The theme for the March Silhouette challenge project is paper. As a scrapbooker, that is probably the medium that I am most comfortable with for any project. I contemplated many different projects for this challenge post but the decision was easily made when I learned of something going on in my class. His preschool teacher had surgery last week. I decided to make her some persimmon paper roses to cheer her up during her recovery.
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A few days before her surgery I asked her to tell me her favorite color. She was very specific about her favorite color being persimmon with green a close second. I was not sure about the persimmon color but she told me that it is kind of a deep orange color with a bit of pink. I went to the craft store and looked in their colored cardstock and there was a paper that was actually called persimmon! I grabbed a few sheets and then went over to the floral section to get some cloth stem wire. Next I chose some green marble accents to put in the bottom of the vase so I could arrange the bouquet. I used green marble accents but could have used any color because you can’t really see into the vase.
Supplies for 12 flower bouquet:
- 6 pieces of 8.5×11 colored cardstock
- 12 pieces of cloth stem wire
- 1/2 a bag of marble accents
- Silhouette Portrait
- Silhouette Portrait cutting mat
- wire cutters
- glue gun
- a coordinating vase
- ribbon for vase (optional)
- spray bottle with water (optional)
Directions:
1. Buy the 3D paper rose (Design #:11563) from the Silhouette online store. Import the file into Silhouette Studio and re-size the shape so two can fit on one 8.5×11 sheet of cardstock. Cut the file six times using all 6 pieces of 8.5×11 colored cardstock. The result is 12 flower shapes.
2. Heat up the glue gun.
3. Cut one piece of cloth stem wire to desired length. I used lengths of 9, 10 and 11 inches.
4. Add a small line of hot glue near the edge of the straight strip on the shape. The line is only about half the length of the paper strip so that the stem wire won’t show. Add the stem wire to the hot glue and fold it over to make the first turn in the rose.
6. (Optional) Spray the shape with water so that it will bend and curl easier. This is optional but I did do one or two roses without the water spray and they were much harder to do. Beware that some of the color may bleed onto your hands. I think my fingers will be persimmon for a day or two.
5. While holding the shape, turn the stem wire over and over again so that the paper wraps around it and the paper. When the last part of the shape has been folded around the wire, use the hot glue to secure it to the paper and to the stem. You will notice my fingers are the color of the paper in the photo below due to the color bleeding from the water spray.
You really have to play around with wrapping the rose. There were a few roses where I put hot glue on the paper as I went to hold the rose’s shape but the roses turned out very tightly wound. The looser roses are a result of me letting the paper relax a little bit before I glue down the end to the stem.
6. Repeat steps 3 through 5 for all the flowers.
7. Place marble accents in the bottom of the vase to form a base for the flowers to sit on.
8. Add the flowers to the vase and arrange them. I had to position them into the marble accents at the bottom of the vase to get them to stay. When I had the flowers where I wanted them, I added more marbles in between the flower stems and that helped hold my flowers in place.
9. (Optional) Hot blue the ribbon onto the vase.
Now you have a beautiful, maintenance free bouquet of flowers to give to a friend or loved one!
My son’s preschool teacher was overwhelmed when he gave these flowers to her. Seeing how much she appreciated them almost made me cry!
You can find more Silhouette projects for this month’s challenge below. Just click on any project in the collage below and you will be taken to the corresponding post!
1. McCall Manor // 2. The Turquoise Home // 3. Creative Savings // 4. Sandpaper and Glue // 5. The Thinking Closet // 6. Sowdering About in Seattle // 7. Persia Lou // 8. From Wine to Whine // 9. Dream a Little Bigger // 10. Please Excuse My Craftermath… // 11. Play. Party. Pin. // 12. Everyday Paper // 13. Practically Functional // 14. A Tossed Salad Life // 15. My Favorite Finds // 16. The House on Hillbrook // 17. Adventures in All Things Food // 18. A Glimpse Into Barb’s Life // 19. TitiCrafty // 20. The Experimental Home // 21. feto soap blog // 22. Creative Ramblings // 23. The Stamp Doc // 24. Ginger Snap Crafts // 25. Simply Kelly Designs // 26. Whats Next Ma // 27. unOriginal Mom // 28. Bringing Creativity 2 Life // 29. Cutesy Crafts // 30. My Paper Craze // 31. Create & Babble // 32. Grey Luster Girl // 33. The Sensory Emporium // 34. Lil’ Mrs. Tori // 35. Black and White Obsession // 36. Mama Sonshine // 37. Weekend Craft // 38. Creative Carnival // 39. Peace, Love and Joyce // 40. Tried & True // 41. The Frill of Life // 42. Dragonfly & Lily Pads // 43. Get Silvered // 44. Minted Strawberry
I hope my step by step tutorial was helpful and that you will make your own persimmon paper roses.
