Using brads to make paper flowers

By Jen Goode on August 15, 2012 in Paper Crafts

You can make paper flowers using just pretty paper and brads. Add layers of paper or fabric to make a more complex flower or you can even add in some floral wire to make petals that are bendable. For this tutorial I want to focus just on using brads to make paper flowers. Once you know this skill, you’ll be able to make a whole array of different kinds of flowers to use in your craft projects.

Paper flower with brads

Supplies you need to make paper flowers with brads

Brads – I used the Cozy Brads
Paper – any kind of scrap paper will work well
Scissors
Small hole punch

Cozy Brads

Steps to make your own brad and paper flowers

Cut out the petal shapes. I folded a 4×6″ piece of scrapbook paper. Cut out the tear drop shaped petal.
Layer 6 petals on top of each other, face up.
Punch a hole at the pointed end of the petals, about 1/4″ from the end.
Put the brad through the hole, corduroy top up.
Bend the ends of the brad toward the paper and flatten as much as possible.
Spread out the petals as desired.

steps to make a paper flower with a brad

Voila! You now should have a 6 petal flower you can use for whatever you’d like!

You don’t always need to use a hole punch when using brads, however, I find it much easier because the points on a brad are ment to bend. Sometimes the paper or fabric you want to push the brad through is so thick, the brad bends before it punctures the material. For this project I used a super small hole punch, a stand punch would be too large and the petals would slip around. So go grab a stash of your pretty paper scraps and make paper flowers.

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Jen Goode is the owner and “doodler in charge” of JGoode Designs, a Denver based art and design studio. She has been a creative professional since 1996, developing art for a variety of uses in an array of mediums from handmade crafts to Graphic design and illustration. Jen, a designer member of CHA, is a tech savvy, work-at-home mom of 3 who shares her creative inspirations with other moms through her sites Projects for Preschoolers and 100 Directions and as a featured contributor on various sites throughout the web. Jen's motto is "Inspiring Smiles Every Day".