Tulip Flower Pot Box For Easter or Mother's Day

Tulip Flower Pot Box with a Bunnies

There are four versions of the Tulip Flower Pot Box. See the PDF for the other versions. which are a chick, flower and duck.

I used card stock to create these tulip flower pots.

Here is the PDF.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYTWxPVWlYallUaUE/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-V5OsFcURpkj4aSiKhebInQ

Here is the .Studio file.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYeXhlNlFRN2dxVVU/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-6b4SxMji9f2y7riowe0RzQ

The tulip is the same.  The only difference is the belly band.

 Slide the slits together.  One petal is bent to slide the two pieces together.  Go slowly...it takes patience to do this. Hold the paper firmly in your hands and pull evenly in a straight line.  Try not to bend the slits because they are fragile.  

Slide all of the slits together. 

 Fold and glue the stamen together but don't glue the bottom.  Glue on the black anthers to the filament.

 Six stamens

 Glue on the stamens to the bottom circle.

 Bottom of flower. Set aside...to be glued into the flower later!

 Curl and glue the cone shape as shown.  The dotted line on the cone indicates where the seam should be.

 Take the small circle cog and fold up the points.  Put glue on each point and insert it into the cone to form the bottom of the flower pot as shown above. I glued another circle inside the pot to add some strength to the bottom.

 Make the belly band.  Glue on the main design and the two pinstripes.

 Curve the belly band into a circle and glue.  There is a lot of paper here so it needs to be trained to go into a circle.  Slowly manipulate and bend the paper into a circle to create the lid.

 Bend the cogs of the big circle.  Apply glue to each cog and insert it into the belly band. Do not force  the circle all the way to the edge.  There is a small edge as shown.

 Apply glue on the edge of the stem as shown.  Curl it up to make a four sided stem.

 Pinch the bottom of two leaves together as shown. Repeat for the other set of leaves. Curl the ends of the leaves with your fingers.

 Insert the stem and bend back the tabs. Glue the tabs as shown. 

 Insert the point of the leaves.  Glue each on opposite sides of the stem.

 Glue the circle to the bottom of the lid.

 Glue the tulip to the stem as shown above.

 Glue the inside of the flower.

Tulip Flower Box

Happy Spring!

Slice Form Bride and Groom Cake Topper or Table Decoration

Plain paper cake toppers are boring. I have taken the paper cake topper to the next level with my slice forms.  I think it is amazing to see the angles that are formed with the slices and this is the reason why I love paper so much.

I used Neenah Metallic 8 1/2 x 11 paper for this project.  I think you can get it at Walmart or Office Depot.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYMHIwS3JkQlk4QUU/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-eJ0nmgD9YTgX_QJGMiSvcA

Here is the PDF
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7oGIyVDbRGYZ1hhMDBpckE3Mk0/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-d5BjSNwncagdygBMhrp8OA

Cut out all of the slices once for half of a skirt or twice for a full skirt.  Please note, I recommend cutting the front slices first and putting it together before proceeding to cut out the back of the skirt.  The slices are graduated to form the train. There are two special slices which form the starting and ending points of the slice form.

 Slices are sorted according to their slits and graduated from largest to smallest as show above to create two piles.

 Two special slices are at the bottom of this picture.

Take one of the smallest slices with the two slits on the bottom and write the word "back" on its side as shown.  The positioning of the words dictate if the slices will be the front or the back of the skirt.

Write "front" on the small special slice with one slit on the side as shown in the photo above.

If you want to make the front of the skirt, make sure the word "front" is in front after sliding the two pieces together.

If you want to make the back of the skirt, make sure the word "back" is in front after sliding the two pieces together. 

Notice that you made an 'X' when you slide the pieces together.  You will be making an 'X' each time you slide a piece together.  The first 'X' was a top 'X' and the next slice created a bottom 'X'.

You will be alternating slices from each pile to create this top and bottom 'X'. 

You can lay the piece flat on a work surface if you are having problems.

Make sure the bottom 'X' is the same size slice when doing the train portion. If the pieces get out of order, the skirt train will be uneven. (This has happened to me so don't make my mistake.)

 Once completed with the slices, cut a piece of tape the height of the skirt.  Apply the tape to the side edge of the skirt to bind the slices together like a book. 

Repeat for the back side of the skirt. Notice the glossy edge...that is where the tape is.

Glue the front skirt to the figure.

Glue the back of the skirt to the figure.

I added a name to the edge of the figure.  You have the option to add a name if want in Silhouette. Using the figure with no wording.  Type the name in Silhouette Studio and move the words to the figure by dragging the circle by the words to the figure. Highlight the words and the figure together.  Go to Weld and weld the letters to the figure.

I hope you enjoy making this decoration as much as I did.