Homecoming Wrist Paper Corsage

 

Hello! I created this flower for my Freshman's date to their Homecoming Dance. I am a first time parent to go through this experience. My older son, who is now 18 years old, did not show interest in this school event until he was a Senior. And, when he finally attended, he went with his friends.

I looked through several images in Cricut as to which flower to make. My 7-year old helped choose the flower. Of course, we could not agree on the same flower but I was able to convince him to choose the flower I like which is a Ranunculus. I used the Ranunculus image from the 3D Floral Home Decor but ended up using a different image. After two tries, I couldn't get the 3D effect that I am aiming for. My flower is no way close to the flower in the cartridge manual.

After my first failed attempt, I studied some more on how to create this flower by watching videos and reading online instructions. What I find most helpful to me is this post by Lia Griffith. I looked through my images and tried to find the closest flower image to the flower cut Lia used in her corsage. I used a flower image from Close To My Heart-Art Philosophy. I cut 8 pieces of this flower in staggering sizes using a thin white linen cardstock. I cut 3 sets using my Cricut Explore. I was going for a flower with a touch of pink. I sprayed the die cut flowers with Prima Color Bloom Cotton Candy Spray Mist. I dried this with a heat gun. I curled the petals using the Cricut Weeding Tool. I also cut a circle using a 1.5" circle punch and sprayed the same color mist to this.

I pretty much followed the technique Lia Griffith used in her video on DIY Stunning Paper Ranunculus Flower to make the flowers, and followed her technique to create the Wrist Corsage using the photo instructions I mentioned earlier.

I am glad my son liked the end product. He was quite apprehensive with this paper flower idea. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.