July 2014

another persons trash is another persons treasure

Okayas on Reddit made these adorable TMNT keychains and they are out of this world cute!

Check out the full album HERE

Read this tutorial on my new website!

I recently posted this template for an origami tree pop up card and wanted to share how make it.

MATERIALS:

Printed template
Cardstock
Tape
Ruler
X-acto knife
Scissors
Glue

I start but printing the template out. You can re-size the image to your liking.

Start by taping the template onto cardstock or any thick paper you have. I like to de-stick my tape by dabbing it on the back of my hand a couple of times, this ensures my cardstock won't peel off with the tape once I'm done cutting.

Using a ruler and an x-acto knife I like to cut all the straight edges first.

I like to cut the easiest thing first tehehee

I then move on to scoring the dotted lines. Scoring the lines ahead of time make folding the card a lot easier.

The most difficult part in my opinion is cutting out the island pieces. They tend to be a bit finicky and if you don't have a sharp x-acto like I do, you'll need to retrace your cuts. I like to flip to the cardstock side and retrace the cuts there - this just ensures I don't double cut.

Island pieces are the pieces that are not connected to the main piece

Switching to good old pair of scissors makes cutting the rest of the template a breeze.

Along the scored lines, fold the pieces upward, respectively. I find folding the shortest sections first the easiest. Then fold the base piece upwards as well.

Grab another piece of cardstock, fold it in half and glue the tree cut out along the centre fold line.

Let the glue dry and give your card a test run. Close it and open it to see if everything pops up as it's supposed to. It takes some precision to get it just right but the end result is magnificent.

Happy crafting :)

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Awesome stuff done by mardybrum

more on her blog

This was made using satin ribbon, organza, feathers and tulle.

little more detail, Check her blog out for more pictures!

A tree template I found

Hey this is a Deer Origami Template I found hope you guys like it.

Here's a video of one I created

This is a super simple DIY you can do to give any room a unique look. Try it out in a room that gets a nice breeze because it'll blow you away how beautiful this looks!

MATERIALS

Feathers

String (try fish wire for the invisible look)

Tape

Scissors

*Optional: beads or pearls

INSTRUCTIONS

*String in a bead or pearl for every feather to give it a classy look! See how Cooking Poetry does it :)

Some puzzle pieces and spray paint does wonders.

MATERIALS:

Thick Paper like cereal box
Template (tall or short)
Tape
Scissors
Ruler
Xacto Knife
Glue

INSTRUCTIONS:

Lid

Box

Created by Katniss Mellark

Lots and lots of paper, beads, floral pips, pipe cleaners, floral tape, and broken nails went in to this.

Thank you! There were a few tutorials that I used to make the flowers. Here they are:

http://offbeatbride.com/2010/09/beaded-flower-tutorial

http://www.marthastewart.com/893987/how-make-crepe-paper-flowers

http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/galina_gr/post268248740/

http://hatstruck.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-make-your-own-stamens.html
http://offbeatbride.com/2010/06/diy-brooch-bouquet

I made the stems out of pipe cleaners for the paper flowers, floral wire for the heavy beaded ones, the ones using floral pips were pretty straight forwards, just fold the pips in half, wrap a wire around them, and then add the petals. Bought some plastic glitter flowers from Michaels around Christmas time (the gold leafy looking things), and just cut those apart and put them on individual pipe cleaners. Then, once it looked like I had enough, I started using floral tape to wrap stems that looked good together, then went back and paired up those, and so on until I more or less had my bouquet together. I wrapped some little LEDs in the blossoms too, so the whole thing lit up. hid the batteries in the handle, and used this tutorial to finish it off nicely:

http://apracticalwedding.com/2011/04/how-to-make-a-wedding-bouquet/

Hope that helps!