Paper Flowers

I  bought a flower punch at AC Moore the other day.  With Spring in the air, I thought a paper flower project would be cute.

Supplies needed:
- scrapbook paper (two of one color, one of another coordinating color)
- straight pins with round heads
- styrofoam ball
- flower punch (or you could cut out each flower if you don't have a punch)
- small flower pot
- mini bird (optional)

I started by cutting out as many flowers as I could out of three sheets of scrapbook paper.  I took two flowers at a time and turned the flowers so that when put together there was no spaces (making for a fuller looking flower).  I turned up the edges of the flowers which made it easier to add each additional layer of flowers.

I had an old terra cotta flower pot in my craft closet.  I painted it using some left over sample paint I had from my mudroom renovation (you can click here to check that out).

Voila!  I covered half of the styrofoam ball with the flowers, added a little bird, and let the ball just sit in the flower pot.  So cute and so easy!!  You can see in this picture that I used both solid pink and a pink polka dot paper.  I like the depth a combination of two papers give to the overall look of the flowers.

Don't forget my Swing into Spring party is still going on.  You can click here to join the fun.

Let me know what you think of my little paper flower project.  Hope you give it a try.
-Judy