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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Heather's Fabric rolled flowers Tutorial.

Fabric rolled flowers.

Hi there! I was at Target recently and was admiring their beautiful flower headbands. They really are pretty, but kind of expensive if you know how to just put them together yourself. Today I will show you how to make a fabric rolled flower and how to turn it into a pretty headband for yourself or for your little girl.

1. Cut a strip of fabric about 1 1/2" wide and about 2 ft long. You can make it longer or shorter depending on the size of flower you want to create. Fold fabric lengthwise up to the middle of the strip and glue it down with fabric glue. I used Beacons 3 in 1 glue; its a bit messy but gets the job done.

2. Do the same with the other side.

3. Now roll up the strip tightly about 5 or six times.

4. After you have made your roll (this is the center of the flower) then you can start twisting the fabric. Alternate between twisting and just laying flat. Be sure to use a bit of glue every so often.

5. Keep twisting and laying until you have about an inch left of fabric.

6. Tuck this piece under and glue onto the back.

7. Now you can either stop here, or you can make it a little extra special...

8. Cut out 2 small circles from some felt. These need to be slightly smaller than the circumference of your flower.

9. Cut out ten 4" circles from some tulle. Using 2 pieces of tulle, fold them in half.

10. Now you are going to fold it accordian style so it looks like there are 3 ripples. Take a little bit of thread and just make a couple quick stitches in the bottom to keep them in place. Do this with the remaining tulle so you will have 5 total.

11. Glue the tulle in a circular pattern onto one of the felt circles.

12. Glue the flower onto the tulle.

13. Fluff out the tulle to make it pretty.

14. Glue your flower onto your headband. Use the remaining felt circle and glue it on the bottom to reinforce the flower.

15. Glue a brad into the center of the flower.

16. And you are done!!
Now you can make flowers for just about anything! Try them on some slippers, a handbag or even try a necklace. I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial, thanks for stopping by!!
~Heather

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Prompt 29: Baby's Day Out

There is nothing better than watching your baby explore the world around him/her. Today we want you to scrap a day out with your baby. It can be a trip to the zoo, the park or just exploring the backyard.... show us your Baby's (4 and under please) day out!

Our awesome sponsor for May is.......TALLYSCRAPPER!!


OH em geee!! What can I say about Tallyscrapper? Its my most FAVORITE scrappy place on the planet! The kits are luscious, PACKED with scrappy goodness and unique finds. Plus they are a great value (and if you preorder you get a discount and get it shipped early) The message board is supportive, fun and full of women being REAL... and they have the coolest challenges and prizes around. Every month there is a tally start design team position up for grabs... voted on by the members.....Oh and I havent even mentioned the fun of POINTS!

The lovely Cristal is putting together a super fun prize package for the winner of the May prompts.  Trust me once you've found tally, you've found your scrappy home :)


Check out what the design team did

 Heather Gerrits

Tracey Campbell

Emily Spahn

Michelle Carman

Gracie Ann David-Tan

Jess Mutty

Maya Oren-Dahan

Melanie Harris

Sabrina Poole

Kelly Cranfill

Jen Matott

Kelly Haugen

 Sarah Rice

We cant wait to see your Baby's Day Out!! Projects are due May 31st. On June 1st we will post our fabulous favorites! Link your layout in the Mr Linky below for your shot at the prize pack from TallyScrapper!


Prompt 28 favorites

Oh so many sweet crying babies! Here are our favorites for prompt 28

Ange

RonnieDoll

Kelly F

Shannon

All of you lucky ladies are in the running (along with the favorites from Prompt 29) to win that awesome prize pack from TallyScrapper!!  Stay tuned for the next prompt!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Prompt 28: Cry Baby Cry Baby

With scrapbooking its easy to always showcase the happy pictures. We cant resist using pictures of our darling babies cutely smiling and looking so angelic. But babies are not always angelic. They cry, they scream, they throw FITS! 

Today I want you to scrap a photo of your little one Crying.  It can be a teeny tiny baby cry or a full on temper tantrum.... but we want to see those tears! :)

Our awesome sponsor for May is.......TALLYSCRAPPER!!


OH em geee!! What can I say about Tallyscrapper? Its my most FAVORITE scrappy place on the planet! The kits are luscious, PACKED with scrappy goodness and unique finds. Plus they are a great value (and if you preorder you get a discount and get it shipped early) The message board is supportive, fun and full of women being REAL... and they have the coolest challenges and prizes around. Every month there is a tally start design team position up for grabs... voted on by the members.....Oh and I havent even mentioned the fun of POINTS!

The lovely Cristal is putting together a super fun prize package for the winner of the May prompts (picture coming soon).... Plus if you want a chance to win MORE prizes sign up for the message board and get ready for some fun. Next weekend there is a special crop for NSD where you have the chance to win 2 kits and bunches of other fun prizes from both the tally team and its members. Trust me once you've found tally, you've found your scrappy home :)

Now check out these crying baby projects from our fabulous design team

Sarah Rice

Jen Matott

Tracey Campbell

Michelle Carmen

Kelly Cranfill

Gracie Ann David Tan

Lizzie Oakley

Heather Gerrits

Maya Oren-Dahan

Now we wanna see YOUR little one cry!! Please keep kids to 4 and under. Layouts are due May 15th On May 17th we will post our favorites. Those lucky ladies will be in the running to win that fabulous prize pack from Tallyscrapper!!

Ultrasound Favorites!

We just loved seeing your little ones in utero! Here are our favorites from prompt 27

Ronniedoll

Rita

Shan

These gals (along with the favorites from prompt 26) are in the running to win April's prize pack from Nikki Silvis scrapbooker! Stay tuned for the winner!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

FYI

The new challenge will go up on May 3rd instead of the 1st. I extended the deadline for the last challenge a few days because of the mishap with the Mr Linky. There is still on more day to scrap for a shot at that awesome prize from Nikki Silvis

Happy Scrappin