How to Make Paper Flowers 1

In How To Make Paper Flowers 1 I will show you how to make flowers look 3-d.

To Make 3-d Flowers You Will Need:

• A shaping tool and
• A soft mat, such as a thick mouse pad turned over so the foam side is up. (You can actually buy special little flower shaping mats at some craft shops)

Here’s What to Do:

• First take your flat, heart shaped punched, assembled flower shapes and prepare to use the shaping tool

  

• Starting with the petal layer, take your shaping tool and place the petal layer on the shaping mat. Use the larger, rounder end of the tool to press the petals, one by one, and carefully rub them into a cupped shape.

  Experiment until you get the effect you want or something that pleases you

  

• Once you have shaped the petal edges a bit, press more firmly right in the centre of this layer. Now your flower should be standing up a little and looking more real, kind of like a little shallow cup

  

• Now take the centre shape (I’ll call this shape layer 2) and place it on the mat. Use the same rounded end of the tool to press right in the middle of this shape so it stand up around the edges

  

  

• At this stage you have two layers of the flower done. All that remains to do is glue them together. Place layer 2 (the centre shape) on top of layer 1 (the petal shape) and glue away

You now know how to make 3-d paper flowers with your heart punches and are they ready to be adhered to your project.

Congratulations on completing How To Make A Paper Flower 1!

Remember there are also step-by-step instructions for making Paper Roses on another page. Why not consider using both on your project? And please do share your flowers with us all when you make some.

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