The succulent craze has hit my household big time. I made this 3D papercraft bouquet of succulent "flowers" as a Happy Birthday card for my daughter.
Construction isn't difficult, but somewhat time consuming.
All of the paper succulents start the same way: cut the pieces, sponge on some ink, and curl the edges of the petals a little bit.
Be generous with color. Layer on greens and browns and highlight with red or white.White adds tremendous depth.
The circular flower-like succulents are made by stacking the layers.
--Cut two sets of petal rounds for each "bloom". Stack them to your liking. You won't need every piece, and after gluing the stack use spare petals to fill in bare spots.
--Roll the smallest layer into a loose cone for the center.
--Using dimensional glue dots (foam) to adhere the bigger layers bulks up the succulent.
The blue and the beige sprigs are a pain. I glued them painstakingly, leaf by leaf, on a toothpick (beige) and small tube of paper (blue). I'm sure there's a better way to make these.
I glued the succulents to a 3" diameter styrofoam ball that I had covered with strips of wood grain paper to look like a basket. The foot of the planter is a snap-together curtain grommet (left over from another crafty project) wrapped with the same paper strips. After the large pieces were secure, I went back around and filled in empty spots with spare leaves.
Click to download file set: Silhouette Studio, PDF, SVG (how to use my SVG files in Cricut Design Space). Files download for free. A huge thank you to the many readers who support my site with a small contribution when downloading. Pay what you wish for the tutorial and to support this site. Suggested contribution for this project is $2.00.
Construction isn't difficult, but somewhat time consuming.
All of the paper succulents start the same way: cut the pieces, sponge on some ink, and curl the edges of the petals a little bit.
Be generous with color. Layer on greens and browns and highlight with red or white.White adds tremendous depth.
The circular flower-like succulents are made by stacking the layers.
--Cut two sets of petal rounds for each "bloom". Stack them to your liking. You won't need every piece, and after gluing the stack use spare petals to fill in bare spots.
--Roll the smallest layer into a loose cone for the center.
--Using dimensional glue dots (foam) to adhere the bigger layers bulks up the succulent.
The purple trailing plant, which starts as a long strip with leaves on both side, is wrapped around thick floral wire or a skewer or toothpick or whatever you have. Fill in bare spots with extra leaves.
The blue and the beige sprigs are a pain. I glued them painstakingly, leaf by leaf, on a toothpick (beige) and small tube of paper (blue). I'm sure there's a better way to make these.
I glued the succulents to a 3" diameter styrofoam ball that I had covered with strips of wood grain paper to look like a basket. The foot of the planter is a snap-together curtain grommet (left over from another crafty project) wrapped with the same paper strips. After the large pieces were secure, I went back around and filled in empty spots with spare leaves.
Click to download file set: Silhouette Studio, PDF, SVG (how to use my SVG files in Cricut Design Space). Files download for free. A huge thank you to the many readers who support my site with a small contribution when downloading. Pay what you wish for the tutorial and to support this site. Suggested contribution for this project is $2.00.