Improvising on your craft skills

I am a huge fan of paper flowers of course which is why I wrote my book.. but I am a huge fan of flower arrangements and constantly drool over the fresh bouquets and arrangements that I see in magazines.

While making paper flowers I think we should think out of the box and try to mix and match ideas together. Here I have added clay flower to burgundy  bud roses along with green fillers.The arrangement is a gift for my aunt.

 The next arrangement is clay flowers that are mixed together with some artificial succulents which has been my weakness for a while. Check my pin board out for the succulents

You are welcome to pin them onto your  board - how much out of box are you going to think for your next craft project?

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Top 10 Suppliers for Craft Paper and Crepe Paper Supplies

As I have mentioned in my book there are various kind of paper that you use to make paper flowers.

I love to use recycled paper for many of my projects but there will be that project that would need the correct paper to make it perfect.

Here is the List of My Top Suppliers that you can rely on!


Crepe Paper Folds

1.Blumchen (NJ) has beautiful colors
2.AcMoore - has a wonderful section with the folds (for North East) no online store but.
3.Hobby Lobby - or West Coast
4.Castle in the Air - CA
5.Crepe Paper Store











Doublette crepe paper



Picture Credits - Castle in the Air

1.Blumchen (NJ)
2.Castle in the Air -CA









Florist Crepe Paper

1.Castle in the Air -CA
2.Paper Mart
3 . Carte Fini












Origami Paper 

1.Michaels 
2.Joann Fabrics
3.Ac Moore














Construction Paper

1.Michaels 
2.Joann Fabrics
3.Ac Moore
4.DickBlick










Scrapbooking Paper & Cardstock

1.Michaels 
2.Joann Fabrics
3.Ac Moore
4.Paper Source


Do you have a store that offers paper - would love to hear from you! Contact me via the contact form!









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Dress up your gift bags or great idea for scrapbookers

A small idea! My daughter wanted to dress up her brown paper bag for her project from school so we put our heads together with all the punches that we had on hand to decor it up.

See what can be achieved with white computer paper,heart punches and a brown paper bag.

Look for  heart punch camellia instructions in my new book.Vary it up with punched out leaves as stamens in the center as in the camellia. You have a new flower under your belt!  Would be great for scrapbooking and adding to a white Xmas handmade cards even. Decor it up!

Look for  the similar heart punch rose instructions in my book!

How to Make 100 Paper Flowers

Pleased to let you know that the book "How to Make 100 Paper Flowers"  is now available in these countries:

United States 

1.Barnes and Nobles or your local bookstore - enter your zipcode to check your local bookstore.

2.Your local US book store - enquire or look online 

3.Amazon

4.Check in your local Library - if not most library are only too pleased to order it for you on request!

United Kingdom

1.Foyles

India

1. www.homeshop.com - free shipping all over India

Thailand

1.Asia Book House - free shipping in Thailand

Others

1.Amazon

navy blue birds nest cake topper and navy blue paper anemone

A great paper flower order and they match each other, the paper anemones have navy blue centers and the birds nest have navy blue forget me nots in them!

Paper Flower Tutorials Paper Poppy Paper Mum

I had done this arrangement a while back and I was browsing through the old pictures and thought this was worthy of a repost! Paper Orchids (not in the book) paired with Paper Poppies (in the book) and Paper Mums! There is such a lot you can do with a little creativity!

Fun EasterCrafts - Adhesive Fabric Paper Flowers Tutorial Hairband

An easy fun Easter craft that you could do with your kids at home is this beautiful hairband that we have created.Making this project is a breeze especially with this new discovery called Adhesive Fabric Paper i.e. Fabric with a adhesive on the back.I found this recently and have been smitten by the product.

 

Materials

Pink Floral Adhesive Fabric Paper Stack.  - can be bought in  Joann /Michaels or Walmart

Headband - found in  Joann /Michaels or Walmart

Button -2 to 3 - Joann /Michaels or Walmart

Glue gun

Scissors

A small peice of foam

Step 1. Cut a piece of the fabric paper - an awesome product - into a strip wide enough to cover the headband. Peel of the backing and stick onto the headband.Use 2 pieces or 2 layers if necessary.Fold over and stick the rest onto the back of the headband.Cut next the pink into a 2 inch wide strip and further cut into squares like in picture. Peel of the paper backing of the square and fold over to form triangle as in picture below

 

Step 2. Fold over the bottom corners of the triangles to form pleats to form petals like shown below.Apply a little glue to stay in place.Create 6-8 petals depending on choice.

Step 3. Glue gun the 6 petals together side by side to form a ring.Dab glue in the center to result in shape below.Glue the foam piece to the center of the button.


Step 4. Cut a square bit from the paper fabric and peel off the backing and cover the button tightly.

Step 6. Cut a tapered strip from the floral paper to cover and stick to back of headband.Dab glue if neccessary.

Step 7. Stick button onto the center of the flower and glue gun flower onto the covered headband.

If you like this post you would love my new book "How to make 100 Paper Flowers"  

Now at Barnes and Nobles and in select craft stores.

For a buying a signed copy click here