Tasteful Trim Paper Roses Mini Tutorial - FREE!

Here is my Tasteful Trim Paper Roses Mini Tutorial! I saw a picture of flowers somewhere a long time ago made this way, and bought this die to make them. I never got around to it then, and when I sat down to do it, I couldn't find the other picture! So, I have come up with my own way to do this. I'm not sure if it is the same way as in the photo I saw a long time ago, but if it was you who came up with this idea, let me know and I will link you!
These are so simple to make using the Tasteful Trim die! You can get the FREE tutorial below!
I did not have floral tape for the stems, but I think that would make them look better and make it easier to keep the leaves on.

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to get the FREE tutorial!

These would be the perfect gift for Valentine's Day for a loved one! I thought they would also make great wedding or prom corsages or boutonnieres. Then you will have them forever!

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cards & Box

Here is my Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cards & Box Project. You can make strawberry cards or paper strawberries* to put in your box!
This would be a great gift for Valentine’s Day, a wedding or for someone special any time of the year!
This box is similar to the box shown on page 9 of the 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog. It would go great with the P.S. I Love You stamp set, however you do not need it to make this project.

*The paper strawberries are not my original design. I have seen them many places and thought they would look cute with the box and cards. The directions for them are included in the tutorial for fun.

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to see more details or to get the tutorial for this project!

Lattice Fold Wreath Ornament

I had so much fun with my Lattice Fold Ornament, I just had to make one into a wreath! There are a few more directions below to change the Lattice Fold Ornament into the wreath, but check out the other post for the full directions.

You are going to fold the Lattice Die cut just like you did for the other ornament, then you are going to cut out the middle. I have shown below where you cut with the red lines. Do this after you have folded and glued the loops together to make it easier to assemble.


Once they are cut, you can put them together. The wreath only uses three lattice shapes so it pops up a little bit when they are all together. (The other one used four.)


Once they are together, fold back the outside ovals so the center bumps up, but the wreath lays flat. make a second one and glue it to the back to make them stronger and to be more 3-D.

You can color your Rhinestones with a permanent red marker right on the sheet and then put them on the wreath. Put your bow and string on. and you are ready to decorate the tree!

Santa Wine Bottle Basket & Card

Here is my Santa Wine Bottle Basket with beard topper and matching card! This is the perfect way to dress up a simple bottle of wine to bring to a holiday party or to give as a gift! You can even dress up the bottles that you keep at your house for a great holiday decoration!

Fits all standard sized bottles of wine or sparkling juice.

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to see more details or get the tutorial for this project!

You can also check out my Santa's Pants Wine Bottle Holder!

Fabric Cinderella Pumpkins

I saw a great site that has directions for these adorable Fabric Pumpkins! I thought these would be perfect to make using the Spice Cake Fabric. I did not give directions on my blog, since the other site has great ones, so check them out there!
I used circles ranging in diameter from 8" - 15". I used all three Spice Cake fabrics and just turned one inside out for the fourth different pumpkin. The photos really don't do these pumpkins justice, they are gorgeous in real life!

Castle Frame

After my trip to Disney World I was inspired to make this frame for my daughters photos!
The full frame size is approximately 16" x 19" and holds 11 photos! You can hang this on a wall as it is, or you can put the entire thing into a glass frame.

You can also change the colors of the castle so it won't look like the Disney castle for whatever type of frame you want!
This would be perfect for any little girls room! Print the templates smaller and it would perfect for a scrapbook page!
You do not need 12" x 12" paper to make this, only 8-1/2" x 11".

To see more details or get this tutorial
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Three Pumpkin Snowman Tutorial!

As promised, here is the snowman tutorial!

CLICK HERE to see the original pumpkins where I got this idea from.

There are three sections and here is what you need for them:
small - (11) - 4" x 3/4" strips
medium - (14) - 6" x 3/4" strips
large - (21) - 8" x 3/4" strips

First you are going to take your small strips and punch a hole in both ends using the Crop-a-dile. I used a 15" piece of 1/4" white grosgrain ribbon, put a jumbo brad through one end and stuck it through the end hole in one side of the small strips. I then put the other end of the ribbon through the other side. Then I put the ribbon through the middle sized strips.

