Tissue Paper Hydrangeas
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Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers. I know that I say that a lot, but flowers are a very easy thing to like, so naturally I have a lot of favorites! One of the gorgeously unique things about hydrangeas is the incredibly vibrant blues and purples that the blooms can be. I have designed paper hydrangeas in the past, but here is a great option to make the hydrangeas in tissue. Hydrangea petals are very delicate, and tissue paper is able to capture that fragility in a really beautiful way. So here is my newest flower: tissue paper hydrangeas!
As you may have heard, my team and I have just released our new line of tissue paper packs. The most exciting part about this is that each tissue pack comes with an exclusive project template. Our Fresh Breeze tissue pack features a color palette with cool ocean blues and pretty seafoam greens. This pack includes the template to make these lovely hydrangeas for your DIY home decor. Hydrangeas typically bloom in late spring and summer, so this is a great way to keep them around all year long! I love blue hydrangeas because to me they are one of the more intriguing blooms in nature. To make these tissue paper hydrangeas, start by cutting out the template included in the tissue pack. Before cutting, I recommend scanning the template into your computer and saving just in case you ever misplace the printed template!
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Materials
- Lia Griffith Frosted Tissue Paper – Fresh Breeze
- 24-Gauge Green Paper Covered Wire
- Floral Tape — Fern & Moss
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Leave a CommentHi Lia, thanks for the pattern. I’m wondering how to stop the 2 initial from sliding down the stem? As you put 2 layers of petals on, then loop the wire then glue another layer on top. I’m finding the first 2 layers are going down the stem. Do I need more glue to stop this or am I doing something wrong?
Add glue to the base of the petals and pinch them onto the stem. That will keep them in place.
Hello! I just picked up this beautiful pack and bought all the tools.. I’m really confused on how to fold and cut the tissue paper to cut out the petals. Any advice please?
We have provided a template and tutorial for you in this post. I should give you what you need.
If you put 2 petals on each of the 30 wires, then you will need 60 flowers? Am I counting correctly? The colors we are suppose to use for each pattern is unclear. How many petals of each blue do you cut out? How many leaves do you cut out?
I have purchased many of your flower projects from frosted paper to crepe paper flowers and have found the instructions to be excellent.
I am disappointed with these instructions and hope you will improve them in the near future.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention! It’s a bit older and we see the instructions are not very clear, so we just updated them. You will need 90 petals total– 30 in 3 different colors of tissue. You can add 2 or 3 leaves per bloom, whatever your preference is (we did both).
I have been trying to tract down a clear stamp Hero Arts CL 929 Just for you by Lia. I haven’t had any success just wondered if you could give me any ideas where I might fine one. I have tried. Hero Arts, Ebay, a few different rubber stamp suppliers and haven’t had any luck. Can you suggest anywhere that I might find one.
Hi Maria! I’m so sorry but these have been out of production for a few years now. We created a similar set (are also out of production) but they’re on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3mebOy8
I bought the tissue paper templete. It came with the tissue paper and the pattern but no instructions. I don’t want to have to pay to download the instructions on here. Are there more detailed instructions or are the ones from the pictures it?
Hi Tracy, you can use the photo tutorial and download the written instructions for free.
I am finding the application of petals to floral wire somewhat confusing .I place 2 petals on wire, glue, make a loop. I read somewhere that you pinch base of petals, although that is not in these instructions .Are there only 2 petals on each wire?
Hi Jane, yes the downloadable instructions do mention pinching the petals in step 5 (sometimes the download instructions contain a few extra details– a bonus for members). There are 2 petals per wire.
Hello,
I’m a little confused as to how small the squares need to be. When you use the template to cut the tissue paper, is it suppose to have all four petals after you cut it? I’m only get two petals…
Hi Sofia, I just uploaded a template with a better explanation of the cutting. You should get a flower with 4 petals when you’re done– don’t cut along the bottom of the folds, that’s what will keep all 4 petals in tact.
Thank-you! This helps a lot!
How do you keep from having a glob of glue that shows in the center of each petal?
I really don’t use much glue on my tissue projects, so try starting with just a small dab and go from there!
Hi Lia, can i make this Hydrangeas with crepe paper instead?
So sad that they don’t sell Italian crepe paper here in Singapore and Indonesia. My crepe paper quality is not as good as yours 🙁
Anyway, love your works! can i share my paper flowers with you? 🙂
Hi! This pattern won’t work well with crepe paper because of the direction of the grain. You can certainly try a few petals to see if you like how it looks! Some day I’ll work on this myself 🙂
So very pretty — but disappointed that in order to get the pattern I need to buy your tissue paper. However, I went to another tutorial and will use the template you provided there.
Hi Marie, the template for the tissue paper hydrangea is now available on the site 🙂
I could not find a template for this??????
Sorry about that, it’s there now!
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