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Hi, I bought the supposed to be pattern. However when I open the file in the Silhouette studio, what’s opening is the image of the 3d rose.. not the pattern :/
Help please. Thanks
Hi. I ‘m not sure what the solution is in your situation. I suggest you contact Silhouette Support. Good luck!
Hello, Kelly. You sure are a pro at this, thumbs up. Unfortunately, getting all these art materials is difficult in my locality. Can any type of paper achieve this?
Hi Mary. I think you can make these flowers with any kind of paper. With less stiff paper you probably wouldn’t need to spray it with water. I used the card stock because I needed the persimmon color.
HI KELLY:
I WANT TO MAKE A VALENTINE WREATH WITH THIS PERSIMMON PAPER ROSE PATTERN, BUT I DON’T NEED THE STEM. JUST THE ROSE TO PUT DIRECTLY ON THE WREATH FORM. HOW CAN I DO THAT WITH YOUR PATTER?
THANK YOU!
Hi Batb. You can roll the flower with nothing on the inside and then adhere it to a wreath.
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Amazing!!! I thought they were real!!
Thank you Randi! The gardeners where I took the photos thought they were real too! 🙂
That is so sweet, Kelly 🙂 I can imagine the joy fills your heart everytime you look at your kids’ gift. I love handmade gift too!
This is so beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration – just perfect for spring and mother’s day!
You are welcome. I would love to receive these for Mother’s Day myself Helen! I have paper and fake flowers that I got from my kids last Mother’s Day on my desk. I look at them all the time.
These are so pretty! I love the color of the paper that you used!
Thank you for the nice comment and for stopping by Jessica!
Kelly,
I am looking forward to trying these. Yours turned out beautiful. Who ever received these is very fortunate. Thank you for sharing.your work it made me smile.
SC Buddy,
Karen Marie
Dragonfly & Lily Pads
Thank you for the wonderful comment Karen. We gave these to my son’s teacher who had surgery last week. She did love them!
These are beautiful! Just going to have to make some soon!! Great tutorial!
Thank you Terri! My son wants me to make him some flowers so I will be making more soon.
Love these! This is why I was stopping by this morning and I was deterred by your super cute St Patricks Day Shamrock flowers! I’m just going to have to live vicariously through you until I have a Silhouette one day too!
Thank you Wendi. The Silhouette is really fun to play with. So many possibilities. I hope you get one soon! Thanks for stopping by!
I am loving paper flowers right now so naturally I love this project!
Thank you. I didn’t realize paper flowers were such a big draw. This has been a very popular post!
Hi Kelly,
How sweet of you to make this beautiful bouquet for your son’s teacher. I’m sure she loved them! Thanks for the tip about spraying the paper with water to make it more pliable. I’m so glad that I’m part of this incredibly talented Silhouette Challenge group!
Peace, Love and Joy,
Joyce
Thank you Joyce! I have used the water trick on paper before but I have never had paper bleed so much. My hands were persimmon for a day or two!
These are lovely and your step by steps are so helpful.
Thank you Pam. I like doing the step by step because sometimes I don’t know how people got from point a to point b. Thanks for stopping by.
What a lovely project!!
Thank you Tanya!
Such pretty flowers! I can see what she is getting at… persimmon is a beautiful color!
I like persimmon too Laura! Too weeks ago I wouldn’t have been able to pick this color out of a lineup. Glad she likes such a pretty color!
Your flowers are so pretty. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Sara. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.
What a beautiful bouquet, so clever. I love that this lasts, as a nice gift should, and requires little care 🙂
Thank you Sarah. No maintenance is a good quality for a get well gift!
Very pretty! I haven’t tried any of the flower shapes yet. These are beautiful!
Thank you Nancy! I actually tried a lot of free flower cut files first but they were not as good as this one.
Your flowers are lovely Kelly! I wish I had the patience to make them.
Thank you Glenna! It did take a while to roll them but the end result was worth it! Thanks for stopping by.
Aww, how sweet! I’ve tried doing these rolled flowers before, but they did not turn out nearly so well…I love the tip to wet them down a bit, I’ll bet that I’ll be a flower-making fiend before long! TFS.
Don’t get discouraged Meredith! I practiced on a few of these before I used the persimmon paper. I think it is one of those things were you get better as you do more. The water really does help.