Tiny White Flowers

Written and Created by PaperCraftCentral Susan

Tiny white flowers look so pretty on a card or scrapbook page. Here's how to make your own.

"Where flowers bloom so does hope."
~Lady Bird Johnson

First, you could look to nature itself for inspiration. I look at the shape of petals on real flowers, count how many there are, whether there are scored lines on the petals, and how they are coloured. 

This Frangipanni flower (Plumeria in some countries) is a lovely flower to study. I could have made my own tiny paper flwoers like it but it had some yellow and made me think of the tropics as well  so I decided to go more with Queen Anne's Lace flowers.

When you zoom in on these tiny flowers, they are mostly all white and have a much more rounded shape. Even without zooming in, I suddenly had an idea in my head for how to make myself a couple of flowers that would suit my card idea.

A string of little blossoms can look ethereal, delicate, and definitely pretty, just as they do in the above elegant vintage scene inspired by Monica Gale.

You can spend a fortune buying such sweet little paper or silk blooms at a shop, so why not learn how to make your own?

Then you can have as many as you want, whenever you want.

So let's get started.

How to Make Tiny White Flowers

All you need are a few basic supplies for these particular blooms.

I used all Stampin' Up! supplies for this project:

• Basic White cardstock
• The largest circles on the Stampin' Up! Owl punch (retired) but you could use a 1/4" to 1/2" circle punch
• A flower shaping tool or round nosed container such as your Tombow Glue
  
• Some mini glue dots
• Pearls with sticky backs

How to Make Tiny White Flowers:

1. One Layered Flowers

First punch out some little circles from the Basic White cardstock. I used one layered flowers in one of my cards but two layers in another. Let's do the one layered ones first.

Take your flower shaping tool or any suitably rounded ended object such as a nice pen (one of my friends does that at card class!) or your Tombow Glue bottle nose and place the punched circle on your palm.

Shape the circle into a little cup, using the give in your palm and your preferred flower shaping tool to make it as deep as you want it to be.

Use a mini glue dot to affix the cup to your project.

Now add a single pearl to the cup, and voila. You have made your first bloom.

2. Two Layered Flowers that have some texture

To make a two layered blossom:

Punch out two circles. Shape the first one as before.

Take the second punched out circle and scrunch it up, crumpling and rolling it between your fingers till the fibres in the paper break down and you can separate the layers of the cardstock into two. 

Turn one layer of peeled cardstock up (it will be velvety and soft) and use it as the second cup for your little bloom. Adhere it with a mini glue dot, then fold and ruffle the edges to look like freshly opening petals.Keep the second layer you separated out to make another flower.

Adhere a little pearl to the centre and your hand made little white flower is done.

Note: This method of adding a soft texture to paper is known as the Faux Suede Technique.You can use this technique to make any shape soft and velvety. Think teddy bears and bunnies, for example, or for when you paper piece clothing into a stamped human figure.

You can probably see how addictive making these tiny white flowers could become,  especially when you realise you can actually make them in ANY colour you want to! Lol!

Seriously, you can make quite a few blooms with few supplies and in very little time, so go ahead and adorn your project with sweet little blossoms today.

TIPS: Use another shaped punch, such as one with scalloped edges, to make your tiny flowers. Or make them square, heart shaped, triangular, pointy - any shape you want! Flowers on craft projects don't always have to be round. :)

Go to nature for inspiration. Google 'tiny white flowers' and see all the beautiful blossoms that come up in your search. You can often make flowers with basic punched shapes to mimic nature.

They don't have to be perfect to be effective.

Want to grow some flowers in your garden so you have inspiration on your doorstep? Here are some suggestions for the best little flowers to plant.

If you would like to try out some other paper flower ideas, here is some inspiration and instructions:

• Giant Paper Flowers for home decor or events
• Fan Fold Flowers for dimension
• Quilled paper flowers
• Paper Bluebells

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