Sue Helfrich has been with Provo Craft for nearly four years, and is currently their Sample Projects Manager. She designs and creates projects, manages a design team, catalogs all of our projects and makes sure that all of the projects created are delivered on time! The job that she enjoys the most is seeing all of the wonderful projects that the design team sends in, and is constantly amazed with what these talented ladies can do with Provo Craft products.
Sue’s favorite Provo Craft products include Cricut, Cricut Imagine, Cuttlebug and Yudu—she truly loves them all!
When Sue was presented with the challenge of creating ten dozen Mother’s Day bouquets, she did her research to make sure she created the most beautiful 3D flowers possible. We all think they turned out just about perfect!
Check them out below:
Sue provided us with some great instructions to make these flower bouquets:
Flower Bouquet
Bring a smile to a loved one’s face with this beautiful bouquet!
Materials:
Cricut® Personal Electronic Cutter
Cricut® Forever Young cartridge
Cricut Cake® Cake Basics cartridge
Coordinating cardstock and patterned paper
Floral stems: green
Brads or buttons
Long nose pliers
Piercing tool
Hot glue gun
Glue dots
Cartridge Cuts:
Forever Young cartridge
five 4", one 3", one 2", one 1 ½"
Cake Basics cartridge
2" leaf
Designer Hints:
- The cuts listed above are for each individual flower, not for the entire bouquet. Multiply the listed cuts by the number of flowers you want to find out how many of each cut you need.
- You can change the 2" and 1 ½" flowers to other flowers for different looks. If desired, use other cartridges to find other flowers and leaves.
- Use one 4" flower as the base. Adhere the 3" flower to the bottom of the base. Fold the remaining 4" flowers in half and then half again. Adhere folded flowers so they hold their shapes. Adhere to base so tips meet in the center.
- Make a hole in the center of the flower using the piercing tool. Thread flower stem through hole. Bend ½" of the stem so it lays flat inside the flower.
- Adhere 2" and 1 ½" flowers together. Attach brad or button. Adhere flowers to base using hot glue gun.
- Adhere leaf to back of flower using glue dots.
Have you heard about our Cuttlebug bundle giveaway for this week?
Don't forget we are giving away an entire Cuttlebug bundle to one lucky winner! This bundle includes the new Cuttlebug machine, quilling tool/kit (may be different than shown above) as well as alphabet dies and borders.
How can you win?
1) Leave a comment below about what you think about the paper flower craze - like it, want to try it, etc.. If you don't know how to leave a comment, check out this link from blogger which explains it all: Blog Commenting
2) Subscribe or follow the blog.
Have a great day!
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650 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 650 Newer› Newest»I really do need to try making these flowers, They are really pretty and I can see where making my own would be so much better then the purchased ones. Thanks for sharing.
Those flowers are gorgeous! I don't own either cartridge, but I will try to improvise with the ones I have. They are on my wish list.
The flowers are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I can't wait to try to make them. This is also an amazing giveaway I hope I'm lucky this time I've been wanting one
These flowers are really beautiful. I have the Forever Young cartridge I will definitely give this a try. Thanks for sharing and a chance to win a Cuttlebug.
Oh my goodness, I'm in love! I just love flowers!!!
I love this flower craze. Just wish the dimensional flowers didn't take up so much room in my scrapbooks :)
Guess I will stick with using those mainly on cards.
I love flowers and I love the paper flower craze. I really need to have the Floral Shoppe cartridge
Sue's flowers are so pretty. I haven't tried making bouquets yet, maybe I should! Can't go wrong with great instructions!!
tuki123 at att dot net
Very awesome giveaway!!! darlabeck@yahoo.com
I LOVE paper flowers!! This is just so "awesomely" beautiful! Thank you for sharing the instructions.
Yay even more ideas to use my Forever Young cartridge :-)
These flowers are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing this awesome idea :-)
Love this idea and want to try making the flowers. TFS
Provocraft is always coming up with something new and exciting. I love the idea of Quilling. Thou I have not yet tried it, it is on my list to do before the end of the year. Will the kit make it easier to complete the process?
Thanks for the opportunity to win a great prize. I love reading your blog and seeing all the fantastic ideas you share with readers.
Kimberly
http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/
kimberly.pate@gmail.com
The bouquet is beautiful... Thank you for the opportunity to win.
I have those carts and will give the flowers a try. I love using my Expression and Imagine to create. Great flowers, thanks for sharing.
