Make paper daffodils for spring

METHOD: Paper Daffodils

• Connect the Cricut Explore to your computer and log on to your Design Space account. Select ‘Home Decor’ from the categories menu and locate the ‘Daffodil Flowers’ project.

• The project will create five daffodil flowers and a bow to embellish the vase they are put into. To create the project as designed, click ‘Make it Now’. To resize the project, click ‘Customise’.

• Resize the images as required by first highlighting the image and then dragging the corner point. The size appears in a black text box as the image is altered.

• Cut the image from various shades of yellow and teal cardstock as shown by the 'cutting mat' colour on the cutting screens. TOP TIP: Use the scraper tool to apply the cardstock to the cutting mat to ensure good contact and no air bubbles. Use the spatula tool to carefully remove the cut images, minimising damage to both the image and the cutting mat

• Carefully glue the daffodils together. Each flower comprises an inner circle of stamens (dark yellow cardstock) surrounded by a cylindrical fluted shape (light yellow) and an outer three petal flower (dark yellow).

• Wrap teal washi tape around skewers, then glue the flowers onto them. Place the flowers in a vase and embellish with the assembled bow.