June Online Crop!!

Time: June 13, 2009 at 7am to June 14, 2009 at 6pm
Location: Pages In Time Forum
Website or Map: http://pagesintimestoresite...
Event Type: online, crop
Organized By: Ann Arbogast


Come join us at Pages In Time for fun and challenges!

Two Flowers... One Technique

Here is a picture of the flowers we will be making....

The yellow one on the left is a Spiral Rolled Flower and all the others are Spiral Rolled Roses. Both use the same technique to make them.







I'll start with the Spiral Rolled Flower. You will need card stock, either double sided or a plain color as both sides of the paper show with these flower.
Draw a spiral on the paper like shown. The distance between the spirals you draw will determine how tall the flower will be, so keep that in mind when drawing it out!

Cut out the spiral and cut off any extra like this:

I like to ink the edges of the paper because I think it looks nicer, but that's totally up to you. Ink the outer edge of the spiral at this point.

Now, starting at the outer edge of your cut spiral, begin rolling up your paper, ink side in like shown. This will become the bud, or center of the flower.
Continue rolling until you get to the end. I use the very center of the spiral to hot glue to the bottom of the flower to help keep it all together.

Now for the second variation of this flower The Spiral Rolled Rose.
Do everything exactly the same as for the Spiral Rolled flower as far as cutting and inking. This time though, bend the inked edges of the spiral outward like shown below.
Begin rolling from the outer edge as with the Rolled Flower with inked side out. This will become the flower center.

Continue rolling until you get to the end, using the center of your spiral to hot glue to the bottom to secure your flower.

Have fun making these really cool flowers! If you have any questions , just ask and I'll post the answer here! Share

Best Friends

June 10, 2009

These two are the best of friends. They won't admit it, but they are.

Justin, my nephew and Ruby, my niece don't get to see one another too often, so every time we have a big family get together, these are hang out the whole time! They play and talk and swing like best buds! And , just between you and me....Justin told me that he thinks Ruby is really pretty! But you didn't hear it from me!

Thanks for the visit and stop back soon!

My Heart Will Go On

June 9, 2009



My Dad passed away 4 years ago on June 12th. It's been an emotional journey for me and this holiday is just so hard still. We didn't always get along and we sure didn't see eye to eye most of the time, but the bond we formed in the last month of his life made up for so much of that time.
My Mom told me often that I acted just like him. To her it was a put down. But to me, watching him open up and talk with me, and leaving this world as a one of the bravest people I've ever seen...I'll take it as a compliment!
I miss you Daddy and Happy Father's Day!

The roses are handmade paper roses by me. I'll be making a tutorial really soon for these so keep an eye open for it and I'll see you all soon!

Daddy's Girls Chipboard Album

June 8, 2009

This is an album I made for the girls to give their Dad for Father's Day. Since we aren't together anymore, it's always nice to give a few of the pictures I take of the girls to him so he can have them. This book is chock full of my favorite layouts I've done of them with some of their best pictures! I really think he will like it, even though he says scrapbooking is stupid! He obviously doesn't appreciate artistic talent!

I made the entire book by hand, by cutting out the front and back covers out of raw chipboard. I used eyelets for the book rings to go through to help it last a little longer and tied colorful ribbons on them for decoration. I did some masking on the front cover to add a little interest! He should like it, especially if it's about his girls!

Thanks for dropping in and stop back soon!

How To Make A Chipboard Ribbon

June 8, 2009

Here is a picture of the ribbon on a layout
I start by using a piece of raw chipboard and drawing a ribbon on it like this...

Then I cut it out using an exacto knife or scissors (if they will cut through it!) It doesn't have to be perfect as we will be sanding it in a little bit.

Next, find a piece of coordinating paper with your layout and glue the ribbon, right side down on it like this....

Now cut it out, getting as close to the chipboard as you can. It makes sanding a little easier. Your sanded piece should look like this...
Next, I inked the ribbon and put bends in it to make it look like its waving.

And this is your finished ribbon!

Here is the layout I did using this ribbon....

Thanks for dropping by and stop back real soon!