I absolutely love making paper flowers with my cricut! I haven't purchased flowers in a long time just because I love making them myself. Would also love to win the cuttlebug package. That quilling tool kit is simply awesome!!!
Love all the ideas I get from your site. Keeping my fingers crossed for the Cuddlebug.
WOW! Beautiful flowers. Thanks so much for giving the directions. I love flowers and will definitely be trying this bouquet!! Would be nice to win the bundle, too!!
Love the flowers. beanutiful bouquets. Would love to have the cuttlebug bundles.
I love the new flower creations, and am trying to think of all sorts of different ways of using them. Thanks for sharing the great ideas!
I love the flowers, and Oh! I would love love love to win the cuttlebug!!!!!
Can't wait to try this...
I just got Forever Young because of the flowers. I love to make flowers to put on the front of envelopes when I give a birthday card. This gives me some good ideas--thanks!
Love the flowers and thanks for the instructions. I will have to try these.
Beautiful blooms with no aphids or pruning and even I can't kill them off as with the real thing - these have to be a flower lovers idea of heaven LOL!
These flowers are beautiful! I just love adding flowers to projects!
Flowers are so pretty. I'm going to try this.
Gorgeous! I loved those bouquets!!!
The flowers are just beautiful! Thank you for sharing them with us!
Love the flowers!
beautiful flowers thanks for the instructions. would love to make these.
Great giveaway!!!
Liz
whichcraft at me dot com
The flowers are wonderful!! I'm going to try and recreate some using the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge.
I absolutely love making flowers!!!! Sue's flowers are amazing! Thanks for all the ideas and inspiration! Just made a bunch to put around my granddaughter's bulletin board. Would love the bundle - how great would these flowers be then?!!!! Thanks for the opportunity!
jdwlo
Great Idea! I have to try this.
Absolutely Beautiful!
I make all kinds of paper flowers, love to learn new techniques with them. TFS your idea!
circlebenterprises.com
Sue is an amazing,talented lady!!
Thanks for sharing!
Good tutorial. The flower are so pretty. Need to try this.
What a great giveaway! The flowers are beautiful. I am just discovering paper crafting myself and never ceased ti be amazed. Have a great day everyone.
i love the paper flower craze! these flowers give cards, gifts, etc. a great touch!
Beautiful flowers! Thanks for the info!
I don't have a Cuttlebug, so....
Thanks for sharing
Susan
I definitely will have to try this!!
I never thougt of making a bouquet!! That would be such a fun gift to make and give!!
I love the cuttlebug (mine just went to cuttlebug heaven)and would so love to win a new one!! I love making flowers and think these are beautiful!
slbela59athotmaildotcom
Love the flowers and would make lots if I won! Thanks for the opportunity!
I love my Cuttlebug! I am a new card maker and the Cuttlebug adds the pow cards need!
Love, love, love the flowers! Thanks so much for the tips!
I love the beautiful flowers. I would like to try this. Really cool.
I have never used flowers in my cards...but I think I will give it a try this week!
I just love the flowers! :) What an awesome giveaway this week too.
Oh I love the flowers! Perfect for my Sisters upcoming wedding!! Hoping to get the cuttle bug, i need it!!
I love flowers and these are gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing.
These are fabulous!
I love making flowers and there are so many different ways to make them. I really like Sue's flower bouquets. I'm going to have to try these. Thanks for showing.
Vickie
vickiebryn@yahoo.com
I love the flowers and am excited to try them when i have time to get some scrap booking done.
The flowers are so pretty. I am going to try to make some.
Those flowers were so gorgeous! I'm going to have to try them sometime.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing!
Love making flowers if only I had the time to try all the different varieties out there. There are so many creative people ;- ) Though people keep trying to make it easier. Thank you all for that!
The flowers are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing how to make them.
The flowers were gorgeous! love them... I want to get the new Cricut cartridge Flower Shoppe i want to make a mini album for my spring photos...
http://the-scrapbooking-room.blogspot.com/
princesshilda2012@gmail.com
I love the look of the flowers, and they don't look like they would be hard to do! I definitely have to try making some! Thanks for sharing the instructions!
Marj
I just recently started quilling.
I really enjoy all the different things you can make with a little quilling tool! I've wanted these dies since I first saw them. And my Cuttlebug works just fine, but I'd love the new one! TFS
Hugs, Jessica
Gorgeous flowers. What a fun project. Would love to win the cuttlebug bundle for my granddaughter. She loves my cuttlebug. Thanks for the chancd to win.
I want to make flowers like that! They are so beautiful. And would love to have a cuttlebug to help me.
