Here's the instructions for the coffee filter flowers from my Sale-a-Bration card #3. Cute, simple, and it will look like you raided the silk floral department.

Supplies: Bleached coffee filters

Background stamp (I used En Francais and Fifth Avenue Floral by Stampin' Up)

Dye ink (Early Espresso, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede, and Crumb Cake classic ink pads and Stampin' Write Markers for the background, plus bright colors for the flowers - shown are the Brights Collection from Stampin' Up)

Punch (here shown is "Blossom" by Stampin' Up, but I've also used the "Fancy Flower" punch with great results)

Sponge Daubers

Directions:

1. Stamp a background image on your flattened out coffee filter. Here I used Stampin' Up's “En Francais” background stamp in Early Espresso classic ink, the “Fifth Avenue Floral” cabbage rose stamp in Chocolate Chip classic ink, and for my third filter I crumpled it and flattened it out and buffed it lightly with Crumb Cake classic ink to just tint the wrinkles.

2. Fold the filters in half and half again so that they are 4 layers thick. Thicker layers punch better. Punch with your favorite flower punch.

   
   

3. Sponge ink onto your flowers, working from the center outward to prevent tearing. I love the way that sponging on my grid paper turned out a beautiful masked design. Going to use that as a background on a card for sure!

4. Using a marker, slowly edge the flowers allowing a little ink to seep in from the edge. I used markers that matched the background ink colors for the stamped filters, I went one shade darker with the rumple filter and used a Soft Suede Stampin' Write marker to add depth to the Crumb Cake wrinkles.

5. Stack 2-3 flowers together, offsetting the petals. Pierce with a paper piercing tool in the center of each flower, and push a brad or paper fastener through to hold together. Give the top flower a little scrunch for depth and voila! You have a beautiful embellishment that is thin enough to fit in an envelope or scrap book.

   
   

   Enjoy!