Make your own spring!

I am officially protesting all things winter and winter related!  The first day of spring is only a few days away and I am ready.  How about you?  I'm ready for warm sunshine on my face, flip-flops on my feet and flowers in my garden!  But, I suppose since it's still pretty cold here, I'm going to have to wait on the warm sun and flip-flops...and even the flowers.  Unless I make my own, that is! 

I posted some projects in the past month or so with these fun layered flowers. 

  

I offered a tutorial and many of you expressed interest, but time has gotten away from me!  BUT, I have it ready for you now...and I'm so glad I waited, becasue with Papertrey's new flower dies, my flower-making horizons have been broadened!  

I was originally making these with a scalloped circle punch, but Papertrey has released the new dies that coordinate with with the Beautiful Blooms II...and the scalloped circle flower (Beautiful Blooms II #2 die) works perfectly for these!  And since I can cut lots of different materials with the die that I can't cut with a punch, I'm having a ball! 

Here's how you can make your own!  I'm going to show step by step photos for the vellum flower, but the basic assembly for all of them is the same. 

I wanted to make a bunch from assorted materials, so I gathered some fun supplies...felt, fabric, vellum, crepe paper and some assorted goodies to embellish the centers...brads, buttons, gems...whatever your heart desires. 

For the vellum flower, diecut eight of the largets scallop flowers from vellum.

You can then spritz them with Glimmer Mist in the color of your choosing.  I'm impatient, so I sped up the drying time by hitting them with my heat gun for a minute or so. 

Now fold each flower in half three times to form the petals.

Now diecut oe more scallop flower, this time from cardstock.  This will be your base.  Cover it with some ScorTape and punch a small hole in the center. 

Now begin adhering the petals to the cardstock base, aligning the point of each petal with the punched hole.

Contiue around, using all eight folded flowers. 

Now you can insert a brad though the center punched hole.

I like to really jazz up the centers, so I added a gem and some pearls around it.

You can also make these out of the new felt!  They turn out so soft and full and fluffy!  If you're doing felt, you only need to cut four scallop flowers from felt + one from cardstock to use as your base.  Fold the flowers in half twice instead of three times like the vellum.  And don't worry about the petals unfolding after you adhere them to the base...whatever you add to the center will hold them down securely. 

One thing that works really well for the centers of these are the buttons with the shank on the back (the ones without holes).  You can just thread some twine through the holes in the back and then through the punched hole in the base of the flower. 
 

Bring the ends to the backside, pull it tight and secure them with a little adhesive.

You can use the same process for fabric flowers...use four petals, just like the felt flowers. 

Or how 'bout a fluffy crepe paper flower?  I used eight petals here, just like on the vellum version. 

And I can hardly leave you without an actual project using them, can I?  Here are a couple of very simple cards using the fabric flowers.  So bright and fun!
  

 
 If you give it a try, I'd love to see your version!  Send me a link!  :-)

 

Stamps: Blooming Button Bits, Fillable Frames #2,Fillable Frames #1 (hello), Background Basics: Tin Type
Ink:  Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush
Cardstock:  Vintage Cream, Kraft
Dies: Beautiful Blooms II #2, Beautiful Blooms II #1 (centers of fabric flowers), Fillable Frames #2
Other:  Vintage Buttons,Green Boutique and In Bloom patterned paper, Hawaiian Shores Felt, Amy Butler fabrics, Melissa Frances crepe paper, assorted brads and gems, zig-zag scissors
 
 

Comments

[Alli Miles]

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Thank you so much for sharing your creative genius. LOVE these flowers.

[Alyssa B]

Wow! Thanks so much Betsy. What great little flowers!

[Eveline van Heijst]

Thank you for this tutorial. All your flowers look gorgeous.
Eveline.

[Amber Hight]

EEEEE! These are so GORGEMOUS! I adore those colors, they really SCREAM spring! Thanks for the tut, I'm gonna try one of these!

[Melanie Bray]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! You had me with the first photo!!! Just such vibrant and beautiful COLOUR!!! This tutorial looks amazing and THANK YOU so much for sharing it...I can't wait to give it a try!!! Ahhh...you're blog is like visiting a Spring Day...just all so lovely to take in!!!

[Loydine]

Thanks so much for the tutorial!So many possibilities. Can't wait to get my dies. Could you also do a tutorial on the darling felt cupcake that you did some time ago? Please, please, please:)

[Anabelle O'Malley]

Absolutly adore these!!! I have a sweater that has these kinds of flowers on them. The possibilites are endless!

[Dana F.]

The flowers are gorgeous, Betsy, and so are your cards!! Thank you so much for posting the tutorial! :-)

[Angela H.]

This post is chock-full of gorgeousness! I'm so glad these flowers are so simple to make, too -- that means I can make a lot of 'em! Thanks for the great tutorial.

[Linda]

Thanks Betsy for all that info....great ideas and I'll definitely give them a go...love all the variety of materials you used. Have a great weekend! xL

[Crafting Clare]

You are a wonder! Thanks for the inspiration.

[Diane Jaquay]

These are FANTASTIC!! Thanks so much for showing us how to make them, I got my dies yesterday so guess what I'm going to be doing today, woohoo!

[Cam]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I need spring flowers, and these are just the thing!

[Laura.K]

thank you so much for this tutorial. those flowers are just gorgeous. i must try them.

[Dawn S]

Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial!! Your flowers are gorgeous!! Can't wait to try some:)

[Ansley]

Beautiful flowers!!!

[Maureen]

Oh my goodness gracious!! These are fabulous flowers. Thanks for this AWESOME tutorial Betsy :)

[Michele]

Love these!!! I am patiently waiting for my PT order to arrive....today! So I will definitely be making these gorgeous flowers!!! Thanks for the tips!

[Marilyn]

These are just gor-jus!
Thank you so much for the tutorial.

[Lisa Henke]

gorgeous! just gorgeous!

[Betty]

These are so rich looking! Thanks so much for sharing! Fabulous designs!

[Holly Saveur]

Thank you so much Betsy.
I love the flowers.
And love your cards.

Holly.

[Carrie]

Thanks for sharing your pretty little flowers. Wouldn't they look darling as hair barrettes?

[anjou]

What a great tutorial and beautiful flowers. Thanks for sharing!

[Danisha]

Thanks so much for sharing this!!! I love them! Now hopefully I can get those dies as well as the stamps from PTI.