I recently learned how to make paper flowers with my Cricut and now I want to share the step by step tutorial for these card stock flowers with you!

Have you ever wondered how people make the beautiful and intricate paper flowers you sometimes see on Pinterest or in Anthropologie windows, or whatever?! Well, as you know I love my Cricut and I wanted to try using it for something other than making t-shirts. I made a paper gift card wreath and needed some paper flowers to embellish it with. Once I got started making these paper flowers I couldn’t stop, so I made more colors so I could make a cake topper too!

The paper flowers are actually easy to make, but they can be time consuming, even with a Cricut. (I can’t imagine cutting everything by hand, although I know some people do this.) I recommend finding something awesome on Netflix while you go about this business. I am using poppies as the example for how to make these, but the process is going to be similar for most 3D paper flowers.

First things first!

Materials to make PAPER flowers:

Card Stock – make sure you have the petal colors you want plus black, white, yellow, and green for the pistils and leaves!
Quick Dry Tacky Glue
Cricut – I used my Cricut Explore Air 2
Cricut LightGrip Mat + Tool Kit

How to make FLOWERS out of card stock

In Cricut Design Space, go to images and in the search bar enter ‘flowers.’ Next, select filters and choose ‘3D objects.”

Another way is to search for a specific flower.

If you search for “Poppy” here’s what the search results look like. The one I used was the red 3D one in the far right corner. The ID number is #MA3E13. I also made Peonies which you can find by searching “peony.” The ID number for those is #MA3BFE.

Make paper flowers with card stock in Cricut design space!

The poppy I chose is included with Cricut Access subscription. If you don’t have Cricut Access I think it is around $1 or $2.

If you select the poppy on the right, this is what you will see on your design canvas. All of the elements of the paper flower come up on the canvas. I think that if you are making one paper flower at at time you can totally leave it like that.

How to Make Paper Poppies with Cricut Design Space

I decided that I wanted to make 3-5 flowers at a time, and I didn’t want to have to switch out the colors of my paper between each cut! So I went a different route and cut the petals all together, and then the pistils all together, and then the leaves all together. To do this, I chose ‘ungroup’ in the far right corner of the canvas. Then I deleted all of the layers except for the petals.

Next, I duplicated the petals so I had four sets of two.

Cut those, and they will come out on the mat like this:

I went back and repeated that step for the pistils (the black portion) and the green leaves as well. I didn’t bother with the little yellow part for these.

Whichever order you decide to cut the parts out in, here’s what to do next!

How to assemble and glue paper flowers

Attach the two flower petals together with Quick Dry Tacky Glue. Use your fingers to bend and roll the petals so that they are 3D like real flowers.

Next, roll the pistils up and bend them out as you go, again, so they resemble real flowers. Use tacky glue to attach it as you roll, and then hold it tight for 30 seconds while it dries. Then, use glue to attach the pistil to the center of the flower. They should look something like this:

See? It’s really pretty easy. It takes the Cricut a while to cut all of the little intricate parts of the flower, so plan accordingly and have something to do while you’re cutting! I was able to make 12 paper flowers in one afternoon.

SHOP THE MATERIALS YOU NEED HERE:

How to Make Paper Flowers with a Cricut

Make easy 3D paper flowers in a few minutes with a Cricut machine, card stock and glue!

Keyword cricut paper flowers, How to make paper flowers, Make paper flowers with cricut

10 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Author Pretty Providence

Cost $5

Equipment

Cricut Machine - Maker, Cricut Explore Air 2, or Cricut Joy
Cricut LightGrip Mat

Materials

Card Stock choose any color for petals, a green for leaves, and black for accents and pistils
Quick Dry Tacky Glue

Instructions

How to Design Paper Flowers in Cricut Design Space

In Cricut Design Space, go to Images. Search 'flower' and then under 'filters choose '3D objects.' You can also type the name of a specific flower into the search bar.
Select the flower you like the best. All of the elements of the paper flower will come up on the canvas.
Select the elements of the flower and duplicate them if you want to make more than one.
Size the flower designs to the how big you want them to be, and click 'make it!'

Cut Paper Flowers

Add the first color of card stock to a Light grip mat - the color that coordinates with the first canvas in line for cutting.
Press continue. Once your machine is connected and the correct tools are loaded, load the mat into the machine and click go.
After the first mat cuts, repeat this until all of the flower pieces are cut. Weed extra paper off of the mat and now it's time to assemble!

How to Assemble and Glue Paper Flowers

Attach the two flower petals together with Quick Dry Tacky Glue. Use your fingers to bend and roll the petals so that they are 3D like real flowers.
Next, roll the pistils up and bend them out as you go, again, so they resemble real flowers. Use tacky glue to attach it as you roll, and then hold it tight for 30 seconds while it dries. Then, use glue to attach the pistil to the center of the flower.
Repeat these steps and assemble all of the paper flowers in a similar fashion.

Video

Notes

Pro Tips:

Each paper flower is different, and it might take some trial and error to assemble them perfectly.

Cut extras and have fun with it!

If you like this, you should check out these Cricut tutorials too:

Easy Paper Flowers Cake Topper
Gift Card Wreath
How to Use Cricut Transfer Tape
How to Make a Custom T-Shirt with a Cricut
DIY Name Placemat