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September 3, 2011

3D Curled Flower- Free SVG

Effective Spet 30, 2011 - This item is no longer available as a freebie. Please visit My Etsy Shop, where you will find it available in a 3D Curling Flower Kit. Thanks! :0)

Hi, again!
Here's a little Saturday freebie for you! :0) I have been playing around with this file for quite some time, and I finally am happy with it. I have seen many versions of curled 3D flowers, recently, and here's mine, inspired by the Spellbinders dies. (I love my Spellbinders, but sometimes it's nice to pull out the cutting machine and cut....especially for bulk quantities of things like this!)
3D Curled Flower SVG
This is part of the 3D Curled Flowers SVG Collection
These SVG files are no longer available for free.
Please visit my SVG's for Sale Page located at the top of this blog.


The file includes an instruction diagram with simple instructions and glue suggestions on one sheet. It looks like this
(Click Image to Enlarge)

If you cut the file as it is sized for the SVG in the download it will create the size finished flower shown above in my photo. If you shrink the SVG down a little, you could have a smaller flower...of course, you can make it larger, too!

To create the flower, start at the outside piece, marked in the photo, and roll the paper onto itself. When rolling it, try to keep the straight edge lined up as you go along.
You can use tweezers, a stylus, a pen.....or anything similar, to help you roll the paper, if you choose. You may also add glitter, ink the edges or curl the edges, ....either before or after rolling the paper, to add some variation. You could also run the svg cut through an embossing folder before rolling it (I like to use my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder on flowers...so pretty!) So many things you can do with this!

Once your paper is rolled, let the paper "log" loosen up a bit, so it has the appearance of the above photo, or similar, to your liking. Add a small drop of glue to the end of the roll, and adhere it to the back side of the petal it is up against. TIP: You may want to use a small drop of clear-drying glue in the center of the flower when you start the rolling, as well. This may help keep the flowers shape better. I did not do that for the pictured flower, but for a tighter layered flower, I definitely would have.

Have fun! Please let me know if you have any questions about my instructions! I'm going to work on a few more petal designs for this, so check back to my blog later for that, and for other freebies! :0)

22 comments:

  1. Thank you SO much. I can hardly wait to try this :)

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  2. This is AWESOME Cheryl. Thanks so much. I love love love flowers. :)

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  3. Fabulous! Thanks for sharing. I'm sure I will be using it a lot.

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  4. It's BEAUTIFUL!!! I've seen these but dare not go there....just didn't think I could do it. I've download your wonderful freebie and will try later today. PS. I received my Spider in Web punch from Amazon today. Yippee!!!

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  5. Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave in the Cutting category today [04 Sep 01:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria

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  6. I love these rolled flowers. Your file really will make it easy to get a good result. Thank you so much for sharing this.

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  7. This is a really different shape for a rolled flower. I like the extra depth of it. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. thanks, Cheryl...this is so pretty!

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  9. many thanks for this freebie Cheryl, so looking forward to having a go at this one

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  10. Oh I LOVE this one, Thank You!!! *Hugs*

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  11. This one is prettier than the ones I have seen in svg - thank you sooo much!!

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  12. Great flower, I love how it looks so real. I downloaded it and made one with in a minute, I think anyway <3 its great!!!
    Katie
    KtsAngels.blogspot.com

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  13. Thanks so much for this.........it is lovely!

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  14. Great idea! I played around with a jagged edge spiral flower a few months ago but could never get it to work. I love the way you made this. Will have to try it soon :)

    Jani
    paper compulsions

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  15. Thanks so much for this file. I've been wanting to try that rolled flower forever! And your file is the prettiest I've seen

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  16. Thanks so much for this cut file.I've wanted to try this type flower for forever! And yours is the prettiest one I'VE SEEN. Thank you so very much.

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  17. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've been searching high and low for a file just like this!!! Love it!!!!

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  18. Thank you for this file. I am quite new to Cricut, saw these flowers at Cathy Edgars site, so am going to try them. Thanks so much for being so generous with sharing. Will report back. Warm wishes from South Africa.

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  19. Ursula - I'm so glad you like the file! I made sure to thank Cathy for sending you! I do hope you'll return again to my site. :0) Happy Crafting!

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I read and enjoy every one of your comments! Thank you so much!