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How to Make Paper Flowers That Instantly Elevate Your Cards

February 19, 20262 min read

Paper flowers are one of the easiest ways to make a handmade card look instantly more elegant. In this post, I’m showing you how I ink, shape, and assemble layered die-cut flowers to create soft, realistic dimension - perfect for weddings, baby showers, milestones, and any card you want to feel extra special.

🌸 Product & Supply List

🌿 The Poet’s Garden Collection by Susan Tierney

🌼 Wild Violets
🌺 Single & Double Peonies
🌸 Clematis
🌱 Love Is a Mist
✒️ Poet’s Garden Sentiments Press + Foil Plate & Die Set

📄 Cardstock

📃 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80#

🧵 Embossing Folders

💗 Puffy Hearts Embossing Folder
Tiny Dots Embossing Folder
🏛️ Perfect Touch Arches Etched Dies

🖼️ Background Dies

🌿 Spotlight Frames & Florals Collection
Essential Modern Ovals Etched Dies

🎨 Altenew Ink Collections

💕 Bubble Gum Dreams

Baby Pink
Fuchsia
Magenta
Jazzberry

🍋 Citrus Punch

Lemon Ice
Mid Yellow
Lemonade Stand
Raw Amber

🌲 Whispering Woodland

Limeade
Lime
Fresh Leaf
Reindeer Moss

🌿 Green Fields

Frayed Leaf
Forest Glades
Evergreen
Jet Black

💙 Blue Mountains

Water Hyacinth
Alpine Aster
Crystal Violet
Indigo Skies

🌊 Marine Life

Blueberry
Blue Horizon
Ride the Wave
Navy

🌸 Enchanted Garden

Wisteria
Hydrangea
Ultra Violet
Andromeda

🧰 Other Tools & Supplies

🖤 Tim Holtz Mixed Media Mat
🪡 Pimple Popper (shaping tool)
⚙️ Gina K Designs Die Cutting Machine
🧲 Altenew Sticky Mat (9x12)
🧊 Glassboard Studio Glass Mat
🧲 Glassboard Studio Magnets

🖌️ Blending Brushes

Altenew Large Flat Brushes
Altenew Mini Flat Brushes
Altenew Detail Brushes
Amazon Large Brushes
Amazon Small Brushes

✂️ Adhesives & Precision Tools

🧴 Bearly Arts Precision Glue
🔍 EK Tools Reverse Tweezers
🧩 Sizzix Sculpting Kit (tweezers, stylus, mat, scissors)
🗂️ Spellbinders Craft Stax Trays
💎 Pearl Embellishments
Foam Circle Dots
🧼 Glue Eraser Tool

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