Supplies
- Cardboard project board (found at craft store or office supply stores. I’m using a 3×4 ft one but I believe there are some bigger options if you want to go for a larger look)
- Pink spray paint
( or your preferred color). You can leave the board white if you like it that way or if you are planning to completely cover it in flowers, which would be way cool!
- Fabric strips (optional) in a variety of textures. I used some lace ribbon, tulle, pearl strands, and cut up fabric pieces for my backdrop.
- Paper flowers as many or as little as you want I started out with 3 large, 3 medium and 4 small. (you can download templates & tutorials to make paper flowers here)
- Silk Flowers
like hydrangeas (this is optional, but I decided to use some silk flowers as filters for spaces between my paper flowers
- Glue Gun
( or your preferred color). You can leave the board white if you like it that way or if you are planning to completely cover it in flowers, which would be way cool!
like hydrangeas (this is optional, but I decided to use some silk flowers as filters for spaces between my paper flowersStep 1
Step 2
Step 3
Start gluing on your fabric strips. Again try to make sure you cut them long enough to have the top glued to the back side and hanging all the way down the front.
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
This is where the silk flowers come in handy. Begin to fill in some of the spaces with your silk flowers and smaller paper flowers, like the Scarlet rose.
Step 7
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Pinky says
January 7, 2017 at 6:15 pmHow do you keep the cardboard standing?
Abigail Gillespie says
January 7, 2017 at 10:30 pmI use a cardboard project board that is tri-fold so it stand on its own. And some of the pictures I have it fully opened with a chair behind to keep it upright. 🙂
Evelyn Cardona says
February 7, 2018 at 11:38 amBeautiful! The site for the template is not working. Thank you for sharing!
Abbi says
February 18, 2018 at 1:34 pmThank you! The link is working okay for me. Here is the site for the templates. http://catchingcolorflies.com/ 🙂
Sharon moore says
February 28, 2018 at 8:50 pmAny suggestions on what to use to create a larger backdrop? Maybe 6×6 or larger
Abbi says
March 5, 2018 at 1:56 pmYou could use larger foam boards like foam insulation boards from hardware stores to attach the flowers too. 🙂
M. Rodríguez says
June 27, 2018 at 9:23 amJust using glue from the glue gun holds the biggest flowers onto the fabric ? They dont come off ?
Abbi says
June 27, 2018 at 9:59 amYes, because the strips of fabric I was using with sheer/lace and the glue went through to the board to connect.
Lainey Hays says
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