Crepe Paper Orchid - Cattleya
In this tutorial you are going to create a simple and beautiful paper Cattleya Orchid that can be used as a decor piece, a cake topper or as a hairpiece, you decide. Cattleyas are usually big, colorful and showy orchids. My color choice for this tutorial was a cheerful yellow one with big bold red lips.
If you make this flower, please take a picture and post it on Instagram. Make sure to tag, @cartefinicrepepaper and I @floresdaannita, so we can appreciate your work. I hope you like it and have some fun!
Materials & Tools
Instructions
Column
Cut a 7 inch piece of floral wire and fold the tip like a hook. Cut a strip of yellow crepe paper, stretch a little, apply glue and start wrapping the paper around the hook. What you are going to do here is a big cotton swab shape.
You can add a little bit of color to the column with an alcohol marker if you like.
Lips
Petals and Sepals
Finishing
If you make more than one, attach the flowers as shown on the picture and add a longer piece of wire if you want to.
Congrats!
Now that you have a beautiful paper orchid, try it with other color combos! You can also make the same flower but laminating two sheets of paper together beforehand so it looks more realistic.
If you desire to share your flower on social media, please don't forget to mention and tag the artist and author of this tutorial. I would love to see the wonderful blooms made by you!
Thanks,
Anna - @floresdaannita
Hi Doris! Thank you! :)
Thank you, Anna, for a very instructive tutorial. Will definitely try to make one. Doris
What beautiful work Anna,thank you so much for sharing! Any chance you can clarify sizing measurements? I would very much like to try some myself but can’t spare the paper making mistakes to find out on my own. Any help you can give will be most appreciated! I believe I understand the construction but the correct template sizes elude me. Thank you again Anna,your work is lovely!
Anna
May 06, 2020
Hi Cerise, thank you! :)
Here are the measurements:
LIPS = 3 inches/8cm tall X 2 1/2 inches/6cm wide
PETALS = 4 1/2 inches/11,5cm tall X 2 inches/5cm wide
SEPALS = 4 3/4 inches/9,5cm tall X 1 inch/2,5cm wide
Thanks!!