Alora Rosette Wreath

I shared this wreath awhile back, but had to remove the post for a period as it was sent out for publication in Northridge publishing's Simply Handmade magazine.  I was so excited when I received the email requesting my wreath to be featured, it was my first time being published!

 

 

All the instructions for the wreath can be found in the March issue of Simply Handmade - Parties, but I'll share a quick tut with you here too.  I used the Tim Holtz rosette dies in large, medium and small and made a bunch in all different sizes, make extra so you have a good assortment to work with when creating your wreath.  Here I used 8 large, 8 medium and 8 small and layered them around a circle cut from chipboard.  I used a plate as my template, but any round shape will work.  Then I fussy cut the flowers to dangle in the center, 2 of each style, then add a brad to the center of all, attach a string in the middle and sandwich between the two sides of the flowers.  Attach to the chipboard base and dangle in the center. 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

4th of July Rosette Bouquet

I was fortunate to recently have the opportunity to be a guest designer for Craft Warehouse.  I got to play with the Stars and Stripes line from Doodlebug Designs Inc.  You can check out the tutorials here and here.  I had enough goodies left over I was able to make Fourth of July rosette bouquet. 

 

 

To make the vase, trim paper an inch taller than you want the vase to be, this one is about 6" tall so you'll want a piece that is 7" x 8 1/4".  Score the 8 1/4" side at 2", 4", 6" and 8", turn and score at 1".  With the 1" score on the bottom, use scissors to trim along the 2", 4", 6" and 8" scores, just to the 1" mark.  Put a strong adhesive on the 1/4" on the side and fold your box adhering the flap to the other edge.  Now put adhesive on the bottom pieces, and close up the bottom. 

 

The rosettes are made using the Tim Holtz rosette dies.  When making a project like this I always make a variety of sizes and patterns so I have plenty to choose from.  Any extras can be used on another project.  I fussy cut the square centers from one of the patterned papers in the kit, then attach them to the centers with pop up adhesive.

 

 

I used a high temp hot glue gun to attach the rosettes to wooden BBQ skewers.  I attached them all at the same height and used pliers to cut them down as needed to the get the variation I wanted.  There is a square piece of florist foam in the bottom of the vase that the skewers are stuck into. 

 

To make the curly paper pieces trim thin strips of paper, about 1/4" wide, any length you like, you can always trim it down if it's too long.  Find something round to wrap it around,  used a round pencil, but anything round will work.

 

Once it's wrapped, let it go and you have a curly strip of paper.  Attach to the ribbon or box using a glue dot.

 

Happy almost Fourth of July!

 

Supply List

Patterned Paper

Paper Trimmer

Score Board

Tim Holtz Rosette Dies

BBQ skewers

Scissors

adhesive

embellishments

 

 

 

Thanks for looking! 

Valentine Keepsake Box

If you are like me you have a stash of alterable items in tub just waiting to be decorated.  I love unfinished wood items, frames, paper mache items, etc that I pick up at craft stores.  I also find unique one of a kind pieces at garage or estate sales.  This last summer I found this heart shaped wood box at a garage sale.  It's been sitting there just waiting to be decorated. 

 

First I removed the hinges to I could cover the top without any extra trimming.  Once removed I used a Tim Holtz, distress stain in aged mahogany to cover the sides and the edges.  I love the distress stain to use on wood in place of paint.  It's quick and easy, though it can be a little messy.  I then covered the top with patterened paper from Bo Bunny's, Love Letter's line.  Attach the paper using Beacon's 3 in 1 adhesive.  Trim any excess paper and then cover the paper edges with a bit of the distress stain or matching ink.  Replace the hinges and you have a cute box.

 

Here's a look at the inside of the box.  See how nice the distress stain is on the wood.

 

 

 I added a few embellishments to the top by cutting out a banner piece from the patterned paper and mounting it on a custom cut piece to mat it to stand out more against the background.  It is attached with pop up adhesive. 

I created the flowers using several coordinating papers that I ran through my big shot using the Tim Holtz tattered flower garland die, I layered several flowers together and secured them together with a glittery brad from We R Memory Keepers.  Attach using Beacon's 3 in 1.  I also attached a small handle at the tip of the heart to make it easy to open.  Just use a bit of Beacon's to attach.

