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| Paper Flower tutorial |
I guess we all have crafty first loves- a technique or style we fall in love with... .....well one of my first loves was making flowers using craft punches ! I would buy whatever punch I could get my hands on and try and cook up different ways to make flowers with a single punch !
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| Flower Punch Board |
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| Flower Punch Board |
How to make flowers using the Flower Punch Board
The board has tables which indicate what size paper is required to make a particular size flower named XXS,XS etc which has corresponding lines marked on the board.
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| Flower Punch Board |
For this basic flower making tutorial I made the smallest 3 inch diameter flower [called XXS] using a 1 3/4 x 6 inch paper strip
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| Flower Punch Board |
Align the paper strip at the vertical groove and punch.Also score along the diagonal line.
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| Flower Punch Board |
Shift the paper strip and align to the line of the corresponding flower size eg XXS.Now punch and score both vertically and diagonally.
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| Flower Punch Board |
Shift the paper and align the vertical score-line you just made to the XXS line and repeat the punch and score steps.
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| Flower tutorial |
Fold your petal strip by mountain folding all the diagonal score lines and valley folding all the vertical score lines.
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| Flower tutorial |
Stick the petals to make a fairly flat 8 petal flower [ideal for scrapbooks and albums] or stick one petal over the other to make a 7 petal flower as shown. Shape the petals inwards or outwards using the shaping tool.
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| Paper Flowers |
You can also snip off petals before sticking to make a more cupped 3 dimensional 6 petal or 5 petal flower as seen in my paper flower bouquet.
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| Leaf tutorial |
Make cute perfectly shaped leaves from squares of paper [ size 1 to 4 inches] by using the reverse punch on the flower punch board.
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| Leaf tutorial |
Punch opposite corners of a paper square to make a leaf and score it using the scoring tool and score-board to make your leaves 3 D with veins!
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| Leaf tutorial |
Making these punchcraft paper flowers was so quick and easy I made a whole bouquet of flowers in no time! My little girl has learnt to use the punch board and I think we'll be making more of these flowers as teachers day gifts!
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| Paper Flower Bouquet |
Well that was part one - Basic flower making using the flower punch Board!
If I have not enticed you enough here is one more project using the flower punch board!
I made a paper / magazine holder embellished with super large paper daffodils
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| Daffodils |
I hope you enjoyed the basic introduction to the flower punch board and the Daffodils
My Blog : Cards Crafts Kids Projects
Supplies
Flower Making : Flower Punch Board
Embossing : Versamark Watermark , Embossing Powders & Ranger Heat Gun
Inking :Distress Inks, Ink Blending tool & Foam , Koi Water Brush
Flower Embellishing : Diamond Dust
Misc Embellishment :Washi Tapes
Die Cutting & Dies: Big Shot, Cheery Lynn Butterfly
Papers: DCWV Botanical,Prima Introspection
Misc tools - Tim Holtz Tonic scissors, Reverse tweezers
Flower Making : Flower Punch Board
Embossing : Versamark Watermark , Embossing Powders & Ranger Heat Gun
Inking :Distress Inks, Ink Blending tool & Foam , Koi Water Brush
Flower Embellishing : Diamond Dust
Misc Embellishment :Washi Tapes
Die Cutting & Dies: Big Shot, Cheery Lynn Butterfly
Papers: DCWV Botanical,Prima Introspection
Misc tools - Tim Holtz Tonic scissors, Reverse tweezers
Wow Sonia, so now you are DT also! Where do you get the time?? congrats and lovely flowers .
ReplyDeleteThank you Rupa -- ha ha I am a special DT for Shalini and she gives me the flexibility to adjust the posts without too much pressure!! Glad you liked the flowers
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beautful flowers Sonia... love this!!
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Thank you Berina - happy you liked the paper blooms
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Congrats Dr Sonia as a DT !!!
ReplyDeleteYour daffodil bloom is very pretty!! Lovely tutorial.
