We had the worst ice storm last night. The kids are loving the snow (and the days off from school), but my poor trees are destroyed. Here are a few pics of our winter wonderland.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
I'm SO honored...
My blog has been chosen as Scrapbooking.com Blog of the Week! WOOHOO! Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Please check out my new flower tutorials and my January "Year in Review" Challenge for an awesome prize package.
Super Fun (& Easy) Flower Tutorials...
Hope you are staying warm and doing lots of scrapbooking. Today, I wanted to share 2 of my Super Fun & Easy Flower Tutorials. I love playing with my supplies and adding a bit of this and a dash of that to create something new. Enjoy!
Vintage Flower Tutorial
Supplies:
2 paper choices
Supplies:
2 paper choices
black ink
beads
adhesive
Instructions:
These flowers are really so simple. I love the vintage look.
Instructions:
These flowers are really so simple. I love the vintage look.
1. First, you’ll need to choose 2 papers. I like to use one solid and one patterned. Any patterned paper with lettering gives a great effect. The heavier the paper, the better dimension you will get.
2. To make the flower shape, you can use a diecut machine, stencils, or hand draw your own flowers. I used the “George and Basic Shapes” Cricut cartridge. I chose the flower template with 5 petals (sizes 1 ½”, 2”, 2 ½”, 3”). Whatever template you choose, you will need 4 different size flowers, alternating patterns. If you decide to hand draw the flowers, draw your inner flower (the smallest one) first. Cut it out and use it as a template to draw the next one a little bigger. Cut this one out and use it as a template for the next, and so on, until you have 4 flowers.
3. Apply ink around the edges of each flower. You don’t need to be neat.
4. Starting with the largest flower right-side up, fold each petal in half lengthwise and open again to form crease. Do this with each flower. I like to stack my flowers before gluing to see how I want the petals arranged. Layer the flowers so that the petals are not overlapping and each petal is visible.
5. You are now ready to glue. I like to use a liquid glue (Alene’s Clear Gel Tacky Glue). Start with the large flower and glue each flower on top. When you have it arranged, glue the finished flower to your layout. Apply a good sized drop of glue in the center of your flower and drop in a bead. You can also use a mixture of tiny beads or a button.
6. Tear two leaves from the patterned paper. Don’t worry about making them perfect. Follow the same instructions for the flowers by inking and folding. Apply glue to the end of your leaves and tuck under your finished flower.
7. You did it! The great part is that each flower has its own unique look.
2. To make the flower shape, you can use a diecut machine, stencils, or hand draw your own flowers. I used the “George and Basic Shapes” Cricut cartridge. I chose the flower template with 5 petals (sizes 1 ½”, 2”, 2 ½”, 3”). Whatever template you choose, you will need 4 different size flowers, alternating patterns. If you decide to hand draw the flowers, draw your inner flower (the smallest one) first. Cut it out and use it as a template to draw the next one a little bigger. Cut this one out and use it as a template for the next, and so on, until you have 4 flowers.
3. Apply ink around the edges of each flower. You don’t need to be neat.
4. Starting with the largest flower right-side up, fold each petal in half lengthwise and open again to form crease. Do this with each flower. I like to stack my flowers before gluing to see how I want the petals arranged. Layer the flowers so that the petals are not overlapping and each petal is visible.
5. You are now ready to glue. I like to use a liquid glue (Alene’s Clear Gel Tacky Glue). Start with the large flower and glue each flower on top. When you have it arranged, glue the finished flower to your layout. Apply a good sized drop of glue in the center of your flower and drop in a bead. You can also use a mixture of tiny beads or a button.
6. Tear two leaves from the patterned paper. Don’t worry about making them perfect. Follow the same instructions for the flowers by inking and folding. Apply glue to the end of your leaves and tuck under your finished flower.
7. You did it! The great part is that each flower has its own unique look.
Paper Carnation Tutorial
These flowers are one of my favorite paper projects. They make great additions to layouts and gift bags.
Supplies:
8 ½ x 11” sheet of patterned paper
Ink
Brad
Fine-tipped scissors
Instructions:
1 .Using stencils, a diecut machine, or drawn freehand, cut eight 2 ½” circles and three 2” circles. This size works good for me. You can use any sizes you choose providing that you have eight large circles and three smaller circles.
2 .Apply ink around edges of circles.
3. Layer small circles on top of large circles.
4 .Punch small hole in center of circles and insert brad.
5. Make cuts approximately ¼ “ apart around entire stack of circles.
6 .Separate layers and fluff apart.
7 .You did it!
Friday, January 2, 2009
January Year-In-Review Challenge
Happy New Year! We had a wonderful holiday, but I am so happy that the hustle and bustle of the season is gone. I'm ready for some quality scrap time :) I love to think about the possibilities for the upcoming year and also reflect on what we accomplished in 2008. SO...this is your January challenge. Create a Year-in-Review 2008 layout. It can be as detailed or as simple as you like. Post a link to your layout here by January 31 for a chance to win a $50 scrapbook prize pack from Frances Meyer. I will randomly choose a winner and post on February 1. Have fun!
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