French Country Paper Flower Craft

I have three sisters, and quite a while ago, my mom gave us each small stacks of old encyclopedia books.  I saw them sitting in my hobby room today, and decided to try my hand at a paper flower.

First I tore out a page… pretty simple so far right 🙂

Then with no pattern at all, I simply took my scissors and started cutting in a circular direction.  Then after getting my circle cut out, I started to roll it up, working from the outside of the circle to the center.

Once I finished with that, as you can see in the fourth picture, I lifted up the last piece, then secured it all together with a dime size dollop of hot glue.

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Here it is after I flipped it over.  I put it on paint cards so you can really see the details.  Next I took a pearl adhesive and put it in the center for embellishment.  After that, I took a small doily and pinch it in the center, while using my other hand to flatten it down a bit on top.  Then I put another dime size hot glue spot in the middle and attached my paper flower.

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Here is the final product displayed on the cutest bulletin board I purchased at Hobby Lobby on sale.  So french country chic right?

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There are dozens of other paper flower techniques out there I’m sure.  This would also work with fabric.  Just think of the possibilities 🙂