An Online Tutorial Review: Poinsettia Flower by Petya Shmarova
Who is Petya Shmarova
Petya Shmarova is the creator of 4 wafer paper flower tutorial techniques known as Sicca, Plica, Vellis & MassaBlooms™. The author of two books Wafer Paper Flowers (2016) and the latest Wafer Paper Flowers – Next Level (2025), Petya is also an International teacher, demonstrator and judge.
She is on my list of teachers specializing in wafer paper that I follow on Instagram for her clear and structured foundation on wafer paper flowers. In addition to new innovations and physical classes updates on social media, there are online classes for individual flowers available from her website WaferPaperFlowers.com. My review here is on the Poinsettia 100% Wafer Paper, a flower tutorial, unsponsored and unbiased.
Poinsettia Tutorial Course Outline
Poinsettia 100% Wafer Paper is a tutorial of flower and leaves wholly made from wafer paper without any wires, gumpaste, styrofoam and etc.It
is a Video Tutorial lasting about 1 hour and 30 minutes on Youtube. Price at €29.99 for 6 months access.
What You Get In The Video
A close up on
- Two ways of coloring wafer paper; painting and dusting
- Free hand cutting petals and leaves
- Veining petals without using molds
- Assembling the flower and leaves
- Two ways of making the flower center
Coloring by dusting 
The other stamen for the flower center 
Coloring by painting followed by veining
Application of the Lesson
Following closely to the lesson except the coloring of wafer paper which I use Airbrush Technique, below is a Brownie Tower decorated in Christmas theme using Poinsettia. Further adding snowflakes to the decoration by using a snowflake paper punch and joining them to increasing the size.
Making snowflakes using 0.65mm wafer paper 
Assembling Poinsettia petals 
Completed Christmas themed Brownie Tower
My Biggest Takeaway Lesson
The biggest takeaway for me from this wafer paper flower tutorial is having confidence in freehand cutting of petals. Having relied on templates all this while, there is a technique of freehand cutting basic shapes by folding the paper into half to achieve symmetrical sides.
Freehand veining is also possible as this flower requires simple veining lines.
The flower centers using green rolled up wafer paper is also really simple.
I can conclude that this Poinsettia 100% Wafer Paper flower tutorial by Petya Shmarova is a good starting point to get to know how to handle wafer paper as a cake decorating medium, and produce a flower in the by lesson end.
