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 601 – 650 of 650 Newer› Newest»These 3-D flowers are just beautiful...I think I might have to learn another craft to save me from buying embellishments!
Flowers, flowers everywhere! Lovely!
Kris in Alaska
forgetmenotdesignsak at yahoo dot com
Flowers are nice whether paper or real! SInce I am allergic to real I love paper flowers. I embellish bags and cards all the time. I would LOVE a cuttlebug as it is one of the few tools I do not have. LOL!
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this!
Those are great!! Anyone would be happy to get those and best part... they never die! :) Jenbrierley2 at gmail dot com
I have been wanting to do something with flowers thanks for the idea! I do have the forever young cartridge! Great job! Christina
I think the new flower craze is wonderful. I love all the different flowers people come up with. I have not tried to make any of my own, they look a bit difficult. I would love to win the Cuttlebug bundle. This would probably give me a start to creating my own dimensional flowers. Thanks for the chance to win.
cstephenson at q dot com
Wow, so beautiful. The work put into them shows the love put into them too!!! TFS!
Thanks for the info on flower making. Even if you only have George you can turn out some banging great flowers.
Cute flowers! Thanks for sharing the instructions!
Love these flowers can't wait to try them.
Great flowers. So beautiful. Gotta try to make a bunch too!
Karen S. in McKinney
Wow! These flowers are amazing!!!! Wish I had half the talent of all you gals!!! Your projects are always so inspiring!!!!!! Makes me want to go scraplift right away!!! :)
gaudet5 at rogers dot com
Very nice. I love flowers! Want to see more!
marilyn2222 @ hotmail.com
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I never tire of flowers, they are God's gift.
Awesome ideas, thanks so much for the tips!!! I LOVE paper flowers and am so glad I can make my own :)
Very pretty flowers. Thank you for showing us.
I'm not so enthralled with the flower craze. I love to see other people's projects but I don't think I'll ever get into it. However, if I won the Cuttlebug package, I might even try to make a flower. Thanks for the chance to win.
anticil at comcast dot net
These flowers are absolutely beautiful. I especially love making flowers out of different types of materials: patterned & white paper, satin, tuille, felt, lace, spackling tape (great for the guys,) etc. I put flowers on cards, boxes, mini albums and anything I can get my hands on. I am constantly searching for new ways to make flowers. Ok, so it's an obsession with me.
What a great project -- for Mother's Day, Weddings, Showers...
Jan B.
Love the flowers! I started makin' my own flowers a little while ago which is why I bought my Cricut to begin with. Love doin' it! TFS!
Pam D
pdela-torre@wavecable.com
WOW! What a great giveaway and such amazing flowers!!!
I really like the paper flower craze. I'm especially enjoying the variety of projects being made with them.
Would love to give these flowers a try!!!!
wow...love the flowers....they are so beautiful and fancy....
Love this idea! I love using flowers in my projects!
Love theseflowers will have to try them out.
Luria
The flower are so gorgeous!!! I love them :-)
I would love to win the CuttleBug. I wanted to purchase one, but my husband recently lost his job. :-(
So, it would be really great to win, especially since this weekend is our anniversary.
phollyphlox@gmail.com
Thanks for the chance to win! I'd very much love to win the Cuttlebug...my old Sizzix (original version) really needs to be replaced. :)
these are soooo awesome!!!
The flowers look awesome...have to try it!!! I am a follower of your blog in my google reader :)
Lovely flowers...that last forever!
I would love to make flowers like these. Awesome! Talented! Thank you for sharing.
Kathleen (jbaugh1481@aol.com)
GORGEOUS! Thanks for sharing! cant wait to try
Gorgeous flowers!! I would love to win this bundle.
Sonia
saja716@aol.com
Awesome give a way! I love flowers, any kind, store bought, hand made and sewn. I think they ass something special to a project.
Beautiful! I feel so inspired
Love the flowers. Thanks for the chance to win. I sooo need a cuttlebug:)
Candace
mypassion4scrappin.blogspot.com
I have not attempted to make paper flowers. Always seemed too hard but these instructions are great and now I want to try it! Thanks for hte help and chance to win the Cuttlebug!!
Now those are some GORGEOUS flowers!!! I've made a few flowers but nothing this detailed...I'm hoping my new Flower Shoppe cart will help me do more : )
Absolutely Love the ideas. Please share more! =) Definitely going to give it a try myself! Wish me luck!
Always love flowers and these are especially pretty!
I just learned how to make some of these flowers and am obsessed with it. They are beautiful accents!
I would love to try to make these flowers, but I feel like I lack the skill!
Love making flowers, thanks for sharing!
I love making flowers, thanks for sharing with us.
The flowers are beautiful!
I think these flowers are awesome. Why buy real when you can have these forever!..Going to get to work on those. Thanks for the inspiration.
So impressive. Love the details and paper.
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