Paper Flowers

A quick tutorial for today! MAKING PAPER FLOWERS.

I would love to say this is an original idea, but it’s not. It an idea from the Kaisercraft website.

Lets gets started. Here’s the supplies you will need, 2 punched/cut out circles (I have used 2 Scallop Circles), some scissors, and a brad.

The first thing you will want to do is mark the centre of the circle with a pencil, it doesnt need to be exact, but close enough. Then you will need to make equal cuts around the circle, not quite to the centre. The scallops make it REALY easy to know where to cut. Do this to both of the circles.

Next take one of the cut sections between your fingers and ‘fold’ them in half. Continue to do this for all sections on both circles. (sorry the pictures are small) Put a small hole in each of the circles to put a brad through, place the circles on top of each other and place the brad in.

And thats IT. Here is a card I made with the flowers. (I plan on using them on a scrapbook page SOON. They are very quick and simple, and so effective. They give a ncie amount of texture to any project.

If you would like to try making another Paper Flower , Check out my latest tutorial HERE

Stampin; Up! Supplies:

Cardstock:Whisper White, Real Red
Paper: Rose Red & Certainly Celery Print Designer Paper
Stamps: Friendship Blooms- for the leaves (retired set), Fast and fun Notes (Happy Birthday Wishes greeting)
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Snail adhesive, Scallop Circle, Scallop Edge, Old Olive Marker

Non Stampin Up Supplies: White Brad

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A time for CARDS

I am not a ‘card’ person, I’m a scrapbooking person. But I know that cards are a whole lot quicker to make, especially for demonstrations. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike cards, I love handmade cards. I wanted to make a set of ‘quick cards’ that I could re-make at anytime. This is what I came up with

For these cards I cut some patterned paper and adhered a scalloped edge. Punched out a scallop circle. Stamped an image on white cardstock and punched it out with the round circle punch and adhered it to the scallop circle. Added a dimensional to the back of the scallop circle and placed it on the card, and lastly stamped my greeting. I’m putting this into the ‘Under 5 Minute Project’ category.

REALLY simple to make. If I was organised enough I would have made a box or co-ordinating envelope for the set to go into, but we’ll save that for another day.

I really love the versatility of the Prints Designer Paper. You can find on page 137 in the 2008-2009 catalogue here. If you wold like to order some of this paper, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
Cardstock:Whisper White, Real Red
Paper: Rose red Print Designer Paper
Stamps: Polka Dot Punches, Warm Words
Ink: Real Red
Other: Snail adhesive, Dimensionals
Punches: 1 3/8 Circle, Scallop Circle, Scallop Edge

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