Tip: If you want each section to be a certain height you can tie a knot in the ribbon before you put it through the other end hole on the small strips. Then put one end of the medium strips on and tie another knot. This will keep them from sliding up and down on the ribbon. This step is not in my photos.

Put the largest strips on and then use another jumbo brad through the end of the ribbon after cutting it the right height for your snowman.


Now you can spread out the bottom and top strips to form the ball. I used black pipe cleaners and just bent the ends to look like fingers. I would suggest dividing the middle strips in half and putting the pipe cleaner on before you expand them.
Tip: Once I had all the sections on, before expanding them, I put a wooden skewer through the center holes to keep the snowman from being too floppy. Or else you just have to lean him against something when you display him.


The hat is a 2 1/2" circle and 1 3/4" punched circle. The center part is a 6" x 2" strip scored 3/8" in from both long sides and then those edges are cut into little tabs like shown below.


Using Tombow glue you can roll the center strip and glue it to the inside of the small circle.


Then put glue on the other tabs and stick it to the center of the larger circle. Then I used red grosgrain ribbon and snail adhesive to wrap around the base of the hat. I put this on the snowman with Dimensionals. I used more ribbon to tie around the neck for a matching scarf.


Hope you have fun with it!

Three Pumpkin Snowman

I made a previous post with a pumpkin made out of strips of paper. I decided to take it one step further and make a snowman out of three different sized pumpkins!

Check back soon for the tutorial!
CLICK HERE to see how I made the pumpkin.

Miniature Christmas Stockings

Here are my Miniature Christmas Stockings that I gave you a sneak preview of the other day! I made these to give out to future hostesses with a gift certificate in them. Each stocking is approximately 7" tall by 5" wide. They would be perfect for gift cards, money or gift certificates. They are also just the right size to fill with candy canes or other goodies.
It would look really cute as an ornament on a Christmas tree filled with mini presents or to be used as home decor on the mantel!

CLICK HERE to get the FREE template to make these!

Here are the instructions:
Print out the template and cut out two stockings exactly the same. I used a sewing machine to sew the two layers together but you could also use a thin line of Tombow adhesive and just use the white gel pen to draw faux stitches on.


Out of very Vanilla card stock I cut a 7 1/2" x 2 1/4" strip and folded it in half. I used the scallop edge punch starting at the crease so when you do both sides they will line up. I then stamped the leaves from the Peaceful Season stamp set on the edges.


Using Tombow you are going to glue the Vanilla top onto the stocking. I used the Crop-a-dile to put holes in and twine to keep the Deck the Halls button on.


Here is the finished button so the twine goes through all the holes. Now I used a spray bottle of rubbing alcohol and srayed only the red stocking part. This makes the paper pliable and easy to puff open the stocking so you can shape it. I used my bone folder to stick inside and open it up while its wet. It dries fast so work quick and don't get the stamped top wet or it will run. Once it's dry its easier to fill!

Here is another version using the same stamp set.

Hope you like them!

Scallop Circle Roses

I saw how to make these little roses on the Creating Cards with Andrea blog and I loved them! She said she used the scallop circle punch to do hers so I tried it with all the sizes of scallop circles that SU has. They came out so great!

I used the small Scallop circle punch with the 1" circle punch for the middle, the new larger scallop circle punch and just cut out the center circle and then also the Scallop Circle die and #2 die for the Big Shot(where I also cut out the center circles by hand). They all come out different size roses and work so well together! I glued them all on scrap paper and then cut the bottoms once they were dry.

I used Pink Pirouette card stock and Regal Rose ink to sponge the edges for the roses. I used Wild Wasabi card stock for the leaves using the 5 Petal Punch and sponged the edges with Old Olive.

This is how my frame started out. I got it at the dollar store! I ripped out the back and took the butterfly board off so I could move it over.

Here is the scallop circle with the center gone being rolled up and then glued on the 1/2" punched circle. I cut the center out of the 5 petal punch to make the leaves and wrapped it around the base.

Here is one of the completed flowers and the inside of the frame after I finished with it. I used Very Vanilla card stock to cover the frame pieces and sponged them with Crumb Cake ink to age them. I printed the picture and ripped the edges and sponged them also.

I love these little flowers, they are gorgeous!