CREPE PAPER FLOWER

Things You'll Need:

• Crepe paper
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Green pipe cleaners

Instructions:

Stack five sheets of crepe paper on a flat surface. You can use the same colored crepe paper throughout this project, or you can layer different colors for a unique look. Work in a well-lit area so that you can see what you are doing.

Measure an 8-by-8-inch square of crepe paper with your ruler and cut all the layers with your scissors. This is a great activity for children, but supervise them when they are using scissors.               

Make a 1/2-inch fold in the stack of crepe paper. Run your finger along the fold to create a crease. Hold the new fold tight and flip the crepe paper over. Fold the crepe paper you are holding backwards to create a second fold. This is called an accordion fold. Continue in this manner until you reach the end of the crepe paper.

Fold the crepe paper in half by bringing the two short ends together. Do not make a full fold or crease. You are looking for the center of the paper.

Cut a tiny V-shape on each side of the fold.

Wrap one end of a green pipe cleaner around the middle of the paper (where you made your tiny cuts) and then twist it around itself where the pipe cleaner meets the underside of the flower. This will secure the pipe cleaner stem to the crepe paper flower. The long end of the pipe cleaner should be pointing down.

Pull the ends of the crepe paper up, and then begin to open the layers inside by pulling them out gently. Work with the layers, pulling and lifting them, until you are satisfied with the look of your flower.

BIRTHDAY CARD

                       


THIS CARD  IS FOR EVERY ONE.U CAN SEND IT 

Card Making Supplies Used

• Chocolate color cardstock 12" x 6"
• Die-cut Paper 4.5" x 6"
• Pink color cardstock 1.5"x 6"
• Pink and black checked ribbon 7" length
• Happy Birthday rubber stamp by Penny Black
• Pink dye ink pad
• Black pigment ink pad
• Heat gun
• Glue

Card Making Instructions

• Score and fold chocolate color cardstock to make a blank square folded card
• Pour clear embossing powder over stamped image and shake off excess powder.
• Heat to melt powder with heat gun.
• Apply glue to pink cardstock.
• Attach to left side on the front of folded chocolate color blank card.
• Use a sponge to apply color to the die-cut paper.
• I prefer polyester fiber because it is easier to blend the color.
• Apply glue to the die-cut paper.
• Attach to the right side on the front of folded chocolate color blank card.
• Align the pink cardstock and the die-cut paper to each other.
• Apply glue to ribbon and paste over the joint between the pink cardstock and die-cut paper.
• Fold the both ends of ribbon to the inside of card.

Viola! A stunning pink and brown birthday card. Hope you like it.

EMBOSSED CARD

                                                                                                                                                                              Dry embossing is one of my favourite techniques ..  

Required supplies

• 12"/30cm Euro Personal Paper Trimmer
• Comfort Grip™ Micro-Tip® Scissors
• ShapeBoss™ Embossing System Starter Set
• ShapeBoss™ Stencil Set Floral Garden designed by Jone Hallmark
• ShapeBoss™ Stencil Set Script Letters
• Cardstock paper - light brown, patterned brown, cream, pink, sage
• Rubber stamp ink - brown
• Cotton balls
• Adhesives - tape runner
• Brad - brown

Instructions

Cut a piece of light brown cardstock to measure 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Fold in half and score to create a card that measures 4 1/4 X 5 1/2".
Cut a piece of patterned brown paper to measure 3 1/4" X 5 1/2". Using rubber stamp ink pad, swipe edges of front flap of card onto inkpad for inked, distressed edges. Adhere this piece to front flap of card.
Cut a piece of cream cardstock to measure 5 1/2" X 3". Tear along both long edges of this piece. Using rubber stamp ink pad, swipe edges of this piece for inked, distressed edges. Adhere this piece to center of patterned brown piece.
Using floral stencil, emboss one pink flower and 2 sage leaves. Remove from stencils and cut flower and leaves out. Apply brad to center of flower. Using a cotton ball lightly inked with rubber stamp ink, drag cotton ball over embossed areas on flower. Adhere flower to front flap of card using pop dot and leaves using tape runner.
Using lettering stencil, emboss the letter "S", then trim out using scissors. On another strip of paper, emboss "pring". Trim around each of these pieces. Using rubber stamp ink pad, swipe edges of each piece onto inkpad for inked, distressed edges. Adhere the "S" to sage cardstock. Trim around edges. Mount these layers onto pink cardstock. Trim around these edges. Mount the "pring" onto light brown cardstock. Trim around edges. Adhere these pieces to front flap of card.

