Crepe Paper Flowers — May 1, 2024

Heavy Crepe Paper Tulips – Member Make Workshop

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Crepe Paper Flowers — May 1, 2024

Heavy Crepe Paper Tulips – Member Make Workshop

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60min

Tags Crepe Paper Crafts, Crepe Paper Flower Videos, Member Make, Member Make Challenge, Spring Flowers

For this month’s Member Make workshop, Meagan will be showing our members how to make these heavy crepe paper tulips in a vibrant coral color. We’ve made many different versions of tulips over the years in both paper and felt. But this is the first time we’ve used heavy crepe paper!

To prepare for our live workshop on March 17th, check out supplies list below. Then be sure to read the instructions for how to join us! If you can’t make the live workshop, we will post the recording here for you to watch later.

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We love these too-lip much

Many of the tulips we’ve made in the past have had more of an open shape. However, these heavy crepe paper tulips are more closed and must be shaped in a particular way to get the petals just right. During the workshop you will learn our shaping techniques for this flower as well as how to add more detail to your petals with PanPastel.

While we love the bold and bright color of coral, you are always welcome to make your heavy crepe paper tulips in a different color. When you are done making your flowers, we’d love to see them! Be sure to post photos in our crafter’s community or on Instagram with the hashtag #MadeWithLia.

Skill level: Advanced due to all of the specific shaping needed for these petals

Crafting tips: Getting the perfect closed shape for these flowers takes a lot of gentle shaping. If you overstretch a petal, you would need to start over with a new one.

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Want more flower templates and tutorials like this one? Browse all of our crepe paper flowers. Or see our previous Member Make workshops.

Tools

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Kai 8″ Scissors
High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
Curling Tool
Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo 4 (optional)
Cricut Brayer
Steel Ball Shaping Tool
Blending Brushes

Materials

Member Make Bundle (includes the paper, spun paper balls, and wire below)

— OR —

Lia Griffith Heavy Crepe Paper – Coral
30mm Cotton Spun Paper Balls
Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Crepe Paper – Coral and Cypress
Lia Griffith Double-Sided Crepe Paper — Ferns & Moss
Floral Wire – 24-Gauge Paper Covered Green
Thick Paper Covered Stem Wire

Additional Materials:

Aleene’s Tacky Glue or Art Glitter Glue
PanPastel Artist Pastel – Orange 280.5

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34 Comments

Nancy October 30, 2024 at 4:11pm

Meagan is such an asset to team Lia. I don’t know how in the world she designs these amazing flowers then is able to assemble them in to such realistic flowers. Yay Meagan!

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1. Lia October 31, 2024 at 10:33am
  
  @Nancy
  
  She certainly is! I will share this message with her. 🙂
  
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Aviva March 12, 2024 at 11:14am

Hi — any other suggestions for tulip color combinations — instead of coral paper with an orange pan pastel?

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1. Lia March 12, 2024 at 6:57pm
  
  @Aviva
  
  Tulips come in so many colors! White crepe with pink or yellow pastel, pink crepe with orange or darker pink pastel, red crepe with orange or pink pastel, orange crepe with pink or yellow pastel. . . pick your favorite color and add a bit of pastel to add depth. Have fun with it!
  
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Miranda November 18, 2023 at 6:15am

I love these! I look forward to more projects that use the heavy crepe paper. I love the look of it but find most projects are with the fine paper. I have a lot of the heavy paper and don’t really know what to do with it.

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1. Lia November 19, 2023 at 7:57pm
  
  @Miranda
  
  Check out our Glossary, you can see by scrolling through which are made from heavy crepe paper. You can also stretch it out a bit to make it a bit more refined and use some of the other templates. https://liagriffith.com/paper-flower-glossary/
  
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  1. Miranda November 20, 2023 at 1:02pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Oh wow! Thank you so much, I didn’t know that the glossary existed! So many options, thank you again!
    
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    1. Lia November 20, 2023 at 2:28pm
      
      @Miranda
      
      Enjoy!!
      
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Peg April 7, 2023 at 11:16am

I’m making dozens of these tulips for Easter decortions and I just ran out of the 30mm balls. Can I use the 36mm cotton spun eggs instead? I just Love these tulips, great job as usual!!!

