A how to do.....wreath of paper flowers

Welcome ! Here is my first and i hope many of my HOW TO DO !

This wreath takes time lots of time ! I guess i picked a hard one to start with but I'm sure you will love the result !

You will need a foam wreath , Now you could use any size you like but here is a large wreath from spotlight .

You then will need to cover your wreath with green florist tape , You don't really need to do this but if you don't want your white wreath showing between the " flowers" you will need to paint or cover in paper .

Fast Grab Tacky Glue is a must have make sure you have a full bottle ! You can pick this up at Inspired crafts for a few $ .If your doing a large wreath you will need about 10 pieces of patterned paper and 4 sheets of matching card .

Once you have chosen your papers then they will need to have 3inch circles cut out of them , You will end up 9 to a sheet . I have cut mine out on a cricut but if your not lucky enough to have one ,  hand cut will also be fine . 

Circles all cut ?

This is the next step , draw swirls onto the back of the card making them as even as possable .

Cut around this line and rub out any pencil marks.

Do you have an old mouse / computer pad ?

That will come in handy here ! You will need some thing rounded to run around the inside cuts to make the paper bend just a little .

This will give a bend to the paper to make it easier for the flower to wrap around its self .

Holding the Base / center of the flower

twirl the outer part of the circle into the "center "

This is what it should look like once it is all twirled .

This is where you will need the Tacky Glue !

Place a blob onto the base of the flowers , 

Pushing down the " petals " on top of the glue and holding for a few seconds .

This will need to be done to all the circles !

It takes time ! or days !

You will need some thing to hang the wreath up with ! I just used ribbon and pinned it on , you could use this wreath laying flat on a table as a center piece .

Using a hot glue gun ( i found this better then pinning the flowers on ) start gluing the flowers on in any pattern you like not forgetting to add the plain card stock flowers in between . 

This is the finished product ! It took days !

If you have to many " gaps " between your flowers try adding a small amount of Tulle pinned into the gaps . 

I just love the way this has turned out !

If you would like to have a go at making this ,  pop out to InspiredCrafts and see this in real life !

Thanks for taking the time to look

Xx