You have to admit it. The things you can do with paper punches these days!
Even if you have a limited supply of punches, you can easily cut any size paper flower you would like ... just with a pair of scissors. These are beautiful, but one of the reasons they capture our eye so much is because of the layering. Look carefully. Each flower has at least two layers and the colors, patterns, and sizes vary. So get out the scrapbook papers (this is a good time to use up those leftover pieces), cut a whole variety of shapes and sizes and then glue them onto a base. What to use for a base? A simple styrofoam base would work well.
Here's an little extra idea ...
Use the flowers you cut and glue them around the upper
and/or lower edge of an inexpensive lamp shade. What if you don't happen to have an extra lampshade lying around? Cut a strip of poster board about 1 1/2" wide and as long as it takes to go around the shade, plus at least an inch to overlap & glue (or staple) to itself to make a circle. It needs to fit a little snug and it's best to use a shade that flares out at the lower edge. Glue your flowers to that strip (not the shade) and then slip the strip of flowers onto the shade. When you want to change back to your original shade ... you can!
Just slip the flower strip off the shade.
p.s. - You could just glue the edges of the flowers together and on top of each other to make something like a lei ... then slip it onto your shade at the top.
NOTE: Because these are made of paper, they are not
recommended for outdoor use ... unless you want wilted flowers!
Picture from Pinterest ... HelloLucky.com
