Hey bloggers! Kitty here from A Law Students Journey. As a first year law student, I am always crafting fun ways to add a little creativity to my week! Today I am SO excited to be featured on CraftOManiac! Get ready for a really versatile and gorgeous flower tutorial! This tutorial was inspired by a friend’s wedding I am decorating for this summer! She was going for a very artsy romantic theme with antique book centerpieces…and I thought it needed a little something extra! This is a super simple tutorial and can be used not only with old book pages, last semester’s school textbooks, scrapbook paper, or even strips of fabric!
Supplies:
Wire- I’ve used paperclips and green floral wire…anything will do!
Paper- I tore pages out of a book for these
Scissors, and a glue gun!
Oh, and some buttons or something cute for the center
Cut strips out about 4 inches long. I played with a couple lengths, but I really love this size the best. I stack 8 pages or so together when I am making more then one flower. They DO NOT have to be perfect, trust me!
Grab your wire and make a loop/swirl/knot at one end to stop the paper from going off.
First you will make the top of the flower, and move down to the bottom. You can get really creative here and make lots of different layers for a fuller flower, or make each layer a different color!
To make the smaller middle section of the top of your flower, take a strip and punch the wire through one side, then the middle, then the opposite side. So 1 strip actually makes 2 petals. Got it?
I do that about 3 times for the top part
Then the bottom takes about 15-ish pieces. Simply poke your wire through one side, then the other (in other words skip the middle). Don’t crease the paper, it makes it “springy”
And once you are done, dab a bit of hot glue on the end to keep it in place!
Then glue a button, or something cute for the center of the flower to cover up your wire
If you want to get really creative, I later took strips on some of these and mod podged around the stem to make it a little more put together!
And you’re done!
I’d love to see all the creative ways things you’ve done with this tutorial, so dont be a stranger and feel free to visit me at A Law Student’s Journey!
Super darling flowers right? Thanks Kitty FOR SHARING this great tutorial, love them jen.
3 thoughts on “Guest Post- Kitty from {A Law Students Journey}”
Hi Jen!.. And thanks to Kitty for the paper flower tutorial! REALLY CUTE… I have been trying my hand at scrapbooking, and LOVE it, so I KNOW I will be finding use for this technique in making paper flowers!.. Hope everyone had a very Happy Valentine’s Day! ~tina
Oh Jen!.. Forgot to say too, that I finally got my double-stick tape in the mail! I forgot ALL ABOUT IT, and really had to THINK to remember WHY they were sending this to me!! LOL!.. Not to worry though, I put it to good use RIGHT AWAY! ~tina
Hey bloggers! Kitty here from A Law Students Journey. As a first year law student, I am always crafting fun ways to add a little creativity to my week! Today I am SO excited to be featured on CraftOManiac! Get ready for a really versatile and gorgeous flower tutorial!
Hi Jen!.. And thanks to Kitty for the paper flower tutorial! REALLY CUTE… I have been trying my hand at scrapbooking, and LOVE it, so I KNOW I will be finding use for this technique in making paper flowers!.. Hope everyone had a very Happy Valentine’s Day! ~tina
Oh Jen!.. Forgot to say too, that I finally got my double-stick tape in the mail! I forgot ALL ABOUT IT, and really had to THINK to remember WHY they were sending this to me!! LOL!.. Not to worry though, I put it to good use RIGHT AWAY! ~tina
Hi Jen!
I love Your work and Blog!
You are so talented!
xxx
Daria
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