We received so many wonderful submissions for September’s Member Make Challenge! Thank you to all of our members who took part in our creative challenge this month. I love seeing what you create as well as how you style your flowers, too. And I can’t wait to see what you do with this next challenge! Scroll down to get more details on the October Member Make Challenge.

Rise Up to the Challenge

October Member Make Challenge: Crepe Paper Sunflower

Sunflowers are such a bright and happy flower. For the October Member Make Challenge, I showed you how to make this stunning sunflower using crepe paper. Download the template below, and see how it’s done and follow along with the video. As always, you can make your sunflower the way I do or make it in different colors and sizes!

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Tools

Materials

Lia Griffith Heavy Crepe Paper – Nectarine, Chiffon, Poppy, Tangerine, Mango, Pear, Juniper
- Petals: Nectarine
  
  Sepals & Leaves: Juniper
  
  Stamen 1: Pear (cut 5)
  
  Stamen 2: Chiffon (cut 2), Juniper (cut 1), Mango (cut 1), Tangerine (cut 1)
  
  Stamen 3: Mango (cut 1)
  
  Stamen 4: Poppy (cut 1)
PanPastels – Magenta, Diarylide Yellow
18-Gauge Green Paper Covered Floral Wire
24-Gauge Green Paper Covered Floral Wire
Floral Tape – Moss

Instructions

Watch the video below to make your own crepe paper sunflower. Have questions? Just let us know! I also encourage you to share your sunflower once you’ve crafted it! Just post it on Instagram and use the hashtag #MadeWithLia so we (along with our crafting community) can see it. Happy crafting!

Video

Explore More Paper Flowers You Can Make

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43 Comments

Mira Hotait July 30, 2021 at 5:56pm

Hi! I love this flower and have been waiting to make it for about 2 years. I was wondering if some of the colors of crepe paper can be substituted with extra fine? I know sometimes that won’t work but I don’t have all the heavy crepe paper colors and still want to make this. Thank you!

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1. Lia Griffith July 31, 2021 at 7:10am
  
  Hi! Extra-fine would work on the strips for the centers that we stretch (just cut the piece twice the length and don’t stretch it). You can certainly try extra-fine on the other parts of the flower, although it won’t have the same structure that heavy crepe paper provides.
  
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Kat Booth May 24, 2021 at 3:38pm

Is there a way to do these with the thick stem wires? I’m a little unsure how to attach them so would appreciate any tips 😊

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1. Lia Griffith May 28, 2021 at 7:14am
  
  Hi! You could try a shorter grouping of the multiple wires attached (with floral tape) to the top of a thick stem wire?
  
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MAUREEN TSCHIEGG May 14, 2021 at 8:21am

Do you stretch the pear stamen 1 for each one before fringing or just the first one?

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1. Lia Griffith May 14, 2021 at 9:20am
  
  Yes, do that to all 5 pieces of Stamen 1 🙂
  
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Krystal Reed April 8, 2021 at 5:56am

Good Morning! What are the dimensions of the jumbo crepe & felt sunflower & the dimensions of this crepe sunflower? I see in the material list that we need two crepes from 3 different packs. How many sunflowers can be made using this pattern with each pack. In other words, if I purchase all three packs how many sunflowers will I be able to make?

Thank you for the wonderful site and the vast amount of knowledge and encouragement you provide. 🙂

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1. Lia Griffith April 8, 2021 at 7:59am
  
  Hi Krystal! We now sell these colors individually, so I have updated the links. Each single color heavy crepe paper pack includes 2 rolls of crepe, so you would be able to make at least 4 sunflowers if you purchased 1 pack of each color. You’d have plenty left of every color except Nectarine (which is used for the petals). I hope this helps!
  
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Pilar Sholley July 21, 2020 at 12:08pm

Hi,

Can I use your fringe scissors for the centers? What flowers do you use your fringe scissors for? Thank you!!

