DIY | paper flowers

I'm pulling a post from out of the archives for you today. Do people do that in the blog world? Post the same thing twice? No? Call me a pioneer of the double posting frontier! ;) There are a lot of different paper flower DIY options out there, but this particular one is an absolute favorite! Mostly because one of the main ingredients is glitter.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

Cardstock // color of your choice

Scissors

Circle cutter // I tried both a 1" and 1 1/4" circle and ended up liking the larger circle better
Hot glue gun

Glitter

STEP 1: Cut circles from your cardstock. O wanted to try out the ombre effect, so I have a different color for each layer of flower. I used approximately 8-10 circles per color. You'll use more depending on how full you want the bloom to be.

STEP 2: Take your scissors and cut a slit halfway up each circle.

STEP 3: Put a dot of hot glue on the left side of the slit and slide the right side on top of the left. This will form a cone. Repeat.

STEP 4: Put a dot of hot glue near the seam of one cone and place a second cone (usually the flattest side) on top of the seam.

STEP 5: Repeat steps 3 and 4 over and over and over. You'll want to make the cones less severe as you go so that the flower looks more open once you're finished.

STEP 6: Smother the center in hot glue and cover it in pixie dust. If you don't have pixie dust, I guess you'll just have to settle for regular old glitter. ;)

I think these would be super cute sitting on a mirror tray. They also look like they should be floating in water or something spectacular like that. Someone find me waterproof paper and I'll make it happen.

WHAT ARE YOU CRAFTING THESE DAYS?