Craft Shop: Crepe Paper, Papel Crepe, Crepe Paper Flowers Supplies on Blumchen.com

Blümchen's collection of top-quality crepe papers includes both single-ply and double-ply art crepe in a beautiful selection of colors. Our traditional, single-ply crepe paper folds are still produced in America in the old style with a fine, tight grain. And if you are looking for double-faced crepe paper, our Gloria double-sided, two-ply art crepe from Germany is perfect for making paper flowers or any decoration where a sturdier, stiffer crepe paper is desired.

What is Crepe Paper?

Crepe paper is the term for a decorative paper which has been finely crinkled, or "creped". Resembling - and named for - the French fabric crêpe, it is created from colored tissue paper which has been coated with sizing, then "creped" to create fine, even gathers.

High quality crepe paper such as our offerings have a nice, tight grain for a superior "stretch" so that it will retain its shape whether used for flower making, crafts projects, holiday ornaments, party room decorations or table favors.

• Crepe Paper Flowers Crafting Supplies

• Blümchen's Crepe Paper Craft Projects

• How To Make Double-Sided Crepe Paper

• Crafting Tips & Notes from our Artists

• Single-Ply Crepe Paper • Double-Ply Crepe Paper * • Crepe Streamers *

• Cut two pieces of evenly-sized crepe paper, making sure that the grain of the paper runs in the same direction on both pieces.
• Smaller pieces of crepe paper are easiest to work with. A standard-size piece of paper (8½" x 11") is about the largest size that is easy to handle without wrinkling the crepe paper.
• An Important Tip: Two thin-to-medium coats of spray glue are much better than one thick coat.

• Spray each piece of crepe paper twice, but let the crepe paper pieces "rest" about 15 seconds in between each spray coat. Make sure that you don't soak the paper with too much spray!
• Immediately after spraying both sheets, lay one sheet over the other, with the sprayed sides facing each other. Press down with your palm to smooth the crepe paper and to make sure both layers will be firmly bonded together.

It's Easy to Make Custom, 2-ply Crepe Paper in Solid or Contrasting Colors
Created from two pieces of single-ply crepe paper, this is a nice intermediate thickness
that falls just between our standard single ply and the Gloria double-sided crepe paper.
This medium weight crepe paper is an especially useful material when crafting flowers,
because the most realistic effects are achieved by mixing different plies to more closely
mimic the varying thicknesses of a flower's parts such as the petals, calyx and leaves.