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1. Lia July 22, 2020 at 4:10pm
  
  Hi Pilar,
  
  You can use the fringe scissors with any flower that needs fringing, however the fringe scissors do not fringe as small as we like to and we always prefer using our detail scissors when fringing! 🙂
  
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Pilar Sholley May 27, 2020 at 6:05am

Hi Lia,

I cut the sunflower leaves using the cricut maker. Unfortunately, the leaves do nut cut in the direction of the grain shown on the pattern on your template and book. Can you have someone on our team fix the svg file so I can print the leaves using my maker? Thank you!!

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1. Lia May 27, 2020 at 8:49am
  
  Hi Pilar,
  
  We have update the leaves so it should cut correctly now! 🙂
  
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Marilyn McCormack September 28, 2019 at 11:11am

Is the size of Stamen 1 correct? In the video they look the same size of Stamen 2. Am I missing something? I would also like to request that you state in the information which colors go to which part in the future. I love your flowers and look forward to many more!

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1. Lia October 1, 2019 at 9:29am
  
  Hi Marilyn,
  
  The size of stamen one is correct, you will fold it in half before fringing then fringe along the fold making it about the same size as stamen 2.
  
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Terry Haig September 16, 2019 at 10:25am

How do I cancel membership?

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1. Lia September 17, 2019 at 1:29pm
  
  Hi Terry,
  
  Thank you for reaching out.
  
  You may cancel your membership by signing into your Lia Griffith account and going to My Craft Room > Account Settings > Subscription.
  
  Please note that the cancellation will go into effect after your current billing cycle ends. This means that you can cancel at any time, and you will still be able to use your membership for the entirety of your previously paid billing cycle.
  
  We appreciate your membership and we hope you will join us again in the future!
  
  Please do let us have any feedback on our site at hello@liagriffith.com
  
  Please let us know if you have any trouble doing this or have any further questions and we would be happy to help.
  
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Isabella Terrassa July 19, 2019 at 8:04pm

Hi! Any tips on making the cricut design space go faster? I’m trying to get everything cut but it’s very slow just to makke changes in size

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1. Lia July 19, 2019 at 8:19pm
  
  Hi! Sadly no– because the software runs online, could it be your internet connection??
  
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JULIE MIKLASZEWICZ July 13, 2019 at 7:59am

What happened to the size of the SVG pattern for the petals? I downloaded it in May (can’t find it now) and made the sunflower. The petals were much larger. I just re-downloaded it, and the large petal is just barely over 3″ long? Super small for a “giant” sunflower.

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1. Lia July 13, 2019 at 10:45am
  
  Hi Julie– this is our regular sized crepe paper flower. You must be thinking of our jumbo flower: https://liagriffith.com/jumbo-crepe-paper-sunflower/
  
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  1. Colleen Nassetta August 4, 2019 at 9:58am
    
    This happened to me as well. The size of the SVG and the PDF are completely different now.
    
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    1. Lia August 5, 2019 at 7:55am
      
      We’re experiencing an ongoing problem with Cricut resizing our SVG files 🙁 This just started happening about 2 weeks ago, and we’re waiting to hear that the issue has been fixed! It’s such a pain, we’re sorry 🙁
      
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Gail Selfridge November 5, 2018 at 11:44am

What happened to the instructions that were going to be sent via Email on this project?
October Member Make Challenge — Crepe Paper Sunflower
in Crepe Paper Flowers

I was looking forward to receiving it and to making the project. I do not Facebook so was waiting for the Email. Looking forward to receiving the info.

Thanks for your help. GS

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1. Lia November 5, 2018 at 12:46pm
  
  You should have received an email– send us one to hello@liagriffith.com and instructions will be forwarded!
  
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BC K November 5, 2018 at 6:19am

Lia, I am an annual member but cannot seem to find any emails regarding the monthly challenges with the link to SVG files or instructions.