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1. Lia April 8, 2023 at 7:22pm
  
  @Peg
  
  Yes, that should work. 🙂
  
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Kathryn April 3, 2023 at 10:11am

I agree…thanks for changing the picture tutorial format! It really IS better for printing and saving. You ladies are sooo wonderful! You’re always improving techniques to make it easier for us!

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1. Lia April 3, 2023 at 10:16am
  
  @Kathryn
  
  That is the goal! We love what we do. 🙂
  
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Andrea March 18, 2023 at 9:00am

Oh Thank You for changing the picture tutorial format ! It makes it so much easier to print out now for my binder !

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1. Lia March 18, 2023 at 2:11pm
  
  @Andrea
  
  Great to hear!
  
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Lynne March 17, 2023 at 2:14pm

Could you consider offering the digital cut files in PNG format? I only have a CRICUT Joy machine so I have to edit the SVG files into several files that are 4.5” wide and editing PNG files would be so much easier than editing SVG files.

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1. Lia March 17, 2023 at 6:29pm
  
  @Lynne
  
  Unfortunately, you will not have success cutting the crepe paper with a Joy since it does not have a rotary blade. You are better off cutting the crepe by hand, as the fine-point blade will ruin your crepe paper. Here is a video we did that might be helpful: https://liagriffith.com/craft-academy/cutting-machines-for-crepe-paper/
  
  The good news is that most of our crepe flower templates are easy when cutting by hand and you can save time when stacking the crepe paper.
  
  I hope you can join us for the next Crepe Paper Master Class in May.
  
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amy March 17, 2023 at 1:30pm

You two just get better and better! Can’t wait to make these!! Thank you!

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1. Lia March 17, 2023 at 1:42pm
  
  @amy
  
  Awww, thank you! We are learning every day. 🙂
  
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Gretchen March 17, 2023 at 12:44pm

Hello,
When will the photo tutorial be ready? I love the new format for your tutorials.

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1. Lia March 17, 2023 at 1:40pm
  
  @Gretchen
  
  They are up now. We generally post them right after the video is over.
  
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pdotthomasonathotmaildotcom March 17, 2023 at 12:23pm

Heavy!

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1. Lia March 17, 2023 at 1:39pm
  
  @pdotthomasonathotmaildotcom
  
  Yes!
  
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pdotthomasonathotmaildotcom March 17, 2023 at 12:21pm

Are you using the heavy or light crepe paper for the tilips?

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1. Lia March 17, 2023 at 1:39pm
  
  @pdotthomasonathotmaildotcom
  
  Both! You can see the materials list and now see the photo tutorial. The petals are heavy with the detail in extra-fine.
  
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Rebecca March 14, 2023 at 8:55pm

I have 1 inch foam balls, will those work for this flower?

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1. Lia March 15, 2023 at 8:47am
  
  @Rebecca
  
  You can use the foam balls.
  
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Dayle March 13, 2023 at 3:42pm

Tulips are just about my all-time favorite, next to daisy’s! I’m ready to start! Thanks for this class!

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1. Lia March 13, 2023 at 4:20pm
  
  @Dayle
  
  This is such a gorgeous tulip too! 🙂
  
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Pamela March 9, 2023 at 7:16am

The SVG file has 2 different sizes of petals, but the template only has one. Can you please tell me which is correct?

Thank you!

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1. Lia March 9, 2023 at 9:34am
  
  @Pamela
  
  Thank you so much for pointing this out! The SVG is correct with the two petal sizes and the PDF has been updated to match.
  
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Andrea March 2, 2023 at 2:52pm

I have also tried to make a closed tulip after learning the basics in the intro class. It came out ok, but I am looking forward to learning your design. Bonus that I already have most of the supplies left from the class in January! Just marked my calendar – thanks!

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1. Lia March 2, 2023 at 3:30pm
  
  @Andrea
  
  That is fantastic! I love that you are stocked up. 🙂
  
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Melanie March 2, 2023 at 10:54am

Can’t wait to get started on this project….have been playing around with creating closed Tulips for a while now but so far they have not come out as closed as I would wish. So intrigued to see how you came up the solution so am waiting with bated breath 🙂
Thanks so much.
Melanie

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1. Lia March 2, 2023 at 11:15am
  
  @Melanie
  
  This is such a beautiful version of tulips. I am excited to learn with you!
  
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Heavy Crepe Paper Tulips – Member Make Workshop

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