DIY Easy Anemone Paper Flower

I love the Anemone flower, it is so simple and whimsical.

They come in all different colors in nature from pinks to purples to white. I made a rich purple one here for this tutorial but they are all beautiful.

I’ve made two different types of anemones in this tutorial.

For the first one, I chose to use tissue paper because it is the most inexpensive and has an airy feel similar to the real flower

The second one is made with my Cricut cutting machine and is better suited for cardstock.

Materials

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Tissue Paper – I started out with a pack of assorted colored tissues paper like this one from Amazon. I only used the pale pinks and neutrals but its fun to play with other color combos. Plus, the assorted packs have metallic pieces too which make for great accents.

Cardstock – I like to use medium weight cardstock with colored cores. Here are some of my favorite brands:

Assorted Starter Pack – Basic assorted colors, great starter pack, perfect weight for most papercraft projects
Cricut Joy Insert Card Packs – You don’t have to use these with the Cricut Joy, they are nice material kids for cardmaking.
Cardstock Warehouse Brand on Amazon – I love the quality of all the matte-colored cardstock with Cardstock Warehouse. It is my go-to brand for individual matte colors that I might need
Poptone Assorted Variety Pack – This is the perfect peppy assortment of colors of heavy cardstock. It’s a heavy cardstock assortment with colors I actually use frequently for cardmaking.
Seasonal Assorted Variety Pack – This is a slight variation on the Poptone assortment and has a quite few neutrals that complement almost any accent color.
Stardream Metallics Line – For paper crafts, the Stardream line is the go-to for a metallic shimmer finish. It is the perfect sheen to make any project pop. The core is also colored is which hard to find for metallic paper.

Floral wire – I used one similar to this one from Amazon.

Thick Green Masking Tape – I like this one from Amazon.

Glue – I like to use either a polymer based glue or a hot glue gun but anything will work here.

Template – Both Anemone templates are available in SVG and printable formats for free in my resource library.

How to Make a Tissue Paper Anemone

Step 1: Cut the petals using the template

Step 2: Bunch the base of each petal

Step 3: Tape the center piece to the end of the floral stem and wrap in concentric circles.

Step 4: Start with a 6 inch piece of floral tape and start taping the petals around the center in concentric circles.

Step 5: Make the base leave using the masking tape. This is the reason I prefer the thicker masking tape, so I can cut leave like shapes to cover the base of the flower.

Step 6: Rearrange petals for balance.