Paper Rosettes

So, paper rosettes are all the rage and I think they are soo cool.  I spent some time tonight playing around with them. They are pretty easy, but I admit that it took me several attempts to get the folding in part.  I love how you can make such a cool embellishment out of just paper!

I cut this strip of paper at 1 1/2 x 12 inches and then used my scallop edge punch.  Im scored every 1/4 inch for this rosette.

If you want to watch a video on how to make rosettes, www.archiversonline.com  has a good one on their blog.

My card is an A2 card and I ran the yellow cardstock through the cuttlebug using the Divine Swirl folder. Pretty simple.  It's kind of fun to make a quick card using basic embellishments without taking out a lot of your supplies.

Thanks for visiting me!  I'd love to see your rosette projects and share any tips you may have!!

Quick Cards

These are some quick cards I made for some birthdays this week.


             This first card is from Simply Charmed and the cake is cut at 3.75"--and I used a birthday candle border punch. There are several layers to cut with this cut.  I used Stickles for some extra sparkle.

This next card is made using Camp Out--I have a nephew who is very into fishing.  The blue strips are crimped just to give it a little extra texture.  Hopefully you can tell the yellow funny shaped circle is a bobbin with a hook on the end! (this was my husbands idea when I told him I thought the card was too blah with just the fish on it)  Gotta love sharing a workspace!  :) 

                              This next card is made with Walk In My Garden and the butterfly cut at 3.75" and then layered with black. It might be hard to see but I used glitter paper from a paper pack for some sparkle.  Are you detecting a theme here with the sparkle and bling?   It was fun to do a spring card in the midst of all this crummy weather that keeps coming and coming.

        

            Have a great day--thanks for stopping by!

My New Scrap Room!

Hi Everyone! I'm so sorry it's been so long since I've posted--I should back on track now--we have had so many sporting events going on that I can barely keep up! We are in the midst of hockey district games and then it should get a little quieter before baseball.

In the midst of spring cleaning--my husband and I re-did our office/scraproom. We went to Ikea and installed a built in counter top instead of the 2 individual desks that we had in our room. It is soo super cool and the room flows sooo much better! With the Ikea Expedia cabinets, everything is sooo organized now and there is plenty of room for the kids to join us when we are working and they need help with their homework.

My husband was so great in the little touches of my room--under cabinet lighting, and power outlet strips hidden. I love it!!!

Thanks for looking!