Make your own gift card with handmade paper flowers
Whether for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, farewells, or any other occasion: If you want to surprise your loved ones with something very special, why not give them a beautiful card with paper flowers, made by yourself! With their handmade paper flowers, these unique cards come with a wow effect that the lucky recipients will enjoy for a long time. Simply choose paper in your favourite colours for the enchanting self-made flowers – everything allowed! – and you’re ready to go. The detailed instructions for creating 3D flower cards can be found here
Material
- Light-coloured cardboard – approx. 200-300 g/sm
- Coloured paper – approx. 120-180 g/sm
- Templates for paper flowers
- Templates for leaves
- Wooden skewers
- Craft glue
- Wire
- Floristry ribbon
- Adhesive tape
Tools
- DAHLE 507 rotary trimmer
- Creative set DAHLE 980
- Paper scissors
- Cutter
- Cutting mat
- Motif punch
- Cutting ruler
Print template
Print out the templates you want to use for paper flowers and leaves. You can print them directly onto your coloured paper or transfer them. Cut out two to four blossoms per flower. You can cut out leaves and branches as you wish. Use a cutter knife for tricky parts.
Gluing and fastening
Glue the individual flower parts together. Punch out the flower stamp with a punch and glue all parts together.
Wrap floristry tape around a piece of wire and stick the flower to it by using adhesive tape. If you want to use leaves, attach them to your stick with the floristry tape, too.
Cutting the card
Cut your card to A5 size and fold it in half by using the folding head of the Creative set.
Use a cutter to cut two slits into the front of your card and insert the flowers and leaves. You can use a cutting ruler for perfectly straight cuts.
Use the deckle-cut head of the Creative set to cut a piece of paper (measuring approx. 2 x 5 cm) with a special edge. Label it with nice words or wishes and stick it to the front of your card.
