Learning how to make a paper arrow with our tutorial and video shows you the easy way to make a bespoke love token.
These Cupid's arrows are great makes for your true love on Valentines Day, but are great for other occasions, too.
These would also make lovely wedding tokens, or table decorations, perhaps adding the initials of the bride and groom. Add foiling, gilding or sparkle! Or why not use as a proposal? ‘Will You?’ on the sentiment for a sweet marriage proposal.
You can make a paper arrow entirely by hand, and write your own message on the feather but we are using the ScanNCut to cut our shapes and making the most of the machine's text feature.
For the sentiment feather you can use the ScanNCut and its coloured pens to write your sentiment first then cut out the feather around the sentiment.
The style used on our paper arrows using is available in the free online Canvas Workspace software and is accessed via the ‘Text’ option , select the 2nd font down which is FO-A003: Calgary Medium italic.
You type your chosen word on-screen and if you wish to join the letters, follow these steps: select all the word, then click ‘divide’, then move a letter until it slightly overlaps the one you want to join to, select both and click ‘weld’, continue to do this welding 1 letter at a time until the word is joined as desired. Easily resize the word by placing it onto the feather shape and adjusting the size to fit.
Ensure you select the word as a ‘drawing line’ in the properties box and tick the ‘fill’ box if you wish it to be a solid word instead of an outline, before sending to machine, ensure the shape is a cut line and group them together.
We advise ‘drawing’ first , then cutting when you are ready to use your files in your machine. (this editing can’t be done on the machine itself on-screen).
Of course, if you want to hand-write your greeting instead, you can do this after the sentiment feather is cut out if you wish.
There are a variety of different feather shapes in the paper arrow templates, you can mix and match to create elaborate or more simple designs.
Experiment with different coloured card, patterned papers, different ribbons or lace, and embellishments such as adhesive gems, inks and glitters for a really bespoke paper arrow for your love.
How to make a paper arrow video
Paper arrow templates and SVG files
Click to download the paper arrow templates.
These templates have been designed to be cut at 100%, however the shapes can easily be resized to suit your requirements. Perhaps they could be toppers for cards or gift boxes too.
Click to download the paper arrow SVG cutting files that you can use directly in your ScanNCut.
Apply glue to the feather tab on one feather. Decide where you want to place it on top of chevron feathers and press firmly to secure in place.