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Isn't that card beautiful!

EGG FLOWER

                  

There are times when you want to give a special gift to a friend or family member and want them to know that you took a great deal of trouble to make it yourself. On days when you feel like that why not try making flowers that always bring a smile to the sternest of faces! How's this for a great brainwave - flowers made of egg cartons...

The things you need:
1. An empty egg carton
2. Poster colours
3. Brushes
4. Glue
5. Scissors
6. Thick straws

Step 1: Cut one egg cup from the carton.

Step 2: Make six to four cuts on the broad part of the cup.

Step 3: Bend and curl the cuts in different ways. Your flower petals are ready and you can make a budding flower or a flower in full bloom by the way you arrange the 'petals'.

Step 4: Stick a thick straw to the bottom of the cup and the flower stem is ready. You could even use a piece of wire for the stem.

Step 5: Now give this flower the shades of colour that you want. The choice is yours - whether you want to give a bunch of roses or a mixed bouquet!

CRUNCHY SWEET SNOW MAN

 

 

 

Dressed in colorful candy scarves and top hats, these stylish, easy-to-make snowmen are sure to liven up any holiday gathering.

Ingredients

• bag of 8-inch pretzel rods
• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• mini chocolate chips
• orange decorators' gel

• fruit leather (various colors)
• gummy rings
• gumdrops

Instructions

1. To make a batch, melt 1 cup of white chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler.
2. One at a time, dip one end of an 8-inch pretzel rod in the melted chocolate and use a plastic spoon or knife to spread the chocolate two thirds of the way down the rod.
3. Set the pretzels on a sheet of waxed paper and press on mini chocolate chips for eyes and buttons. Use orange decorators' gel to add a carrot nose.
4. When the chocolate has hardened, stand the pretzels in a mug or glass and tie on strips of fruit leather for scarves. For each hat, stretch a gummy ring over the narrow end of a gumdrop and secure it on the pretzel rod with a dab of melted chocolate.

POPCORN BALLS

  

Ingredients :-

• Small popcorn ball (one for each guest)
• Mini candy canes
• Colored sugar

• Frosting
• Mini M&Ms

Instructions :-

1. You'll need a small popcorn ball for each person (ours are store-bought and about 3 inches wide). Use a wooden skewer to poke a small hole in the top, snap the end off of a mini candy cane to create a point, and gently press the sharp end of the cane into the popcorn ball far enough to make a loop, as shown.
2. For the sugar dots and lines, pour colored sugar onto a flexible paper plate (the flexibility makes it easy to pour the extra sugar back into the container when you're done). Fill a pastry bag with frosting, or scoop frosting into a quart-size plastic bag and cut off one corner. Working on one dot or line at a time, pipe frosting thickly onto the ball, then press the ball gently into the sugar so that only the frosting touches it. Use frosting to glue mini M&Ms to the ball.

Build The Best Paper Airplane

During the summer of 1950, on the outskirts of Harrisburg Pennsylvania U.S.A., my sister's boyfriend "Skip" was sitting on the glider on the front porch of our house. He said to me - "Hey Mike... bring me a sheet of paper." I answered why? and he responded with his make believe impatience "Just bring it!" I obeyed and he said that he was going to build the best paper airplane in the world. I was eight years old at the time and my meager knowledge of paper airplanes was the traditional flying wedge that spiraled into tight loops and fell head first to the ground.

When he started folding the paper, I knew this was something different, something special. He never explained how he did it but every move, every fold, every detail was burned into my memory. After he finished, we walked the porch handrail and he gently tossed it horizontally towards the street. It glided like no paper airplane I have ever seen before, it was acting like a REAL airplane. It gently curved into the slight breeze and began to rise vertically without moving forward. The craft then began to lower as if it were a helicopter and gently came to rest on the asphalt below. 

Over the years, I have shown many eight year old children this paper plane. I don't know if they will remember but I hope they pass the knowledge on.