Paper Cupcake Liner Carnation Flower Tutorial

Making these carnation flowers from paper cupcake liners is super easy and here's how:

Supplies: paper cupcake liners, scissors, tiny attacher or small stapler, Aleene's Easy Flow Glue

You will need 7 regular sized paper cupcake liners for each flower. I used Martha Stewart pastel plaids for this tutorial... purple, pink, and yellow. Each flower will be approx. 2 inches in diameter and approx. 1/2 to 3/4 inch tall. You can always trim it to make it smaller.

For 5 of the liners, do exactly the same thing. Cut once into liner side from top to bottom and cut the flat bottom out. You will need to save 1 flat bottom to use later.

Gather the strip into accordion pleats so that it's about 1 inch wide total.

Staple using Tiny Attacher, 1/2 inch from bottom and cut off bottom excess, keeping the tops.

Take 1 of the bottom rounds you cut out and trim about 1/4 inch off all the way around.

Glue each section onto the round. Overlap all 5 until the last and then tuck in under the first one. I use Aleene's Easy Flow Glue. It is thin bodied and it will allow you to move cardstock into place for about 5 seconds and will not wrinkle cardstock and designer papers. The cupcake liner is a super thin paper and it will most likely be wrinkled on the back of the round and that is okay... no one will see the back.

For the center of the carnation, take the remaining 2 liners one at a time and squeeze in the sides lightly and then gather it all into a tight bunch.

Holding the bunched liner tightly at the open end and do not let go, cut off approx 1 inch of the bottom. It will leave about 1/2 inch of the top in your fingers.

Cover the cut end with Aleene's Easy Flow Glue and press into one side of the center of the flat round you made.

Repeat process with the last cupcake liner and press it into the other side of the center.

Squeeze up the carnation towards the center so that the glue will attach well. Then spread back down into a carnation shape and fluff out the center. If anything is sticking out too far, just snip it off. You can lightly ink edges if desired. Once it is completely dry, you can spray with Perfect Pearls or Smooch.

Thanks for looking and I hope you make many flowers!