just add ink #250 just add inspiration

another awesome challenge from the just add ink team

this time it was an inspiration challenge

 when i saw this all i could think of was a high tea with friends and copious amounts of tea and biscuits and china tea cups

 this is what i came up with

a card in a box using the from my heart stamp set from stampin up

i have also used some beautiful pink ribbons and lace and the gorgeous rosettes

punches used include the small butterfly and a border punch

 the cups were stamped in black and pink pirouette ink and fussy cut

 i cut around the from my heart stamp and utilised different aspects of it in different ways for the inside of the card in a box

 the front of the card with some bling and pearls

 the view from up top so you can see the mechanics of it

 the back of the card where you can write your greeting

a view from the side using spots from the kinda eclectic stamp set

hope this inspires you this week

cheers ears

RAINBOW BIRTHDAY PARTY

it is a birthday week here at our place

it is the big 6

and missy moo wanted a rainbow unicorn birthday party

 i started dying 12x12 white cardstock with su re-inkers

wooooo what a blast of colour that was-my finger tips are still recovering 3 days later lol

cut them up via a su rosette die and then cut the die in half longways to make thinner rosttes

stuck them together

                                       

made a rosette out of the strips using some hot glue

 made a lot actually. from the die and 4 sheets of card i made 8 x13cm diameter sized rosettes

 added the unicorns a fab friend cut out for me via her new cool machine (i want one)

 then added it to the banner i had made from the simply created banner kit from su

 and here it is all made up and rainbow-ey

 from the left overs i made the cupcake toppers using the same picture we had used for the invites

party bags were easy-just a white sandwich bag with different rainbow colours wheeled across it

inside is a rainbow necklace, rainbow eraser, pencil, rainbow lollies, a badge and a party popper

 here is the birthday cake.
chocolate, of course lol

 plenty of rainbow party food
coloured popcorn, fruit platter, vege platter, rice bubble bars, ice cream cupcakes, sausage rolls, sour worms, smarties

and my beautiful party girl

cheers ears

paper rosettes

i saw some paper rosettes in a craft mag the other day and thought to myself how easy are they really?

so hunted the www and found one i liked

i had to tweak it for my use and this is what i came up with

 get some 12 x 12 paper (i used scrap paper) and score it every inch.

this is where a scoring tool is VERY useful:>

 then cut along the paper

i tried anything from 3cm to 7cm. 

most of mine were 5cm

just make sure you cut 2 the same width :>

 stick tape at each end

you could use glue but i foudn tape was waaaay easier

 stick the two strips together end to end

 then fold on the score lines.

if you are brave or infinitely tidier than me then feel free to do the folds free hand and do away with the whole scoring part. 

the trick is to give it a squeeze every ten folds or so to really squish it all together.

 stick the ends together to make a zig zaggy circle.

it doesn't matter what side is in the middle.

 then i punched out the bits to go in the middle from a variety of punches. i used a brad in the middle. i have also used buttons which work well (especially when i don't have the colour brad to match :>) and you just hot glue the button into place.

 now this can be the annoying part.

to get the zig zag like this all you do is push your circle into the middle and lay it flat. use all your powers of finger dexterity to stop it kapowing back out at you!!!

because it will....

..especially if some small child suddenly needs you right away to look at something very important like the poo they have done in the toilet (aahh toilet training-don't you just love it??!!)....

 to get it staying put grab your glue gun and squeeze a bit of glue in the hole in the middle and spread a little bit around the top.

put a small circle (i used a 1" circle) on top of the glue and hold it there for about 10 seconds....hopefully your fingers wont burn too much :>

fingers crossed it is stuck enough for you to quickly flip it over and glue the other side and stick a circle down there too.

then you should be ok to decorate it.

 add your middle bit with hot glue

 and ta-da!!!

it should look something like this.

you can then add it to a scrapbook page or a card or turn into a 3-d flower or on a pennant or a wreath...a thousand zillion uses

 for the flower grab a bamboo skewer 

and poke it into the middle of the back gently

and you should end up with something like this 

 now if you wanted to be a little bit fancy

you can make your ends prettier by punching them with border punches. do this before you go and do the foldy zigzag bit. as you can see different punches make different results.

you can also sponge the edges or distress them-whatever takes your fancy really. 

here's a selection of some i have made

hope this was easy for you to follow

and please leave a link to show yours off to me if you try to make some :>