Today is all about flowers. Specifically, flowers that can be made using your Silhouette®. For today’s challenge post, I made vellum flowers. Vellum peony flowers. I wasn’t sure what a real peony looks like. Maybe I should have “googled” it before I made these flowers. Maybe I would have done them differently, but then again maybe not. I kinda like my vellum flowers just as they are….I mean my vellum peonies.
I especially like them in this old galvanized metal watering can. That can was a salvage yard $5 find from last summer.
Back to the flowers. Are you a flowers person? I mean, I know everyone likes flowers. I love flowers. I just can’t identify them. Of course I know what roses and daisies look like. But much beyond that, I’m clueless.
I’m the same way with plants. I know what I like when I see different varieties of flowers and plants, but I have no idea what they are. Maybe I’m this way because my mother didn’t garden. She didn’t plant flowers or plants. I remember her saying she didn’t like to touch dirt. Well, I guess you can’t be a gardener if you don’t like to touch dirt, right?
I have gardening gloves. But I’m still not a gardener. Maybe I’ll take up gardening when I retire.
If you would like to make these peony flowers, the cut file that I used is available in the Silhouette® Online Store. It’s called 3D Peony (Design ID #56220). By the way, if you don’t already have a subscription to the On-line Store, I highly recommend it. I’ve had a subscription every since I got my first Silhouette (an SD) about six years ago. It is so worth it. Especially if you’re like me and your graphic design skills are somewhat lacking ; )
I used the Silhouette® vellum to make my flowers.
The first thing I did was “ungroup” the design.
Then I copied the largest petal shape onto a new drawing and filled a 8-1/2 x 11 page with eight petal shapes.
I did the same things for the remaining petals. And because I rarely leave a design the way it comes, I made more petals in different sizes just by selecting them and decreasing the size.
Once I had cut all my petals, I just inserted them onto a bamboo skewer, starting with the largest size petals. The yellow stamen is cut from card stock.
To finish up, I wrapped the skewers with floral tape and stuck them into some floral foam that I placed inside my awesome, old, rusty watering can.
Since you’re now (hopefully!) in a Silhouette® flower-making mood, here are more Silhouette® flowers projects that I found in the archives of Create & Babble:
Just click on the photo to be taken to the project.
And if that’s enough Silhouette® flower-makin’ fun, there’s more!
Yep, it’s Silhouette Challenge time, and this month’s challenge was, well you know….flowers!
Check out all my Silhouette® sisters’ posts to see their flower creations to give you even more flower inspiration.
Peruse the projects below for a wealth of Silhouette inspiration!
1. Create & Babble // 2. Kate’s Paper Creations // 3. Please Excuse My Craftermath // 4. Tried & True // 5. unOriginal Mom // 6. Mama Sonshine // 7. Adventures in All Things Food & Family // 8. The Experimental Home // 9. The Outlandish Momma // 10. Whats Next Ma // 11. Dream a Little Bigger // 12. Silhouette School // 13. Creative Ramblings // 14. Our Rosey Life // 15. Bringing Creativity 2 Life // 16. Practically Functional // 17. Minted Strawberry // 18. Two Purple Couches // 19. Simply Kelly Designs // 20. Grey Luster Girl // 21. TitiCrafty // 22. My Mom Made That // 23. Architecture of a Mom // 24. My Paper Craze // 25. The Sensory Emporium // 26. Ginger Snap Crafts // 27. Mabey She Made It // 28. McCall Manor //
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These are absolutely lovely. I’ve followed your blog so I can see more. I hope you’ll visit mine too. http://www.katespapercreations.com/2014/05/silhouette-challenge-shape-challenge-flowers.html
These are so lovely, Jeanie! I am loving the delicate look of vellum for flower petals. Can’t wait to try it myself…pinning for sure!
These are beautiful! I love the simplicity of the white and yellow together. I’m sure the vellum looks even more amazing in person. Thanks for sharing!
B E A U T I F U L!!!! I just love it. and I love what you used as a vase! Super cute and fresh!!!… Awesome Job!
XOXO
These are so pretty! I love the softness the vellum brings to the flowers!
These are so pretty! I’m going to have to look for that cut file. Thanks for sharing the file number!
Really cute flowers! I love them in the watering can.
These are so pretty! Perfect way to garden if you don’t like to touch dirt 🙂
Your bouquet is so light and lovely! I’d never have thought to try vellum paper for something like this! Very pretty 🙂
Very lovely. I have a bunch of flower shapes but will download this one too!
Your flowers are lovely! And using the vellum makes them delicate and pretty. I can see using your vellum flowers as a topper for a gift for a wedding or bridal shower. Thanks for sharing.
The vellum adds a lightness and luminosity that I don’t typically see in paper flowers — nicely done!
Could you also do an internal offset, turn it into a print and cut then add a touch of color with sketch pens? (Love to know if the sketch pens work on Silhouette vellum — I know some pens and vellum don’t like each other and I’ve got an idea in the back of my mind…)
What beautiful flowers! I’ll definitely have to give these a try!
These are gorgeous, and I love that you put them in a rustic watering can. I have a ton of the 3D flower cut files, and I haven’t tried them yet. I’ve been too nervous!
Jeanie these are absolutely gorgeous! Great job and feel free to link them up at Creative Spark Link Party we would love to have you!
Can’t wait to meet in July!
Oh Michelle, thank you! And I can’t wait to meet you, too!
Hi, saw your link @ Creative Spark Link Party…these are great! I wanted to add flowers and embellishments to my plain shower curtain and some flowers to these vases I’m re-designing. I think these will be a nice touch, thanks for sharing and now following you on Twitter. 🙂 Pinning this!
Thank you Bernadyn! How sweet of you!
Hey again! Just wanted to reiterate how much I love your flowers. Thanks for linking up at Creative Spark!
Just wanted to let you know I featured you today on Creative Spark. 😀
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