Japanese Packaging Templates - Best Used With Card Stock or Color Paper I’m not sure how I discovered this awesome collection of packaging templates but I’m glad I did! Some professor or student at a japanese univeresity was nice enough to share all their packaging templates with the world! These are a few of my favorites and you can see all of them on their website. Every situation is covered! You sell Bon Bons? P.S. stumbleupon
Free Vintage Printables - Vanentine's Day My next set of Easter tags features darling Vintage Bunnies :-) I know there has been a lot of tags lately, but I’ve been saving up ideas, I hope you are still in the mood for more…: Again, no Easter greeting on these, but you can use my round badge like I suggested yesterday: Print a sheet of round badges “A Joyful Easter” from my earlier post, and tie a badge together with the tag with ribbon or string :-) This is how I make most of my tags, you are of course free to make them in any way you prefer: Print on matte photo paper (or white cardstock)Glue the printed sheet of tags to thin cardboard, cereal boxes is my favorite thicknessUse mod podge, or spray glue for super-fast craftingWhen the glue is dry, cut out the tags.Sand the edges with a little sandpaper, or stain them with ink if you prefer a more worn lookTie some nice ribbon, lace or bakers twine to hang.(Optional: embellish with glitter, tinsel, ribbon, buttons, etc…)Hang, and TA-DAH: Vintage Easter Cuteness :-D Like this:
Tissue Flowers Tutorial, No.2 - gingerandgeorge A couple of months ago, Jenny - the very lovely editor of PaperCraft Inspirations - asked me to work up a feature on different ways to use tissue paper. You can see the results in the September issue (on sale right about now), and alongside ruffles, twists, layers, buttons and twirly skirts, there's a miniature version of an old tissue-paper favourite. I made these flowers for Halloween a couple of years ago, and although the large scale can look fantastic on card projects, it doesn't leave room for very much else. By scaling it down, you create a much more versatile embellishment and your tissue supplies will stretch a little further, too. This is especially useful if you're using patterned tissue (e.g. Tissue paper (plain or patterned) Scissors Ruler Pencil Thin wire (e.g. fuse or jewellery wire) Small button or circle of card PVA glue Measure and cut out two strips of tissue paper, each around 20cm long and 5-6cm wide. Repeat on the other side of the strip, to create a complete flower-head.
Free Valentine Printable: Basket With Heart Lace This paper Valentine's day craft project shows you how to make a beautiful mini basket perfect for small sweets, jewelry or chocolates. This free printable also comes with a matching gift tag. What you need Pattern (see below) scissors glue or tape paper cutter/blade printer (optional, you can also print your PDF File at your local print shop) thick paper/card stock (optional, you can also print your PDF File at your local print shop) pen (optional, for writing your messages) single hole puncher (optional, you can make your own holes using a paper cutter) ribbon/string (optional, for a stronger Mini Gift basket handle) inkless ball point pen/blunt tipped tool (optional, for easier folding/scoring) Instructions Step 1: Open Mini Gift basket & Gift tag’s PDF File in Adobe Reader and print out on cardstock or thicker paper stock using your printer (or you can print the PDF File at your local print shop). Step 2: Cut out Mini Gift basket Template following the cutting lines. Step 3: Step 4: Step 5:
Six paper flowers It got into my head that I needed to make some paper flowers. I don’t know why. But I figured it wouldn’t be a big deal because the Internet is a veritable smörgåsbord of craft tutorials, and all I had to do was fire up Lappy 5000 and pick one out. About 300,000 search results later, I was no longer any more confident in my ability to make a paper flower than I was in my cat’s ability to retrieve his stupid mouse instead of staring at my hand after I throw it. There were just too many choices and although I could compare the photos, they didn’t reflect (1) how good each tutorial was, (2) how closely my flower would resemble the picture, or (3) which flowers would look nice together. Then again, I thought, if anyone is supposed to try every single one, it might as well be me. After some consideration, I decided that 300,000 might be a few too many to take on, so I narrowed it down to the six most promising and got to work. Wow, that sounded kind of racist, didn’t it? Hope that helps.
Valentine's Day Clip Art - Free Valentine's Day Clip Art Browse Valentine's Day clip art and free Valentine's Day clip art links to flowers, hearts, cupids, couples, candy, greetings, and other Valentine's Day clip art. ABKL Designs: ValentinesLocate red hearts, blue birds with hearts, red and pink hearts with sayings, tiny mice with hearts, doves and hearts in mailboxes, and Valentine dividers or linebars. Animated Valentine's Day Clip ArtLocate and download animated Valentine's Day clip art that includes animated cupids, animated hearts, and other animated Valentine's Day graphics. Bevz PrintZ Gallery: ValentinesCursor down the page for heart background borders and tiles of cats with heart tails, candy hearts, cross-stitch lace hearts, scalloped heart borders, and more. Clip Art by Phillip MartinFind Valentine's Day clip art that includes girls with hearts, boys with hearts, cupids with hearts, and other clip art for Valentine's Day. Clips AhoyBrowse pages and pages of Valentine's Day clipart.
How to make 3D paper ball ornaments I love 3D paper things. Love. And when I saw a little picture of what appeared to be paper balls in a CB2 catalog, I thought, "I am going to make those." So the other day while Alex was writing a paper about mysterious things like polymers and flexible films and tactoids, I made a paper ball. Then I proudly announced I had created a tactoid and it was sitting on my desk. He giggled. These are made from 12 slotted flower shapes that fit together to form a sphere. Download the PDF templates here:Large ball (10")– print/cut 12 sheetsMedium ball (5")– print/cut 2 sheetsSmall ball (3")– print/cut 1 sheet Download a Silhouette .studio file here:Small ball (3")– unzip the file; cut 1 sheet. If you want to hang your ornament, you might like to add the string before assembling the ball. Use the slits to join petals together. It might be helpful to think of the first piece as the "north pole," and then add a row of five flowers encircling it. Here's what it looks like upside-down:
Paper Valentine: Cast Tissue Paper Into A Mold Decorating Your Valentine While there are many ways to finish your card, we'll learn how to make a valentine using collage. With this art form, decorative papers and materials are combined by pasting or gluing. How to: Before you assemble the card, decorate the cast paper valentine with acrylics, glitter, or shapes cut or punched from paper. To make the envelope, measure the length and width of the card, double the figure, add an inch each way, and cut a piece of construction paper or wallpaper this size. Tips and Tricks: After the cast paper dries, it will be fragile and tend to "flake" like a biscuit. Try your hand at "scherenschnitte" or paper cutting. See the marbling activity in Previous Activities for tips on marbling paper. Learn how paper is commercially recycled at Paper University, a site for kids sponsored by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry.