Easter wreath
Today I will show you how you can make a ScanNCut papercraft Easter or spring wreath. You can place the wreath in the window, on the wall, on a door (inside the house) or, of course, give it as a beautiful gift.
Materials
- Washi tape
- Wreath made of real (or artificial) branches, mine is about 40 cm in diameter
- For the decorated eggs:
- Balsa wood (max. 3 mm thick)
- Vinyl foil in white
- Transfer film - For the flowers and leaves:
- Construction paper in white, yellow, orange, pastel pink and green - Decoration (feathers, small wooden or real, blown out quail eggs etc)
- Cutting files (download below)
Equipment
- ScanNCut DX (CM series will not be suitable to cut balsa wood thicker than 1.5 mm)
- ScanNCut standard cutting mat
- ScanNCut low tack cutting mat
- ScanNCut automatic blade
- ScanNCut vinyl blade
- ScanNCut spatula and hook (weeding tools)
- Squeegee
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Optional: cutting mat
- Optional: small ruler/blunt knife
How to
Step 1: Cut the balsa wood eggs with vinyl embellishments
Step 1A
Attach the balsa wood sheet to the ScanNCut standard cutting mat and fix it with washi tape.
Step 1B
Open the eggs pattern (A) on your ScanNCut (download the free cutting patterns using the download button in the materials list).
Step 1C
Scan the balsa sheet using your ScanNCut’s scanning function. Make sure the eggs pattern is lined up with the balsa sheet. Adjust using your ScanNCut’s in-built functions as necessary.Step 1D
Run a test cut to ensure your ScanNCut can cleanly cut the balsa wood. Make sure the test cutting pattern doesn’t overlap the eggs cutting pattern. Adjust your ScanNCut blade settings as required.
Step 1E
Cut the eggs from the balsa wood.
Step 1F
Place the vinyl foil paper-side down on the ScanNCut low tack mat. Change the standard cutting blade for the vinyl cutting blade following your machine’s instructions. Choose the ‘half cut’ option in the ScanNCut settings.
Step 1G
Open the ‘egg sticker’ cutting patterns (B) on your ScanNCut and cut the embellishments for your eggs from the vinyl.Step 1H
Once the ScanNCut has stopped cutting the vinyl, remove the mat from the machine. Carefully weed the vinyl foil with the hook.
Step 1I
Remove the backing paper from the transfer film and use the film to pick up the vinyl foil. Use the ScanNCut squeegee tool to make sure there are no bubbles or wrinkles. Then carefully remove the backing paper of the vinyl foil.
Step 1J
Place the vinyl motif in the middle of a wooden egg and smooth it out. The transfer film can then be removed carefully.
Step 2: cut the paper flowers and leaves
Step 2A
Attach the pieces of different coloured craft paper to the ScanNCut cutting mat.
Step 2B
Open the ‘flowers and leaves’ cutting pattern (C). Scan the cutting mat so you can see where to place the flowers and leaves to get the colours right. The paper colours/cutting patterns should align as below:
- Daffodils: petals white, cup yellow, centre orange
- Crocuses: petals white, centre yellow
- Cherry blossoms: petals white, scalloped discus pink or white, spiral pink
- Leaves: green
Step 2C
Replace the vinyl cutting blade with the standard cutting blade. Cut the leaves and flowers.Tip: you can cut these flowers and leaves in different sizes to the free cutting pattern. Use your ScanNCut’s in-built editing functions to change the size. Make sure you scale all elements accordingly, so they still fit together.
Step 2D
The petals of the daffodils can be scored on a surface (like a cutting mat) using the tip of the ScanNCut touch pen. You could also use a blunt knife, ruler or other instrument.
Step 2E
Before assembling the flowers, bend/round all flower petals, and the leaves. Use the ScanNCut touch pen, the spatula handle or a pencil. Pull the tool outwards underneath the petal or leaf. Smaller elements like the cherry blossom or its discus can be rounded within the palm of the hand with the touch pen.
Step 3: assemble the flowers
Step 3A: daffodils
Take two of the white, three petalled white flowers and glue two one on top of the other. Make sure the petals overlap each other, but are not fully on top of each other. Then form the yellow ‘centre’ into a cone and glue. Glue the yellow cone into the centre of the petals. Roll up the orange stamens and glue into the centre of the yellow cone.
Step 3B: crocuses
Roll up the yellow center. Apply glue to the underside of the petals, glue yellow centre to one side and roll up.
Step 3C: cherry blossoms
Glue the pink stamens to the centre of the petals. Roll up the spiral and glue into the centre of the cherry blossom.
Step 4: assembling the wreath
Step 4A
First attach the larger flowers (daffodils) to the wreath with hot glue, then the decorated eggs.
Step 4B
Once the glue has dried, glue all the other flowers onto the wreath.Step 4C
Finally glue the green leaves and other decorations such as feathers and small eggs.
I wish you a lot of joy and fun cutting and crafting and a happy Easter!
I can’t wait to see what you make! Remember to tag in Brother on Instagram and Facebook, and myself too!
