Waste not, want not
WASTE NOT WANT NOT TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS
By Nicole Aspinall
Cute flower embellishments made from the tissue paper your Lime Tart kit came packaged in.
Step1
For each flower you will need to cut 12-16 squares out of your tissue paper. (You’ll get at least 2 large flowers out of your lime tart packaging!)
Step2
Punch or cut out a circular shape from every piece. (Using my Marvy punch, I got the best results from cutting half, 6-8 pieces, at a time) You can make these from plain circles if you prefer, or cut out your shape using decorative scissors if you don’t have an appropriate punch.
Step3
Add a tiny brad to the centre, joining all circles together.
Step4
Carefully separate the layers, pinching upwards towards the centre one at a time. Your first layer will need to be pinched quite tightly, but each subsequent layer will relax a little bit.
Step5
Continue in this way until every layer has joined the first. The last (bottom) layer will remain flat.
Step6
When you are finished, you may find that you squeezed a little too tight and your flower is uneven – you can easily fluff the petals back out again until you have a perfect dome shape. Cut some simple leaf shapes out of coordinating paper and use to embellish your project.
July 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
These flowers are awesome Nicole!
July 9th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Nicole, i love these flowers too! I also love the Flowers on your blog ( the ones that looked squashed, but aren’t if that makes sense!) I had a go at making them….sensational. Thanks for sharing. Donna Zammit
July 10th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Wow Nic these look great.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
[...] frantically making samples, and also a couple of small make and takes. I’ve decided to pinch Nicole’s idea on the tissue paper flowers and I’ll have a table set up for ladies to make their own. Yesterday I was able to grab some [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
[...] my first attempt at playing with Nicole’s tissue paper flower technique. I’ve got to say that I think this girl is a bit of a master at all things floral! [...]
August 8th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Those flowers are so Fancy Nancy! Thanks for sharing!
August 8th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Your tutorial was linked over at 2peas. It’s a great tutorial, thanks. I think the flowers would look very cute atop a present.
August 9th, 2009 at 1:07 am
I love tissue paper flowers…brings back memories of my wedding. My mother, sister and bridesmaids made hundreds of them and glued them on ribbon to decorate the cars with. Tacky by today’s means but it 1969…..and it look pretty especially since all the girls worn pastel colors and they were able to get tissue in the color of their dresses.
August 9th, 2009 at 1:45 am
oh my, this is a really cool idea. thank you for sharing.
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 am
That is so cool! I would have never thought of that.
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:43 am
Your flowers are way cool. Great job!!!
Leslee in MT
August 28th, 2009 at 2:30 am
I love this idea. I always have tissue paper on-hand. Thanks for giving me another use for it.
September 17th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Clever idea! Thanks for sharing the tut with us.
September 25th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
[...] flower is one of my creations using Nic’s tutorial and the leaves are punchies that I have wired together to give them some stability and [...]
March 5th, 2013 at 8:11 am
I was shown how to make these early in 2012, by a friend, Michelle Winston. I have made these using pages from an old book; it is easier if the pages are soft, not like the newer books.