How to do: the flowers

Hi, I was asked by one person to tell how I made my flowers the other day so here goes.
You will need : Double sided paper, 3 flower punches in different sizes, something to poke a hole with, a mini mister filled with water and planty of spare water to hand! I worked on a non stick craft sheet.
The original tutorial said to use 4 large and 3 medium and 3 small flowers. I did that at first but then reduced them to 3 large and 2 each of the medium and small so it is up to you really as to how many layers you use. I just found it gave me the finish I was happy with with less bulk.

These were the punches I used

Punch out your desired quantity

Poke a hole though all of them and fasten together with a small brad.

Then spray liberally with water; don't be shy with the water! Then start to fold everything inwards covering the brad until you end up with a sodden lump that looks something like this!

Then begin to open the petals out one by one shaping them as you do. You will need to be a bit careful as the paper will be fairly fragile.

The end result will be something like this:

Now I was happy to see the brad but you can leave it covered if you like. Leave to dry, preferably overnight then the next day you have some lovely flowers to play with! You will get different resultd depending on the style of punch you use. I plan to play with Tim Holtz's tattered floral die as I think that will give some great results. I'll keep you posted!
Be blessed