Thank you for the support Vinita and so glad you like my daffodils
DeleteDoc.. What a joy to see you on a DT team finally.. I kept wondering why someone hasn't snatched you yet.. what a wonderful and informative post.. Now I am itching to lay my hands on the punch board.. Gorgeous blooms.. Absolutely in love with the daffodils.. Have a great time as DT... Loads of Luck
ReplyDeleteKhush...I have been refusing DT posts since a long time!! And good I have tempted you to buy something-- You only made me buy lots of crafty stuff!!
DeleteBeautiful flowers Dr. Sonia!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Neha.
DeleteWow dr sonia.. The flowers are gorgeous. .love the daffodils. Such a lovely step by step tutorial. .hats off to your patience! The punch board sure is added to my wishlist ;)
ReplyDeleteHa Ha do go buy it Lavina-- you will have fun making huge flowers with your daughter
DeleteA punch board for flowers ??..very Interesting product specially for all the handmade flower lovers ! Loved your "First ever " DT post !Wonderful tutorial and the daffodils my favorite :) !
ReplyDeleteYes Pooja its a fantastic tool for crafters and not only for making flowers--- will soon be sharing some nonflower making tutorials using the flower punch board!
DeleteYes, even to me it's a very new product and you've explained it very well Sonia. Just the right person for it :). And the blooms are lovely! specially the daffodils :)Thanks for the beautiful details . A video would be more useful for the future steps.( If possible) :).
ReplyDeleteSarah Thank you so much for the kind words...when I first got the product and googled for inspiration I got hits for videos but no good pictorials so only decided to write a pictorial and not a video! Will definitely try my hands on video making for video lovers!
DeleteHearing about this product for the first time. A very detailed explanation . Thank you so much :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Dharshana
DeleteAmazimg amazing post...loved the flowers...am not much of a flower person but I know Prisha will surely claim this as hers. I know her love for flowers is boundless. Beautiful blooms...cant wait for the non bloom project with the flower board! !
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the supportive words Tejal--both myself and daughter love making flowers and even today she was admiring the daffodils-- she has really flipped over the diamond dust transformation of the flower!
DeleteFlower Punch board is amazing ..lovely flowers by it Dr Sonia ..love them.. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Radhka...glad you liked the paper blooms
Deletethanks for the tute on how to use the punch board Doc. The flowers are beautiful and u make it look soo easy.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sujana and it is indeed easy!
DeleteGorgeous tutorial and project Sonia! I'm SO glad to you are our teamie now! :) the blooms are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Sindhu...was super nervous when I wrote the post-- now feeling so much better!!
DeleteCongratulations on your first DT post!I love both the projects you made,especially the bouquet.Lovely colours and you made it look super easy.Looking forward to some more awesome posts from you.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the support Pallavi...glad you liked the bouquet-- most people seemed to admire the daffodils only!! LOL!!
Deletelovely flowers Sonia !! Loved the handmade pattern paper and the daffodils !!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Suma-- yeah first time I made my own paper with embossing-- it was so much fun when I could match the leaves and the flowers using the same flourish stamp!
DeleteMa'am I doubt it if there's anything you can't use to make flowers, I would have never thought of making flowers using punch board... u r really an awesome person.. and congrats for the first DT post.. :))
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You are so sweet Deepti but this board was meant just for flowers -- stay tuned for non flower projects using the flower punch board!
DeleteHello Dr Sonia, this is simply awesome. ..such beautiful flowers. I wish to learn this art....could you pls let me know if you hold private classes. ...
ReplyDeleteI m rachna Jain, delhi
Thank you Rachna --the tutorial says it all - you dont actually need to take any classes to make the flowers using the punch board as its pretty simple and if the tutorial is not clear you can always leave a comment here at Crafters Corner or at my blog and I can help you out. And sorry I dont take classes-- this is just a hobby for me!
DeleteRachna since you are from Delhi and if you wish you can actually take classes from Shalini Mittal the supremely talented owner of Crafter's Corner!!
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