Your flowers are awesome, flowers are a must!!! I have been trying all different kinds cannot wait to give these a go.
Have a happy crafting day!!
Karen dkolopez@msn.com
Oh, Sue, 10 dozen flowers - amazing and so beautiful! That's a lot of work!! I always thought it was too much work but seeing your bouquets makes me think its worth it. You've convinced me to try a project! What a wonderful part of your job - seeing all that creativity first hand. I am amazed by what i see on line!
I LOVE making my own flowers so I really enjoyed this! I would love to try these quilled flowers. TFS
((Hugs)) Theresa
Pretty flowers! TFS! :)
Love the inspiration, the flowers are beautiful... Wish I had the carts to make this project. Cool that there is a chance to win a cuttlebug too, Thanks!!
Pretty flowers! TFS! :)
Absolutley love the flowers. I have been making some but it I love seeing new ideas, makes me want to make more. I would love to win the cuttlebug. Another toy to add to my collection!
Great challenge for Sue, great info for us! TFS!
Pam D
pdela-torre@wavecable.com
Thanks for showing us and giving us tips on making the flowers, they turned out so pretty!
Roxanna
roxxscott at g mail dot com
I think her flowers were beautiful!
I LOVE flowers, but I have boys, so I have to be sneaky with them! LOL I am really proud of myself I got two of them onto a graduation LO and there were no, "MOM!" comments! LOL http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/
Flowers are beautiful! Thanks for sharing and the chance to win!
Love the flowers thanks for sharing how they were made, am off to try now..hugs Kath...
What beautiful flowers...and they never die! I can't wait to try some.
The flowers are breathtaking. Wow, what a project to make so many.
I love flowers with my Cricut. I just got the mother's day bouquet cartridge. Thanks for the chance to win.
Ann
Scrappinann at gmail dot com
The flowers are AMAZING!!
Sue is one talented Lady!!! The Flowers are just Gorgeous.
I am so Excited about the chance to win a Cuttlebug. Thank you for the chance. :0)
What a challenge, beautifully done, and a wonderful giveaway as well, thanks for sharing!!
catagal@aol.com
too pretty for words. thank you for sharing!
I love paper flowers.They dont die and i want to make some hair accessories from them too.
WOW I'm really not a big flower gal but I do like these and seem easy to do. Would love to wown a cuttlebug!!! thanks cma21317atsbcglobaldotnet
Love these flowers and I remember the DT receiving them and how they were blown away by their beauty!!! I would love to learn how to make them! TFS
hugs,
joni
love the flowers. I will have to try it. Thanks
The flowers are incredible! Those wee lucky recipients! THANKS for the chance to win a prize too.
Hello, the flowers were gorgeous!
juraci
Beautiful flowers!
Love Flowers and Those are so awesome!! I am so readt to try and make those!! TFS!! and thanks for the chance to win an awesome Prize!!
http://ibecircled.blogspot.com
ilovetonkinese2 at hotmail dot com
Rexann♥
I really enjoy these flowers, I think it would look great as a topper to a present instead of a bow.
God Bless.
ps. I would love to win the bundle
We love making paper flowers here! They outlast my cut flowers, and even my 7 year old daughter loves to put them together!
LOVE This. I think that this would be great as a gift- flowers that last forever.
I love my cuttlebug, I emboss the evelopes on store bought cards too, if I don't have time to create my own! I wasn't aware there were alphabet dies, what a great giveaway!
I subscribe to your blog and would love love love to win the cuttlebug package!
Amazing bundle! I so would love the opportunity to win this fabulous prize! I just became a follower and I canr wait to see the inspiration here! Thank you!
Love all the flowers, that is one of my special favorite things to make.
seeing as my green thumb is pitch black, this way is the only way for me to have flowers. So I say flowers all the way! Thanks for the chance!
eaeforcar3@hotmail.com
Beautiful flowers! Thanks for the tutorial!
What a great idea I love the flowers. I will have to see what I can make now.Thanks for sharing all your great ideas with us.
What a great idea Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful bouquets! And what a lovely opportunity to win a Cuttlebug and dies! Thank you!
Do you remember making paper flowers with crepe paper and stems? This way is so much easier and amazing in looks.
Thanks for sharing.
Kat
http://cricutcardcreating.blogspot.com/
I'd like to make some dimensional flowers for cards and layouts. Gues I should jus go for it--especially now that you've shared the instructions.
What gorgeous bouquets!! I would love to see a closer picture of them!!! Such talent!!!
