Crepe Paper Thistle
Slick as a Thistle
Thistles have an incredible natural beauty about them but they can be quite pokey. Don’t worry – you can still capture this natural beauty inside your own home. We have created a thistle that you can make entirely out of crepe paper and won’t prick your fingers.
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This project uses a technique we call “fringing” to give your thistle that textured look. Gather your tools and materials and follow along with our simple tutorial below to get crafting. We styled the thistle with the leaves from the lisianthus flower and some lavender!
Click here for our beginner’s guide on how to make crepe paper flowers.
Steps
- Gather the tools and materials.
- Cut the crepe paper according to pattern notes using your scissors.
- Use an art sponge to apply the Pan Pastel to the pinked edge of both the purple and green crepe.
- Fringe the pinked edge of the purple and green crepe paper.
Full tutorial available for members to download below.
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Tools
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- Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo 4 (optional)
- Craft Scissors
- Detail Scissors
- Low-Temp Hot Glue Gun
- Pinking Shears
- Curling Tool
- Art Sponge
Materials
Materials
- Lia Griffith Extra Fine Crepe Paper – Raspberry, Juniper
- PanPastels “Magenta Tint (430.8)”
- 18-Gauge Green Paper Covered Wire
- 20mm Cotton Spun Paper Balls
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Hello! I am interested in making these crepe paper thistles in blue. Would you recommend an extra fine crepe paper color and perhaps a pan pastel color that would work?
I do also plan on making the blue felt thistles as well.
Thanks
Marie
I would recommend using the lavender exra fine crepe paper and PanPastel in Phthalo Blue Tint 560.8 to get a nice dusty blue for the thistles.
One of the many things I love about this program is the inclusion of different ways to learn. Some of us are visual, some of us prefer the written word, others like the make alongs. I love them all! thank you for being so supportive of our differences.
Thank you for sharing, Jocelyn! I am reading this comment to the whole team. It will make our day.
I used a different color Panpastel which is quite similar to the Magenta tint. Do you have any other coloring suggestions? My first 2 were one big, dusty mess. I think the color/tinting at the beginning of the process was tricky.
You could use a marker for less mess. The pastel leaves a dusty tone that simulates the real flower, but I understand the mess issue when you need to handle them to assemble. You could also use a brush and add it to the finished thistle. These are so pretty when finished. 🙂
What do you use the binding wire for? I can’t find it in the instructions or the photo tutorial. Is it for the leaves?
Looking forward to making this one!
Ack! Thanks for catching that mistake, we ended up not using bind wire.
Hi, I am confused with the leaf construction. If you are looking at the template, the two on the right look like they are the completed leaves of the four on the left. Is this correct? Are we to use which ever we prefer?
Correct! You can use whatever leaves you prefer, the completed leaves work well for double sided crepe paper or text weight paper.
What is the name of the purple other flower that is vertical? Do you have a svg file for it?
That is the crepe lavender! The perfect flower for the cutting machine: https://liagriffith.com/crepe-paper-lavender-plant/
Was directed here from the page for your 2020 felt thistle. I know that’s the kind of thistle most people imagine when they hear the word but I am almost always disappointed that it isn’t a Scottish thistle. So glad that you have both options on here! Love it and love Scottish thistles! Would love to see this type in felt as well, or maybe even frosted paper! Beautiful work!
Hi Amanda,
We will add this thistle to our list to make in felt and frosted paper! So glad you found the thistle you were looking for. 🙂
What is the other leaf in the thistle arrangement!
Thanks
It’s from the lisianthus flower! https://liagriffith.com/crepe-paper-lisianthus/
Can you purchase the Juniper crepe paper in small package?
No, not yet anyway we’re hoping our new colors will be available in single rolls soon!
Just ordered a Cricut Maker, curious which of the mats you use to cut crepe paper?
We like the pink Fabric mat!
Feeling the love for this x
Thanks so much Sue 🙂
Also the panpastel looks white not magenta. Thanks for your help.
It LOOKS white, but it’s called “Magenta Tint” so it’s a really light pink 🙂
Am I missing the size of ball to use? It’s entirely possible I’ve read right over it. Thank you!
Hi Debbie! It’s listed in the materials with a link, we used a 3/4″ ball 🙂
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
Beautiful i love it.
Thank you!! 🙂
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