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I did a few tutorials on some flower techniques I used recently and posted them on YouTube.




This one is using paper cut into flower shapes in three nested sizes. You can use your dies, cricut, etc... or cut the flowers using the folding techniques I show in the video.

Once you have your three sizes of flowers, spritz it down with water, hairspray, spray starch, or Glimmer Mist. You just want to have the paper saturated and wet.

Roll up each of the petals onto a skewer or paintbrush end, and smoosh the paper together. Adjust the petals to how you want them and squirt with some hairspray or starch and dry with a heat gun.

Glue the layers together to create the flower. Use any embellishments for the centers of the flowers, or fold a long piece of paper in half and make slits cutting as close to the fold as possible without cutting over the fold. Roll the paper into a cone and glue into the center of the flower. Use your fingers to fluff out the paper 'fringe'.




This second video may look a lot more complicated than it really is. But it is so super easy and FUN! There is so much you can do to play and customize this technique. Love love LOVE it!