Top 8 DIY paper flower tutorials

Spring time is here and all the gardens here are looking so pretty.The flowers are in full bloom and the tulips this time are doing well.I do love gardening so its been wonderful to see all the perennials come up each year to bloom again.It's that time of the year to move all the houseplants out to feel the warm rays of the golden sun.I have been lately having allergies to cherry blossoms and so the paper flowers I have been making have been a fantastic option.The beautiful blooms in paper I see online are so gorgeous and so realistic nowadays and a huge plus is that they do not need to be watered! They stay pretty for months with a no effort at all and you have the personal satisfaction of a gardener minus a lot of effort!

I have rounded up my favorite DIY paper flowers tutorials here - ranging from kid's craft to more difficult one.Many of them would be a wonderful addition to use in a wedding or any event that you are going to host.

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1.Calla Lillies are elegance and mystery combined.These Crepe Paper Callas from my book would be stunning addition to any home.

2.Try this Crepe Paper Rose from Mother's Day in which a Hersheys Kisses is hidden.It could be a heartfelt gift to your loved ones.

3.Bullion Rose - these rolled paper rose from a  paper challenge we did are so simple and yet delightful to make.

4.The Whimsical Paper Flower Poppy from last year, these tiger striped paper flowers are nifty to make and equally gorgeous.

5.House plants lend a calming effect to a house try these paper Bromelaids from this year for your home with simple techniques.

6.Tissue paper i is cheaper to buy try these paper dahlias for your next craft project and make ahead wreath for your favorite niece to play dress us with...

7.Punched Flowers are easy to make adorn your next project with this easy punched out flowers.

8.Did you know there is Adhesive Fabric Paper try these crafty flowers  from summer to make a headwrap for your daughter next time instead of buying one

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glamelia bouquet for a canadian bride! crepe paper flower wedding

Glamelia's are an old tradition and soo beautiful and here is an order for a 13 inch glamelia  in crepe paper! I have done a few of the glamelia wedding bouquets before and they take a huge amount of time and patience and it is indeed worth the effort and how I would love to get back pictures of the bride holding this!

I was thinking it would be awesome to do some in pastel shades,enjoy the pictures!

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Paper Flower Tutorial Craft Recap

I thought since the holidays are coming I would recap all the paper flower tutorials and other projects on my site which are inspired from my new book.

Paper Flower Tutorial Whimsical

Paper Flowers Tutorial for a Wreath

Calla Lilly Crepe Paper Flowers

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Paper Flower Wreath Tutorial

Paper Flowers are so versatile that you could make virtually any craft from them.As I promised earlier here is the tutorial of How to Make a Paper Flower Wreath out of simple tissue paper. Easy to make it could become a great craft to do with your daughter or create one for your daughter for any event.Spruce it up and add your own ideas to it to create your own wreaths!

This tissue flower is included in my new book.I have added a slight variation step 3 to create a peony like flower.

Hope you will try this out at home! I created this set of 6 wreaths for my daughter CCD school saints fair.The kids looked so LOVELY together with all the wreaths that most of the moms were asking how I made them :-).Next week they are coming in for church wearing the flower wreaths!

Materials:

1.Tissue Paper Set of 12 sheets - Michaels/craft store/pharmacys/Hallmark

2.Florist wire - Craft store

3.Crepe Paper - Green for leaves - you can use card stock to instead.

Method:

Step 1.

Cut set of 12 set of 4 inches squares keeping the tissue paper layered.

Step 2.
Accordion fold keeping all layers together. Detailed pictures can be found in my book
Tie together at the center with florist wire and round the edges with scissors.

Step 3.
Fluff the flower up by pulling the layers up pulling up till the center .Leave 3 layers.Trim the remaining unfluffed layer into petals by cutting on the accordion fold skipping 4.

Cut 2 leaves per flowers and glue to the back of each flower.

Step 4.
Use a 18 inch stem wire.Cut a long strip of crepe paper and wind onto the wire. Assemble the wreath by winding the individual blooms onto the wrapped wire.I had to add 7 to 8 flower per wreath.Twist the end to overlap to form ring!

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If you like this tutorial do be sure to check the others here

Happy Crafting!

Top 10 Suppliers for Craft Paper and Crepe Paper Supplies

Searching for crepe paper? You are at the right place.As I have mentioned in my How to Make 100 Paper Flowers book there are various kind of paper that you use to make paper flowers.

I love to use recycled paper for many of my projects but there will be that project that would need the correct paper to make it perfect.

Here is the List of My Top Suppliers that you can rely on! These are thinner sheets of longer folds of crepe paper of the streamer variety.

Crepe Paper Folds

These are thinner sheets of longer folds of crepe paper of the streamer variety.

1. Blumchen (NJ) has beautiful colors and my best recommended brand to use ,their online store online has this.
2.AcMoore - has a wonderful section with the folds (for North East) no online store but.
3.Castle in the Air - CA lots of crepe including florist crepe paper in rolls
5.Cindus -very lovely crepe paper folds and reasonably priced








Doublette crepe paper

Doublettes are the most used paper in flower making! So here are the two suppliers I would recommend,the best brand would be Gloria from Germany
Picture Credits - rose supplies uk

1.Blumchen(NJ)
2.Castle in the Air -CA






Florist Crepe Paper
Thicker than the fine crepe, the florist crepe comes in two weights, although the difference between the 160 gram and 180 gram (per square meter). Florist crepe is a popular choice for people making crepe paper flowers, especially oversize ones.

1.Castle in the Air -CA
2.Paper Mart 
3 . Carte Fini - great quality!


Origami Paper 

1.Michaels 
2.Joann Fabrics
3.Ac Moore



Construction Paper

1.Michaels 
2.Joann Fabrics
3.Ac Moore
4.DickBlick










Scrapbooking Paper & Cardstock

1.Michaels 
2.Joann Fabrics
3.Ac Moore
4.Paper Source
5.Distinctpaper.com


Do you have a store that offers paper - would love to hear from you! Contact me via the contact form!









I have selected some crepe paper that you might like and some tools via amazon.Do browse through them.Amazon has some amazing rates,equally great quality, and of course if you are in Amazon Prime shipping is free!!! So you are getting a very good deal..

Do buy using these links it would give a very small affiliate percentage to us to support the blog,the cost you pay in no way is higher using these links. 

Enjoy Crafting,

Maria Noble Here is some from my favorite store blumchen and here are some more selections

Crepe paper flower for cakes inspired by Martha Stewart

I was pretty surprised to see crepe paper flowers used by Martha Stewart on fondant covered wedding cakes! See the following picture:


Picture courtesy www.marthastewart.com A real beauty.

Now I was really inspired by the new crepe paper peonies I made to turn them into flowers for cakes.It's something I am looking into especially when brides would like to cut costs in this economy.

Some flowers on top and graduating down would look gorgeous!

Crepe Paper Calla Lillies

I made the crepe paper calla lillies for the 3 bridesmaids and was pretty pleased with the outcome.All in all the crepe paper lillies presented the greatest challenge anyway it brought back m long forgotton painting skills.The calla lillies are all handpainted and look just exquisite!