Paper Pleated Flowers

Hi again, it's Pam! It's my last day hosting the blog and it has been fun! Have you seen the peeks of the beautiful new Pebbles Collections? If not click here!

Today I am going to be showing you two ways to do paper pleating. I will provide steps to achieve both looks! This first paper pleating technique can be done quite easily, here is how to do it!

Step 1: Cut a strip of paper or cardstock, 3/4-1 inch thick and 12 inches long. With a pencil mark about every 0.5 inches on the paper.


Step 2: Fold the paper back and forth like an accordion. You paper should look like the photo below. Next, attach the two ends with adhesive.


Step 3: Press down the flower to make it flat and glue it down the page and your are done! Your flower should look like this.


Here is a project by me using this technique:



Here is a project by Mireille using that technique (isn't it beautiful how it turned out!):



Here is another type of paper pleating and the steps to create this technique!

Step 1: Cut two pieces of patterned paper about 1 inch wide and 12 inches long. Put adhesive on the backside of the paper.



Step 2: Adhere to the background paper and begin to paper pleat but slowly angle your pleat around in circle like the photo below.


Step 3: Continue to do this and use the second piece of paper if you need to until you have a complete circle like the photo below.


Here is the finished project of the card I made:

I hope you enjoyed the week of paper pleating, what can you make with pleated paper and pleated flowers?
-Pam