The flowers are beautiful thanks for sharing.
These flowers are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your inspiration with us! :)
I want to make some of the flower bouquets and keep putting it off. Her pictures give me inspiration and motivation.
So excited to try these....not sure I am going to venture out on a full bouquet to begin with though. LOL...I may be out of the loop but I did not know about the quilling tools. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome bundle.
I have been researching making flowers for about a month now Can't wait to try thanks
upnurse at aol dot com
Thank you and Sue for sharing these wonderful flowers. I'm going to have to try these out. TFS.
Kris
dietzrobles at yahoo dot com
great tutorial.....
thanks for all the great tips!!!!!!
What beautiful flowers! Love the chance to win a cuttlebug too!!!
These flowers are so cool! I would LOVE to try this so thanks for the tutorial! I tried once before but wasn't sure how to assemble them! Thanks again!
I love the paper flower craze and would love to try it, these flowers are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
I love the flowers I will have to attempt to make these
TFS
Kay.miracle@yahoo.com
Amazing,,, Love the paper flower craze... Would definitley love to try it,,,,, want to see more of her actual projects...thanks so much for the chance to win this bundle,, I will be posting every day to see if I win,, HAHAHA
Nancy
nkmedar56@gmail.com
I love to create paper flowers. The most fun is coming up with different ways to make them! These examples are GORGEOUS!
I love those flowers! Anyway to get better pictures? I find it easier to follow instructions with more detailed pictures.
Thanks,
Candy
candace underscore wichmann at merck dot com
Love the flowers. BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful flowers. I love learning to make different flowers.Thanks for sharing the directions. What an awesome giveaway.As I don't have a cuttlebug would love to win.
I'm all about the flowers, always have been. I hope they stay around a really long time so I can use them often!
These are adorable flowers. She did such a wonderful job.
At first, I wasn't to sure aboutthe flower craze--but after using the Mother's Day cartridge--I am hooked!
Melissa
mellylacaze at gmail dot com
Beautiful flowers! Would be great to win the cuttlebug!! :-)
The flowers are GORGEOUS. I always try to make double when I am making blowers so I have for the project at hand and then some for down the road for future projects. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
shesasassylady@gmail.com
Love those flower!I need that cuttlebug!!!!!!!!!! joydee1963 at yahoo dot com
I haven't gotten into too much flower making yet, but everything I've seen is beautiful! I did make my very first rosette yesterday, but that's quite a different "flower." Thanks for sharing the the great giveaway!--pat N.
I love the flower bouquets. They re relly really cute.
I love the paper flowers and would love to try them. I have such limited time that I don't know that I will ever take the time to sit down and figure them out but hope that I do because I think they are beautiful.
Thanks for sharing,
Donna
DonnaCMC at optonline dot net
These flowers are amazing, she did a beautiful job making all those flowers. TFS :)
Flowers are gorgeous can'i wait to try them on cards & srapbooking pages. Winning the cuttlebug would be awesome
The flowers are beautiful. I would love to try them.
absolutely lovely
Wow I sure love the flowers thanks for showing how to make them! I am fairly new to crafting and I have been learning different ways to make flower now I can put another one on my list! Thanks
I love the paper flower craze!
Great flowers!!! Cuttlebug you say... Wow! You ladies have the most awesome prizes! Hope everyone has a great week!!!
The paper flowers look awesome... jeanmheming@aol.com Im glad their from a cart I have!!!
Love the paper flower craze and that you can make your own to perfectly match your project.
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com
So cute I'm just getting into flower making and I love all these great ideas!!! Just gorgeous !!! Pamfairley@yahoo dot com
Love all these paper flowers! Definitely want to try it at somepoint. Thanks for sharing the instructions and tips!
What a great prize this week!
gayle_shrader at yahoo dot com
Love the flowers and the Cuttlebug giveaway!!!
Thanks so much!
OKScrapGal13@yahoo.com
Such pretty flowers.I love the look of them - especially on a card. Very cool
Valerie
fishler@mail dot com
The floer are fantatic! I haven't made any yet but I will try some. I would be so excited to win the Cuttlebug budle.
LOVE the paper flowers!
Im not usually one to follow along with the fads and crazes but I am totally in love with the flower craze!!!
Yes I believe I would try the followers, they were beautiful!
Thanks for the chance to win!
http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com/
There are so many possibilities with cricut flowers! Thanks for showing more ways.
These flowers look so fun to make. Thanks for sharing!
