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.....from followers and lovely emails saying hi and asking about how I do things :) Its a massive compliment to me and I always appreciate it :)

I recently had an email from a lovely reader called Kellie Daley asking me about the rolled roses Ive been using on my work alot lately-they are a wee bit addictive hehehe Kellie asked if I could tell her how I make mine more dimensional than other rolled roses so I quickly volunteered to do a quick tutorial to share how I make them so here you go lovely I hope you like it :)

I must add these where not my original idea I was shown how to make them at creative block 2 years ago and have just remembered how much fun they are :D

Heres a quick tutorial on how I made mine.....

Heres a quick list of what you need and how to do it

You will need:

Thick patterned paper or cardstock (I used bo bunny pp's)
scissors
ink
glue (450 is good it dries nice and quick)
sandpaper


The main steps are as follows:

Cut out some squares of patterned paper ( the smaller the square the smaller the rose-Ive done 3 roses to display this ;-))

Cut into the squares a snail shape (like the ones we used to make in kindy or those spirally things we used to hang off the ceiling) Snip off the excess from the square. Dont snip off the little curly tail in the middle we need that later ;-)

Use your fingernail to gently turn over the outer edge so it has a little lip- do this for the whole snail shape.

You can now ink the edges if you like.

Starting at the end fold a small piece to your left as shown in the picture and start rolling it around tightly until you get to the end of the snail. If you get a long bit sticking out of the middle you can snip a little bit off with your scissors.

Keep holding the snail tightly and add a blob of glue to the little curly tail bit and press it to the bottom of the roll. Gently let it loosen slightly to make a rose shape you desire-if you want a tight rose just let it loosen a little bit ,if you want a big loose rose let it loosen more....hope this makes sense :$

Hold the rose with your finger and thumb until it is firm enough to hold, then you can ink,paint or sand the edges.

The final step I do in once it has dried I place the rose on the table and with the palm of my hand I gently press on it to smoosh it down a bit (hehehe im good at the technical terms hey LOL) this makes it more rose-ish I think ;-)

Anywhoo they are a great way to make matching embellies or to use up scraps :D

If you have a go make sure you leave me a link so I can have a lookie :)

Heres a sneaky of  a LO I did using the roses I made in this tutorial

Hope you all liked the tutorial :)

Who wants a tutorial on how I do my vintagey backgrounds?

Thanks for visiting and please take the time to say hi and let me know you popped by :)

Krissy xx

Perfectly pink kit creation :)

Yaaaaaay I scrapped :D Sometimes its hard to find the time to do it now im running the shop so it always makes me feel fab when I manage to create something and like it lol I have listed all the new kits for May now so if you see something you like they are available now :) Ive had a little play with the Perfectly Pink kit.......oh my its pretty!I love the pink,cream and black combo with a dash of cream for good measure yummo :) I scrapped a piccie of my gorgeous hubby Al and I :) Im chuffed with how it turned out :D

some close ups .....I added a little hand dyed doiley from the shop to my LO

Do you like the flower? Im going to do a tutorial for everyone this weekend at Wicked Princesses so if you'd like to have a go you can check it out there :)

its been a while since I did the little tearing and things poking out technique...I forgot how much fun it is :)

Okies I think thats about it for me today Im off to finish packing orders and do some more scrapping :D

Thanks so much for visiting and for leaving me comments :) I always appreciate you taking the time to say hi :)

Flowery hugs

Krissy xx

Sneaks :D

Ive been having a little play with a new kit that will be released on Friday at the cybercrop :D

Are you coming along?

Heres a couple of piccies of what I did with some of it (theres still heaps left in the kit :D) I made an OTP and a LO

Now I need to do a card for my brother before I do anything else :) Kirsty and I are organising some challenges for National Scrapbooking Day next weekend too if you'd like to join us :) I will be doing a couple of tutorials for you all too :) One is a flower (shock horror LOL)

Okies better go...hope to see you at Wicked Princesses for the cybercrop :)

Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment it always makes my day :)

Flowery hugs

Krissy xx

Paper flower tutorials :)

Hi everyone :D As I mentioned in one of my previous posts I was working on a couple of tutorials to share with you all :)

I hope you like them!


Layered flower tutorial =)









These are some others I did using the same method :D I mix and matched colours and the orange one is prima mixed with kaiser flowers :)


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Miniature paper roses tutorial =)

I used one of those cheapy $2 mini flower punches from a jumk shop for these :)

You will need 3 pink and one green for each rose :)
Cut one petal from flower #1,2 petals from flower #2 and leave #3 whole
Ink the edges and press the centres using a rub on roller (or the bottom of a biro as long as it is rounded it will work :) ) set the flower on a soft surface (I use my thigh LOL) and gently press to make your flowers pop and have some dimension.
Layer flower #1 and flower#2 dont be afraid to squish them together a bit.Add some dimensional magic or a glue dot to the centre of flower #3 and layer them together.
Your flower will now look like this :)
Repeat the inking and balling for the green flower which will become your rose base :)
Finished rose :) I sometimes add a small pearl or glitter to make them even prettier :)
This is a LO I did for a challenge over at Enchanted Scrapbooking and I used both my flower tutorial techniques as embellishments :)
Check out the gorgeous doiley flower made by my fandabbydosey Mum!!
The paper roses where inspired by a tutorial by Teina here I love this technique Ive been using it heaps :)

Stay tuned for my version of the vines tutorial coming up next week :D

I hope you like the flowers and enjoyed the tutorial!Id love to hear from you if you use them :)

Have a fandabbydosey day everyone!Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the lovely comments on my previous post *mwah*

Krissy xx