Here is the grunge flower.  I’m not sure why they are calling it a grunge flower unless it is because Tim Holtz was the one who started it.  I got my information from Creations with Christina (http://www.creationswithchristina.com/search/label/Videos). Sorry, I’m having trouble being able to link to her sight directly.   Feel free to hop on over to her website and watch the video.  Some of the steps are easier to see with the video.  Christina has an awesome website and her video tutorials are so concise and clear.  This is one of my favorite spots (especially with a good cup of coffee).  Thanks Christina for all your hard work!

She use the flower on blackout from Accent Essentials.  I didn’t have that cart so I found a similar flower on Plantin Schoolbook.  I set the width and height at 2.25″; however Christina did hers at 2.5″.

Using the flower in Plantin Schoolbook I highlighted the center circle and Hide Selected Contour.  This way the center will be solid.

By hiding the contour you can see what is going to be cut and that you have the image you want before you cut anything out.  Looks good I’m going to cut three of these all the same size.

To “grunge” this up I ran it through the CB using one of the new romantic embossing folder (I know but I couldn’t resist them) but this embossing folders looks like the little candy hearts with sayings on them (cute, cute, cute).

I took some red ink and ran over the embossing to give it some interest.  I did this on both sides because as you build the flower both sides are visible especially on this flower.  When I look at Christina’s flower the back of the petals are not as obvious.

I misted all three flowers with perfect pearls in pink and took the heat gun and dried them.  I then took the heat gun again and dried the three flowers after I had put a light layer of modge podge (matte) on them (again, both sides).   This is a very important step because it allows you to be able to manipulate the flower petals without tearing the card stock or paper.  Then you need to fold two of the flowers in half one way and then fold in half again the opposite way.  This helps you find the center of the flower which helps you determine how far to cut in.

 On one of the flowers you cut out one petal and on the other you cut out one petal and the last flower you cut a slit down to the center of the flower.

You do the same thing to all three flowers; you take one of the petals and overlap it on top of the other and glue them together.  Here is where the video over at Christina’s  makes this step clearer.

This gives you the various layers of the flower. 

On the two petal and single petal you will roll them onto themselves and glue them.

I used a paper piercer to roll the sides of the petals in and the top of the petal back.  I then rolled the sides in and glued them and put a clamp to hold them in place until the glue set.

Taking the flower with 5 petals, I smashed it down a little to make a flat bottom and then started layering the remaining flowers into the center gluing down and offsetting each layer and flower.

When you get down to the petals that have two petals and the one petal you will need to cut off the tip so it will fit into the flower properly.

To finish up I used the paper piercing tool to roll back the edges of all the petals and then took some red Stickles and squirted it in the middle of the flower.  This is a pretty significant flower even at 2.25″, so I think you would use it to embellish something like an album or box.  It would be pretty hard to have this on a scrapbook page.  You might be able to get by with using it on a card but I think you would have to hand deliver.

Now I know why you need to do video on somethings.  This was fun to make and I messed with it while I was washing, drying and folding clothes.  Good day for us, all they had to do on Red’s basal cell is to burn it off.  Doctor said no bigger than it was either way would work so why not take the less painful.  He was happy it doesn’t interfere with his V-ball, golf or bowling.

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