So easy to make these 3D Tissue Flowers - we put them in a vase and mounted them onto black card...!
These tissue flowers can also be made to decorate greeting cards - just make them smaller to fit your card.
What you will need...
Tissue paper
Stems - we used wooden coffee stick-stirrers but you can use string, paper strips etc
Print-out of template for vase
A4 sheet black card
Strip coloured paper for "table cloth"
Double sided sticky pads
Glue stick
Stapler
Stickers and bows (optional)
How to make them...
Cut out one vase template (there are two on each print-out) crease down lines on sides and bottom.
Turn it over and colour-in your vase front.
Then on the coloured side - Apply glue to the tabs - bottom and sides..
Attach the bottom tab to your black card and then ...
folding your glued tabs inwards, attach you vase to the black card. Push the tabs inwards so the vase is 3D and not flat.
Fold your tissue paper so you have about 20 layers of tissue (approx 9cms square) and staple twice in centre as per picture below.
Cut into a circle (no need to measure - doesn't matter if a bit wobbly!) and then cut into edges about 1cm (as below)
Then, one layer at a time, separate the tissue layers and pinch up into the centre.
Place your stems in the vase (fix in place with a piece of double-sided adhesive pad) and then attach your flowers - also using double-sided adhesive pads.
Finish with a strip of coloured paper across the bottom "table cloth" and we added a few butterfly stickers...
These 3D Tissue Flowers can also be used on greeting cards - make them any size you want...!
