Paper Flowers, Part 1 - The Spiral

I love paper flowers on cards to create depth and texture so I'm going to do a few posts on different ways of making them.

These flowers were printed some from a CD, I wasn't sure how to construct them and had to look it up. So here's my little method to add to the mix of those available. The flower spirals can be brought ready die cut, there are dies to cut your own or you can print them and cut them out.

To make up the flower you need to roll up the spiral with the pattern on the inside of the roll. I start of a tight roll by using a cocktail stick or pokey tool, or you could use a quilling tool.

Once you get started you can just hold it between your fingers.

Once you get to the end, the circular bit of paper that was in the middle of the spiral forms the bottom of the flower.  Before doing any glueing let it all unfurl a bit, it doesn't all come undone so don't worry.

This flower is not glued, I just let it go to unfurl a bit.

To fix it all in place I squeeze a big splodge of silicone on the bottom of the flower to stick it to the circular base. Hold it in place till its set, and then start fiddling and squidging!

You can roll the petals right over for a more open look, ink the edges or dip the whole thing in utee if you have a melt pot for a faux porcelain look.