Projects with Paper Flowers!!! 

Paper Flowers and Ribbons

The techniques used to make these cards are fairly straightforward.  You can find the ribbons used HERE, and the paper flowers HERE.  We used mini glue dots to stick down the thin ribbon and paper flowers, cutting off the stems on the ones where they have no stems!  For the thicker ribbon we used the Scrapbook Glue Roller (a brilliant tool).  To get the ribbon just right, stick it down first with extra length at each end.  Then trim along the edge of the card with a sharp scissors afterwards to give a straight edge. 

Paper Flowers and ...Papers!

For this collection we co-ordinated the paper flowers with some of our handmade and scrapbooking papers.  The first card uses the gorgeous Olive/Lime Mulberry Paper and the White Paper Flowers. We cut a square of the paper out and stuck it onto a plain white C6 card using glue/double sided tape/Glue Roller.  Then we added the white paper flowers using mini glue dots!  Simple but effective.

The second card uses the same idea but a square of torn out Ivory Indian Cotton as the background on a cream C6 card. 

The next card features our Basic Grey Gumballs paper.  We cut out squares of the red dots (it also features yellow, blue and whites ones you could use with the other flowers though!) and use them as a backdrop for some red paper flowers.

The last card uses a strip from our Sporty Lap Pool Scrapbooking paper. Try it with a stripey paper of your own too though!  We added co-ordinating flowers in a strip along the edge using glue dots, and Voila!

Rubber Stamp Ink Pads and Other Techniques.

Some slightly more unusual cards using some different techniques.

The heart card we made very simply.  We drew an outline of a heart in pencil on the square card, then used the Scrapbook Glue Roller to run strips of double sided tape to fill the shape!  It didn't have to be exact or 100% accurate as when we placed the red paper flowers on, we were able to place them where needed on the tape to make a more perfect heart.  We cut the stems off, did the outline of the heart first by pressing the paper flowers onto the sticky tape. We then finished it off by filling it in the middle with the rest of the flowers.

The 2nd card is a classic.  We used Glue dots to stick the bunch of flowers down (we did this first so the stems of the flowers end up underneath the terracotta pot).  We then stuck a Craft Glue dot onto the back of the white terracotta pot, and wrapped a small piece of 3mm red ribbon around the lip of the pot, sticking onto the glue dot at the back.  When done, we pressed the pot down onto the card on top of the stems, and it's done!  A very pretty and versatile card.

The last two cards both were done using ink pads and a round clear sticker.  An alternative if you don't have a round sticker is to cut or punch a circle from card (you could use our Circle Punch) and stick down onto the card where you want the flower to go using a mini glue dot.  When you remove the round piece of card later, it won't matter if it pulls a tiny piece of paper from the card with it as that's where you'll be sticking the flower! 

For the red card, once the round piece of card/sticker was placed down on the card, we used a Red Ink Pad to distress the edges around the circle.  To do this, rub the ink pad along the edges of the circle in a sweeping motion in the direction of the edges of the card (i.e. away from the circle).  When done, remove the circle and place the red flower down in the middle of the white circle using a mini glue dot.

The last card couldn't be easier.  Place the circle down on the card where you wish the flower to be.  Then take a large Blue Chalk Ink Pad and simple press the whole inkpad down on the card around the circle!!!  This creates the solid blue rectangle on the card.  We then inked the middle of the flower (hard to see in this picture though) to match the blue rectangle.  Add the blue flower in the middle of the circle and you're done!!  Works just as well with the pink or yellow chalk pads and flowers too!