Hi friends, its Katie here with another Tuesday Tutorial. If you haven't noticed, paper flowers seem to be all the rage these days. One of my fellow DT members mentioned it to me so I went a browsing and of course who always pops up? The lovely Martha Stewart of course. I saw these Paper Poppies, but wanted to scale them down for a card, but then decided that it might be easier to keep them somewhat larger, so I opted to put them on a box top.
Here is a photo of most of the materials. I used a new release stamp set called Plumes and Blooms... you will absolutely love this set. It is what I consider a classic that you will reach for time and time again.
So let's start with the box... its your basic box starting with a 12x12 piece of cardstock. I scored 3 1/2" on all 4 sides.
You can cut on any 2 sides that you wish.
Then I decided to random stamp the sides of my box with the largest flourish from Plumes and Blooms. I really only needed to stamp the 4 larges rectangles on the outside, but I opted to go ahead and stamp the bottom.
Fold up and glue. Now its time for the lid. You will need a piece of cardstock measuring 9 1/8" x 9 1/8". You will score at 2" on all 4 sides.
I then opted to cut 4 decorative pieces of cardstock measuring 1 3/4" x 4 7/8" to decorate the sides of my lid. Glue to the sides of lid.
And here is your box... it measures 5" square and 3" deep (bottom to top)
Oops you will also need a piece for the top (if you wish) that measures 4 3/4" square.
Now for the flower. I started with 7 pieces of cardstock measuring 3 1/2" square. These will be your petals.
You can roughly draw the shape of a petal to guide you or you can just go with it and free hand it. I did both and as you can see all my petals are different. I did layer 2 pieces of cardstock and cut 2 at a time to save some time.
Now, I bet you have a pair of these around somewhere or something similar... I've had these FOREVER. I used these to cut my petals with.
Next you will want to soften and texturize your petals. Start off by just rubbing them over a table edge - just back and forth.
I then wanted to create some "natural" lines in my cardstock so I rolled each petal. Once I rolled in one direction, I flipped the petals over and rolled them up in the other direction. You don't have to be gentle either.
Then to create the folds in the petal, I used my scor-pal to lightly create fold lines. I'm NOT scoring, just creating some guide lines for myself. Pick any line you want.
Then adjust the top of your petal, but keep the bottom of your petal lined up with the original line... as in a fan shape.
Then, continuing on with the fan theme, you will want to fold in such away using your light scores as guidelines. You don't have to fold all the way down each score either and if you add an additional fold or leave one out... no biggy.
When you are satisfied, then you will snip in about 1 1/4" from the bottom center of each petal.
Apply some adhesive to one side of your cut. I used some 1/8" scor-tape.
Fold over... you will more than likely have to crease straight across your cut in order to get your one side to fold over the other. This is creating your petal shape.
You will end up with a cup shape.
Then you will apply more adhesive to the bottom of your petal. Your first layer will be with 3 petals. Again, I used score-tape (the 1/2" this time)
Then with the last 4 petals, you will continue on and place them underneath your first 3 petals.
Now for the center... I used the 3rd largest circle nestability from the large set. I then used a smaller circle to create a guide for me to stop at while I was cutting. You don't have to, just easier for me.
Use something round to curl all your edges. A chopstick would have been perfect, but unfortunately all mine have been used as weapons in my household and have subsequently disappeared!!!
I used a large glue dot to attach my center. Don't worry about the pencil circle, it will be covered up.
Then for the other middle piece I used another circle nestability to cut it out. I think it was the 3rd smallest circle from the small set.
Cut the same way as the pink circle, but I kept my fronds a bit thicker. Flip the smaller one so the edges are face down... see in picture further below.
I used my zip dry to create a glue pool in the center of my flower.
Now, its just time to add to the top of your box lid. I also stamped a couple of the flourishes on some green cardstock and cut to create some greenery.
Thank you so much for stopping by and spending some time with us at Clearly iStamp. I hope you have a fabulous Tuesday and don't forget, we've got a busy week here. Sneak peeks are just around the corner along with another Clearly Inspired Challenge this Friday.
See you soon... this is Katie signing off for Clearly iStamp.
:-) LOVE IT!!!
Posted by: Nancy Grant | February 25, 2010 at 10:39 AM
The flower turned out lovely! Thank you for sharing how you put it all together. Looks like I may have to try this design some day!
Posted by: bonnie32002 | February 24, 2010 at 07:44 PM
This Poppy is so gorgeous I just had to comment! Love the idea of cutting the petal shapes with the decorative scissor...and yes, I DO have that one!
Posted by: Karen L | February 24, 2010 at 03:23 PM
This "poppy" is so gorgeous and it looks so beautiful on the box .Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Katou
Posted by: Katou | February 24, 2010 at 07:20 AM
Beautifully done, Katie!
Posted by: Lynn Mercurio | February 24, 2010 at 05:46 AM
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!! Katie you find such innovative uses for the Scor-Pal, I love it. I am going to share your blog link with the Scorpalpals Yahoo Group.
hugs, Diana
Posted by: Diana Crick | February 24, 2010 at 02:52 AM
I love this gift box. I am making it today. Thanks for all the instructions.
Posted by: Carol E | February 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM
This is a beautiful gift idea. Thanks for the easy to understand tutorial.
Posted by: Peggy Corbin | February 23, 2010 at 10:17 AM
All I can say is WOW -- I love how the flower turned out.
Posted by: Candyf | February 23, 2010 at 08:52 AM
very pretty, nicely done!
Posted by: Staci | February 23, 2010 at 06:43 AM
What a CUTE idea! I love it!
Posted by: Courtney | February 23, 2010 at 06:27 AM