Cupcake Liners, Cupcake Baking Cups made into gift topper flowers...learn how to.

Who doesn’t love cupcakes? I bet that you just like me and have a good assortment of cupcake baking cups of many colours and shapes at home. Don't you? It seems to be that there are always new colours, patterns…I just have to have them!

One day, after looking into my boxes of cupcake baking cups I decided that I wanted to make something else with them…something crafty. I really love the texture of their paper it’s thin and already pleated to perfection. I decided to make Cupcake Baking Cup Flowers! They are great to add to your craft projects, to wear like brooches, hair clips and pretty to finish a package.

LET’S MAKE CUPCAKE BAKING CUP FLOWERS!

 

MATERIALS:

Cupcake Baking Cups in many colours and sizes

Scrapbooking Brads

Plastic Flowers
Pencil
Scissors
Reamer {to make holes in the center of your flowers and secure your brads}


INSTRUCTIONS:

I usually use five cupcake baking cups for my flowers but you can use more or less, it’s up to you.
Mixing patterns and colours will make your flowers more fun. Don’t be shy!

Having plain cupcake baking cups handy is a good idea as you can combine them with a variety of patterns. Nowadays there are so many choices available.

1- Start with five cupcake baking cups/liners in different colours and patterns.
2- Making the template is very easy. All you need is a pencil and your basic drawing skills. My flowers have six petals.

TIP: Depending on how confident you are with your scissors, you can also cut the petals directly.

3- Fold your cupcake baking cup in half and draw three petals. You will then cut them up while your cupcake baking cup is still folded. Then open it and you will have your six petal flower!

4- Once you cut all your flowers you can start combining them. Try different colours and patterns together until you are happy with them.

5- To shape your flowers play with the petals, open them up and down to give more movement and volume to them.

6- To put your flowers together make a small hole in the middle. Gather your plastic flowers and remove the centers {the come off very easily}. Pass a brad through your flowers and then through your cupcake baking cup flowers. Secure it at the back.

This gift wrap is featured on the Top Holiday Gift Wrapping Trends on Sympatico MSN.

I hope you enjoyed making your Cupcake Baking Cup Flowers with me!

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