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Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:19 am
by Keitha
Flower tutorials abound on the internet, but I like these ones make with circles of paper. Somehow they're less girly than a lot (I scrap mostly boy photos); I think they'd make a good alternative to the rosettes that are so popular right now, if you wanted something less bulky.

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Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:27 am
by pamcook
I do love those! I tend to use the flat flowers for my scrapbooks and the pouffier flowers for cards. We might have to do another home-made flower swap...

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:33 am
by julierealtor
I really like them also, TFS.

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:52 am
by capescrapper
Wow, those are too cool!!!
:cool5:

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:43 am
by clamscrapper
Cool. Yes Pam, if we have another I'll get in on it this time.

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:59 am
by jfugina
I found these once upon a time at Split Coast Stampers. They come out fantastic, but they do take some time. It's a great way to use up scraps - if you've got enough for a circle punch, that's all you need. :-)

Yours are beautiful Keitha!

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:47 pm
by troublesmom
Paper flowers are so very cool. Love the colors you chose for yours.

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:27 pm
by EDelValle
How funny, Cards magazine had
a how to on making these flowers
recently which I followed to make a
Spring card. I thought it was really
easy, hardest part was finding a really
neat 2 sided paper to use. :)

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:52 pm
by jfugina
Agreed Elizabeth - what I had the most trouble with, was that my favorite double-sided paper is almost cardstock thickness, and for the size flowers I was doing, the thickness made the folds difficult. I eventually unearthed some old Creative Memories double-sided paper (very thin) and that worked GREAT. I did others with single-sided paper, but they're not nearly as interesting.

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:15 pm
by pugmom
Thanks for the link--I'll be trying these soon.

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:33 pm
by bethrich
I really like the one with the map. I suppose it would be possible to use stamps to create double-sided paper.

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:20 pm
by pugmom
bethrich wrote:I really like the one with the map. I suppose it would be possible to use stamps to create double-sided paper.
Great Idea!

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:42 pm
by Hasmom99
This month's card swap theme (that Rachelle hosts) is flowers! Everyone should make 4 card with this technique and send them in!

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:53 am
by Paula
Hasmom99 wrote:This month's card swap theme (that Rachelle hosts) is flowers! Everyone should make 4 card with this technique and send them in!
Right on Lynn!! Everyone--jump in :happywave: :creating:

Re: Paper flowers from circles

Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:31 am
by azemigh
Sounds good to me!

And your flowers are beautiful. I like that map one too. Cool idea for those boy pages.