

Once done, curl the petals inward with your fingers. I folded the circle in half before cutting the petal shapes so it would be faster. The center of this flower is made by cutting a circle and then cutting petals around the circle. This variation also has scalloped edges, but is different from Variation 2 because the space between the scallops are not as deep. The center is made the same way as Variation 1: cut a scalloped edge on a rectangular piece of paper and roll it up. This flower has scalloped petals with a scalloped center as well. You make the center by just cutting a fringe on a rectangular piece of paper, and rolling it up. This flower has pointed petals and a fringed center.

Below are three different looking flowers using the same technique but different petal and center shapes.

This is the method where you cut a 1″ slit at the bottom of the petal and glue the flaps to each other ( Please see Flower 1’s tutorial). The bottom-corner method from the Flower 1’s tutorial is the most versatile. This won’t be a step by step tutorial but just a quick example of how you can use those methods to make a wide variety of different flowers. For all my flowers, I basically make them based off of two methods: the bottom corner method like the rose ( flower 1) or stacking layers like the dahlia ( flower 2). Hello and happy Monday! Today is the final post in my paper flower backdrop series.
