No. 10 · Paper Cabin Cookie Boxes

Proof that not everything has to be a flower. These little cardstock cabins cut and score in one pass, fold up in an afternoon, and have carried more Christmas cookies to neighbors and teachers than we could ever count. Line them with baking paper, tie the ribbon at the roof, and watch someone hesitate to open it because it is too pretty.

Make the cabin boxes

No. 9 · Felt Succulent Garden

This one is an oldie but goodie and one of our original designs. Wool blend felt, a rotary blade, and an afternoon give you a garden that never needs watering. This one is beloved by crafters who swear they were not "felt people" until they made it.

Grow the felt garden

No. 8 · Cardstock Fern Plant

Botanical décor with a fast payoff. Every frond cuts from cardstock on any machine, and the shaping takes minutes, not hours. If you are new to paper botanicals, this is the one we hand you first.

Cut the fern plant

No. 7 · Frosted Paper Camellia Flower

The project that introduces most crafters to frosted paper, and the moment they fall for it. The pearl finish catches light the way real petals do, and the camellia's simple petal shapes make it a gentle first cut in a new material.

Make the frosted camellia

No. 6 · English Rose

A classic for a reason. This rose has been made for weddings, anniversaries, Mother's Days and quiet Tuesday afternoons. The spiral petal construction feels like a small magic trick the first time it curls into shape in your hands.

Make the English rose

No. 5 · Crepe Cherry Blossom Branch

Spring, on demand. Dozens of small blossoms wired onto a real branch, which sounds fussy until your machine cuts every petal for you in one mat. Crafters make these for mantels, weddings, and the long gray end of winter.

Make the cherry blossoms

No. 4 · Crepe Paper Poinsettia

Our most-downloaded Christmas project, year after year. One poinsettia becomes a centerpiece, six become a garland, and none of them wilt by New Year's. If your December table has a signature flower, this is probably it.

Make the crepe poinsettia

No. 3 · Giant Crepe Paper Dahlias

The showstoppers. These lush jumbo dahlia blooms have been a favorite and you can learn to make them along with us in our video workshop. They backdrop weddings, nurseries and photo walls beautifully. Big petals, forgiving shapes, enormous payoff.

Make the jumbo dahlias

No. 2 · Frosted Paper Peony

The peony, but luminous. Frosted paper gives these petals a glow that photographs like morning light, and the file has quietly become one of the most shared projects in our library. Crafters describe finishing it and just sitting there looking at it for a while. We understand completely.

Make the frosted peony

No. 1 · The Coral Charm Peony

Of course it is a peony. The Coral Charm is the project crafters mention to us in emails, bring to workshops, and photograph beside the real flower to see if anyone can tell. Every petal is designed to cut on your machine, and the shaping is where you become the artist. It looks harder than it is. That is rather the point.

Make the Coral Charm

What the list told us

Seven flowers out of ten. Not one vinyl decal. Whatever the world thinks a Cricut is for, our crafters have been answering with petals for eight years.

The other pattern: almost everything above cuts from cardstock, felt, frosted paper or crepe. If your machine has only ever met vinyl, it has been waiting for this list.

New to cutting these materials?

Our Cricut Maker Foundation Series walks through every material on this list, sixteen short videos, free for every crafter. Start there, then come back and pick your first project. Our money is on a peony.

Make all ten, and three thousand more

Every project on this list lives in our library alongside the templates, SVG files and video workshops to make them. An annual membership opens all of it, including a $20 gift card to our shop for the materials to begin. One project a month more than pays for itself. We would love to craft with you.

Happy crafting, ~ Lia