Monday 6 May 2013

Petal Pairs Flower Tutorial

Well here goes, this is my first tutorial. I hope it makes sense to you.

There are many ways to make flowers with Petal Pairs. this is just one of them. I have made the flowers from 120gsm paper.

Punch six flowers - doesn`t matter which punch you have.

Interweave two of the flowers, so you have three pairs. Your interwoven flowers should look like the black & white flowers at the bottom of the picture.

Gently mold the petals of the top layer in your fingers so they have a slight bend. Fold petal 5 & 2 together so they meet, place a small dab of glue inside the petals to hold them together. fold in petal 3 add a dab of glue to secure. Do the same with petal 4 and lastly number 1. You will now have a small bud. Next fold in the next layer of petals in a circle adding a small amount of glue to each petal.

Put a dab of glue into the centre of the next set of petals and place the bud already made into the centre. I usually leave this for a few minutes, as I find it easier to work with when the glue has gone off.

Fold in the next layer of petals and gently roll the bud in your hands. I don't glue this layer. Fold in the next layer and secure with a bit of glue near the base of the petals. Stick this larger bud to the next set of petals with a dab of glue.
Gently fold in the next 2 layers of petals - I don`t glue these in place.

Each punch gives a slightly different shaped flower.


You`ve now made you first flower. Don`t worry if the petals of your first layer open a little, the flowers still look just as good


I like to colour the flowers after I`ve made them with Distress inks, but they could be coloured with Promarkers before making them.


I`ve also used the Petite Petal Pairs - hopefully this picture shows the difference in the sizes


I do hope this makes sense to you. Please contact me if you are unsure or don`t understand what I`ve written.

Wow what a long post, I don't think I`ve ever written so much

Hugs
Alison xx

14 comments:

  1. Thank you Alison, I did mine slightly different, But I am going to have a go your way.

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  2. Thank you Alison, I did mine slightly different, But I am going to have a go your way.

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  3. Thankyou Alison, I will put these on my long list of things to try, your instructions were very clear so I can't wait to try them x

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  4. So glad you understood what I was trying to say, thanks Cal & Val

    Alison xx

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  5. Thank you Alison -- now to have a go.

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  6. Thank you for helping me understand how to work this out.
    I now know and the results are fantastic.
    This idea works great with the Petal Pairs CD available.

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  8. ooohhh have these punches and need to use them to do something different - thanks

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  9. i have some of these punches and need to make some flower embellishments, so thank you for the idea.

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  10. Wow, these flowers are brill, i'd never have thought to do flowers like this. These are amazing.

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  11. These are fab, i would never have thought to do flowers like this.

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  12. Alison just received my punches, started to make my first flower within minutes , this was so easy to follow, now I can sit in front of the TV and make different flowers to my hearts content - thanks PS: Tip... helps to bend each petal in before you start gluing x

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  13. oh great just received my punches, made my first flower and it works ...... TIP bend the petals before gluing and putting in place it helps to place them. You made it so easy to follow thanks Lynn

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  14. Just made my first flower using your instructions. Wow, how easy, thanks for shareing .

    Sue xx

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