Today we’re sharing an easy spiral flower heart craft. We typically don’t decorate for Valentine’s Day, but this was such a fun project to make, and depending on the colors you use, you could leave it up all year long.
This project is part of the 2016 Valentine’s Day Blog Hop hosted by Creatively Homespun. At the end of this post, you’ll find 19 more fun Valentine’s Day themed ideas so be sure to stick around and check them out.
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We started with a burlap canvas similar to this one. We also purchased several sheets of 12×12 card stock in coordinating colors.
We created a template for the heart simply by folding a piece of paper in half and cutting it out. We also made 3 different size circle templates to make the flowers.
We lightly traced the heart onto the canvas using a pencil to give us a guide for placing the flowers. We then cut a bunch circles out of the card stock, making sure to do different sizes of each color.
Next, we made the flowers. Taking each circle, cut into the end and cut a spiral into the center, leaving a small portion at the center to act as a base to glue your flower together and sit flat.
Once all of your spirals are cut start curling the end of your spiral. We used our round nosed pliers to help with the curling. Just start at the end and keep curling until you get to the center. Then let go of the spiral and it will unravel a bit to form your flower.
Next, pick up a flower and pull back that little center portion. Put a little glue on the center portion with a glue gun, then gently push all the spirals onto the glue. Try to make sure all the spirals are touching the glue so the flower holds together nicely.
Once all your flowers are glued together you’re ready to hot glue them to your burlap board. We started with the three largest flowers and filled in from there. Try to make sure you don’t have too many of the same color right next to each other. It’s best to move the flowers around and get a good idea of where you want them to go before you start gluing.
After the heart was complete, we wrapped jute string around the left side of the panel and tied a little bow on it. And lastly, we traced the word Love onto the bottom right corner and painted it in with white craft paint.
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Vicki – this is Sooooo pretty! Love your color palette and design. We are so glad to be sharing this hop with you. Cheers to a wonderful week!
Thank you, Vicki and Jenn! Loved participating in the hop with both of you too :).
This is so pretty, Amy!! I can’t believe they’re made out of paper!
Thanks Bre 🙂
Gorgeous!!!
Thank you!
This is the CUTEST!!! Love it! xoxo
Thanks friend 🙂
This is really pretty ladies! I’ve always wanted to know how to make paper roses. Thanks to you guys, I can make some of my own. Pinning! Hugs, CoCo
Thanks CoCo!
Oh my goodness, I just love this project! It’s crazy how the yarn accent and the “Love” stencil add so much! Great project – I can absolutely see this is being used outside of Valentine’s Day. So fun to hop along with you! Happy Love Day! -Kim
This would be perfect to make for a girls craft night! Love this idea. Happy to be blog hopping with you today!
So this may be some inspiration for a flower bouquet from my son to his grandmother. This is lovely! I wonder if we add some twigs and a mason jar, we may have a fun bouquet. 🙂 Thanks for the great idea and inspiration. You two ladies are quite creative.
I love the way this turned out. The flowers being different sizes is perfect!!
This is so pretty! I have never made these paper flowers. I think I might have to try them out! Its been so fun doing this hop with you and the other amazing ladies!
Now I know what to do with all that extra scrapbook paper I’ve got! I love how simple your flowers were to create. Awesome project for Valentine’s Day!
Beautiful color combination! And it looks fun to make 🙂
This is so pretty! I love how beautiful simple paper can look!
Vicki this is SO cute! I really appreciate how in depth your tutorial is. It makes me feel like I can definitely make this! The Jute string and bow are just the perfect addition to the whole canvas.
LOVE this! Plan to pin and share!
Just wanted to give you guys a heads up this is going to be one of the features at Monday’s Something to Talk About link party. So exciting! hope your weekend is totally fantastic, CoCo
This is really cute! I love signs and love how you incorporated different textures into it with the paper flowers, canvas and jute.
This is so pretty, ladies! I’ve often wanted to know how to make the spiral flowers! Would be fun to do on a craft night with our daughter! Miss you bunches too, friend! Xo
I love this! It is so cute and looks fairly easy for me to do- a lot of crafts can be complicated. Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to try this!
It really was easy to make, Ali! I’m glad you like it and thanks so much for stopping by!
I came across your heart canvas project on Pinterest and fell in love and had to make it! I didn’t find a burlap canvas while shopping so I just used a regular canvas I had on hand. I personalized my canvas a little differently but your project was the total inspiration and I want to thank you! I am a blogger and shared some Valentine decor ideas in a blog post … I shared a link to this post because it’s such a great idea and wanted to share it with other crafty ladies:) Thanks so much for the idea!