We get The New York Times delivered to our apartment every morning. And every night, it goes into the recycling bin. I wanted to find a way to use some of that newsprint! Here's what you'll need:
- Newspaper (Note: If you’re using these on something more permanent, like a scrapbook page, use pages from an old book because newspaper is NOT acid free.)
- Scissors
- Crop-o-Dile or Big Bite (i.e. hole punch)
- Brad
- Watercolor Paints
- Paint Brush & Water
- Heat Gun & Heat Resistant Surface (I use a teflon craft sheet.)
- Ink (I use brown.)
- Ink Blending Tool
STEP ONE
Cut a series of graduated circles from the newspaper. Use scissors. The idea is for them to be a bit wonky and uneven.
Cut more than you think you need.
STEP TWO
Stack them together from smallest to largest (top to bottom).
STEP THREE
Punch a hole through the center of the entire stack with a Crop-O-Dile.
STEP FOUR
Place a brad through the hole.
STEP FIVE
Paint the flower with watercolor paints.
Work from light to dark as you paint.
You can see that I added some paint splatters to the center.
STEP SIX
Immediately dry with a heat gun. This should make the petals curl up a bit.
You can see the slight curling here:
STEP SEVEN
Using an ink blending tool, color the edges of the petals by pushing them towards the center of the flower.
This will also help curl the petals. You can the result here:
STEP EIGHT
This is the most important step. Spin the layers (separating them from each other) in order to reveal some of the unpainted newsprint. It makes an enormous difference in the "look" of the flower. And here's your finished product:
And a side view:
Cutting the circles is the most time consuming part. The rest of it takes less than two minutes. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
Thanks for stopping by!
I love those girl!!!
DELISH Flowers Miss Julie!!!! I’ve GOT to try this…thank you for this tutorial!!
Have a happy rest of your week and weekend!!
Hugs!
Leslie
Thanks for the tutorial!
Now this flower I like!
Awesome flower Julie! I am going to try making one tonight! Thanks for the inspiration!
very cool, thanks for the inspiration!
cant wait to try this! what a fun project! thanks so much!
Wow, these are beautiful! I jsut saw this on CraftGossip. I’d love to link to this if you didn’t mind.
Looks mostly easy and very fun!
Awesome!
I’m going to try that asap!
ok, so bookmarking this and DOING it!!! Great tutorial…thanks!
Love this, off to try this and will link you up after I am done. I dont have watercolors so I am going to improvise today.
Thanks, I am off and running!
Love this, off to try this and will link you up after I am done. I dont have watercolors so I am going to improvise today.
Thanks, I am off and running!
Awesome! Love your step by step tutorial!
Thank you for this great tutorial.
Yvonne
This is awesome work,very talented.
-Ava
Really cool…! I love that you painted them all together and then separated the layers…!
thanks for inspiration!!
fantastic idea! Thanks
your an amazing chick! love those flowers!
That is amazing! Thanks for sharing!
This technique will make a great original embellishments to add to my mixed media artwork. Thank you for sharing this!
wow, how pretty!
love this, thanks for sharing how you made it.
I wanted to find a way to use some of that newsprint!
Cut a series of graduated circles from the newspaper. Use scissors. The idea is for them to be a bit wonky and uneven.
intelligent paper flowers – i absolutely LOVE this idea! i can’t wait to try it, and now i have the justification to pick up the new york times more often. thank you for the tutorial!
Wow, this is great work,from a simple news paper to awesome flower.
Wow, so amazing!
I love how easy these are, I been making them for a few days now, any scraps of paper/card i have i use it to make these flowers. Great idea and Thanks for sharing!
I’m going to try some tiny ones for an ATC…..what fun!
This is super great!!
But I have a question,…
I do not understand the part about using an ink blending tool, color the edges of the petals by pushing them towards the center of the flower.
I do not see any difference in the photos? So, can you PLEASE go over this part in more detail for me! What exactly you did, etc. I would be SOOOOO greatly appreciative!!!
Thanks so much!!
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