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| Paper flower tutorial |
Dear friends I think many of us have a special crafty first love - a technique or style we fall in love with at the beginning of our crafting journey--like stamping, quilling , punch craft etc .Well one of my first loves was 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 [see Heart punch flower tutorial , Pear Punch Rose tutorial ,Balloon punch flower tutorial , Easy circle flower tutorial ]!
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| Flower Punch Board tutorial |
And since I loved punches so much ,I was super excited when Shalini [the owner of Crafter’s Corner] sent me the Flower Punch Board to play with! Not only is it a super 2 in 1 punch [makes flowers and leaves!!], it comes along with a scoring tool [super useful bone folder ] and a handy shaping tool [no more hunting for the right pen to shape your flowers!] too.
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| Flower Punch Board |
Many of you know I usually make all the decorations for my daughter’s birthday parties [see Large Paper flower tutorial ]and I was quite excited that the punch board could be used to make huge 9 inch flowers ideal for party decor!You can actually make 7 different sized flowers ranging from 3 inches to 9 inches diameter
How to make flowers using the Flower Punch Board
There are a couple of videos on You tube demonstrating how to use the flower punch board but I know there are many like me who enjoy pictorials.
The board has tables in cm and inches 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 tutorial |
Making flowers with the flower punch board just involves punching , scoring and folding. To start ,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 tutorial |
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.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.
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| Flower tutorial |
Shape the petals inwards or outwards using the shaping tool. The shaping tool also has a slotted end like a slotted quilling tool.
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| Paper flower tutorial |
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.
How to make Leaves with the flower punch board
You can also 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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| Paper 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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| Paper leaf tutorial |
Making these punch craft paper flowers was so quick and easy I made a whole bouquet of flowers in no time!
My daughter was fascinated with the punch board and had a go at making the flowers too..I think we'll be making lots of flowers for teachers day!
Tip : The flower punch board works best on good quality paper and thin pattern paper can give slightly ragged petal edges but chart paper worked fine for me!
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| Paper flower tutorial |
Tip : The flower punch board works best on good quality paper and thin pattern paper can give slightly ragged petal edges but chart paper worked fine for me!
I hope you enjoyed the basic introduction to the flower punch board . Here is a tutorial on how to make Paper Daffodils with the punch board : Easy Paper Daffodil tutorial
Supplies : Flower Punch Board , Prima Introspection Paper Pad
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