Paper Flower Peony: How to Make Paper Peonies Story

Paper Flower Peony: How to Make Paper Peonies

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Making peonies out of paper is super fun but takes some patience to perfect your skill. There are a couple of key things that can help make your paper peonies amazing.

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Let’ talk about paper first. In general, I almost always stick with 65 pound weighted cardstock (176 grams). With these peonies specifically I never go above 65 pound usually.

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Next, let’s discuss cutting options. You can hand cut these peonies or cut with a machine. Hand cutting will take more time but it is possible! I do recommend machine use though.

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Occasionally my readers and customers wonder if they can use a glue other then hot melt glue. The answer is you can, but I don’t recommend it.

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Tap the link below to see the full instructionS.

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