Fields Of Heather

Rolled Paper Flowers & A Dollar Tree Pumpkin

Rolled Paper Flowers On A Dollar Tree Foam Pumpkin

Supplies Used:

Free Vine SVG from The Craft Chop
Free Rolled Flower SVG (60 flowers)
Foam Pumpkin from the dollar tree
Paint (I used Martha Stewart Chalk Paint, any paint will do)
Straight Pins
Card Stock (I used 12 8.5 x 11 sheets, Recollections from Michaels)
Hot Glue (or any glue - but hot glue dries fast)
Wine Cork For the stem

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Step By Step:

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I was using white flowers, so I painted the pumpkin first. That's probably not necessary if you are using orange flowers, but these pumpkins are awfully bright orange, so a light coat of paint to tone them down a bit and make them closer to your cardstock color is never a bad idea. Use a cheap paint! I only used the Martha Stewart Chalk paint because I bought a LOT of it at 80% off, so I use it for pretty much everything right now.

While the paint dries, start cutting flowers.

I used the free svg found here:

https://www.pazzles.net/wordpress/2011/09/02/twirled-flowers

(Scroll down, under the pink banner you will see the download button)

I sized the svg at 3.7 - exact numbers shown above

That allows me to fit 5 on a sheet of regular card stock.

I placed them on there, and attached, because Design Space does not always use the space as efficiently as I would like, if I allow it to decide where to place them.

You'll need approximately 60 flowers, so 12 sheets of card stock. Once you click make it, tell cricut you want to make 12 copies of your project.

I also cut the vine

Free SVG Found here

Sized 4.94 x 2.615

If you have never rolled paper flowers before, it's not hard, but remember to roll from the outside in. I am not very precise in my rolling, mine are rarely the exact same size, some are rolled tighter than others. I roll tight, then allow them to loosen just a little before gluing them in place.

Then I stuck them into the pumpkin using a straight pin. I could have glued them in place, but it's easier to move them around to fill the spaces better if you use the pins. You could use pretty pins with pearl heads, too.

View of the bottom of my pumpkin

I worked from the top down.

It took me 57 flowers to cover my pumpkin.

I used a wine cork for the stem, it's hot glued to the pumpkin. You could paint a wine cork too, cover it in fabric, or just a stick in it's place.

When I made this rolled paper flower wreath, I used tacky glue. It worked - but hot glue works so much better, it's much faster with hot glue, because it dries so much faster.

https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2020/01/making-rolled-paper-flower-wreath.html

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Related Links:
Fall Index - Free SVGS & Projects with cricut
Where To Find Free Rolled Paper Flower SVGS
More Cricut Project Tutorials
Where To Find Free SVGS By Theme

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Quick Tip- Make Multiple Copies Of An Item In Design Space

There are two ways to make multiple copies of items for a project in Design Space.

One is to use the Duplicate option. Select your item, choose duplicate. If you are creating a lot of copies, make sure to select all between duplicating - so you duplicate, then select the two items, duplicate, then select the 4 items, duplicate, select the 8 items, etc.

OR - much faster and easier, hide all but the item you want to make multiple copies of.

Now click make it.

On the top of the screen, look for the "project copies" area. Change the number to the number you need cut. Make sure to click Apply once you change the number, and you will see the number of items change on the mat -

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Kids Craft - A Sunflower Card

A Quick & Easy Sunflower Card - A Cricut Kids Craft

These cards would be quick and easy for a scout group, or classroom, to make for nursing home patients this fall.

Supplies:

Yellow Card stock
Brown Card stock
Green Card stock
Possibly - Black Card stock
Glue Stick
Foam Tape or Pop Dots
Free SVG for center piece

In Design Space:

For this project, you will want to cut:

One 3.5 inch circle, yellow

Two 2.55 inch circle, Dk Brown or Black

One 2.5 Inch Circle with holes, in Brown

One rectangle 3.5 x 0.75 (use the square, and click on the lock to resize), Green

One 2 inch circle, green

Nine 2 inch circles, yellow.

For the "Seeds" circle:

2.5 inches, dark brown

Either create your own circle, then add smaller circles and slice or attach

OR DOWNLOAD THE FREE SVG HERE

For the 9 Yellow Circles:

Either Duplicate to create 9 circles, OR, hide everything but the circle, click make it, and then at the top tell cricut to cut 9 copies of your project.

Quick tip - if you need cricut to cut 9 circles, you do not need to create 9 circles in Design Space. Create one - then click make it. At the top, change the "Product Copies" to 9, then apply.

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