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Instructions: Make 5 Petal flowers   (12 comments, 237 views) Saturday, 11 August 2007
I wanted 5 petal cardstock flowers but had no template. I kept trying to free-hand but they were soooo lop-sided. Here's what I figured out to do:

                                              5_petal_flowers


Tools & Materials
Star Template
Circle Template
Cardstock
chalk or ink, eyelets etc

1. Draw a 5 pointed star of any size. Think of it as having 5 arms and 5 armpits.

2. Find an appropriate sized circle that bits the point of the star's arm and also the middle of the armpits
on each side of the star's arm.

3. Draw the 5 circles around the star's arms.

4. Cut out around the circles. Embellish as you want.

5_petal_template_320

 
Excellent idea! TFS! Have a great weekend : )
11-Aug-2007 @ 7:47:55am
 
Great idea using the star as a template.
11-Aug-2007 @ 7:50:50am
 
great tip! TFS!!
11-Aug-2007 @ 8:52:52am
 
Great idea, thankyou for sharing :)
11-Aug-2007 @ 8:57:06am
 
Great idea!!! Thanks for sharing!!
11-Aug-2007 @ 9:22:46am
 
Very clever.
11-Aug-2007 @ 10:26:53am
 
Thank you for sharing :)
11-Aug-2007 @ 11:15:14pm
 
Thanks for sharing! I worked all weekend on this and gave up.
12-Aug-2007 @ 8:10:48pm
 
Oh No! Do you mean you worked on it all weekend following my instructions and gave up?What happened? Can I send you an email attachment to follow? Email me at info@scraperfect.com and I'll send it to you!

Okay. You need to have a whole bunch of circles available to fit over the star. I use a template that says A & W Tru Bilt...I think it's made to select drill bits or wire gauges...It has circles from 11/32 up to 1.5". Then you just draw the star of any size and keep sizing circles over the arm until you find one that hits the 3 points. Actually, if they overlap it's okay--the flower petals just aren't so deep.
13-Aug-2007 @ 7:08:13am
 
Short-n-Sassy wrote me a pm to say:

"I'm sorry I should have been more specific. I meant that I worked all weekend and then found your instructions after I gave up."

Soooooo....
..... if you're thinking of trying it, don't be scared off and give up before you do!
15-Aug-2007 @ 7:59:10am
 
what a neat idea! tfs!
17-Aug-2007 @ 5:56:22am
 
Great idea!
26-Jun-2008 @ 6:32:30am