Twirly Flower Tutorial!

WOW - I feel absolutely chuffed to bits with all the lovely comments that you have given me about my altered flower box - thank you so much!

For those of you who wanted to know how to make these flowers - here is a tutorial, which I hope I have kept very simple!

1. Cut out a circle - any size you want.
   
   
2. Cut around into the circle like you are making a snake shape - leave the centre of the circle a bit bigger as this will form the base of your flower at the end.
   
   
3. I like to use this kind of pincher to do the next part - it keeps the end pinched nice and tight!
   
   
4. Put the very end into the tweezers.
   
   
5. Start to twist the card around the end of the tweezers.
   
   
   
6. Keep twisting the card around the tweezers until it gets like this:
   
   
7. Take card gently off the tweezers.
   
   
8. By letting it unscroll will depend on how tight or loose you want your flower. You can have a play about with this. When it is the size you want, you can stick the big bit of the circle that was left over, across the bottom of the flower.
   
   
   
9. This is what bottom should look like after you have stuck it down.
   
   
   
10. Now you can have a play around with the sides of the flower, squish them down, ink the edges, distress it however you like!!
    
    

So, was that easy to follow? If you think it needs a better explaination, please let me know!

If you use this tutorial, I would love it if you would say in your blog that you got it from here, and I would love to see any creations you make using the flowers - make sure you leave me a comment to let me know to check our your blog!!

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Easel Card Tutorial

Hi there!

I have been contacted by a few people to advise them on how to make an easel card, so I thought I would a quick tutorial on how I make it. Everyone has their own way, but this is how I do it, as I am absolutely useless at doing measurements etc!!

Pic 1: Get two cards the size you want to make your easel card.

Pic 2: Cut the front off one of the cards.

Pic 3: Fold the front cover of the uncut card in half (fold inside so meets the middle of the card.)

Pic 4 & 5: Using the piece of card that you have cut off the other card (pic 2), you then stick this onto the folded over section to give you the slanted easel shape.

Pic 6: This is what it should look like from the front!

Hopefully that is easy to follow! If you use this tutorial, would love to see your cards!! Thanks for stopping by!

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