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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!!
  

 

  
 

 

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.  :)

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

 

Mini-Scrapbook Heart Magnets

When I was at Ikea in December I found these magnets that are clear acrylic and about 4" x4" and almost a 1/2" thick.  I bought 4 of them so I could stick pics of my niece in them, and have so far only made 2 of them...and just in case I don't get around to finishing them I thought I'd share the ones I've made.  Just being realistic.  :)

 

 

Supplies: Magnets - Ikea; Cardstock - American Crafts; Patterned Paper, Rub-Ons, Flowers - Imaginise; Adhesive - Glue Arts

 
 
 Sponsors: Glue Arts, Imaginisce

Finally sharing some Christmas gifts I made

We had an awesome Christmas!  I loved having our family over and all the warm fuzzy feelings that go along with this wonderful holiday.  Here's a photo of my little niece...isn't she adorable in her Christmas outfit?  Love it!

 

Well, since my family could see my projects online I've held off on sharing them with you until now.  Please ignore any wonky photos...some of them I had to take inside at night.

First off, I made a few mini-albums.  This first one has those baby tags from Elle's Studio where you can record highlights through out baby's first year.  The album is a little one I got in the 1$ spot at Michael's a few years ago.

 

  

This one was another inexpensive photo album that I just embellished to jazz it up a bit.  I added the trim on the outside and then made a title page...simple and easy.  :)

  

 

 Then I made a little ornament/magnet with the Tilano Ornamento Kit...the glass is really thick so it's hard to photograph, but it looks cute in person, trust me.

  

 And lastly I used my Cricut to personalize some Pyrex by etching it.  It took under 10 minutes from start to finish & it makes me want to do more.  This is another object that's hard to photograph, but you get the idea.  

 

 Well, I think that's it.  Hope your holiday was a great one!!  Now on to New Years!

Sponsors: Tilano, ProvoCraft

Holiday Banner

 (click on photo to see it larger)

When I was at the Polka Dot Whimsy Holiday crop this was one of the projects Michelle had for us to work on....I took my pieces home then last week I finally put it together.  I cut the letters out of fabric on my Cricut which was really fun to do since I hadn't cut fabric with it before.  I just ironed on some Heat'n Bond on to the fabric and then had my Cricut do the rest.  After the letters were cut I just ironed them on to the felt triangles.  I then sewed the triangles onto a long strip of fabric and then embellished.  

Supplies: Fabric, Felt, Cricut cartridge - Winter Woodland, Buttons, Thread

Sponsor: Provo Craft

  

Christmas Treat Box

Fist off...Merry SITSmas!!

What's SITSmas you ask?  SITS is a group of bloggers that support each other & today we're hoping around from blog to blog for SITSmas.  So, welcome ladies!  Thank you for stopping by!

Secondly, here's some little gift boxes I made.  I think I'm going to fill them up with candy or maybe hot chocolate/tea.  I learned how to make them from this tutorial...try it out, they are a quick, cute project!  I love how the ribbon ties all the way around the box and through the lid.

I put a transparency behind the oval cut outs, and on this one I put a rub-on saying on the transparency (I filled this box up with paper so you could see the saying) and I also decorated the lid a bit more.

 

I love how these patterned papers have shimmer on them, so I added some Stickles to a doo-dad I made for the lid to go with the paper.

 

 
 

Supplies: Card stock - Bazzill; Patterned paper, Rub-on, Sticker, Ribbon - Imaginisce; Punch - Stampin' Up; Adhesive - GlueArts Glue Glider Pro, Foam; Stickles; String; Transparency

Sponsor: Imaginisce, GlueArts

Handmade Paper Christmas Ornament

I'm trying to get into the Christmas spirit now that it's finally cold here in So Cal...ok, not really cold-cold compared to where most of you are, but for here it's cold.  :)

Here's a Christmas ornament I made last nigh. It's fairly simple to make, but you do have to pay some attention to what you are doing so it ends up being a circle.  -Don't ask how I know that. ;)  

I used my Cricut to cut out twenty 2" circles out of Imaginisce's Polar Expressions paper, then folded each one into a triangle shape and glued the edges together with my Glue Glider Pro.  I then cut out some holly leaves out with the Winter Woodland cartridge and glued on some little red pom-poms. And lastly I Glimmer Misted the whole thing.  My finished ornament is about the size of a baseball.  

Now, I just have get the rest of my decor up!

Sponsors: GlueArt, ProvoCraft, Imaginisce

Yippee, it's the weekend!

First off, I want to share this card with you.  I made it for my friend's birthday.  I'm so happy that I was finally able to use one of those Fancy Pants Designer Trading Cards on it.  I've had a box of them in my stash that I keep trying to use and it just never seems to be the right project for them.

Supplies: Patterned Paper - Pink Paislee; Card stock - Bazzill; Ribbon - Making Memories; Card - Fancy Pants; Felt Butterfly - Heidi Swapp; Pins - Making Memories; Stamp - Imaginisce; Charm; Thread

This week has been really busy for me, so I'm super thankful that it's the weekend!  Some girlfriends and I are headed to the Polka Dot Whimsy Holiday Party and Crop for some much needed fun today.  I have a million projects to work on, so I'm hoping to be productive too...although I'm not holding my breath on that one since it's hard for me to work diligently on projects when my friends are sitting next to me and we are all chatting away!

Enjoy YOUR weekend!!