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Punchcraft flowers |
As a Christmas gift for my daughter's teacher we made a handmade recycled photoframe and matching star shaped gift box .
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Punchcraft flowers |
We decorated our photoframe with handmade paper rosebuds and punchcraft roses
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Punchcraft flowers |
The golden dots on the house ,fence and lacey hearts are bindis [fashion accessories!].Wrapped half a punched flower on flower pollens to make the tiny flower buds.
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Punchcraft roses |
The photoframe is a recycled craft[Click here for
photoframe tutorial]
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Handmade photoframe |
To jazz it up a bit in the festive spirit added glitter glue on the leaves and vines of the punchcraft roses.
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Punchcraft flowers |
Making the
mulberry type punchcraft roses used in
these projects are a bit tricky and I didnt want to flood this blog post with the pictorial photos so made a
slideshow tutorial .Please click on the
little triangles to advance to the next slide of the
punch craft rose and rosebud tutorials.
Tips to make a good rose and rosebud[This applies to the flowers in this tutorial only]
Paper: Paper chosen is of the utmost importance here.I found thin punch craft paper gave better results than cardstock as you need a bit of malleability.Some punchcraft paper does not stick easily...such papers will be a nightmare to work with ..experiment.
Glue: I used Fevicol MR.
Dont use runny glue...it should be a bit thick...if your glue is fresh and runny...put a big blob on a plastic/other surface and let it thicken for some time before you use it.
Glue gun will scorch your hands[I tried ..so beware of shortcuts in this particualr punchraft rose!].
Your glue should not be very fast drying as you need a bit of time to mould and arrange the petals.
Use the bare minimum of glue or your bud will be a squishy ball!
Here is the closeup of the matching star shaped box
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Star shaped box |
Used the new Itsy Bitsy dies [
love them] to make the hanging drop border on my star box
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Star shaped box |
Added the same flourish vine ,MS lacey heart and silver die cut butterfly on the lid of the star shaped box.
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Star shaped box |
Star Shaped Box tutorial
Here is the Star Box Tutorial
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Star Box tutorial |
The star shaped box is easy to make and needs 2- 4 stars [handcut or die cut]and 2 strips of card stock accordion folded.
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Star Box tutorial |
Here you can see my little girl using the Scorepal to help make the star shaped box. And here is the link to the complere Star Box Tutorial
Supplies: Dies: Cheery Lynn Butterflies ,Cheery Lynn Fanciful flourish ,Couture creations oval,Sizzix Star,Itsy Bitsy Deckle Lace,Marianne Fence & bird house Punches : Martha Stewart deep edge heart, Jef 5 petal medium retro,Jef 5 petal pointed medium,Jef medium daisy,