Your kits will be arriving with you soon, and I'm sure you've got plans for them! I used my scraps to make a few more rosettes and today I thought I'd show you how I did it. It's an easy way to add dimension to a page, and a great base to use for a bit of layering
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To start, cut your paper into strips about 2 inches wide and 6 inches long (any longer and it becomes too stiff to cut through). Punch a decorative pattern along the two long sides, or use scalloped scissors. Leaving it plain looks good too, but the scallops make it easy to do your folding
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| Make concertina folds backwards and forwards evenly along the strip, then hold it folded in your hand and cut a little notch in the middle on each of the long sides. Make sure it's in the centre or your rosette will be lopsided |
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| Tie string tightly around the centre of your folded piece using the notches as a guide, then gently unfold and open up your rosette. Form it into a circle and glue the edges together. |
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| Now use your rosette as a start to create a unique embellishment, layering up stickers or little punched shapes. The Echo Park papers are double sided, so check which side you prefer before you start. The two in the background here are For The Record, the one in the front is with a thinner Jenni Bowlin paper which folds up really nicely. Try it! |
Simple! If you decide to add one to a layout this month, leave us a link. We'd love to see.
15 comments:
Thank you for this tutorial, I have admired the pre-made versions of these in the past and now I can have a go myself!
I can't wait to have a play ... these are fabulous - and thank you for the easy to used tutorial.
Looking forward to my kit arriving - will certainly have a go at these flowers. Thanks for sharing.
what a great idea, much easier than those tim hotlz dies that you need three hands for :) will definitely be giving that a go :)
wow, they are just gorgeous:)
oooh pretty and a new way of making them..............i often cheat cos ive got a die ;-))
Jo xxx
I was led here from Sian's blog.
Big tick to Sian for the link and
thanks to you for this wonderful tutorial.
I love these and will put them on my to make list. Can't wait!!
Lovely clear tutorial - that centre notch makes them so easy to do!
Sian,
Those are gorgeous! Never knew to check for you over here before.
Rinda
thanks for sharing this Sian no need to buy a die now!!
Great tutorial,Sian.
So THAT'S how you make those lovelies! Thanks for the sweet tutorial...I'm gonna' make some of these myself!
That is lovely, can't wait to have a try at it. Thanks for the tutorial.
What a wonderful tip! Having taken the skin off my fingers using a glue gun and the TH die Im am much prefering this method . . lol. TFS Sian!
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