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Friday, January 13, 2012

Paper Flower Tutorial

To create this paper flower, begin by punching out 8- 1.5" circles.

Fold in half.

Fold about 1/3 in. Now, keep in mind which side you fold in first because you'll want to fold the same way with each petal.

Flip over and line up edges making a pie shaped wedge.

Flip back to other side and fold the little flap into the pie wedge.

Ta-dah! Now make 7 more.

Adhere to a 1.5" circle using your choice of adhesive. I use double stick tape.

Here's another cute and easy paper flower.

Start out with 7-1" circles of double-sided pattern paper. Try to avoid the glitter and/or thicker cardstock.

Fold approximately 1/3 in.

Fold other side in making a pie shaped wedge. As you make these, make sure you stay consistent with which side you fold first. I just got in the habit of always starting with the left side. This way, all your petals will lay the same way giving you a neat pinwheel effect.

Adhere your petals to a 1.5" circle. If your petals don't quite seem to fit together don't worry. This is the step to make adjustments as needed. I've found it helpful sometimes to leave a tiny space in the center for the brad and to also provide some allowance when adhering the petals.

Here's one using 3/4" circles. So cute!

I prefer to use a paper piercing tool to make the hole for the brad.

Abigail's Paper Flower Tutorial

This tutorial is dedicated to Abigail! Happy 10th Birthday!

Materials Used:

Double sided pattern paper
1.75" scallop circle punch
1.5" circle punch
Large brad
double sided tape

To make this fun paper flower, you will basically be folding circles into individual petals and then adhering them to a circle. This card was made on a whim and if I were to fix one thing, it would be to stamp the word more to the left so it balances the flower a little better. And the wording is totally optional.

Step 1. Punch out 8 scalloped circles.

Step 2. Fold in half being sure to line up the scalloped edges.

Step 3. Fold one side towards the center about 1/3 of the way.

Step 4. Turn it over and line up creased edges together to make a pie shape. Press and fold firmly. The next four pictures illustrate this step.

Step 5. Turn the petal over and fold the remaining little flap edge to the adjacent edge.

Step 6. Repeat 7 more times to have a total of 8 petals for the flower. Next punch out a 1.5" circle and adhere the petals using adhesive of your choice to the circle carefully pointing each petal to the center of the circle. Poke a hole for the brad using a paper piercing tool or hole punch.

Friday, January 6, 2012

STAR WARS Miniland in Legoland CA

Here are a few of the classic Star Wars scenes from all episodes. Here's the link to the Legoland website that gives some detailed information: http://california.legoland.com/plan/shows_and_events/STAR-WARS-Miniland/

Happy New Year!

December simply came and went too fast. Here are a few of our highlights. Nanna came to visit us the week before Christmas. We enjoyed our time with her so much! We went down to Old Town to visit the Mormon Battalion Historic Site and then had a lovely lunch at the Casa de Reyes.

Earlier in the month, the kids got to hang out with Santa at our church Christmas party. I love how Aaron really captured Santa's attention. Notice his gestures, "First, I would like..., second I would like," I don't think there are many other 12 year olds sitting on Santa's lap! Aaron has the most Christmas spirit of any child I know! It's fun.

Legoland was all decked out over the holiday break. We were able to sneak in a visit with some PTA coupons I had that expired at the end of the month. It was busy but seeing all the cool lego sets made it rather enjoyable. I'll do a separate post of all the mini Star Wars Lego scenes.