Flower Basket Tutorial

Flower Basket

           Hi friends, Dr Sonia here with another post showcasing the versatility of the Flower Punch Board.First of all Thank you so much for the awesome support on my Flower Punch Board tutorial -- it was my first DT post and I was ever so anxious but your comments assuaged all my fears!!

        Often when I get a new craft toy I obsess about it [ do you do that too?] and try to cook up different ways to use it.7 -petal Flowers made with the Flower punch board tend to stand upright and that gave me the idea to make flower baskets with them.

Floral bouquet

These Paper Baskets are quick and easy to make and will look good as home decor or party favours. I can just imagine filling up the baskets with little trinkets or candy as return gifts!

How to make easy Flower Baskets
If you missed the Easy flower making tutorial do read it first as I don't want to repeat the basic steps of how to use the flower punch board again.

Flower Basket tutorial 

Punch and accordion fold a  5 inch flower [S ]flower and 3 inch [XXS ]flower

Flower Basket tutorial 

Make a 7 petal flower from the  5 inch flower folded strip and curve out the edges using the shaping tool included in the Flower punch board

Flower Basket tutorial 

The flower can stand upright like a basket but to make it  sturdier  you can add a cylindrical base for your flower basket .Fold a 7 x 1 1/4 inch paper strip in half lengthwise[ you don't have to exactly follow this measurement-- I liked the shape this set of measurements gave!]. Glue the ends of this strip to get a circular shape and glue it on to the undersurface of the flower.

Flower Basket tutorial 

You need to be quite generous with the glue in this step and be patient to let the glue dry while holding the parts!

Flower Basket tutorial 

Make a 7 petal 3 inch diameter flower following the Flower punch board tutorial  and stick it inside your larger flower. If there is still a gap in the center add a punched circle to the center.

Flower Basket tutorial 

Make a handle using matching card stock - again no hard and fast rules about the measurement [I used 11 x 1 inch strip] and taper the ends as shown in the pictorial above to allow easy gluing into the basket.

Flower Basket tutorial 

I inserted the tapered ends of the handle under my smaller flower [ you can actually glue on the handle before you glue on the smaller flower!]

Flower Basket tutorial 

The picture above shows the Flower basket on its stand. I couldn't resist adding a Resin flower on the handle of my flower basket!

Resin Flower

Adding the resin flower tended to make my basket topple over [Oops!!!]

Resin flower

So salvaged the project by adding a bouquet of flowers to the basket!

Foam flowers Mulberry Flowers

Poked foam flowers, mulberry flowers and pollens [ these are normal pollens dressed up with floral tape] into play-dough [ instead of floral sponge!!] and added them inside the flower basket.

Flower Basket

Using the same tutorial steps you can make baskets as large as 12 inches in diameter !Here are a couple of  Flower Baskets I made- The photo shows 2 versions - one is quite roomy and can hold your pretty trinkets or party favours.The big flowers on the handles of the baskets were also made with the flower  punch board.

Flower Basket tutorial

I hope you enjoyed the easy basket tutorial ....do tell me how it is.

If you have not got bored of the flower punch board tutorials I can also share how to make the roomier basket too...do drop a comment!

I hope I am tempting you to get the Flower Punch Board which is on sale right now at Crafters Corner!
Supplies

Flower Punch Board
Embossing : Versamark Watermark , Embossing Powders & Ranger Heat Gun
Inking :Distress Inks, Ink Blending tool & Foam ,
Die Cutting & Dies: Big Shot, Spellbinders Floral Oval
Embellishments : Mulberry Paper Flowers , Resin Flowers
Misc tools - Tim Holtz Tonic scissors,