Making Paper Cabbages

Hi Makers! Recently Tim Holtz shared my paper cabbages on his Spring/Easter Live. I've had followers ask me for links to the tutorial. Well, I've been making spring cabbages for several years and have used a couple of different techniques to make them.  So I thought it would be helpful to gather the tutorials into one place for easy access depending on the look you want, so I have them linked below.

Video Tutorial Coming Soon 

I was also inspired to make a video tutorial of these different techniques for those who prefer a video to a blog tutorial. That is still in the works, so I will post that here as soon as I am finished editing. 

The first version was for a Sizzix Blog tutorial in 2020. I made a little spring garden cart and added some paper cabbages and carrots made from Tim's dies that were current at the time. 

That tutorial and Sizzix blog is long gone, but I searched through photos and found enough to add the paper cabbage and carrot step out photos to the old post here on my blog. You can see it here Garden Bunny Hop

This original version used Funky Florals, two colors of cabbages, and alcohol inked baubles. 

This version was from the Tim Holtz Chapter 1 release for 2021, and again, I used dies that were released for that chapter. 

 This version is the tutorial that Tim references in his YouTube Live and used the Brushstroke Flowers dies.

They were made with paper, Collage Medium, water and the patience to finesse the paper just a little to form a cabbage ball shape and the outer leaves. 

 

You can find the tutorial for this version here at Lucky Peter Rabbit

The latest version was for the release of the Idea-ology Bunnies and Eggs in 2023. I love the Idea-ology Salvaged Rabbits and Eggs! So I made this spring vignette with three garden scenes. One with carrots, one with flowers and eggs, and of course, one with cabbages. 

These cabbages were made again with baubles, but I tried a different technique with the baubles this time. 

This cabbage tutorial can be found here at Spring Vignette Divided Drawer

 I hope you found this to be helpful and that you have some fun making cabbages for your own spring creations.

Tami 

  

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