i love paper & how versatile it is.

you can fold it, tear it, scrunch it, mold it, cut it into shapes; the possibilities are endless!

today i’m going to show you just a few fun, easy techniques:

we’re going to make some cute “scrunchy” flowers, and i’ll also show you some examples of bows, a mini bunting banner, and a “spinner”.

let’s start with the flowers:

all you need is a piece of paper cut or torn into about a 1 1/2 strip.

length depends on how big you want your finished flower.

(my longest strip is about 12 in. long)

now, here’s the trick:

take your strip of paper & quickly run it through some water. you want it thoroughly soaked, but not falling apart.

next, scrunch it into a sort of “snake shape” & start spiraling it until it forms a circle.

as you scrunch it together, kind of flatten & shape until it looks the way you want.

the wetness of the paper will make it kind of stick to eachother.

your blob of paper will be somewhat fragile so you can leave it where it is & let it dry naturally,

or you can be impatient like me & use your blow dryer to speed things up. i think holding it in your hand while it dries helps it to stick together:

after it dried, i used watered down glue to coat the top & then sprinkled glitter on top:

after it dried, i added a cute center ;)

voila!

i loved the “water scrunching” technique so much that i made a cute little bow.

i cut a small, rectangular piece of paper with scallop-edged scissors.

(this piece is about 2×3 in. long)

just moisten your piece of paper, lay down flat on your work surface, & cinch in the middle.

tie with a piece of string to secure.

when the paper is moistened, it makes it so much easier to mold it into the shape you want.

how cute would a page be with cute little tiny bows allover?

here are a few more (dry…lol) shapes & ideas for you to try…

a tiny pendant banner strung onto ric-rac:

and a game piece style”spinner”:

this one is about 3 in. in diameter, but you can make them as tiny as your fingers & scissors allow!

for the center, i used one of the tiny jenni bowlin bingo cards that came in a past months embellishment kit.

the “month circles” are rub-ons from last month’s kit ;)

all held together by a simple brad.

i can’t wait to see the creative ideas you all come up with

don’t forget to show us & upload all your inspiring pics into our flickr photo pool.

have a wonderfully weekend & be sure to tune into our gallery reveal on mon, sept 14th!

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