This was our little favor box. I found the idea for the paper roses here. They were so simple to make.
I first cut a piece of cardstock into a 4"x4" square.
The instructions say to cut your square into a circle. I found that it didn't have to be perfectly round so I just rounded the corners.
The petals look best if you cut your "round" kind of squiggly.
Starting from the outside cut your circle into a spiral, continuing to squiggle the line. (How is that for technical terminology?)
Starting from the outside roll into a tight coil.
Rolling tightly like this will help hold the shape of your flower.
Gently let the swirl/flower loosen in your hand. It is fun to watch it become a flower. :)
In the beginning I used my glue dots to hold the back down. Eventually I changed to the hot glue gun and I liked it better.
I have a die cut machine that I used to make leaves but they would be easy to cut out freeform.
Again, I used a die cut machine to cut out my boxes. For this project I just cut out lids. 2 lids together were just right to hold one Turtle.
The small candy wrappers are printed on a regular address label. Very easy to design and they fit a Hershey's Nugget just right.
Happy Happy Birthday to my sweet Mother in law!
6 comments:
Happy belated Birthday to your Mom. Marlene, how very wonderful. Glad you have had such a fun day.
Your ideas are such an inspiration to me. I love your terminology as it is Marleneism like I speak sometimes Paulaism ;-)))
The tutorial for the rose is wunderbar and I will keep it. Thanks for sharing.
Happy 85th birthday to your Mom! Those roses are just adorable. And the way you describe cutting a squiggly line is really very helpful. That's the way real folks do crafts!
Thanks ladies! :)
Thank you for giving a detailed craft to make. I love roses so I think I'll give it a try. Happy Birthday to Grandma.
You are so creative, I just love this. Happy Birthday to your MIL!
I love this and especially the photo's. Happy Birthday to your MIL!
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