Our August craft collection is all about fairy gardens with pretty flowers and twinkly lights. These paper starflowers are a perfect fit, plus they’ve been on our list for a while now!
If you are new to making paper flowers, this a great project for beginners as the shapes are very simple to cut by hand and assemble. Just check out our supplies list below, then download our template and step-by-step tutorial.
You’re a star
To give our paper starflowers a bit more shine, we chose to craft them using frosted text weight paper. This type of paper has a slight sheen to it, which will give your paper flowers some beautiful depth and dimension. And by using text weight instead of cardstock, they will be easier to shape.
Along with the frosted paper, we added just a bit of gold crepe paper for the small stamen piece. You will also see in the tutorial how we drew on veins with a marker and curled our petals out. For the final touch, we added a bunch of paper leaves that stick straight up and then curled the rest out so they spill over the vase.
Skill level: Beginner
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Tools
- Craft Scissors
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
- Curling Tool
- Cutting Machine (optional)
- High-Temp Hot Glue Gun
Materials
- Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Crepe Paper – Metallic Gold
- Floral Tape — Green
- Lia Griffith Frosted Craft Paper – Berry Pack Color 1, Citrus Pack Color 3, and Succulent Pack Color 3
- Floral Wire – 18-Gauge Paper Covered Green
- Thick Paper Covered Stem Wire
- Tacky Glue or Art Glitter Glue
- Karin Brushmarker Pro — Egyptian Blue (305)
How to Make Paper Starflowers
- Gather your craft tools and materials. Then download the pattern below.
- Cut paper according to template using scissors or a cutting machine.
- Draw along the score lines using a blue marker.
- Fold the stamen in half along the core line, then use white glue to attach and wrap it round the tip of an 18-gauge wire.
Full tutorial available for members to download below.
Explore More
Love these paper starflowers? Explore all of our frosted paper flowers to see what else you can make. Or check out our crepe paper flowers.
Are you having trouble? Feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you out.
4 Comments
thanks a lot it works perfectly
thanks a lot . I try that
Hello, I have a problem when I download an SVG file on my machine (Brother Scan and Cut) The program automatically reduces the size (image too large for the cutting mat according to him) without telling me what percentage he reduces the image. How can I know the size that the flower should have in order to resize the image correctly.
Thank you for your help, I know you are not used to using this machine.
Murielle
I am unfamiliar with the Brother machine, so I thought to print the PDF version and measure it to match. Be sure when you print the PDF that you print full size rather than “fit page,” and you should be good to go.