WCMDTLC08 ~ Nested Flowers
 

Happy World Card Making Day! In honor of this special day, let us make the world a more beautiful place and plant flowers - on our cards! For today's special Technique Lover's Challenge we are going to make a card with hand made nested circle flowers.

I have long admired these type of embellishments in the store, but they can be expensive. Making your own is not only a great way to use scraps and save money, but it is also fun and easy. If you are not sure how to make them, see below for my tutorial.

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Nested Flowers Tutorial

Supplies Needed

1. Paper or material for your flowers.
Anything you can cut, punch or die cut; scraps are fine.
Some examples:
patterned paper/cardstock/newspaper/sheet music
ribbon
lace
fabric
tulle
mesh
velvet
felt

2. Five (or more) circles cut with die cuts, punches, or scissors.
I like them hand cut the best - the imperfections and wrinkles look good!

Tip: I punch or die cut 5 of the largest circle with different materials, then hand trim them, making each one smaller and smaller. Size of circle used is up to you - I used a 2.5 inch circle as my largest.

3. A paper piercer or hole punch and brad to attach the circles together.

4. Optional: Paper distresser.

Directions:

1. Cut your circles. Distress them if you wish.

2. Layer the nested circles to make a flower. The largest will go on the bottom, the smallest on top.

3. Starting with the largest bottom circle, use your paper piercer to pierce a hole in the center. Put the next layer on top and paper pierce it; repeat until all layers have a hole in them and attach with brad. I like to attach it very tightly as that causes the layers to bunch up, shaping the flower.

4. Optional: Shape the flower by rolling edges, tearing, folding and wrinkling.

• Design Ideas:
• Experiment with different shapes - squares, floral - whateva!
• Top the brad with a button
• Shape them for texture dimension
• Distress/fray the edges and sponge them with ink or acrylic paint for a shabby chic look
• Hand stitch them for a homey feel.
• Fold/gather some of the layers for a rippled look.

Your turn! Let's see your flowers!

Here is my sample card and here is a close up of the nested flower.

To view all the samples in the WCMDTLC08 Gallery click *HERE*.

Be sure to use WCMDTLC08 in your keyword to be entered into the prize drawing (no spaces, put a comma and space between keywords )

To be considered in the drawing for a prize for participating in the challenge, all challenge cards must be uploaded no later than Monday night at 11:00 pm EST.

Uploading Directions:
1. Keyword: WCMDTLC08
2. Upload by Monday October 6th at 11:00pm EST to be elegible for WCMD prizes from the SCS Member Companies.
3. Post a link to your card here for all to see.
4. HAVE FUN! :mrgreen:

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OK. This sounds interesting. Off to gather different materials.

Ooh cool! I've never done this or seen it so I can't wait to see the gallery. This will be so much fun. Thanks for the great instructions.

Feel free to ask any questions here I will be happy to help!

Very interesting...I just might play along!

This one is going to be a little tough for me. Let me see....what can I use?

I have never done this technique before (I think I did it right lol) I had fun doing this!
here is mine:
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=122133

sounds fun! I can't wait to play in the morning! I am too tired from the other challenges from today, and my stamp area is a wreck!!!

This is a new technique to me. I struggled a bit, what with my personal challenge of only Christmas cards, but I did finally come up with something --

Nested Christmas Flowers

Here's mine:

Friendship

The cards are so beautiful so far - keep 'em coming!

Here is mine.....

Golden Bloom

thanks for looking :-D

Here is my entry. Had fun with this one gathering different materials for the flower.

Unusual Flower

This is lovely Lois!

W o W!!! Love it Joanne.

Well, this was definately a challenge for me! I'm going to have to revisit it again at a later date as I'm not happy with the card I came up with. I'm running out of stuff! I even ran out of glue dots!! What's a girl to do?

Anyhow, here's my card. I swear, those flowers are purple and YELLOW, not orange.

Here's mine:
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/.../photo/1078794

Well, this was certainly interesting. Here is my card:
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...8813?nocache=1

WOW I never would have thought to use baby wipes - so cool~

Fun challenge! Here's mine:

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=127299

This one took a while, but I love the outcome. Here it is: http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...78835?cat=4477

This is one of those times it looks better in the photo than it does IRL. Oh, well.

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...8847?cat=10561

Thanks for looking.

This was fun! I have never done one these. Thanks for the challenge! http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=38381

This was fun, Suzy - great technique! Here's my card: http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=49490

I love all the cards so far - each and every one is so different and unique. Really great job on the challenges everyone thank you so much for playing! I am smiling so silly right now :)

Just please recheck your keyword - about 4 people so far have typed the wrong key so their card will get lost in the gallery.

Finally! Here is my card: http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=102478

I had so much fun making this one. I just used my limited supplies for it.

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...9065?nocache=1

Here's my nested blooms.

This was fun!
My picture is a little dark sorry, it's dark in here;)

Here's my card:http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=71474

and just for giggles I attached a pic of the wreck I had to literally push out of the way to take the picture, lol!!
Don't you just love a stamping frenzy??;)

Oooh, this was fun! A little work...but fun!
Pirouette Pearl Rose

It's always cool to learn something new! Here's my card:
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=92607

Here's mine: http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=185652

I finished it! It was harder than I thought. Here it is: http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...9393?cat=10366

Thanks for the challenge!

thanks for the tutorial! i had fun with this one:

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...&ppuser=179724

Ha this cracks me up!

Here is my nested flower!

Huge Nestie Flower

here is mine
 

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...79519?cat=3290

Thanks Suzy...I really like the raised and layered look!! GReat challenge!!