Create Blooming 3D Floral Arrangements

You will need:

• Your choice of Die Cut Flowers & Leaves
• Tacky Glue
• Ball Tool
  
• High Density Mat (or similar)
• A Pair of Tweezers

STEP 1: SELECTING YOUR FLOWERS

Release the flower shapes from the sheet using the ball tool or pop out carefully by hand. There are 8 flower styles to choose from per sheet, each comes in a variety of sizes too. You can layer all of the sizes together to make one full-looking flower, or you can spread your flowers out further by using less layers, the choice is up to you!

STEP 2: SHAPING THE FLOWERS

Place one of the large flowers on the mat. Using the ball tool or the back of your tweezers, apply a little pressure to one of the petals, pulling the tool all the way from the tip of the petal towards the centre. Repeat with the other petals. Doing this will curl up each petal. This is your base flower, so once you’ve shaped the petals, turn it over so the petals are curling towards the mat. Open it a little, and roll the ball tool around the centre of the flower. Repeat the same process with the remaining flowers.

TOP TIP: The more pressure you apply, the more the petal will curl. 

STEP 3: PREPARING THE FLOWER CENTRES

Now you’re ready to prepare the centres of the flowers. Take three of the centres in different sizes. Shape them by rolling the ball tool around the middle of each one. The outer edges will curl up slightly.

STEP 4: BUILDING THE FLOWERS

Place a dab of glue at the centre of your large base flower. Place the second large flower at its centre, ensuring that the top petals are positioned in between each of the underneath petals. Open the petals slightly to add the next layer. Remember to space the petals between each layer. Hold down until the glue has secured it.

STEP 5: ADDING THE CENTRES

Lastly glue the middles of the flowers in place, one on top of the other, until stuck securely. Here’s where your tweezers will come in especially handy – the smaller centres can be a bit fiddly to apply by hand. You can now push the petals in towards the middle of your flower.

STEP 6: FINISHING TOUCHES

Now you can use your beautiful leaves to finish the flower. And just like that, you have a beautiful 3D flower! Add to cards as an additional embelishment or use them on their own as the focal point. We've paired them with the Fairy Tale 8x8 Papers & Christmas Verses Peelables to create a stunning simple card.