Paper flower art projects are very popular right now! And framed flower art makes beautiful decor. With many flower styles and colors to choose from, it’s a project favorite.
Do something creative every day is a quote that I love to live by. It is a reminder to let out your inner artist, to be crafty and use our imagination to create something new or different each and every day.
This project does take time to make between the cutting and rolling to assembly. The smaller your flowers, the more you’ll need to cut to fill the shadow box. You can add as many flowers to your shadow box as you’d like. And create as full of a background as you want.
For this project, I used 16 paper flowers. You can see some of the background and space between them. I like the size of these flowers. The larger the flower, the better you can see the layers of the flowers. The smaller the flower, the more you’ll need to fill out the frame.
The flowers for this project measure 7.75″ x 7.21″ flat (cutting size) and 1 1/2″-2″ in diameter (rolled & glued).
I’m all for a quick project that makes a big impact. In this case, to speed up the process as much as we can, I’ll be using multiple cutting mats. The more mats you have to cut on, the faster and easier this will be.
Materials you’ll need
- Shadow box frame 8″ x 8″
- 17 Cardstock paper sheets 8.5″ x 11″ (4 light purple, 4 medium purple, 4 medium-dark, 4 dark purple, 1 black for the background)
- Quilling tool
- Adhesive vinyl – white
- Transfer tape
- Cutting machine
- Cutting mats – 1 light grip & 1 standard grip
- Masking tape
- Hot glue gun & glue sticks
Gather the materials and let’s get crafting.
Instructions
In Cricut Design Space customize my Do Something Creative Every Day project. I added a note with instructions if you choose to change the font of the quote. Enjoy.
We are going to cut the paper first, then the adhesive vinyl after. Though you can choose to cut this project in any order that you’d like.
If you have multiple light grip cutting mats, load them up with the cardstock paper ahead of time. If you are working with one mat, load up the cardstock after each cut.
I used four shades of purple. 4 flowers are light purple, 4 medium purple, 4 medium-dark and 4 dark purple.
We are going to use 16 sheets for flowers and one (8″ x 8″) square for the background.
Creating our 3D flowers
Now that we have all the paper cut, we can roll and glue our flowers. Heat up your glue gun.
Grab your quilling tool or tweezers. I prefer a quilling tool, it feels more comfortable to me. But use either tool you’d like.
Insert the end of the paper cut flower (opposite end of the circle) into the quilling tool. Tightly start rolling the cardstock and watch the flower come to form. When you reach the circle at the end, remove the quilling tool or tweezers.
Grab the glue gun and put a glob in the middle of the circle. Press the circle against the bottom of the flower and hold until it dries, about 5-10 seconds. Repeat with the remaining flowers.
Glue the flowers to the background cardstock.
Grab your square cardstock that we are using as the background. Lay out your flowers in the ombre pattern on top of the cardstock. 4 rows of four flowers. This way you know how it will fit into the frame before you start gluing.
Once your happy with the layout, individually glue each flower down. Put glue on the back of a flower and press the flower down.
Cutting our quote out of adhesive vinyl
Now let’s cut the quote out of the adhesive vinyl. Back to the cutting machine we go to cut our Vinyl quote/design. This design will go directly on the outside of the glass.
Load a 8×8 sheet of adhesive vinyl onto a standard mat. Tape it down with masking tape to secure it to the mat. Load your mat and cut using the vinyl settings on your Cricut machine.
Once cut, remove the vinyl from the mat. Peel off the vinyl leaving your design intact. Weed the vinyl as necessary and cover with the transfer tape. Use a scraper to press the tape down against the vinyl. Slowly lift the tape up. Be sure the design is sticking to the tape, not to the vinyl background paper.
Remove the design and center the design on the glass as best as possible. There is two ways to place the design on the glass. One is while it’s in the frame. Second is by removing the glass and laying it on a flat surface. Press firmly but carefully to secure the vinyl against the glass. Slowly remove the transfer tape.
Assemble your shadow box framed art
If you removed the glass from the frame, reinsert it. Now, with your frame laying face down, carefully add the flower background (flower fronts against the glass). Add the backing of the shadow box and close. Now your paper flower art is complete.
If you created this art project, I would love to see how it turned out. Feel free to share with me on my social media. @EmjaybeeDesign #EmjaybeeDesign
Here’s to craft projects that inspire you to break out your creative and crafty side while making life beautiful!
♥ Megan
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