Idea No. 14: 31 Halloween Ideas w/ Rhonna Designs- Spooky Bow Flowers

You've seen us use the Rhonna Designs Printable Paper Bows in a lot of our 31 Halloween Ideas! Today, I wanted to show another idea on how to use these cute bows!

Idea No. 14: Spooky Bow Flowers

1. Follow the directions in the Rhonna Designs Paper Bow Printable & create 3 different patterned bows- without the ties. 

2. Glue them together in a flower. THEN, 

3. Add the ties on the back to peek out! Isn't that cute?

Once you have that flower created, you can put them on the ends of buntings & garlands as shown above OR you can add to a skewer stick to create a Paper Bow Lolly!

Get creative w/ the centers....add a punched out piece of Spooky Papers, or....

...how about adding the bow flower itself to a HUGE paper Lolly? I've gota  whole wall of different sized paper lollies & added the center to this huge polka dot one! I love it!

so....get cReative with your Paper Bow Flowers & Lollies! spooooky fun!

DIY cRaft ideas: paper flowers & free download!

idea no. 8: Valentine Paper Flowers

You know I have loved making these vintage paper flowers...huge ones...all over my house.

Well, I have been printing the Kiss Me collection papers onto vintage book paper, dictionary paper, & music paper & am loving the effect they have when making these flowers. So...I thought I'd share a HOW-TO for this DIY project AND the free download template to get you going on this fun hybrid project!

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Supplies needed:

paper: vintage book papers OR plain copy paper

pin or skewer with pear or gem or topper

kraft paper

free Valentine Paper Flower template from Rhonna Designs

scissors

hot glue/gun

fringe scissors

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Steps:

No. 1: Print out free Valentine Paper Flower template from Rhonna Designs onto vintage papers. Note; when doing this, make sure it's vintage, but not too old that it will crack or rip easily...you will be crinkling these papers a lot.

No. 2: Cut out template pieces. (think butterfly or bow-tie shape) (4 large, 4 medium, 3 small, 2 extra small)
No. 3: Using the plain vintage music papers, book papers, or kraft paper, cut out each paper with the same sizes as noted above. The idea is, you'll be layering colored Kiss Me papers, with kraft & vintage papers for a cool look.

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No. 4: Crinkle. Wrinkle. Distress, whatever you want to do to give a ruffled look to these petals.

No. 5: Grab a stick pin or skewer (or toothpick, even) with a pearl, jewel...or something on top that will be the  'middle' of the flowers.

No. 6: Starting with the extra small petals, add a dab of glue on the bottom of the pearl & pierce the 2 extra small petals (put them criss cross) & push onto the hot glue.

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No. 7: Continue layering with the sizes & varying the patterns & colors until you are finished.

ideas: using the smaller sizes, make smaller flowers. using the larger sizes make larger flowers. for 'extra large' flowers, just cut out the papers with the same technique & assemble HUGE flowers! *my fave*

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You can cut out larger pieces freehand as you get the hang of it, but just wanted to share this little fRee Valentines DIY download with you! 

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Run on over to Rhonna Designs to download the 2 PDF files HERE.

Make sure you are already registered on the site & you'll need to be logged in. It will appear in your Downloads.

Remember, this is for personal use only.

I've been a flower makin' fool over here...I seriously LOVE these...making a wreath..I'll have to share when I'm done! Happy Friday...& be sure to come back tomorrow for a VERY cool giveaway for a free ticket to a conference I'm excited to attend. *wink* did I intrigue you enough?

ciao, bellas!

p.s. we released 5 NEW kits last night...tool kits, frames & some fun handwritten Valentines...go on over & check them out!

cReative Team Tuesday. Flags & Such

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When Rosemary sent me these images of her projects...

my heart fluttered. 

my eyes widened. 

my jaw dropped.

i was totally 

uplifted & inspired 

by her creations!

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She is simply amazing, isn't she? love these...

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She used the Quatrefoil tag kit.  It comes in colored PNG files, but she added words & a subtle background, made her own printable & Printed it out.

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With her scalloped punch to punch out the round tags & then created cute flags, crepe paper pom poms & tags to add as decor around her house.

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Notice the frames around these photos...she used the Simple Photo Frame Brushes (color stamped them) to enhance her photos...love it!

And...Jamie Pate has an a*mazing post on her blog...go check out how she Gifted with Rhonna Designs. 

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*gasp*

can you believe it? Gorge with a capital G! She tells you everything you need to know about it...& makes you want to stop everything & cReate! 

And...be sure to check out my cReative Team's blogs...they are doing things all the time that are so amazing!

Look at how Amy used the washi tape kit along with the Quatrefoil tag kit to blog a giveaway for her darling tees with Studio Calico! love it! And how darling is she with her bangs? I adore her layout she did documenting it! 

Or look at how Kirsty has been using Rhonna Designs kits in her layouts, quote art, announcements...wow! wow! wow! LOVE it!

Nancy did the coolest graphic with the Rhonna Designs kits...mmmm. deeelish. Check it out on her blog HERE.

aren't they all amazing?

Thanks, everyone...you are truly uplifting and inspiRing!

Valentine Flowers....

I had so many requests to learn how to make those napkin flowers I showed in this past post.  Back in 2008 I ran across Dana's tutorial  **simply brilliant! Thanks, Dana!* 

I filed it away in my 'style file' & decided Valentine's Day was the perfect time for hearts & flowers! So, I got to work & created a huuuuge bouquet of them! **I did have an ulterior motive...Valentine Dance decorations**

They are so fun...they are all over my house..on my walls. on my mantle. in jars & vases, lining my tables ...

 I experimented with the sizes & insides of these huge flowers. I found that I LOVED the 15 3/4" x 15 3/4" thick napkins I found at a party store called Zurchers. (& I found some great ones at Hobby Lobby, too.) The thicker the better, so they feel more like fabric than paper.

The center fringe was created with these great fringe scissors...I remember about 4 years ago, I found some of these in Paris & they were quite pricey....& they weren't in my budget. I have kicked myself over & over for not just getting them! LOL...but, thank goodness, Martha Stewart has created some at a reasonable price! 

 As Dana shows in the fabulous tutorial...you'll need different sizes of the napkins.  & simply follow her directions for using the large & small napkins.

I am really into the gold & hot pink right now, so I used gold metallic tissue paper for most of my insides. I folded a piece, tied in with the larger napkins & then, fringed with scissors to create that fun look.

I also did some fun ones with tulle, polka dot & striped napkins in contrasting colors.

We are putting on a big Valentine's Dance for a whole slew of college kids. What to use for decorations? Yes! These fab flowers. HUNDREDS of them! Ok. well...as many as I can make by Thursday! I'll be bunching these up & putting them on the tables, walls, banners/garlands....it will be so pretty, I think!

Good thing my mom & dad are coming for a little visit...do you think they'll help me make some? haha!

Happy Tuesday!