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1. Lia November 5, 2018 at 8:00am
  
  Send an email to hello@liagriffith.com and we’ll share the links with you 🙂
  
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Pat Rupwani October 21, 2018 at 9:32am

Hi Lia and ladies, the member make has disappeared from my Facebook page, hope you can help

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1. Lia October 22, 2018 at 12:31pm
  
  Hi Pat! Could you send an email to hello@liagriffithc.com ? We’ll get this figured out!
  
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jen demarest October 7, 2018 at 7:54am

Lia, I am an annual member but cannot seem to find any emails regarding the monthly challenges with the link to SVG files or instructions. Also, when I try to download other SVG files it appears as a webpage instead of a straight file.
Please advise.

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1. Allison Mackey October 8, 2018 at 4:02pm
  
  Hi Jen! We’ve just sent you an email regarding your comment.
  Please make sure you check your spam folder for an email!
  
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Sandy Pressley October 4, 2018 at 12:47pm

Hi LIa and team. Can you tell us what colors go with what pattern pieces for the sunflower so I can precut my pieces prior to the YouTube.

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1. Allison Mackey October 4, 2018 at 3:30pm
  
  Hi Sandy! We’ve made a list below!
  
  Petals: Nectarine
  Sepals & Leaves: Juniper
  Stamen 1: Pear (cut 5)
  Stamen 2: Chiffon (cut 2), Juniper (cut 1), Mango (cut 1), Tangerine (cut 1)
  Stamen 3: Mango (cut 1)
  Stamen 4: Poppy (cut 1)
  
  Hope this helps!
  
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Beverly Anthony October 4, 2018 at 10:39am

What color crepe are the petals of the sunflower?

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1. Allison Mackey October 4, 2018 at 3:32pm
  
  Hi Beverly! We’ve made a list below for you!
  
  Petals: Nectarine
  Sepals & Leaves: Juniper
  Stamen 1: Pear (cut 5)
  Stamen 2: Chiffon (cut 2), Juniper (cut 1), Mango (cut 1), Tangerine (cut 1)
  Stamen 3: Mango (cut 1)
  Stamen 4: Poppy (cut 1)
  
  Hope this helps!
  
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2. Beverly Anthony October 4, 2018 at 3:48pm
  
  Thanks! They look more like they are Mango!
  
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  1. Allison Mackey October 5, 2018 at 10:20am
    
    No problem Beverly! They do look a lot like the Mango!
    
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Bonetta L Witmyer October 2, 2018 at 12:38pm

I clicked on the October Member Challenge and the member’s images at the bottom appeared today! Thank you! They were beautiful and worth waiting for!

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1. Lia October 2, 2018 at 12:53pm
  
  Thanks for letting us know you can see them! Everyone did such a beautiful job.
  
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cynthia mccusker October 1, 2018 at 11:20am

If I am going to have to go to youtube on a specific day or go to facebook I may discontinue my membership. I like to find what I need to do your flowers within your emails. Please send me the information the way you have been sending it. I am an avid fan but, have a life and don’t care for facebook. Thank you for considering sending the information that I am paying for through your link and not others.

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1. Lia October 1, 2018 at 11:54am
  
  Hi Cynthia– the Monthly Member Make Challenge YouTube video is sent to all annual members the morning after the event via email. If you keep your eye on your inbox on the first Saturday of each month, you will find the video tutorial there. We never exclusively share anything on the Facebook group– that is primarily for community discussion. Someday we hope to have our own community board/discussion forum on our website but don’t have the bandwidth to add that to our site right now.
  
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Bonnie Witmyer September 29, 2018 at 7:11pm

Hi Lia and Team,

I am unable to see any of the pictures/images after this sentence: “Featured Photos From the September Member Make Challenge”

Please help!

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1. Lia October 1, 2018 at 11:02am
  
  Bonnie, the images appear on our end just fine– can you send an email to hello@liagriffith.com with a screenshot of what you’re seeing?
  
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