Tuesday's Tips & Techniques: Embellished Bookmarks This is a cute bookmark tutorial that my friend Suzanne posted. Super fun are really easy: Cut a 12 x 12 pp in half diagonally. In the center of the long side of the triangle, make a smaller triangle that measures 7 1/2" on the bottom and 5" on each side. Score and fold and trim away the excess at the point of the triangle. Fold and glue side flaps together. Your paper should look like this when it's flipped over. Trim the excess so that all that's left is a triangle "envelope." Embellish to your hearts content! Thanks for sharing the great tutorial Suzanne! I just love making these bookmarks, here's a couple that I made for my cookbook: This bookmark was my first "successful" attempt at heat embossing. The paper and brad that I used for this one are both from Cookbookin' and the heart punch is Martha Stewart. Happy Scrappin'
Tutorial for paper bowl ere's a loooong overdue tutorial! I totally meant to post this BEFORE Halloween,but that's OK. It's always the right season for chocolate and giving away sweets.Right? I just made a bunch of these paper bowls for a crop tomorrow. What you will need: cardstock or double sided patterned paperribbonhole punchertrimmer Optional: inkborder punch You can make these bowls any size you want.It's up to you how much candy you want them to fit. I like 9" x 9". So start with you 9" x 9" square. Use a border punch all around if you want to be fancy. Then you need to score or draw lines. (Note:if you used a borderpunch,you will need to measure your paper and divide by three, to know where to score. I learned a tip from my dear friend on how to score easy.Use a stulys and slide it through your trimmer. You will have 9 squares. Fold the horizontal and vertical lines in a valley fold and the diagonal lines in a mountain fold. Punch a hole in the four corners and thread a ribbon trough them.
New Flower Tutorial:) I found a new flower that I tried and wanted to share with you. I asked for her permission to post it here:) I make mine slightly different than Lynne. Click here to see her tutorial. This is what you will need: Sturdy patterned paperGlue gunCircle punchInk (optional)Button or something else for flower center 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. You have to act really quick with this, since the glue from the gun hardens super fast. 6. 7. or up:) These are my favorite flowers at the moment. I used them in this layout based on my sketch # 30: All the paper I used, is from SEI's Addison pack, which one lucky winner will receive. I will draw a random winner tomorrow:)
Tutorial for covered Pringles tin Yes, it is happening! I have a new ( long overdue) tutorial to share with you. It's so easy to make that it barely needs a tutorial, but I'll show you anyways. It's a Pringles tin that you cover with patterned paper and then decorate...all according to the season. Works great for Valentine's of course, but also for Christmas, Halloween, Easter and so on. Perfect to give away your homemade cookies in or just some sweet treats. I found the idea here. This is what you'll need: Small Pringles tinMod Podge (or normal glue works too )PaintbrushPatterned paperPaper trimmerWhatever decorations you choose Apply Mod Podge to your tin Take your patterned paper ( approx. 3 2/16 inches x 10 inches ) and cover the tin. Now you just have to decorate. Then add a bow of some kind on top. ( My cookies were all gone when I took this last picture so this sad tin has nothing in it,ha,ha). That's it for this time.
Crafts | DIY Cozy Home | Page 3 Repurposing from the recycling bin is great! It’s fun to see what you can come up with and it’s always better to make something you need rather than buy it. Like a spade for the garden or temporary planters for starts. This roundup from Awesome Inventions has whole heaps of DIY crafts and projects sure to impress. I have made the piggy bank craft with the kids before. I like the bottle cap curtain a lot! Favecrafts has 647 other recycled crafts and DIY projects. Find Awesome Inventions’ full article here… Awesome Inventions: 17 Creative Ways To Reuse Plastic Bottles I love doing art projects with my children. You don’t have to be picasso to draw your hand in 3D but you will need a few minutes and some markers. Here’s the video…Enjoy! “Torn from the sky.” This is a simple origami project. Check out this other amazing origami project from Swide…It’s sure to impress! Find the full article, printable templates, and beautiful pictures from Homesthetics here… How clever! Fairies…I love fairies!
Tutorial for strips roses I came across a new kind of rose at Creating Keepsakes blog. They remind me of these ones I made with ribbons. (Click here to see that tutorial)You will need cardstock or double sided patterned paper. Don't use the flimsy kind. You want it to be a bit sturdy. Cut a strip 12" x 1/2" and "scrunch" it up as much as you can. Cut out a circle about 1 1/2" from cardstock and add fast drying glue . Start in the center and work your way outward. Once you are done, cut off the excess cardstock. Click here to see how to make your own glimmer mist. You can also add a flower center. I actually think that these roses are my favorite at the moment. Here on a layout with Cosmo Cricket paper: based on my sketch # 7 And here I made a joy fold card with Graphic 45 papers.
