I am very excited to be CK‘s guest blogger today. I am passionate about creating and want to share with you some of my favorite new things to create.
My newest collections are some of my all time favorite. I recently came out with FIVE new collections: POSH, NOTATIONS, ON THE EDGE, SPORTS EDITION II, and TIMELESS.
Today I am going to share with you how I create and add sparkle to my flowers.
This is my new On the Edge (my boy collection) REFLECTIVE paper. It is hard for photos to do the 12×12 metallic silver justice. I called it reflective since you can actually see yourself in the paper. So cool!
Here is how you create the flowers:
Step 1:
You will need one sheet of Teresa Collins 12×12 Reflective (On the Edge) Paper. I used the Mother’s Day Bouquet cartridge from Provo Craft. I am in LOVE with this flower cartridge and you can create the flowers in ANY size and shape that you desire. For my flowers, I wanted LARGE flowers so I set my setting on 4” and I used the number 4 flower on the flower selection of the cartridge. I placed my sheet in the Cricut machine and selected auto fill. This allowed my machine to cut 6 petals on one sheet of Reflective paper. I use 5 petals to create my flowers.
CARTRIDGE: Mother’s Day Bouquet by Provo Craft
Step 2:
Begin by taking each petal and you will fold the petal in ½ in the center of the flower. You will do this two times to create a fold.
Step 3:
You will need to make four petals by folding in the above manner.
Next you will take each petal and, going in a circle, place each side by side, stapling or hot gluing the flower petals together.
Staple the two petals together in the center.
Staple the third petal to the second previous ones.
Staple the fourth petal to the previous three.
The fifth petal I like to manipulate and fold so that it goes on top of the entire flower. I like to add my TC Blingage to the centers of my flowers for additional dimension.
Here is my layout showing the REFLECTIVE paper flower:
I also created the same flower with my new POSH glitter paper. Note: the glitter does not come off the sheet and works great in your die cut machines!!!!
I hope you will spend many creative hours making your own sparkly flowers!
You can visit my website or my blog for future inspiration.
Teresa Collins
Love the flowers…I have this cartridge…now I need to get your paper!
these are really pretty! I think I might play with my cricut today. : )
-Katie
Wow, those flowers are so effective! Love how blingy they are
I love this technique. I have a Silhouette, not the cricut, but these shapes can be cut by my Silhouette (up to 8″ +)!! Thank you for sharing! Cannot wait to try this way ;>)
Lovely flowers! Can’t wait to get my hands on some of your paper
Beautiful…cannot wait to create the flowers!
These are gorgeous, can’t wait to make some myself.
I have got to try this today!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Loving the blingage!
~Vanessa W
Love these flowers! Thanks for the specific settings too!
Loe yuor papers and blingage!!
I bought this reflective paper to cut out a pair os sissors thinking the rest I would NEVER use… now I am dying to find the scraps and get busy! And I have the blingage so I am PUMPED! Reflective paper+ Blingage + your video = 1 HAPPY CAMPER! Thanks!
Thanks so much for enabling…I think I must own this cartridge now!!! Love, love, love the flower tutorial…Can’t wait for the TC cartridges!!!!
Just picked up this cartridge for $20! Can’t wait to use it! Thanks for the great ideas!
Great tutorial – thanks
I keep coming back and looking at it, I can’t wait to get the cartridge!! I just sent it to my husband to let him know I want this for my mothers day gift, lol!!
LOVE!!! that paper LOVE!!! that cartridge! I need both! good thing I am headed out to scrap shop today….hee hee! You are so stinking talented girl!!!
oh and I love you to CK!
These cartridges and flowers Rock– so pretty and I love all the BLING!
Oh my gosh I just did this with my Stampin up flower punch because I needed an antique lookin flower w/ a button in the middle & it worked great! Turned out so cute I should post a picture.
LOVE THIS FLOWER. Love the way you use your cricut machine! I have to go and get this cartridge NOW. Love your style.
GORGEOUS!!! Your flowers are AMAZING!!! I definitely NEED that cartridge!!! Thanks for the tutorial!!!
Love my Cricut Expression…wow what wonderful inspiration! TFS! Ditto on wanting to get that cartridge.
Beautiful! I will have to get both the reflective and glitter paper!!
I love your flowers and can hardly wait to get your new papers especially the reflective! I am going to try out your method right away. What inspiration!
I just LOVE this flower and your shinny paper is incredible! I love your line of all papers. Great pics. Hope your doing well and thank you for sharing this awesome technique!
Love this thank you!!
Hi Teresa! I am so happy anytime I see you! Love this technique…
really pretty….
Of course like lots of other women I LOVE flowers!! And of course I love this idea too!! Thank you for sharing!!
Wonderful!
Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us…just beautiful.