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Tips For Making Paper Flowers With Cricut
Materials & Tools, How to Add Texture, Assorted Tips, & Sites To Follow
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MATERIALS & TOOLS
MATERIALS & TOOLS
 I prefer textured paper for my paper flowers |
 I've also used pastels, inks, and I've heard that eye shadow palettes work great!
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Often called fondant, or clay tools, these can be helpful for
adding creases and rounding petals on flowers
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TUTORIALS
ADDING TEXTURE & DIMENSION
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ASSORTED TIPS
ASSORTED TIPS
 Use your weeding tool to punch a hole for the floral wire |
 Use the Guide Option in Design Space to add notes on how to make the flowers, so you remember later. |
 I use my vinyl weeding tool to gently lift small pieces off the mat. |
Basic Tips:
- It's often much faster to cut the larger flowers by hand. Cut one set of the larger petals with your machine, then use it as a template, you can cut several pieces of paper, stacked together, all at once.
- Remember to stagger your petals. Once you have attached the "base" layer of petals, layer the next layer so that the middle of the next petal overlaps two of the bottom petals - as you'd see in a flower in nature.
- When assembling rolled paper flowers, roll from the outside in - ending with the center base.
- Glue - I prefer hot glue most of the time, but a quick dry tacky glue works great too.
- Paper - I use just regular (preferably textured) cardstock [typically 60-80lb] - same as I use for cards. But crepe paper makes really beautiful flowers! I've used felt too - and lighter papers...
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SITES TO CHECK/ CRAFTERS TO FOLLOW
These are some of my favorite Paper Flower Crafters
Deany Weeny Blooms
NO SVGS - BUT INSPIRATION AND VIDEOS
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The Flower Making Index
Making Crepe Paper Flowers With Cricut
Tips, Tricks, & Free SVGS
For Making Crepe Paper Flowers
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You'll want to use the rotary blade for cutting crepe paper, and that blade can only be used in the Maker series of machines.
Then, you'll want to make sure the grain of the crepe paper is going in the correct direction for the petals. Grain is important when working with crepe paper.
It's often easier to just cut a template with the cricut, then use the template to cut the crepe paper by hand.
Abbi Kirsten recommends setting the pressure to "more" when using the maker
Glue cannot be tacky enough nor thin enough. Water will cause the crepe to stretch and will ruin the texture/stretch of the paper - so use sparingly. Consider double sided tape in place of glue. You'll also want a hot glue gun, for some of the assembly.
Fine crepe paper is more realistic, but heavy crepe paper is more forgiving.
TIP - Save your crepe paper scraps and ball them up to form flower centers [in place of Styrofoam balls]
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Choosing A Crepe Paper
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Choosing A Crepe Paper
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There are 3 main types of Crepe Paper, based on where it is manufactured:
Chinese, Italian, German
For a more in depth explanation [and other tool tips]
10 Things to Know About Crepe Paper by Lia Griffith
You all know how I feel about Youtube Videos [If you are new - I can read SO much faster than you all can speak] but I watched this one. Yes, it's a bit of an informercial for Lia Griffith crepe paper, but.. Lia Griffith really is the best when it comes to crepe paper flowers. She knows her stuff. This video is a great explanation of Chinese, Italian, and German crepe papers. The differences, and why her collaboration with the German company is made specifically for paper flower makers. She still recommends Italian Paper [not hers] if you want to make really large paper flowers. While she obviously promotes her own brand here, she also lists other brands she recommends, and tells you to work with whatever you have.
Note - a possible substitution for her panpastel set [$57] is eye shadow. I know a lot of crafters have been using eye shadow palettes when making paper flowers.
I'm a big fan of Lia Griffith, and someday will likely subscribe for her membership. At this point in my life, I know I simply don't have the time to really use it - but it always tempts me, she has gorgeous projects in her classes.
However, her crepe paper is far and away the most expensive option. According to a guide by Oksana, "For example, a pack of 10 rolls of Lia's “heavy crepe paper” cost $20, that is, 1 roll cost $2. But the size of this roll is 5 times smaller than standard crepe paper roll. So, in terms of the amount of paper - 5 Lia’s rolls are equal to one standard size Italian or Chinese roll.
Thus, not only you have to buy several packs to make a large flower of one color (or if
you need to make a lot of flowers of the same color), but you will pay a higher price (
$10) for the same amount of paper that you have in standard Italian roll ($7).
you need to make a lot of flowers of the same color), but you will pay a higher price (
$10) for the same amount of paper that you have in standard Italian roll ($7).
The Carte Fini brand, Italian, is recommended by several flower makers I follow
You can download Oksana's Crepe Paper Guide by signing up for her email list here:
This video by Oksana is a little long - but if you skip through, you can see how she stretches the petals, with explanations on why it's important not to overstretch.
This tutorial [hand cut, no svg] is even better for showing you how to stretch and crumble the petals.
This flower uses use 3 each of 2 different petals, so it's a great beginner project.
The more petals, and the smaller the petals, the more difficult the project
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FREE TEMPLATES & SVGS
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Jennifer Maker has a tutorial for everything - including crepe paper flowers
https://jennifermaker.com/make-crepe-paper-peony-flowers/
https://jennifermaker.com/make-crepe-paper-peony-flowers/
Crepe Paper Tutorials From
https://domesticheights.com/?s=crepe+paper
https://domesticheights.com/?s=crepe+paper
Free svg from
Crepe Paper Roses from
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Find more crepe paper tutorials from EssyJae here:
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How To Make Crepe Paper Flowers
From Martha Stewart
These are not svgs, but there are free templates
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An Index Of Free SVGS, Tips & Tutorials for Making Flowers
Make A Side Edge Card with Offset
Here's a really quick look at how to make a side edge card with offset.
Add your shape [rectangle or square]. Add your text, or images. Add an offset to the text or images. Weld the offset to the base shape.
It really is super quick and easy!
Find an index of card making resources - tips, tricks, and free svgs, here:
Picnic Foods
A reference page in my personal cookbook with some very basic ideas and recipes
Pinwheels, Lebanon Roll Ups, Pasta Salads...
One of my projects in 2024 is to redo my personal cookbook, a "Volume 2" of sorts. I printed and bound copies of the first volume for all of our children when they first started moving out. For years I've been using that compilation myself, but I have it so written up with changes and additions, and many notes on recipes I had never written down or included.. it's time for a rewrite.
And now that it is picnic season for us, I wanted a quick reference page for picnic foods.
A staple at Pennsylvania Dutch gatherings, Lebanon bologna spread with cream cheese and pineapple may sound odd - but it's really quite good! You'll find variations at most picnics and pot lucks in our area.
I love pinwheel recipes for picnics. Quick and easy to make ahead, no silverware needed.
Pasta Salads, for me, are much like soup. I don't use a recipe, I simply open the fridge and see what I have that might work, then combine it all together. Sometimes I'll use a bottled sauce, sometimes I'll mix up something home made. The above chart is more of a guideline than a recipe chart.
Clafoutis and Quiche are picnic staples for us.
Our current flavor favorite for clafoutis is lemon raspberry
Find the recipe here:
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