The other fun flowers from punches that I demonstrated yesterday at my upline's big Team Meeting were Border Punch Flowers. Here are basic directions for these cool flowers:
1) Cut a strip of Designer Paper or Card Stock that is 1” wide by 12” long.
2) Punch one long edge of the strip with the Border Punch.
3) Run the punched strip through the Crimper multiple times to break down the fibers and soften it so it is easier to work with.
4) Cut a 1 ¼” Circle from Sticky Pages by punching a scrap of card stock with the 1 ¼” Circle Punch and trace the circle onto the back side of the Sticky Pages and cut it out by hand. The circle doesn’t have to be completely round and perfect as it is getting covered by the flower.
5) Remove the protective red covering from the front of the circle.
6) Lay one end of the punched, crimped strip on the sticky circle so it overlaps the circle about ½ way.
7) Start pleating the crimped strip as you bend it around the circle. Press the flat edges against the sticky circle.
8) When you get back to where you started, pull the strip in a little and continue pleating and pressing the flat edge into the center of the sticky circle as you go around.
9) Use the Paper-Piercing Tool to poke a hole in the center of the flower and insert a large brad of some sort to hold things in place and hide the center.
10) Peel the protective paper backing off the back of the flower and adhere to your project.
- Try using different widths and lenghths of strips to make different sized flowers.
- Try using different sizes of circles to make different sized flowers.
- You can also cut circles from Sticky Pages using some of our Dies for the Big Shot or using the Circle Scissors Plus.
- Some people say you can punch things out of our Sticky Pages with our punches, but I don't recommend this. Every time I've tried, I just gummed up my punch!
- If you don’t have Sticky Pages, you can just cut a circle from regular card stock and cover it completely with strips of Sticky Strip instead.
- The tighter you pleat as you go around the circle, the smaller your flower will be.
- Try using several strips of punched, crimped paper to make really large flowers by starting another strip where one ends as you go around in a circle.
- Try using regular card stock that you have punched and crimped and sponged the edges of with a darker ink. Just crimp a few more times to make sure the card stock is really pliable.
- Try layering flowers on top of each other.
- Try using a Button in place of a brad in the center of the flower. Just adhere it with Glue Dots or Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Try putting a stamped image punched out of a piece of card stock in the center of the flower. Just adhere it with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Try using a different border punch, all of the Border Punches we sell work really well!
Here are the samples I made using the Border Punch Flowers for my display at my demonstration table. Enjoy!
Uses Vintage Vogue Set plus Pretty in Pink Card Stock, Chocolate Chip Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Chocolate Chip Classic Ink Pad, Pretty in Pink Classic Ink Pad, Stamping Sponges, Pretty in Pink 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Eyelet Border Punch, Crimper, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Sticky Pages, Pretty in Pink 1/2" Sending Love Epoxy Brads, Paper-Piercing Tool, and Mat Pack.
Uses Well Scripted Clear-Mount Set plus Clear-Mount Block C, Real Red Card Stock, Chocolate Chip Card Stock, Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Chocolate Chip Classic Ink Pad, Eyelet Border Punch, Crimper, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Sticky Pages, Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Pretty in Pink 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Texturz Impressions Pad, Standard Texturz Silicone Rubber, Perfect Details Texturz Plates, and Sticky Strip.
Uses Medallion background stamp and Teeny Tiny Wishes Set plus Almost Amethyst Card Stock, Lovely Lilac Card Stock, Almost Amethyst Classic Ink Pad, Lovely Lilac Classic Ink Pad, Stamping Sponges, Eyelet Border Punch, Crimper, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Sticky Pages, Button Latte Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Stampin' Dimensionals, and Slit Punch.
Uses Something Sweet Set plus Pixie Pink Card Stock, Pretty in Pink Card Stock, Kaleidoscope Designer Series Paper, Pixie Pink Classic Ink Pad, Scallop Edge Punch, Crimper, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Sticky Pages, Pretty in Pink Corduroy Buttons, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Sticky Strip, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Multipurpose Platform, Standard Texturz Impressions Pad, Standard Texturz Silicone Rubber, and Perfect Details Texturz Plates.
Uses Simply Said Set plus Certainly Celery Card Stock, Pretty in Pink Card Stock, Whisper White Card Stock, Shades of Spring Designer Series Paper, Certainly Celery Classic Ink Pad, Pretty in Pink Stampin' Write Marker, So Saffron Stampin' Write Marker, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Crimper, 3/4" Circle Punch, Sticky Pages, Filigree Designer Brads, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Pretty in Pink 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, and Sticky Strip.
Uses Lovely Letters Alphabet Set, Bordering Blue Card Stock, Sage Shadow Card Stock, Not Quite Navy Card Stock, Nouveau Chic Designer Series Paper, Basic Gray Classic Ink Pad, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter, 2-Way Glue Pen, Basic Gray 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Sticky Strip, 1 1/4" Square Punch, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Paper-Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Crimper, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Sticky Pages, and Basic Gray Corduroy Buttons.
Here's a close up look at the border punch flowers:
The picture is of my gorgeous and very smart niece from Florida. Terri, if you are reading this, you'll be getting this scrapbook page in the mail with your March Club Order! Jan was nice enough to let me keep it so I could send it to you. Enjoy!