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Pipe cleaner flower tutorial from Kayla Excuse my long absence; I'm trying to find some rhythm and routine now when the kids are out of school, but I guess it's not working too well.I wanted to share an easy tutorial from DT member Kayla. Here it is - her words and photos:Start off with a pipe cleaner Wrap one end around your index finger. Wrap the very end of the pipe cleaner so the loop is secure Put your index finger in the first loop to keep its shape and wrap the pipe cleaner in a figure eight around your ring finger. Create the third loop around another finger to keep the size of the loops even. I then wrap the long end of the pipe cleaner through one of the loops already made to secure the last loop made. Create the fourth and fifth loops the same way, wrapping around a finger to keep size consistent and wrapping through a previously made loop to secure. You should have a tiny bit left over that you just tuck around the center knot to secure the flower Open up the prongs on a brad all the way Fold the prongs shut.
page corner bookmarks This project comes to you at the request of Twitterer @GCcapitalM. I used to believe that a person could never have too many books, or too many bookmarks. Then I moved into an apartment slightly larger than some people’s closets (and much smaller than many people’s garages) and all these beliefs got turned on their naïeve little heads. But what a person can always look for more of is really cool unique bookmarks. Page corner bookmarks are cute, practical and deeply under-represented in the world.* They’re easy to make, easy to customize, and will set you apart from all those same-same flat rectangular bookmarks. If you like this tutorial, here are a couple others that might be up your alley. If you’re loving the toothy monster vibe, check out these simple monster heating bags, filled with rice or wheat and entirely microwavable, to keep toes or fingers or tummies warm during the chilly winter months. What you’ll need: Putting it all together: 1) Follow steps 2 and 3 from above.
Tuesday's Tips & Techniques: Tissue Paper Flowers Tissue paper flowers are super easy to make and super nice to the budget too! I started by using my scalloped circle Spellbinders to cut out a variety of sizes of circles. However, these flowers look FANTASTIC when the circles are cut by hand and not perfectly in a circle, kwim?!? Yes, I did emboss some of my circles here. Next, I sprayed my papers with a bit of Glimmer Mist. This is the fun part! I like to staple mine in the middle, it's quick and easy and doesn't show in the end anyway. I use a bit more Glimmer Mist at the end. Ta-Da! Happy Creating!
BIBLIOTHEQUE EN CARTON - exoticcreation Voici les derniers nés en carton... Une bibliothèque en carton en forme de mouton. Tous les modules s'encastrent et pour l'instant il ne fait pas bêêêê mais je pense qu'avec le printemps ça va venir. Il mesure à peu près 1 mètre de haut. Et dans le même esprit un cheval pour ranger les CD et DVD. Tutorial for quilled flowers Here's some flowers I made the other day: I call them paper Asters. To make them you will need: double sided patterned paper scissors bonefolder (optional) quilling tool (optional) glue Cut a strip of paper 12 inch long and about 1- 1 1/2 inch wide. Fold it in half lengthwise. Cut a thin fringe along the paper, but leave a tiny part uncut. Put the strip in the quilling tool and start rolling up. This is what you will have now: Start from the outside and bend down the fringe. And it's all done! If you want full flowers like these, use a 12 inch paper strip. For these, I used two 6" strips in two different widths. You can also make them flatter by using a shorter strip and then add a brad or a paper coil in the middle. I got the inspiration from this picture I found browsing around on Ebay. Cool huh? Good luck and let me know how it goes:)
Le Quilling ou paperolles Le quilling pour ceux qui ne le savent pas est l'art d'enrouler papier ( les paperolles comme les appellent nos amis Canadiens )Pour ce passe temps peu onéreux et ludique, il faut être habile de ses mains en plus du papier, de la colle et une bonne dose de patience .( Vous pouvez récupérer des feuilles de papier ou les bords ne sont pas utilisés, des chutes de papier mural, non épais ou du papier d'emballage cadeaux, genre papier kraft, du papier de soie ou alors vous coloriez du papier soit avec des marqueurs ou de la gouache à votre convenance.. -Prenez une feuille de papier A4, un cutter et une latte et coupez les bandes à la largeur de votre choix, moi j'ai opté pour les bandes de 2mm. Il existe dans les magasins de bricolages des bandes de papier déjà coupées , pour ma part, je me sert d'un massicot pour couper les bandes de papier. C'est une bonne thérapie avec de jolis résultats.Pour les plus grandes pièces vous collez les bandes ensemble.Voyez donc.