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Video Tutorial: Fabric Flowers

Boy, technology has not been my friend the last couple of days!  So frustrating!!  -However I did get a new microphone out of it, so I guess that's good.  :)

After many requests on how to make fabric flowers like the ones I made on my shirt from Spark, I finally made a video for you!  -Actually made it a week or so ago and my mic died in the middle of it so that's why I'm so delayed in getting it to you.  I also filmed this at night, so hopefully it's not too dark.  Ok, enough of all that...on to the video...

{Edited to add: Go check out the House of 3 blog...Rhonna just put up a similar video...great minds think alike!}

Here's some close-ups of some fabric and zipper flowers I've made...here's the one in the video made out of an old T-shirt:

 

This next one I wound the fabric tightly around and let the raw edges and "wrong" side of the fabric show:

 

  

This next one I wound looser:

 

 

Now, one made out of a zipper:

 

It's such a fun and easy technique to do. It's great to embellish them even further by adding lace, pearls, buttons,etc.  I hope you all have as much fun with making these as I do. 

My vintage fabric flowers - love them!!
  

 

  
 

 

Imaginisce Blog Hop Winners

 

 

I'm so happy for the winners of the Imaginisce Blog Hop!  Hop on over here and see if you won by commenting on my blog or other Imaginisce design team members blogs.

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Remember, you still have until February 25th to enter your scrapbook layout here or post it on your blog and link it here...you could win prizes worth $75!!  -Good luck!

Imaginisce February Sketch

The Imaginisce blog is having a monthly sketch challenge...and you could win some great goodies ($50 worth) by leaving a comment on any of the design team members posts (see the list of designers here)...of course, since you're here...and I'm a design team member...you might as well leave a comment here on my blog.  ;)  

 

You can also submit your own layout by 2/25 on the Imaginisce Facebook page to win MORE stuff!

Here's some close up's of my layout from the sketch:

  
 
 

Supplies: Patterned Paper - Imaginisce; Card Stock - American Crafts; Flowers - Imaginisce; Bling - Prima; Brads - Imaginisce itop; Rub-Ons - Imaginisce; Ink - Colorbox; Pens - Ranger, American Crafts; Digital Craft Cutter - Cricut Expression (Winter Woodland cartridge); Other - Tulle, Sticky Back Canvas, Glimmer Mist (Marshallow, Sunflower, and Bubblegum Pink)

And here's the sketch:

 

Sponsors: Imaginisce, ProvoCraft, GlueArts

 
 
 

Valentine Clipboard

Here's a little project I made for Valentine's Day with the new Best Creations "Sweet Love" line which is available at one of my favorite local scrapbook store, Remember When.   You have to see this in person...the paper comes with glossy details that just add a whole lot of fun to it.  I made this with a 4.5" x 9" Stampin' Up clipboard that I've been meaning to do something with for quite awhile now...so nice to finally use it!  

 

Supplies: Clipboard - Stampin' Up; Patterned Paper - Best Creations; Flowers - Heidi Swapp; Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angles; Stickers - Reminisce; Bling - Prima; Ribbon; Lace; Tulle

  

 

Sponsor: Remember When Scrapbook Store

 

Unibind Photo Book Creator

 One of the craft product manufactures I'm working with at CHA is Unibind, maker of the Photo Book Creator.  This little machine is super simple to operate, but what it does is really cool...it binds your photos, scrapbook pages, or whatever else you want into books.  The books range in size from 4" x "6 to 12" x 12" and you can customize them until you're heart is content.  

As I said, the machine it's self is super simple to operate.  You just plug it in...insert your pages into the book making sure it's all lined up how you want it...and then just insert the book, spine down inside the two plastic guides.  A green light will turn on automatically telling you that it's heating up.  (There is no "on" button.)  In about two minutes a red light will replace the green light which indicates your book is done with the heat process.  It does however still need to cool.  I just unplugged the machine and left the book there to cool off while I got some other things done.  After 10 or so minutes I removed the book from the machine.

Here's a 8" x 8" scrapbook I made with the Unibind Photo Book Creator about our camping trip this last summer.  All the papers and embellishments are by Imaginisce.  It was great to be able to add ribbon and various sized papers into the book without any problems. Although it's probably hard to see in these pictures, I added machine stitching to many of the pages too!  

 

 

 

 

Sponsors: Unibind, Imaginisce

Green Crafting: Steampunk Pin Jewelry

 

Well with the CHA trade show looming close I have burned through quite a lot of adhesive...and of course I saved all my cartridges instead of throwing them in the recycling container so I could play around with them and see what else I could make with them.  Well...this is what I came up with this time, two jewelry pins.  One for me & one for a friend of mine.  I'm not really sure if they are "steampunk" style or not...but I couldn't figure out what other style they could be LOL.  To top that off I don't know if I should call them a "pins" or "brooches" either.  Guess I need jewelry identification 101.  :)

 

I used Rustoleum spray paint to transform the bright green "cogs" from my Glue Glider Pro cartridges into "metal" ones and then spiced them up with some of Tim Holtz's tags and gears...and I put some wire and chain on there too.

"Create" necklace

My brilliant friend Dana had a great idea to make necklaces out of Tim's Ornate Bookplates, so when I was at Remember When the other day I picked some up to see what I could come up with.  They come with 6 in a pack, so you really get a lot of bang for you buck, especially if you're making individual gifts with them (which is what Dana did).  

So, I dug through my stash and found a scrap of some fabric and some metal letters.  I used a bit of alcohol ink on the letters to distress them a bit and then put everything together. The chain I used looks on the gold side in this picture, but in "real life" it's more copper in color.

I really like the softness of the fabric and the pearl in contrast to the metals.  :)

World's Largest Crop Attempt

 If you're going to be in Southern CA on Saturday, January 23rd make plans to attend the World's Largest Crop Attempt at the Craft Super Show (which is open to the public)...it's going to be a blast!!  Check out the Scrapbook Royalty blog for all the awesome details...there's going to be fun and freebies!!  

See ya there!

It's like Christmas all over again!

I've been really busy getting ready for the Craft and Hobby Trade Show that will take place next week in Anaheim, CA...and while I can't show you all the things I've been working on right now, I can tell you that I'm super excited about all the new craft products that are going to be released there!!  I'll be doing make 'n takes and product demonstrations for Tattered Angles (woo-hoo, I'm now part of their education team!!), ProvoCraft, Unibind, and others...so follow me on Twitter if you're interested in what I'm up to at CHA.

Speaking of crafts and new products...I think I might *need* this flower maker I saw on When Creativity Knocks. (Shhhh, don't tell my husband - I'm sure he thinks that I do not need it!!)  My brain is swimming with all the possible types of flowers I could make!

 
(photo from Clover) 

Simple Cards

I hate to throw away scraps, so I made some simple cards with some of the things lying around on my desk.

 

Supplies: Cardstock - American Crafts; Patterned Paper, Rub-Ons, Stickers, Stamp, Flowers - Imaginisce; Ribbon, Button; Cricut Expression - Winter Woodlands Cartridge

 

Sponsors: Imaginisce, Provo Craft, Glue Arts