Use your Cricut machine to create pretty paper lace. Then make this DIY Paper Lace Rainbow Flower Lampshade to add a pop of color to your home decor! This is a fun Cricut project that you can customize with your own favorite colors. I love creating the lace look with paper. There's no sewing and you can use a wide range of colors or patterned papers.
DIY Paper Lace Rainbow Flower Lampshade
This project takes a little bit of time to create the lace look. Go slow and don't add too much glue and you'll have a beautiful decor piece to enjoy all year long!
I started out with paper ribbons at the top and bottom of the lampshade with the intent of including them in the design. However, once I had all the flowers in place, I thought the shade looked prettier without the border pieces so I am suggesting you remove them too.
Materials
- Cricut Explore™ and Lampshade Make-it-now project
- Cricut Design Space™ software
- Printer
- Flower cut outs and heart accessories designed by Jen Goode
- 12″ x 12″ StandardGrip Cricut® mat
- Cardstock in a rainbow of colors
- Glue
- Toothpicks
- Lampshade
Instructions
- Cut 3-5 copies of the flower and heart shapes following onscreen instructions.
- Add a ribbon of paper around the top of the lampshade. Add a second ribbon of paper around the bottom of the lampshade. Do not adhere to the lampshade, these are guides that you will remove these when the project is fully assembled.
- Starting at the top of the shade, add flowers, applying glue to the edges and then layering. Repeat until you’ve covered the entire share. Use a toothpick to apply glue to small spaces. If you’d like the shade to be removable, make sure not to glue flowers to shade.
- Remove the ribbons of paper so the remaining design is all flower lace.
Tip: So removal is easier, do not over-glue the top and bottom pieces that touch the paper ribbon.
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I'd love to hear if you make this paper lace lampshade too. Did you use the same colors or did you change it up a little? Tell me about it!
I love tha lamp shade but why doesn’t it show with the band on the top and bottom?
Thank you! I used the bands just as a guide so I’d have somewhere to attach the flowers. The bands were removed after all the flowers were attached. You could keep the bands if you prefer.