get three sizes of leaves. I used the medium and small size leaves to make the petals. For the center of the flower, I folded two small stars from a Papertrey die cut, glued, and added a little pearl.
I decided to adorn a tag with the flower I made. I LOVE adding tags to all kinds of gifts. As with all the Make It Monday Ideas, there are so many possibilities. You can make a flower using any kind of die cut...Take a look at the Make It Monday AND all the projects that are submitted. Lots of imagination going on out there!
To see the Make It Monday for this week go to:
http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2012/04/make-it-monday-61.html
Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink-Frilly Flowers
Die Cuts: Papertrey Ink-Frilly Flowers, Super Star Borders, Limitless Layers 1 3/4 Circle
Punch: Martha Stewart Square punch
Inks: Memento Tangelo, Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: DCWV Coral Couture Stack
