3-D Rose Tutorial

I got some questions about how to make the 3-D roses found in my Rose Wreath. So today I’m going to show you how to make them.

I promise I did not watch Vampire Diaries while making this tutorial and there are plenty of pictures!

Today we will be making these:

Supplies needed:

• Fabric
• Felt
• Heat N Bond Lite
• Iron
• Felt Glue
• Sizzix 3-d Flower Die
• Die cut machine of your choice ( I use a Cuttlebug)

One sheet of felt, makes 9 flowers and I base all my measurements on that.Most felt sheets come in 9 x 12 inch rectangles and can be found at any craft or fabric store for about $.25. The fabric comes out to a fat eighth, if you can get that amount. Most big fabric stores won’t cut fabric that way. I usually get at least 1/2 a yard of fabric at a time anyway, so I can just cut it off of that.

Lay your felt sheet on your fabric and cut:

Then lay your felt or fabric on the Heat N Bond ( also purchased by the yard) and cut to fit:

Iron your Heat N Bond to your fabric as per manufacturer’s instructions:

Allow to cool. Peel off paper backing and iron onto felt piece:

Allow to cool again. Once cool, cut into 3x4 rectangles. I used my guillotine paper cutter and it works great. First cut your 12 inch side into 3 strips, 4 inches wide:

Then cut your strips, long way into 3 strips, 3 inches long:

This can be done with a rotary cutter or scissors. Whatever you have handy. I tried this method out one night and was super excited that it worked.

Here are your 9 squares:

Now its time to die cut! For the Cuttlebug, I sandwich a B plate, the Sizzix die, 2 rectangles over the large die and another B plate, and cut!

(Yes I’ve cut and made a ton of these already. I can’t help myself. Both my B plates look this bad lol)

This is what they look like cut and then pulled apart:

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Next we roll, just like any other rosette. This is tough to photograph because you do need both hands to roll these:

When you get to the end:

Time to glue! I use felt glue:

Put the big piece on the bottom and squish it together:

And that’s it! You’re all done. Admire your beautiful roses:

The possibilities are endless with these. I am making rings and hairclips and putting them in my Etsy store this weekend:

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3-d Flower Art & Tutorial

This is my first tutorial and I’m super excited! I hope I get this right, so go easy on me, perty please!

First, I have to say that I have been mildly obsessed with making 3d roses, as seen on my Rose Wreath.  Here are some others I have made recently:

I have turned some into rings and hairclips that will be in my etsy store soon:

But for now, I will be showing you how to make this little piece of 3d flower art:

 

You will need:

• Fabric
• Felt
• Heat N Bond Light
• Felt Glue
• Jewel-It or any jewel embellishing glue
• Scissors
• Sizzix Lilac Flowers Die
• Cuttlebug or any die cutting machine
• Frame ( I picked this one up at the Dollar Tree)
• 4mm Bicones
• Extra leaf from flower stem or you can cut out your own
• Scrapbooking paper

This took me alot longer to do than was necessary because, since I like to craft with the TV on, I had Vampire Diaries on. Is there anyone else out there willing to admit that they watch this show? Is there anyone out there willing to admit that they SWOON over Damon Salvatore?? Yes, he’s very distracting. Moving on.

(not all supplies are pictured)

I found that the easiest way of doing this was to just cut a strip of fabric, felt and Heat N Bond, all the same size. First, iron your Heat N Bond to the wrong side of your fabric.

After about 5 minutes of drooling over Damon  Once this has cooled down, peel the back of the Heat N Bond paper and you will see your fabric now has a shiny side. ( this is hard to photograph, but you will know what I mean). Next place shiny side down onto felt and iron. I was drooling some more and forgot to take a picture of this step, for no obvious reason =)

Once this has cooled, sandwich your cutting plates, lilac die, bonded fabric/felt piece and run through your die cut machine. ( I didn’t photograph this part because alot of die cut machines will require different plates, depending on the type of machine. If you have any questions here, don’t hesitate to ask.

I cut about 8 large and 8 small of fabric/felt fusion and the same amount in just the felt.

(I’m not realizing that this is not the world’s best tutorial because I did not take enough pictures. I promise from now on not to watch Vampire Diaries when I have the intention of doing a tutorial)

Basically, the next step is to find a sheet of scrapbook paper that best compliments your fabric and cut to size. Please behind the glass and put your frame back together.

Now take your felt glue and start gluing on your leaves right on the glass. Your leaves can be cut with the same die if you want to use fabric or paper. I happened to have some leaves left over from a flower bunch and I just used those. Then start gluing your non fabric fused felt shapes down, trying to mimic the picture on the die. Glue with felt glue, again, right on the glass.

After that, layer your fabric/felt pieces on over the plain ones.

I decided to add the Swarovski bicones in the center, rather than the pearls as on the cover, because I thought it made the fabric pop. I glued them down with the Jewel-It glue.

And that’s it!

So what have I learned today?

• No more watching Vampire Diaries while making something tutorial worthy
• Don’t assume
• Damon Salvatore is hot

Anyway, that’s how you make the 3d flower art. I hope you like it. And go easy on me, I was drooling =)

Rose Wreath

I’ve been seeing alot of wreaths in blog land for quite a while and have always wanted to make one, but never could decide on exactly what I wanted to do. There are so many creative ideas out there! Then I was playing around with fabric & felt and came up with this:

Made entirely from felt and some areas of fabric and felt fused together. I LOVE it!! It was so much fun to make.

My home doesn’t really have alot of pink in it, so this one will hang in my craft room for now. My bedroom gets the next one, alot of light blue, cream and brown. Maybe one for the livingroom as well. I have alot of ideas for these fantastic roses. Thinking about also putting some OOAK in my etsy store. What do you think?

Total cost for this wreath is estimated at $3. I paid $1 for the foam wreath at the dollar store. Fabric on hand, includes 72" felt and fat eighth of fabric approximately $2 ( thats highball).

Linking this week to the blogs on my link party page.

Thanks!!

Pottery Barn Knock-Offs - Almost

I’m super excited to report that I am in the process of making some really cool Pottery Barn knock-offs. I’m almost finished with them. As soon as I am, I will post the pics and a tutorial. I’ll also be posting the finished project at a few different link parties for the first time. So excited!!

Kameron’s Easter

Kam had a FANTASTIC time gathering his eggs. He was so proud of them!

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Easter Cupcakes

I made vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream for Easter. The buttercream tasted too much like powdered sugar. I mean it is made from powdered sugar, but that’s pretty much all I could taste. Everyone really enjoyed them, but I think I will try a different frosting recipe next time. I love the “cake” part alot. Its a great recipe!

I had purchased this printable Easter party set and made the flags out of it.

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Beautiful Jasmine & The Yard

I planted the Jasmine 2 years ago and they are gorgeous! Pink Jasmine. They vine everywhere. I love how they have coiled into the bench.

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