Saturday, February 7, 2009

Gerbera Daisys - Sure-Cuts-A-Lot



With half a sheet of paper and a few minutes work, you can make these great gerbera daisys. Here's how:
Use the file below with sure cuts a lot (this is a sure cuts a lot file, NOT DS) and cut your flowers -I have reposted this as a svg file. After importing, size in SCAL so that the largest flower is about 3.5 inches in diameter.
LINK WAS MOVED TO 4-20-10 Post

Using inks or chalks, darken your edges of the flowers - getting darker as you do each smaller size. The backs of the flowers will show, so do both sides.

Lay flowers on a cushioned surface (I use a sheet of kids craft foam) and a stylus, make a crease down the center of each petal on the 4 largest flowers. This will cause them to curve a bit in and up.

Use a toothpick to wrap the petals of the smaller 4 flowers.

Layer the flowers with a small dot of glue between each layer.

Use your flowers to decorate cards, gifts, photos or attach to a stem to with florist tape for an arrangement.

30 comments:

Michelle L said...

I love this - which cartridge did you use?

Nicky said...

Thank you for everything that you have shared. I love the daisys. I hope to get to play this week. :)

Melinda Ford said...

absolutely beautiful! I wonder if there's a way to do it in scal. I almost never use my cartridges now. I'm gonna try it anyway, cuz who could pass this up? TFS!

Kendra said...

is a .scut file useable in scal? or is it for use in DS??? Thanks for sharing... looks wonderful, that's why I need to figure this out!!! LOL

kermetta said...

I love this file. but when I tried to cut it it shows a bunch of N's no flower am I doing something wrong?

birrrd said...

Very cute. Gerbera Daisies are my favorite!

kermetta said...

thank you so much I got the svg to work you always do great work. thank you for the work you do

Anonymous said...

What a great idea. I look forward to using this one. One quick question, to enlarge the scale is it to drag in the lower corner to the desired size?

Anonymous said...

Yes, just grab the corner arrow and size it so the largest flower is about 3.5 inches- or whatever size you want your flower to be.

Debbie H said...

So beautiful, TFS!

Deb H

Anonymous said...

h wow that is pretty! I have a ellison die that is similare but I love that I could make it bigger! thanks!

Anonymous said...

This is absolutely wonderful! I was so in awe of your flower I immediately cut it and had to make my own!!!

Anonymous said...

those are beautiful, Gerbera Daisys are my favorite flowers, thank you for sharing!

Anonymous said...

A lovely cut file, thanks so much for sharing. I look forward to using it

Mary B. said...

These daisies are awesome! Saw a post on them at the CraftEdge forum and was way impressed!

Anonymous said...

thanks for this file. I'm looking forward to making them! :)

Joy Tracey said...

Thank you! I always love the beautiful things you make! I can't wait to cut this out!

Sandi said...

These are just lovely flowers! Bless you for sharing this file.

Thanks for your time and talent.

Sandi

Laurinda said...

Shirley, these are beautiful. I just love your blog.

emilymom said...

Paul over at the Craftedge forum was able to point me over to your blog and the daisy cut. Thank you so much!!!

Mander's Mom said...

Thanks so much for posting! The daisy pattern looks awesome, can't wait to try it out.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this lovely file!

Crazy Bird said...

Thank you for sharing this; it's just beautiful!

167 Reedy Lane said...

Neither of these links work, and I know it's over a year since you posted this, but the Gerbera Daisy would be perfect for my mom's birthday card in a few weeks! Any chance we can get a link to the .svg again, or could you email it to megan167@gmail.com? Thanks!!

Laura said...

Just absolutely beautiful! Using them on favor boxes at a baby shower - theme is butterflies & flowers. They will be beautiful. Thanks so much!

Unknown said...

I love your flowers! Both posting sites say that it is no longer available for downloading. Is there any way that I can get it?
thanks a bunch,
risa

ChrisAbston said...

This is an awesome flower!! Thank you for the work... However, I could not locate the file at either link. Would you please send me a copy of the file to ccabston@hotmail.com?

THANK YOU!!!

Unknown said...

how do I get the template these look lovely :-)

Unknown said...

please can you send me the link / file to o0fionao0@googlemail.com

Scrappin Crafter said...

That was SOOO easy and even my first one turned out SUPER cute!! Thank you so much for sharing!! I'll be using this on lots of projects!!