Showing posts with label Paper Flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paper Flowers. Show all posts

Free Templates & Tutorials For Making Rolled & Other Small Paper Flowers

Where To Find Free SVGS For Making Rolled & Other Small Paper Flowers

Making The Centers For Large Paper Flowers - Free Templates




Cliff Notes:






http://melstampz.blogspot.com/2011/10/6-petal-ornate-flower-template.html
These smaller paper flowers are some of my favorites to use as centers in large paper flowers.

Giant paper flower Center Variations:
https://www.abbikirstencollections.com/2017/03/center-variations-diy-giant-paper-flowers.html



Here's a tutorial for those who like youtube tutorials - 

(this one is not too annoying at all - no sound needed, and it gets right to the point)


Step By Step How I Made Mine
For the White ones:
The template for the flower can be found here:
I cut one using the cricut, then found it was really just much quicker to cut the petals by hand.  You can cut 3 sheets of paper at once by hand.  I did not use the largest petal in this template, I started with the second petal, and I cut 6 of each size.4

For the centers I really love the cricut.    


To make the center:


To make the centers, I created a rectangle 11.5 x5.5 .  Then I created a score line, leaving space at the top and bottom of the rectangle.  Change the score line to cut, and duplicate until you have a row of single cut lines.  I like to cut this out on metallic papers.  Then fold in half long ways, but offset.  glue along the solid edge.  Then you can either wrap this around a half of a styrofoam ball, or just wrap it together... I've done it both ways.  For these, I just wrapped them tightly without the styrofoam.

Here's a tutorial for those that can stand youtube tutorials - 
(this one is not too annoying at all - no sound needed, and it gets right to the point)

For the Pink One
First template on the page.  Again, skip the largest, and cut 6 of each of the other sizes.
I followed the tutorial here, with the slits in the bottoms of the petals - 
http://ashandcrafts.com/paper-flower-backdrop/  (below the video are step by step how to photos)

For the center, I used this:

Cut 4 of them, at 5x5
Then I used the rolled rose template here:
and placed that in the center of the 4 black spriggy things.

The gold center in the blue flower is a variation on the black center in the flowers above. To get that swirl, simply fold "offset" - so that an inch or so is not double.  Then wrap around half of a Styrofoam ball.  Templates for the Daisy and fringed black flowers are below.


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Free Templates for Large Paper Flower Leaves


Where To Find More:

This is the best collection I have seen so far.  Links to download all of them are all the way at the bottom of the post.  Site is ad intensive and it take a minute to scroll, but the files are all there and are all free!


Most of the sets here are not free, but at almost the middle of the page, there is this freebie.
https://www.abbikirstencollections.com/2017/03/you-know-its-all-about-that-leaf-freebie-friday.html




Leaf Template For The Paper Flowers
http://ashandcrafts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/LeafTemplate.pdf
Tutorial  - http://ashandcrafts.com/paper-leaves/





Some great leaves are included with this rose template
(Note the fancy ones shown in the top right here)
https://www.dreamyposy.com/giant-rose/





How to convert simple free clipart to Cut files in Design Space:


Not an SVG - but a great "how to".  It's meant for smaller leaves, but could easily be adapted to a larger size-


Also not an svg - but more how tos


Patriotic American Flag Paper Flower (step by step with free svg)


Making an American Flag large paper flower, with cricut

Two Versions.  The version on the left is 27 inches wide, and has vertical slits cut in the bottoms of each petal, which allows for a better curl.  The one on the right is 12 inches wide and has flatter petals.  Both can be made from the same svgs - you can find the link to download that right under the photo showing how many of each to cut.

Free Templates & Tutorials For Making Paper Flowers

Where To Find Free Templates & Tutorials For Making Paper Flowers 
It's much faster and easier to cut the large petals by hand - but cricut is great for making the centers, the leaves, and even the templates for cutting the larger petals.