Tip - Making your own 5,6 & 8 petal flowers

For those of you who don't have all the fancy die cutters and punches but really want to make your own flowers, here's a tip on how to cut your own 5, 6 & 8 petal flowers ANY size and shape you want.

Step 1 and 2 are common for all 3 variants

5 Petal Flower

Step 1

Cut a piece of CS or PP into a square. The size would depend of the size you would like your flower to be.

Step 2

Fold the square corner to corner forming a triangle

Step 3

Find the centre of the base of the triangle and then fold the right corner over to the left at a 135 degree angle as shown below

Step 4

Fold the left corner over to the centre as shown making a 90 degree angle to the base

Step 5

Draw the shape of the petal you would like. For my example I did a distressed looking petal

Step 6 - Cut around your drawn petal and open the folds............Viola, a 5 petal flower!!



NOW FOR THE 6 PETAL FLOWER

Follow steps 1 & 2 as above and then move onto step 3 from here

Step 3 - Find the centre of the base of the triangle and fold your corners up at an angle to form a cone shape as shown

Step 4

Draw the shape of the petal you'd like and cut out with a scissors

Step 5

Open the fold and you have your 6 petal flower

8 PETAL FLOWER

Again, use step 1 and 2 from above and then follow from here

Step 3

fold the right corner over to meet the left corner thus forming a smaller triangle

Step 4

Take the top layer from the left corner and fold it up to meet the opposite corner

Step 5

Turn over and do the same on the other side forming a concertina fold

Step 6

Draw the shape of your petal and cut out with a scissors



Step 7

Open the folds and you have your 8 petal flower



Now how easy was that!!!!!! Hope you enjoy!!