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle

Craft Warehouse DT Assignment 6

Well with this post I'm sharing the last 3 projects for the 2011 Craft Warehouse Design Team.  What a great experience this has been, I'm so glad that I got to be a part of it. 

We were given three very different assignments, the first was to create an altered canvas featuring a set of 4" alphabet stamps provided.  Here's what I came up with.

We were asked to use the a canvas flower and shapes, the burlap ribbon and shapes, a clothes pin, Tim Holtz distress stain and restist paper.  My first step was using the distress stain on the resist paper, I chose one with butterflies and dragonflies on it.  Once it was dry I fussy cut the ones I wanted to use.  The distress stain I received was aged mahogany, a brick red color.  I used this for my inspiration for color for the project.  I stamped the word hope with the stamps and a combination of red, white and black paint to create a marbled look with the letters.  I then used the same paint combo and distressed the edges of the black canvas flower to create a little pop.  The shapes I received were pennants which I used as accents under the flower.  I wanted to do something different with the clothes pin so I decided to take it apart and just use it as an accent. 

The next part of the assignment was a Disney themed layout.  Each DT member received 1 of 3 possible themes, Mickey/Disney, Winnie the Pooh or Princess.  I was so excited to receive the princess line as I have two little girls who are very into princess's right now. 

I actually had the girls dress up and have a tea party to get these photos.  I wanted to show a way to use the actually princess's that were printed on the paper I received.  There are often times I see cute papers like these and think how would you use that?  So I fussy cut around the two princess, leaving some of the background to use as part of the embellishements. 

We were given washi tape to use in someway on the layout, I covered squares of patterned paper with the washi tape and create the little rosettes to add dimension to the rosettes on the paper by Sleeping Beauty. 

We were also given baker's twine to use.   For this I took a pop dot and coiled teh baker's twine around it to create a one of a kind embellishment.  It's a fun way to use baker's twine and would make for a great candy or lollypop too.

The final part of the assignment was to create anything we wanted with the mini Echo Park kit we received.  I got the 4th of July kit and thought it would be fun to create a wreath.

I really loved how this turned out.  I cut strips of the patterned paper and die cut them with the Tim Holtz rosette dies, large, medium and small.  Then I just layered them on a base that I cut from chipboard.  The stars and banner were all stickers that came with the kit.  I love the look and will definately be making another one of these soon. 

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle ~

Craft Warehouse Design Team Assignment 3 (part 2...finally)

Well, it's been too long from the part 1 post so I guess I better start posting more regularly. But without further delay here is part two of the last Craft Warehouse DT assignment.

For this assignment we were given a blank oval plaque to alter using Crate Papers Farm House line.  I knew right away that I wanted to create the look of a quilt using multiple papers from the line.  In my mind I was going to use all the paper in the same pattern shown.  As I was playing with the design I decided to make it a little simpler for fear of it being too busy.  To get this look I cut squares the size I wanted and  then cut them in half on the diangnle.  Then I just placed them every other one to create of pinwheel look.  The die cut flowers are from the Tim Holtz tattered floral die.  All other accents are pieces from the collection of die cuts or accents.  I loved working with this line and with all the Crate Paper goodies. 

Honeymoon in Paris Layout

Each month I look forward to the Scrap Club meeting at the Salem, OR Craft Warehouse store.  Some of my best layouts are created from the page challenges that they give us.  For September we were given several pieces of patterned paper from Bo Bunny's "etc." line.  The paper reminded me of traveling in Europe, so I dug through my pictures and found this one of my hubby and I on the plane ride to Paris.  We actually flew into Paris but travelled several locations for our "European" honeymoon, but I liked "Honeymoon in Paris" for the title.  Here's what I came up with.

I used alpha stickers from Authentique, some resist kraft paper from Tim Holtz - I used glimmer mist on them but it's hard to tell.  The resist paper I punched a strip using the Martha Stewardt doily lace punch and also used the Tim Holts medallion dies

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle ~

Craft Warehouse Design Team Blog Assignment

I was selected as one of the first two Craft Warehouse DT members to have a blog assignment.  I was excited to have this first challenge.  Be sure to check out the Craft Warehouse Blog to see all the details on this project and how you can create one yourself.

Bits of Summer printer tray -

Thanks for looking,
~ Michelle ~