Zinnia Wildflower Arrangement

I recently made this crepe paper zinnia wildflower arrangement and want to share it with you! I entered it in our local 4th of July quilt & art show (mostly quilts) and won second place in the art competition based on attendee votes.

Here are a few detail shots. I’ll post my “recipe” and supplies at the end of the post.

I started with zinnias from a Lia Griffith zinnia template using the blush color and red centers, but I just kept making more and more zinnias. I went by photos I had taken in my zinnia garden mix last summer. These white/green zinnias turned out to be some of my favorites. The arrangement includes zinnias in blush pink, bright purple, orange, bright pink, and white.

For line elements, I used yellow wild poppies (another Lia Griffith template) and created these Mexican hat flowers on my own using my wildflowers outside as an example. I hope to share a tutorial or class for these Mexican hat flowers. I was a little obsessed with them in my wildflower patch and spent several hours re-creating them on a day I was supposed to be working! But they turned out to be the perfect fit in this arrangement, so it was time well spent.

I needed some quick greenery besides the zinnia leaves, so I put together these basil stems from Lia Griffith. Her template was perfect, but I used different crepe paper and PanPastel color.

I cut some of the leaves and petals for this arrangement by hand, but I cut most of the zinnia petals and leaves with my Silhouette Cameo 5. Check out my Lia Griffith Silhouette cutting machine course here.

Here’s a breakdown of the colors of crepe paper and shading media I used.

Zinnia Wildflower Arrangement Recipe:

• 10 zinnias – template by Lia Griffith
• 4 basil stems – template by Lia Griffith
• 5 zinnia leaf bunches – template by Lia Griffith
• 5 wild poppies – template by Lia Griffith
• 5 Mexican hat flowers – designed by me; I will link a template and/or tutorial once I create one that is shareable
• Black vase – from Walmart, approximately 5″ H x 6″ W with 4″ opening

Arrangement Supplies:

Zinnias –

• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Blush
• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Linen
• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Camellia
• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Mango
• Cartotecnica Rossi 60gsm #322 (purple)
• Cartotecnica Rossi 60gsm #306 (orange)
• Cartotecnica Rossi 60gsm #296 (yellow for mini center flowers)
• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Ruby (for centers)
• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Fern (for centers)
• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Cypress (for sepals and stem wrap)
• Lia Griffith Double Sided Ferns+Moss (for leaves)
• PanPastel #680.5, #250.5, #220.8, #430.5 and #270.8 for various shading on or under petals
• Prismacolor Premier PC938 (white) and PC989 (chartreuse) for zinnia leaf veins

Wild poppies –

• Lia Griffith Heavy Nectarine
• Lia Griffith Heavy Honeysuckle
• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Raspberry
• Cartotecnica Rossi 60gsm #265 (for stem wrap and leaves)

Mexican hat flowers –

• Cartotecnica Rossi 90gsm crepe paper #372
• Cartotecnica Rossi 60gsm crepe paper #264
• Lia Griffith Extra-Fine Espresso
• PanPastel #250.5

Basil –

• Cartotecnica Rossi 90gsm crepe paper #366
• PanPastel #640.3

Thanks for enjoying the details of this arrangement with me! Let me know if you have any questions!

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