Saturday, May 17, 2008

Hot Crafty Flowers (73 and counting) templates & tutorials


Flowers are perhaps the most universal craft item in stamping and scrapping; well, I for one am thoroughly obsessed with them anyway. I've been seeing a lot of unusual homemade primas and 3D flowers, so I thought I'd share some links. Most of these include templates, or instructions:

Some Faves
(though I think these are all HOT!):

  1. Flowery top note card & template (You can even convert store-bought cards to do this)
  2. Aluminum Flowers (punched from pop cans!?!) I love Michael
  3. Flower bookmarks (great for kids, but stampin' potential is HUGE)
  4. 3D Daisy card template by Jeannie1862 on scs (WOW!)
  5. Divine Fabric flowers Tutorial by Blair
  6. Floral cut out wrap or cards & flower template & one I Altered to fit lots of sizes on 1 sheet
  7. Gorgeous Paper flower tutorial by Nathalia
  8. Bloomin' Pop up flower by Mary Beth
  9. Daisies project
  10. 3D Flower paper cd holder (quick video)
  11. Fabulous 'No Tools Flowers' Tutorial by Joanne (lots here!)
  12. Felted flower (knitting) (video by Susan)
  13. Clay flowers by Diane Phillips on Martha
  14. Astounding Coffee Filter Roses by Cassie Chappell on Martha
  15. paper carnations
  16. Stunning origami lotus By Clearwisdom.net
  17. Great template by Jenn Gormly
  18. Paper strip flower (video) by Artistic Avenger (Great Blog!)
  19. Lucine's lovely Paper Tole Tutorial
  20. Becky's Filled Flowers (TOO cool!)
  21. Teabag Folded flowers by Tracey (lovely shapes are printable)
  22. & Tracey's foldy flower tutorial & her medallion backgrounds
  23. & Her snowflake flower freebies & even more
  24. ETA: Origami cherry blossom video by Okakuko
  25. ETA: gorgeous Tape Transfer!!! Flowers video By Shari
  26. ETA: Super original flowers by Wendy
  27. ETA: Wax resist scripty flowers video By Shari
  28. ETA: Amazing Seven Flower pop-up tutorial by Cpeep
  29. ETA: recycled paper by A Little Hut
  30. eta: Amazing fabric flowers by Allison, Christine, & Nathalia
  31. ETA: yarn flowers by Lori Marie
  32. ETA: Coffee filter rose tutorial (Lovely!)
  33. eta: Vintage distressed flowers by Dawn (speedy & pretty)
  34. Fabric flower from Wise Craft
  35. Wendy's gorgeous spiral paper flower
  36. Amby's flower cutting tutorial

With punches/dyecuts:
  1. Clever way to use SU's 5-petal flower punch by AR
  2. Sweet Circle punch flower by one happy stamper on scs
  3. Glorious Little Rose flower Tutorial by Joanne
  4. Fantastic 3D flower Tutorial by Lauren
  5. Make your own prima flowers by very talented Valita
  6. Nestabilities flower tutorial by Joanne (works with scallop punch too!)
  7. ETA: 3D flower Video tut by Roxy (using small oval punch)
  8. eta: eta: Hero arts stunning tissue paper flower
  9. Julie's SU scallop punch flower video (would work with other scallops too)
  10. Elegant Parchment flowers by Jeffrey
  11. Papier-mâché flowers by Cathy
  12. Recycled magazine flower by alamodestuff
  13. Maggie's flower couture flip flops (video #16)
  14. Vellum carnations by Shellie--wow!
Tea Bag Folds:
  1. Sweet Tea bag folded flower by AnnMarie
  2. Kite tea bag fold directions
  3. A video with different tea bag folds
  4. Craft Directory (guide to tea bag sites)
Dahlia Fold:
  1. Tutorial
  2. By Jana
  3. By Jessica
Pop ups:
  1. Gorgeous Daffodil pop up By the rockin cpeep!
  2. Stunning pop up lotus By Tekuila(?)
  3. Pop up Garden
  4. Amazing Pop up flower video
  5. Vase of flowers pop up card
More Martha et al:
  1. Beaded flower how-to & bouquet of beaded flowers & on a necklace
  2. Paper cherry blossoms
  3. Paper snowdrops & crocuses
  4. Frog in a box with water lily
  5. Flower wrapped favours
  6. ETA: straw flowers
  7. eta: floral inspired craft slideshow
A few I've made:
(posts include templates)
  1. 5-petal Flowers
  2. Dahlias or Mums and cornflowers
  3. Lotus/Mirkwood Flower
  4. Resized 8-petal Mirkwood flower
  5. Rounded flower in three sizes
  6. Daisy

4 comments:

cpeep said...

Hey, thanks for putting me on your list. I don't comment on your blog every day, but I sure as heck read every day!

Carol
Extreme Cards and Papercrafting

Marta said...

Your blog is absolutely one of my favorites. Love all the templates you find and all your own fabulous ideas!! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity and wonderful cards!

Joanne said...

Hi! I saw your url on my referring links list, and came to see why . . . . goodness knows how much later I am still here checking out all your great links, and your own fabulous ideas and creations! I am subscribed now, and will be back as time permits to check out more. And thank you so much for the big complement of including my blog in your list!

passionstamper said...

I LOVE your blog and am a subscriber! I LOVE LOVE papercrafting flowers..so I have alot on your site to check out! It's almost overwhelming! (My current infatuation is with the Dahlia fold...and I have several samples on my blog you can check out.) Thanks for sharing! Great stuff!