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All About Paper

I always thought scrapbook paper is used solely for scrap booking. Wrong, I quickly realized scrapbook paper can be used in several different projects. In this post I wanted to show you a fun hobby I started about five years ago, making paper flowers. I Love to work on these. Yes they are time consuming, but when you are finished they look great. Here are a few flowers arrangements I have completed.


 In the steps below I describe a step by step process how to make one of these.  The flower shown below is a common flower I use in most of my bouquets or flower arrangements. Lets get started.
Depending on what you are making the flower for, will depend on how big you want the flowers. I typically make a 4 by 4 square. One flower takes 5 squares.

#1:Once you get the squares cut you can start folding. 
First fold is completed by folding one end to another making a triangle.
                   
#2: Now take each bottom corner and fold it up to the center corner.

 
    #3:  Now take each side and fold the triangle
       that is sticking up down against the bottom fold

#4: Next step is a little tricky you will take each side and open up the little pocket they each make. Once open push down on the middle crease making two kites on each side.

#5: Now Take each side triangle and fold the top half down to look like this.

#6: One last step. On each side take the bottom of each kite and fold it onto each other. Now you will have something that looks like this.

Now your ready to glue. I know some people feel that cheaper glue guns tend to not work as good as more expensive. I have used my same one for years and not had a problem and it was only $10.00.
First place to put glue is on the inside fold then you can glue the two sides together. You don't need a lot of glue, otherwise is runs out the creases. You can now complete each pedal by doing this step over and over five times.


Now we are ready to assemble the flower. Once you have glued all five pedals, each one then gets glued to the other. I start on one side and just work my way around. Put a little glue on each side and glue another pedal to it.
Voila you are done!

This is where you have to use some thinking. You can go anywhere from here with these flowers. Take a look at my other posts to see what I have done with this simple flower. I think you will enjoy decorating your home or just simply crafting!





























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  1. UnknownJuly 5, 2018 at 12:43 PM

    This is really fascinating, I'm looking forward to what comes next!

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