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.  

Check out my Paper Flower Bouquet Video to see how I use die cut paper flowers and foliage to create pretty bouquets.  Here are a couple more recent bouquet posts for you to check out.  Flower Card Idea and Pretty Flower Bouquet.  

5218D Rectangle Combo OPC #3 Die Cut [ RBB ] 5404D Branches and Leaves Die [ RBB ] 5301-02D Organic Shapable Posy Die [ RBB ] 3327 Kittie Says Friends [ RBB ] PanPastel Sofft Applicators 12/Pkg [ RBB ] Color Fuse Set #5 [ RBB ] Versafine Clair Nocturne Pad [ RBB ] Paper Blossom Tool Kit 4/Pkg [ RBB ] Paper Blossoms Molding Mat [ RBB ] Glossy Accents .5oz [ RBB ] Scotch Advanced Tape Glider & Tape [ RBB ] Scor-Tape .125″X27yd [ RBB ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ]

Scrapbook.com – Perfect Clear Acrylic… [ SBC ] SE Professional Quality 6″ Mini… [ AMZUS ] Amazon.com: Scotch 1/2-Inch by… [ AMZUS ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ]

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!