Flower Gift Toppers

I recently received a prize package won from Jamie at Raising Up Rubies.  She has so many wonderful ideas -- and I enjoy browsing her etsy shop - just for inspiration!  In my package was a lovely crocheted flower something like the ones she has for sale here.  I "fell in love" with my darling flower and soon set out to make some of my own. Here's the results:

These flowers are pretty simply and fast to whip up --the free pattern can be found here.

Other supplies include:

• Yarn
• Buttons
• Blossom I Nestabilites 
• the large shape the flower is tied to
• Blossom II Nestabilities
• the smaller stamped shape
• Old cracker/cereal boxes 
• I glued my pretty paper to the cardboard before cutting it out -- it makes a nice firm gift topper that way
• Scraps of pretty paper
• Studio G sentiment stamps
• Twine
• for tying the sentiment on

Here's a view of the back -- so you can see how I tied the flower onto the cardboard:

 You can add a strip of double sided tape to stick it to your package.