Happy Birthday

Hello and happy Friday everyone! A friend of mine asked me to make her a card for her mom's birthday. As much as I love making cards, I also love when my friends and family ask me to make one for them to give to someone special. It's such a great feeling :) Very humbling that someone would ask you to make a hand made card for a special occasion. Here is the card that I made for her.

It's been awhile since I used the Oval Accent Bigz Clear die (127005) so I decided to use it on this card. To somewhat match the pattern on the Comfort Café DSP (126898), I used the Square Lattice Folder (119976). And I used the Blossom punch (125603) to make this flower with one of the Antique Brads (117273) holding it all together. I also wanted to use some of those pretty Large Pearl Basic Jewels (125577) so I added several on the card, too.

The 'Happy Birthday' sentiment is from the Perfectly Penned stamp set (Clear 122892, Wood 122890), which is one of my favorite stamp sets. I just love the font and how pretty it is. And I have to talk about that fower again. Isn't it such a great 3-D look? I love how it pops out like that. And it's another technique that I learned in one of Niki's classes. You should really check out a class one of these days :) Click here to check out her lovely creations.

I hope my friend's mom enjoys her special day!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by :)

More paper flowers

Hey everyone! As promised, here are the paper flowers that we learned how to make in Niki's Paper Flower class. Who knew that there were so many types of flowers that you could make?!?! So fun!!!! I can't wait to try some of these flowers on different projects.

Here is the origami flower. There was a lot of folding going on, but the look of it is pretty cool once it's completed.

 

This was one of my favorite flowers to make. Especially since it's a great way to use those thin strips of card stock or DSP that you end up with. What some may consider to be paper scrap material can now be used to make a pretty flower.

 

This flower was made using the Designer Rosette Bigz XL die (125594). Just fold at the score lines then glue the ends together and this is what you get. These are always fun to add to a card.

 

This pretty pink flower was made using the Blossom Petals Builder punch (121808). And to put all the petals together, we got to use a glue gun and the new Silicone Craft Sheet (127853). This silicone craft sheet is so useful when working with hot glue and you're hands are free to assemble the flower.

And here is my rice bowl flower. hehehehe. This one, yeah, I know, I need to practice... and practice... and practice... I just had issues with this one. hehe.

 

This flower was so fun to make. All you need is a scallop punch and a brad. Scrunch it all up and you get this pretty flower. I've already made these paper flowers for my mom. Click here to check them out.

 

This flower was a little difficult to make at first. But with some practice, I think I kinda got the hang of it. And what's nice about making this flower is that you can use any flower punch that has 5 petals.

 

And this one might look familiar to some of you. Niki was nice enough to let me demo this fabric flower :) thanks Niki! Click here and here and here to check out some of the other projects I made using fabric.

When I took my flowers home, I decided to add a magnet to the back of the fabric flower. Fun, right?

 

And here is the magnet flower in action.... hanging out on my Small Die Box storage (122219).

Stay tuned for more projects featuring paper flowers. I can't wait to play and try this out. This is totally making me step outside of my comfort zone and try something new.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day :)

Paper Flowers

Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday :) I recently learned how to make paper flowers in Niki's Paper Flower class. We got to make a variety of flowers using different techniques. Stay tuned and I'll share all the different flowers that we got to make.

This class came at a perfect time because my mom was asking me to help her make some new decorations for her home. She saw some paper flowers in the 2012-2013 catalog and I offered to make some for her. And these are the flowers that I came up with.

For all of the flowers, I used Perfect Plum card stock (101889). I made the larger flowers using the Blossom Petals Builder punch (121808). With the four different sized petals, you can make several different kinds of flowers.

Here are a couple close ups of the different flowers that I made. And for these flowers, I used the Antique Brads (117273) to keep them together. I love these antique brads and I must admit, I have hoarded them for awhile now, but for my mom, I busted them out to make this project for her :)

And I learned how to make these two different flowers in Niki's Paper Flower class. They are so much fun to make!

These flowers are one of my favorites to make :) Who knew that you could take a scallop punch and create these flowers? How cool is that?!?!

And I used the Blossom punch (125603) to make this flower in the center. I must admit, in class, this was one of the flowers that was a little tricky for me to make. I decided to keep practicing because I really like the look of it. But, I think I still need a little more practice. hehe.

I can't wait to see where my mom will put these flowers. I hope she likes them!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day :)