We can’t have a tropical collection without some exotic flowers! Along with our crepe paper bird of paradise, Meagan has designed a frosted paper pincushion protea that is absolutely exquisite. Although it looks detailed and delicate, it is easy to make. But we do recommend using a cutting machine since there are so many fine pieces and intricate cuts.
If you don’t have a cutting machine, we have also included a printable template if you want to cut this flower by hand.
We’re pro paper flowers
There is really no limit on creativity when it comes to making paper flowers! For your frosted paper pincushion protea, you can use the same colors we did or try something different. Typically these flowers are various shades of pink, red, white, cream, and yellow, but you can use whatever combination of colors you would like.
Skill level: Beginner
Crafting tips: We recommend using a high-temp hot glue gun as it works best with our frosted paper. If cutting with a Cricut, make sure to use a fresh mat and sharp blade. We used the cut setting “Copy Paper” and then changed the pressure to more. Also, pay close attention to the stacking order of the petals! Stacking order is A – B – B – E – C – C – F – D – E – D – F.
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Tools
- Craft Scissors
- Cutting Machine (recommended)
- Curling Tool
- High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Materials
- Lia Griffith Frosted Craft Paper – Citrus Pack: Colors 1, 2, and 3 + Succulent Pack: Color 3
- Floral Tape — Bark & Pine
- Thick Paper-Covered Stem Wire
- Uni-Posca Paint Marker — Red or Orange
How to Make a Frosted Paper Pincushion Protea
- Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the flower pattern below.
- Cut paper according to template using scissors or a cutting machine.
- Curl pieces A, B, C, and D using a curling tool.
- Use your fingers to make the curls tighter on pieces B and C.
Full tutorial available for members below.
Explore More
Love tropical flowers? Check out our other protea flowers here. Or browse all of our tropical projects for more ideas.
Are you having trouble? Feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you out.
14 Comments
Thank you! So I am not going crazy!!! 🙂
Also, the colors look more like they are from the citrus pack??? Sorry for these questions. I just finished your frosted paper master class and was attempting to strike out on my own with one of your other frosted paper flowers and this one caught my eye!
Thank you for catching that, it is Citrus! The pattern correctly lists the colors as Citrus, but I have updated the link in the post.
Why do the directions use 3 colors from the melon pack, but only 2 show up in clicking “make it” off of design space? What am I missing?
The PDF template calls out the colors used– there’s options for colors 2 or 3 in some of the petals.
HI, this is Shinta again. I found out that the simple way using the svg files with the silhouette app is upgrading the software. I did and it was successful. Thanks
I’m so glad you were able to make it work, thanks for the update!
Hi, this is my first experience using Silhouette app, and am trying to save the svg file and print using the portrait printer, but it failed. Please advise how can I save and use silhouttee app and cut using the machine. Thanks.
Hi Lia, when I try to convert the SVG file to DXF, it only publishes half of the file. I have tried all the software options I know to correctly convert this, but unable to. Is there perhaps another version of this file to convert to DXF for my Silhouette? Thanks!
Hi! Unfortunately this is the only file we have available. Are you part of our private Facebook group for members? You could post this question there to see if any other Silhouette users may have some ideas for you. Otherwise I’d reach out to Silhouette customer service, since you should be able to convert our files to use with your machine.
Why am I unable to download the svg and pdf files for this flower and for other projects?
My membership does not end until May 14th.
Thanks,
Teri
Hi Teri, I’m not sure – can you please email hello@liagriffith.com with more details and we’ll help you there.
I tried cutting the leaves for the protea, but on my Silhouette the interior lines on the leaves are cutting, not “dotting” for a fold. Is there something I have done incorrectly — this has never happened with one of your patterns before.
Hi Sally! We recently received these instructions from a fellow Silhouette user, I hope this helps!
“In the Design tab, ungroup, change the score line color from black to green and group. In the Send tab, use Line, check the green color, change material to card stock plain and select Score in Action. The Cut line should also be checked and the material should be Cardstock, Textured – Heavy (different than the score material) and action is Cut – I did both in one pass, using the autoblade.”