Monday, 7 January 2013

Origami Flower Card


I love this card.


I recently came across this fabric flower tutorial over on Homemade Gifts Made Easy and immediately knew it could work with paper.


I adapted the tutorial slightly as paper responds differently to fabric. I creased each fold using a folding bone, to ensure the petals lay flat. Because of the thickness of this paper, I cut the
"petal shapes" out in the "heart shape" rather than the "ice cream cone shape". To ensure I cut the petals evenly, I cut a small circle shape (for this 6cm flower, I used a 2cm circle shape) to use as a guide. I held the flower together with PVA glue, and applied this on the right side of each heart as well as on the base, to ensure it would all stay together! Each heart also has a folded edge and a more open edge, and I made sure the latter was tucked under, to give a cleaner finish.


I think I'll be making more of these :)

8 comments:

  1. They're so flipping neat! Very impressed. :) What's the writing from? x

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    1. Thank you lovely :) The text is from a proof copy of a book, I think called Small Blue Thing? It was about to be thrown out so I grabbed it for art ;)
      Helen x

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  2. This is a lovely card - I love the shade of purple you chose to match the button.

    Thanks so much for linking up :)

    Sarah @ A Cat-Like Curiosity

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  3. Gorgeous card! I am obsessed with making flowers like this in fabric, I had never thought to do them in paper!

    Alison
    x

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    1. Thank you! I'm going to try them in fabric at some point :)
      Helen x

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