Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Well read flowers

I am really loving all of the projects made out of books. I am also in love with all of the cute flowers made out of fabric/felt. I wanted to do something to combine the two and this is what I came up with:



They are super easy to make. All you need are book pages (I used newspaper that I sprayed with Archival mist), adhesive (I used hot glue), scissors, and something to embellish the middle.

First I drew the shape on to the paper and cut out 2 pieces.



Then I kind of pinched (both flower shapes) the paper and made creases so that the finished flower would have a little texture:



Then I hot glued the 2 shapes together and finished it off with a button:



This project cost me absolutely nada. I had everything just sitting around!

I'll be linking this up to all of my favorite linky parties...check out the linky party tab above to see all of them!!



24 comments:

  1. How cute! I have been looking for other projects to use my book and music pages on. Now I have another one!
    teri

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  2. Those are too cute! What a good idea. I'm going to have to try some of these, thanks!

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  3. What a cute idea! They would look wonderful embellishing a black frame.

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  4. What a simple project and so cute...just think of the paper possibilities. Come say hi.

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  5. Simple, but cute!

    Thank you so much for stopping by the Talented Tuesday at My Frugal Family link party, and adding this to the page! Don’t forget to stop back next week to see which links from this week are featured, and to add your new links!

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  6. I love newspaper art!! And these flowers are just gorgeous!!

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  7. Another great idea!! I'm kinda getting into the whole book ideas as well. Might have to try something like this...

    Thanks for joining "Get you Craft on Thurs."... I hope you join me next week!

    Lori

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  8. Cute, craft, and clever. Such a great idea.
    Holly @ 504 Main

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  9. Simply beautiful. Thanks for sharing!!!

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  10. These would look fantastic on a gift wrapped present! Great idea!

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  11. Love these! I featured them on my blog!

    http://sumossweetstuff.blogspot.com

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  12. Fabulous! Nice way to recycle old newspapers too! I made paper flowers too, for a craft and made a note tree..the intent there was to get rid of a horrendous old novel I had!!

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  13. im putting this on the top of a gift box! im going to be doing it RIGHT NOW! she is going to be so geeked!

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  14. I love these--thanks so much for sharing, I am going to feature them!

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  15. I am featuring you at my Penny Pinching Party tomorrow so come over and grab an "I Was Featured" button if you like. I love these flowers and I especially love that they look relatively easy to do and they are something my kids could do with me.

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  16. This is by far the cutest thing I have ever seen done with a newspaper! Thanks so much for linking up. :)

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  17. oh, how I love these... love them! I'll be saving my newspaper this sunday... :)
    and thanks for linking up to our friday fun find party! hopefully we'll see you next week...

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  18. Hi Stephie- You are so creative. Working with newspaper is always fun, but I never have seen this. I especially like how you pleated each cutout before gluing together, that little detail makes the flower pop and so cute.
    Diane

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  19. Loving these! I'll have to give them a go with my teen class..

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