Paper Bag Flowers

 This is the set up I use when I use spray inks for my projects.  I have a paper grocery sack, I cut out one side, and lay that piece in the bottom for reinforcement.  I lay my stuff in the bottom, and spray without worry that it will get all over other things.  I was going to change out the bottom layer because I didn't want the red inks to bleed on the project I was working on, then an idea hit me.

 Why waste this beautiful paper with layers of lovely sprays and glittery goodness?

 I grabbed my punches and punched out some shapes...

...shaped them and used buttons and bling and TAA DAA!!!  I got some lovely flowers and embellishments for future projects and recycled some stuff at the same time!  I used some of these on my policy envelope album.
Have a crafty day!

Punch Art Flowers

I was just playing around with my new punch and made these punch art flowers out of scraps of paper from my stash.  Here's how I did it...

You need one punch  for the "leaves", some glue, one punch for the flower, a post-it note, and a rhinestone, dew drop, button, etc, for the center.

Punch one green leaf, two flowers of the same color, one flower of a different color, and one center of choice.

For the two outer leaves, and I know this picture is hard to see, but use a skewer or forcep tip and fold the leaves to give dimension.

Put the inner flower piece on a strip of post-it note to make it easier to put back into your flower punch...

Put it into the punch, off center, and punch again...you will get a whole different shape!

This is what I had after I repunched the flower.  Bend up the leaves a bit to add more dimension.

Stack your flowers and enjoy your new bouquet!