Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Craftycorner's: 3-D Blooming Wreath
Craftycorner's: 3-D Blooming Wreath: "What a lovely way to decorate your walls for spring. It is colorful and at night it casts a shadow on the wall when it's over a lamp. It w..."
3-D Blooming Wreath
What a lovely way to decorate your walls for spring. It is colorful and at night it casts a shadow on the wall when it's over a lamp. It was quite easy to do.The wreath consists of wire that was bend to a 12" round circle. Then several colors of pipe cleaners were wrapped around the wire until no wire was shown.
The paper flowers were made from a template of a cardboard flower that I had. I used a daisy template and cut several different colors of paper. I layered 3 petals for each flower, different colors for each. I hole punched in the middle of each petal. Bent a pipe cleaner and thread a pony bead to the halfway. I pushed both ends of the pipe cleaner through all of the 3 petals, make loops for the leaves and the stems. I made about 20 flowers. I didn't have to bunch them, I scattered them. With the end of each flower I twisted them around the wire. No glue was used for this wreath.
Paper Flower Decanter
Use any glass decanter that you have or empty used any bubble bath or dish soap that have pretty shapes. Soak the label. You can paint a pretty scene right on it. I used Tulip paints and painted a butterfly on the glass decanter. I added my paper flowers that I had extra from the wreath and put them on my window sill.
The paper flowers were made from a template of a cardboard flower that I had. I used a daisy template and cut several different colors of paper. I layered 3 petals for each flower, different colors for each. I hole punched in the middle of each petal. Bent a pipe cleaner and thread a pony bead to the halfway. I pushed both ends of the pipe cleaner through all of the 3 petals, make loops for the leaves and the stems. I made about 20 flowers. I didn't have to bunch them, I scattered them. With the end of each flower I twisted them around the wire. No glue was used for this wreath.
Paper Flower Decanter
Use any glass decanter that you have or empty used any bubble bath or dish soap that have pretty shapes. Soak the label. You can paint a pretty scene right on it. I used Tulip paints and painted a butterfly on the glass decanter. I added my paper flowers that I had extra from the wreath and put them on my window sill.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Butterfly Mobile
This colorful butterfly mobile was so easy to do and fun. It only took pastel tissue paper, pipe cleaners, either elastic cord or any string you may have and a place to hang on
I layered 2 layers of tissue, measured a 4 inch square and made a butterfly shaped by rounding the corners and make a indent the middle. Then I bent a pipe cleaner in half and slip the 2 pieces of tissue. Twist the pipe cleaner at the top, scrunched the tissue in the middle. Put the elastic cord where you twist the pipe cleaner and loop it once just to give it enough cord so that the next butterfly will go on the same fashion, etc.
I made contrary colors with the pipe cleaners. I think this was the cutest craft I ever did and I saw it last night while I was browsing the net for something else. I made loops at both ends, so that I could hang it.
I layered 2 layers of tissue, measured a 4 inch square and made a butterfly shaped by rounding the corners and make a indent the middle. Then I bent a pipe cleaner in half and slip the 2 pieces of tissue. Twist the pipe cleaner at the top, scrunched the tissue in the middle. Put the elastic cord where you twist the pipe cleaner and loop it once just to give it enough cord so that the next butterfly will go on the same fashion, etc.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Craftycorner's: My Easter Decorations....These are tooo cute....
Craftycorner's: My Easter Decorations....These are tooo cute....: "EASTER CENTERPIECE I have been soo busy doing some decorations for Easter. I wanted to do a different centerpiece than last year. You saw ..."
My Easter Decorations....These are tooo cute....
EASTER CENTERPIECE
I have been soo busy doing some decorations for Easter. I wanted to do a different centerpiece than last year. You saw my woven Easter baskets. I had the cutest bunny template that I was going to put another basket but I decided to use it for my counter centerpiece. I made the cardboard template and drew the features freehand (yes...that is true). I am not an artist but at a lark, I can do some dandy things. I did that on both sides and painted the bunny with Tulip paints. I had a square piece of styrofoam and a straw that I cut halfway. I inserted the straw into the two pieces of the cardboard bunny and the styrofoam where I punch holed. I hot glued the straw into the hole into the styrofoam.
I took Easter grass and hot glue all around the styrofoam to look like grass. You notice it looks like the bunny is on a hill. My platter last year was too little....sooo, I improvised. What better than a big pizza pan. I had a big one 16". I alternated pink and green Easter grass around the pan. The napkin holder is from lipton tea carton that I put my woven paper onto and hot glued around it. Same as the salt and pepper shaker.
EASTER BOW WREATH
I have that pastel paper that I wanted to do a Easter wreath. I had the wire already and the pink ribbon. It took many strips of paper, I took a ruler and each piece of paper, marked 1.5" wide and 8" long strips folded in half...so I had 4 inch loops. Then I had to hot glue each strip to a make 8 strips to make a bow. That wreath took me a long time. After I attached all the bows I took my shiny pink ribbon and wrapped all around the wreath and made a bow on top of the wreath. I have it on my wall in my front room.
I have been soo busy doing some decorations for Easter. I wanted to do a different centerpiece than last year. You saw my woven Easter baskets. I had the cutest bunny template that I was going to put another basket but I decided to use it for my counter centerpiece. I made the cardboard template and drew the features freehand (yes...that is true). I am not an artist but at a lark, I can do some dandy things. I did that on both sides and painted the bunny with Tulip paints. I had a square piece of styrofoam and a straw that I cut halfway. I inserted the straw into the two pieces of the cardboard bunny and the styrofoam where I punch holed. I hot glued the straw into the hole into the styrofoam.
I took Easter grass and hot glue all around the styrofoam to look like grass. You notice it looks like the bunny is on a hill. My platter last year was too little....sooo, I improvised. What better than a big pizza pan. I had a big one 16". I alternated pink and green Easter grass around the pan. The napkin holder is from lipton tea carton that I put my woven paper onto and hot glued around it. Same as the salt and pepper shaker.
EASTER BOW WREATH
I have that pastel paper that I wanted to do a Easter wreath. I had the wire already and the pink ribbon. It took many strips of paper, I took a ruler and each piece of paper, marked 1.5" wide and 8" long strips folded in half...so I had 4 inch loops. Then I had to hot glue each strip to a make 8 strips to make a bow. That wreath took me a long time. After I attached all the bows I took my shiny pink ribbon and wrapped all around the wreath and made a bow on top of the wreath. I have it on my wall in my front room.
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