Tuesday, February 1, 2011

[How-to Tuesday: Accordion Button Flower]


Last Saturday I talked about a Valentine's Day card I made that featured this cute little button flower. [You can view the original post on the card HERE.] Well, today I am going to show you a step-by-step tutorial on how to make one. Of course, you can buy one pre-made, like the Eternal Delights Paper Flowers from American Crafts, but this one can be easily customized to whatever style/color you want and is super fun to make. :0)

Materials Needed:
Scrapbook paper or cardstock
Button
Tape adhesive or glue
Dimensional adhesive or glue dots
Scissors
Circle cutter (if you have one)

[Step 1: Cut out a circle. I cut mine to be about 2 1/2 inches.]

[Step 2: Cut a slit halfway into the circle. Then begin folding the entire circle "accordion-style" as shown. You can make these folds as large or as small as you want.

[Step 3: Once you have finished folding, your circle will look something like this. Notice it's only a half circle.]

[Step 4: Repeat the first 3 steps again to make another folded half-circle.]

[Step 5: Glue & adhere both half circles together, intertwining the folds, to form a full circle as shown.]

[Step 6: Adhere a button with a dimensional adhesive or glue dot in the center of the circle. Voila! A fun accordion button flower! Perfect for embellishing cards, scrapbook pages, or you can even make them into a magnet by adhering a little magnetic strip on the back. The possibilities are endless!]

[I will be linking this up to these linky parties!]

[Jen]

10 comments:

  1. These are really cute : )
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  2. Very cute!
    Carrie
    http://mycreativeescapes.blogspot.com

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  3. Isn't this the cutest thing? thanks for tutorial. Linda

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  4. I just love this super fun card! The colors are just fab!

    Thanks for sharing in FFA!

    Hannah @ http://youngancrafty.blogspot.com/

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  5. You make it look easy enough that I will give this a try. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. I have never seen them made that way, but I love it! What a great tutorial.

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  7. Love this! Thank you for making this so clear and easy for us!

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  8. Thanks for sharing how to do this! Thanks for linking up to Scrappy Saturdays!

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