Small flower dies aren’t just for accents – see how you can make a bouquet with these gems!
If you are like me, you’ve got some small flower dies that you use for little accents on your projects. Today I want to show you a fun way to use multiples of any undersized flower die cuts to create darling little paper flower bouquets to accent your cards, or, as I have here, be the main focal point.
The Frames and Card Base
Cut the A2 sized card base and frames using white cardstock.
Turn the three frame sections face down and use double stick tape to attach them together.
Apply strips of mounting tape all around the back of the frame and attach it to the card base.
Use black ink to stamp the sentiment on the small oval section of the combo frame.
The Flower Buds, Stems and Foliage
Cut several sections of the flower buds using pink cardstock and four stem sections using green cardstock.
Use green cardstock to cut three sections of the branch die.
Use a mini applicator to apply soft touches of pink ink to each bud.
Pick up each bud with tweezers and lightly apply a touch of ink around the edges of each bud to create a darker shade of pink.
Use needle nose pliers to hold each petal and use your fingers to curl and form the petals . Pro Tip: You can use your tweezers for this step but I find the needle nose pliers hold the petal more securely. Pliers are a great tool to keep in your tool box.
Use tweezers to pick up each petal and attach them together using glossy accents Note: I used three petals for the larger buds and two petals for the small buds.
Use a large round stylus to form each bud on the end of the stems.
Pick up the flower buds with tweezers and attach them to the flower stems using glossy accents.
The Bouquet
Begin by attaching the flower stems together using glossy accents.
Create a foliage base by attaching the large foliage branches to the back of the bouquet using glossy accents.
Tuck smaller sections of foliage down in between the front flower buds and attach using glossy accents.
Apply a generous amount of glossy accents to the back of the bouquet and attach it to the card base.
Cut several thin strips of green cardstock and attach them to the bottom of the bouquet using glossy accents. Note: I like to add several faux green stems to the bottom to create a more natural looking bouquet.
Apply pieces of mounting tape to both sides of the sentiment and attach it to the bouquet. Note: By attaching the sentiment layer with mounting tape on the sides allows it to straddle the bouquet.
Are you picturing or flipping through all your small flower dies now to see which ones you can use these tips with to make these pretty bouquets? There are so many options so go ahead and experiment – like nature, everything is different and nothing is “perfect” so have fun with this idea!
4 thoughts on “Use Small Flower Dies To Make Bouquets!”
Another beautiful card. I loved your little life fun fact on fb. Here is what I commented. “Beautiful card. Oh, Kittie, that must have been wonderful to be surrounded by all those flowers. Mmmmm…..I love walking into a floral shop. Your mom taught you well!!! I love all your floral arrangement cards.”
I hope that Rubbernecker is going to the Mesa event. I need so many of your flower dies!!! Have a blessed day!
Another beautiful card. I loved your little life fun fact on fb. Here is what I commented. “Beautiful card. Oh, Kittie, that must have been wonderful to be surrounded by all those flowers. Mmmmm…..I love walking into a floral shop. Your mom taught you well!!! I love all your floral arrangement cards.”
I hope that Rubbernecker is going to the Mesa event. I need so many of your flower dies!!! Have a blessed day!
Just lovely. I really like the colors on the buds.
So lovely as always….you beautiful flowers, bouquets, pots and vases of flowers, Window boxes full of flowers….
you are so right, the thought is they make great fillers for bouquets but they do a great job of standing alone! Lovely!!