Crepe Paper Flowers : The Beginner's Guide to Making and Arranging Beautiful Blooms

With 30 projects and an introduction to both crafting paper flowers and working with crepe paper, this book is full of inspiration and expert advice for beginners. If you have a Cricut Maker, you can download the templates to your machine so you can enjoy your own homemade bouquets in no time. Crepe paper is the best material for creating paper flowers, especially for beginners. It's forgiving and malleable--easy to cut, bend, curl, and shape into peony petals, daffodil trumpets, chrysanthemum blooms, and more. And if you have a Cricut Maker, you can easily cut out the shapes from templates you download for free on Lia Griffith's website using a code. Then, follow instructions for crafting the flowers to arrange and display in vases and pots and as bouquets and wreaths. "The ultimate beginner's guide to crafting crepe paper into impressive arrangements, bouquets, garlands, plants and more. The delicate paper normally used for party decor is actually the best material for crafting lifelike blooms. It's forgiving and malleable--easy to cut, curl, and shape. Crepe Paper Flowers walks you through the complete process: you'll learn how to shop for quality paper, cut and smooth out the pieces, gather the petals into blooms, and display your stems any way you with. With twenty-one flower projects, organized alphabetically from Anemone to Wild Rose, and clear-cut instructions and photographs for assembling flowers for weddings, proms, parties, and holidays, this book will help you master the art of flower making and arranging."--Backcover.