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same here--while I'm inspired, I may do many, and then fall behind and catch up later...

bring'em on!

Just a quick note. I saw on someones blog (lost the link) but they used heart punch and made a flower out of 5 punches. I'm going to try once I find the punch.

This flower is so fun and can really be dressed up or down...
Jeweled Flower
1. cut 3 circles: 4 in, 3 in, 2 in (or any three diff sizes) I used plain white watercolor paper on this.
2. Emboss circles with a large "busy" stamp and colored EP.
3. Rough up and ink edges..here i used distress ink in purple...you can also glimmer mist.
4. Cut one 1 in chipboard or cardstock circle for base.
5. Crunch up flower circles...then flatten.
6. fold in half, then bring in the ends (1/3) to the center.
7. Stack and pierce and attach brad
8. Mist with water and continue to crunch until you like it!
(I also added purple stickles here and there around the edges. I also found that when using distress ink, it runs nicely when spritzed with water to give the edges a shadowy smear.)

Ruth Ann--this last one also works nicely when you free hand cut the 3 circles. Then follow all the rest of your steps. The slightly off center look is appealing in its own way, and another look will happen, when you use double sided paper and flip the middle layer.

I'm working on this latest one. I thought I would share a couple of pages and how I'm doing my book.
Here is the cover: One of the flowers, I may have shown this one before. Another:

Love the book, cheryl....and Holly, I have some other variations of this type of flower to show still...probably similar to what you are describing....

Oh--sorry Ruth Ann for jumping the gun. I think this thread is super! I've tried several of these and find they really add a lot to a page or a card.

No problem, Holly...I am happy that some of you are enthusiastic about the technique journal.....

Great flower, RA! I think this one is the most versatile so far..... so many variations you can make with it.

Monica

Here's another and one of my favs...a little more work, but worth the result.

Fancy Folded Flower
1. Cut 11 circles
2. Fold in half
3. Open and flip over and fold each bottom corner to center of fold line creating a point
4. Flip over and fold ech side up to fold line in the center.
5. Glue first petal onto a card sized piece of cardstock. Glue second petal close to first being careful to lift the little flap to press edges close together.
6. ontinue until you have a complete circle.
7. Add center to flower.

I only ended up using 10 petals for this flower and cut around base cardstock when i was done. Photos showing the steps.....

Folding steps---backward, tho...
1. fold in half
2. flip and fold sides in to make a point
3. flip and fold to center line

RuthAnn...you have been very busy with this........I like the book you're doing and will have to try some of these. Thanks for all the work you've put into this.
Diana

1. finished and glued to piece of white cardstock which i cut away
2. gluing process

I love this one Ruth Ann and used to make it. I totally forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder.

How big are the circles for this last one, Ruth Ann? It's gorgeous!