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Announcing the Winners of the Paper Cut Florals Design Challenge

Cut Flowers – Floral Collage design by Heather Dutton is the winner of this week’s Design Challenge

The flowers must have been in full bloom this week for designer Heather Dutton, who took first place with her colorful paper-cut floral design! While we’d love to send her a bouquet of fresh flowers, Heather will be receiving the grand-prize of $200 in Spoonflower credit. The 2nd place winner, Rocsanne Putri will receive $100 in Spoondollars. The 3rd place winner, Jody Mcmullen will receive $50 in Spoondollars. The rest of the top 10 winners will receive $20 in Spoonflower credit. See all the top 10 winners. 

1. 266 votes for Cut Flowers – Floral Collage by heatherdutton
2. 251 votes for Spoonflower_PaperCut_RocsannePutri by rocsanne_putri
3. 240 votes for Paper Florals by jody_mcmullen
4. 238 votes for Paper Meadow by mariaspeyer
5. 222 votes for Purple Paper Anemone Collage by micklyn
6. 220 votes for cutflower_poppy by torysevas
7. 217 votes for Spring Paper-Cut Bouquet by cherishedminky
8. 216 votes for paper florals by marta_strausa
9. 201 votes for Matisse’s Garden by gracedesign
10. 198 votes for ranunculas by wingmade
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Digital Download Day: Simple, Soft and Lovely

Digital downlodWe're back with more Earth Month freebies inspired by Mother Nature! Betsy Petersen is a talented illustrator out of Houston, Texas who specializes in whimsical family portraits which she paints and sells out of her Etsy shop. We were giddy with excitement when this year she opened up a storefront in the Spoonflower Marketplace (BetsyMadeShop). She was kind enough to stop by the blog today to share some beautiful Earth-month leaves and florals with us, which are free to download and use for personal projects!

How does it work? Just click on the hyperlinked text below to download the high-res version of all three of these designs. Once you've downloaded, you can edit the designs using the graphics software of your choice, then upload them right to your Spoonflower account to purchase on fabric, wallpaper or gift wrap. Alter them to match your home décor, change the scale, or whatever you fancy. Please respect the artist's copyright– these designs are meant for personal use only!  

Free to download Pink Peonies seamlessly repeating pattern by Betsy Petersen

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD PEONIES BY BETSY PETERSEN 

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How to Make a Jumbo Paper Flower Backdrop with Lia Griffith

Jumbo paper flowers

This jumbo paper flower wedding backdrop is an eye-catching wall covering for your wedding celebration. Use it as a backdrop to your wedding photographs, to frame your top table, or to decorate the entrance of your wedding venue! It is a simple flower to make despite it’s size! The trick is to use our jumbo flower pattern printed on Smooth Wallpaper from Spoonflower. Each roll comes with two flowers on it, so all you need to do is cut out the pattern and assemble each flower by following the simple video tutorial below by Lia Griffith.

Each flower petal has a delicate watercolor wash on it to easily blend in with any wedding colors. The paper is durable so it is easy to work with and will last you for years should you want to re-house your backdrop at home!

MATERIALS YOU’LL NEED:

  •  sharp pair of scissors
  • a low temperature glue gun
  • a length of cord to hang your flowers

Jumbo paper flowers

We would love to see pictures of your handcrafted wedding projects so please do tag @liagriffith across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or use #Spoonflower and we will share our faves! Enjoy!