Frosted Paper Cyclamen Plant
Last week we crafted our first-ever paper hyacinth. And today we have another first! It’s so much fun trying out a new flower. And this frosted paper cyclamen plant is a such a sweet little plant to look at.
We’re in love with its delicate, upturned petals and variegated leaves. These are two key characteristics of the cyclamen — and today we are going to show you how to recreate them using frosted paper and art markers.
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The cyclamen is a unique plant to craft because its flowers are upside down. Also, each flower typically has four petals up and one petal down. You can see how our designer Meagan achieved this by following the tutorial at the end of this post.
Once you’ve crafted your frosted paper cyclamen plant, you can put yours in a tiny pot like we did. Its small stature makes it a great plant to keep indoors on a kitchen counter, a desk, a shelf…really anywhere! Don’t forget to share your version of our paper cyclamen plant with us and other crafters on our Facebook page for members. Or you can always use the hashtag #MadeWithLia.
Skill level: Beginner
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How to Make a Frosted Paper Cyclamen Plant
- Gather the craft tools and materials above. Then download the flower pattern below.
- Print the leaf designs onto a piece of olive paper.
- Cut out the leaves using scissors. The flower bits can be cut using scissors or a cutting machine.
- Add more color to the center of the leaves with green art markers.
Full tutorial available for members to download below.
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Tools
- Cutting Machine (optional)
- High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
- Craft Scissors
- Curling Tool
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
Materials
- Text Weight Paper — PaperPapers Poptone Jelly Bean Green, Basis Olive, and Curious Metallic Cryogen
- Art Markers — Blick Studio Markers in Sage (088), Olive (070), Beach (095), and Very Berry (004)
- Floral Wire – 18-Gauge Paper Covered Green
- Floral Tape — Bark
- Aleene’s Turbo Tacky Glue
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Love these! Can you print the leaf design with an ink jet printer?
Yes, you can! For the ink jet you will definitely need to keep this plant away from water as the ink does bleed. 😉
how long are the wires cut to?
Hi Sonja,
The wire for the flowers is about 7 inches long and the wire for the leaves is about 5″ long 🙂
I’m a new member and have a Cricut Maker and a Brother ScanNCut dx125. Is there a tutorial on downloading svg to the Maker from my IPad or do I need to use my laptop? I also want to use my ScanNCut. I love making paper flowers from watercolor paper and card stock. I don’t have crepe paper yet but want to make crepe paper, felt and fabric arrangements as well.
Hi Rosemary! We have a video showing how it works on a computer (https://liagriffith.com/how-to-use-svg-files-for-cricut/). Cricut’s website should have some helpful videos and tutorials for using your iPad! Unfortunately we don’t have any experience using the ScanNCut but hopefully Brother’s customer service can point you in the right direction 🙂
Thanks so much for your help.😊❤️
Looks amazing but it will not load properly and cut on the cricut….just and fyi
Thanks Laura- we fixed the bug 🙂
Your amazing can’t wait to make one 🤗