WOW so pretty! I had seen these flowers on MPS, thanks for instructions. Would have loved to have seen flower stems to get some ideas on what would work best. Going to try them on pencils for our teachers....
already a follower! :)
i think the flower craze is super however i haven't done much with flowers yet!
sweetlilscrapper.blogspot.com
sweetlilscrapper at hotmail dot ca
I LOVE flowers and I have so many pages that I use them on!!!
Thank you for sharing this!
regina_renfro@yahoo.com
Love, love, love these flowers. I need to buy the carts, but I want to try them. Great job! I am already a follower and a subscriber to your blog. Love all your wonderful ideas.
I love to make paper flowers! They are so pretty and they dont wilt and die and will last forever :)
Love the flowers. Just got the new flower cartridge - can't wait to try this!
I will have to give these flowers a try. They are gorgeous and I love adding things like that to my cards as well!
Oooooh. Flowers are perfect for the summer! Love the colors and the ideas. Have been wanting a Cuttlebug for some time.
I think the flowers are beautiful and would love to try these. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
sekala45@roadrunner.com
Love, Love this! thanks for sharing.
Thanks for providing the instructions for the bouquet. I would love to win this. I came really close to buying them this past weekend, but my basket already runneth over-LOL.==Ryansmaama
gkburrow@cmaaccess.com
Real cute flowers!!! Thanks for showing the lovely ideas.
Linda
I LOVE those flowers!! someday i"m gonna try those, its a perfct way to say "thinking of you" with a new twist!!! thanks for showing us those today!! ~*PD :)
Card making just wouldn't be the same without the ability to create paper flowers. Love them!
The flower are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing the instructions. I'll have to make some soon
I absolutely love all the types of paper flowers and Sue had some of the prettiest ones that I have seen!! I would love to win this bundle too.
Thanks for the instructions....
I tried it and the flowers are easy to make and very pretty made with floral patterned paper as well.
I absolutely love flowers and think this paper flower craze is just great! With all of the interest in it there are so many ppl posting tutorials etc. I am just loving it.
Sue your flowers are just beautiful! TFS
KimMJ
bast830@comcast.net
Love the flower craze and am looking forward to trying it!!!!!
Wow, those flowers are fabulous and love the chance to win.
I love the flowers and want to try making some myself. The flowers are just beautiful!
Love paper flowers, they never die. Ceating with them have endless possibilities. Wow, I think I got one of Sue's flowers during the cricut circle giveway, I'll cherish it always. Smooches... Felicia
Love these flowers!
So many beautiful wedding possibilities with this!
Flowers and a cuttlebug giveaway...I think I have gone to heaven! Thank you for the cute ideas!
stephanie.cox03@gmail.com
Wow what a clever idea, they are just beautiful, will definately be trying this out.
I absolutlely love paper flowers. I have recently seen many videos and tutorials on how to make these beauties. I love these and I am glad to see that provo craft is on board with this great trend.
i really like the paper flowers.. i like to make them thow im not that great yet but practice makes perfect! thanks for sharing and the chance to win.
-jamie
babyblueangel_30@yahoo.com
I love to make flowers!!!
The flowers are great! I have never tried making paper flowers, but I'm sure going to try NOW. It look like a lot of fun. Thanks for the giveaway.
I just made a pot of flowers using the Forever Young cartridge for a teacher retirement party with photos of her in the middle! Would love, love to cuttlebug, too!
These flower bundles are just so wodnerful..if only my hubby could make one for me!!
I love the paper flower craze. I want flower shoppe very bad. This bouquet is gorgeous!!
Wow!!
Love this project! Looking forward to making some! Thanks for sharing!:)
Very pretty.
pawprintspetsits @ yahoo...
Love those flowers. Need to try my hand at making them!
wow! the flowers are stunning - I love to make flowers - thanks for sharing :)
Wow, way cool. Looks like something to try! TFS joy4umetoo at hotmail dot com
I am totally into the floral craze!!
Thanks for the tutorial.
pcrusberg at aol dot com
Can't wait to try this!!
The paper flowers are so pretty! Someday I hope to try my hand at making them. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks ladies, and thanks Sue for providing the instructions. Her flowers are beautiful, hopefully mine will come out looking normal LOL. I've been looking at the quilling die cuts and would love to win this prize.
Carmen L
cal8007 at aol dot com
I have been waiting for a good tutorial on these flowers. Going to make three flowers tonight! Thanks ladies!
Flowers are my favorite and love these! Thanks for the giveaway and I would love to win a Cuddlebug!!!
Thanks for the flower recipe. I need to practice making some!!
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