Coloring Flowers

I'm not sure about the rest of you but I'm so ready for spring!! I want to see flowers popping up and showing off their beauty. We have had a very mild winter, except these last two weeks in which we got a few inches of snow. I would rather shovel sand than snow any day!

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I thought I would share with you these lovely images of flowers. These make fabulous tags or images to place on cards. Color them in with your color pencils, Copic markers or whatever you might have on hand. You can cut them out with your Spellbinders Nestabilities dies too!

Hope you have fun creating some lovely projects with these.

Don't forget to show some love and leave a comment below! 

Enjoy!

Anna

Tiny Five Petal Filler Flower

I hope everyone's new year is starting off good! My family and I have been battling the Flu for the last couple of weeks. I'm just now starting to get my voice back. In between the kids being sick I manage to do a fun flower tutorial that "everyone" can do! These are great flowers to add  to any project that you are working on. 

What you will need:

-Small five petal punch

(I used my daughter's American Girl punch) 

-Cardstock (at least 65lb. weight) 

-Chalk 

-Stamens

-Needle

-5mm stylus 

-Mold mat 

-Glue

Punch out several little flowers

Take your chalk and shade a small area in the center.

After you finish shading the centers of the flowers, you will need to cup them up a bit. 

Place them on the mat, make sure you have the side that you shaded facing up.

Then apply a small amount of pressure while embossing the center. 

You will need to make a hole in the center to run your stamen through. I used a small needle. Please keep in mind not to make your hole too big, your stamen will fall out if it's too large.

Apply a small bead of glue to the back of the stamen head to hold it in place. 

These are my favorite to make! These flowers are great for small and large projects! 

I used these below to dress up one of my small 2" x 2" envelopes. 

I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial. 

Don't forget to leave a comment below and tell me if you would like to see more tutorials!

Enjoy,

Anna

MPTS Course - Flowers

So, if you haven't heard yet, I'm teaching a class! We are having so much fun too. I think the best part of the class is getting to know the ladies who are taking it. We have a private facebook group so we can chat and laugh. It's so nice to see what others are making for the class and the different reasons why they take the classes too. Not only am I teaching them techniques to create stunning flowers but I'm also teaching them what to do with the flowers after they make them as well.  I thought I would share what we have been creating so far with my blog readers to get you motivated to start creating some fun projects yourself. 

We stemmed some fabulous flowers to make a lovely spray!

We grouped them up to create a lovely cluster to add to a hair clip, make as a corsage or add it to a jar. 

Here is the cluster that we added to a mason jar!

We added some flowers and some other great items to create this retro shabby chic container.

I can't wait to share with everyone what will be getting into later in the class!

Thanks for stopping by my blog, 

Hope you have a creative day!

Anna 

www.morepaperthanshoes.com

The Knot's Industrial Gala 2013

Wow! It feels like ages since I blogged! So many wonderful things are happening for me that I don't know where to start, hmmm.. lets start with the "The Knot" Industrial Gala.

My wonderful friend Brian Worley sent me a message a few months ago and asked if I would want to help him with an art installation that he was planning for the gala. I'm so glad that he couldn't see me when I got the message. I was doing a very outrageous happy dance. I had a very rough summer and this is what I needed to get my passion back for making fabulous paper flowers. When we talked on the phone I had that "oh my goodness this is not happening to me, am I dreaming?" feeling but keeping my cool like always LOL. We hammered out the details and we were on cloud 9.

The designs and linens he wanted to use were fabulous. A recipe for success! That was not the only thing that was fabulous about this event. The location was too. The New York City Public Library on Madison Ave! What! Where! Are you sure??? LOL  now I knew that I was either dreaming or on one of those candid camera shows. 

After the shock wore off, I got to work and we started making magic! I kept laughing to myself, "how in the world am I going to get these there?" There was NO WAY I was going to run the risk of mailing these flower to New York and they get lost or damaged. So, I made the decision to drive. A decision I would later regret!

We packed up the car with all the flowers, tools and everything else that I might have needed to assemble the bouquets when I got there. It was very humorous, think of a clown car with at least 8 people in it. We were on the road to NY and I was getting very nervous. There were a lot of  "first times" for me about this trip. I had never done large bouquets like this before, this was my first time going to NY and my first time meeting Brian in person! So butterflies were dancing in my stomach. 

We finally got to NY and then the nightmare of driving really hit home LOL. I can't even describe what happened to us. Not only was that a mad house of dysfunctional traffic but our street was blocked off for a parade that was scheduled for the next morning. Instead of the hotel parking us we had to park ourselves. We finally found a parking garage that was several blocks away BUT WAIT... how were we going to get the stuff to the hotel. Another humorous moment. I really could write a book on the adventures of Anna and New York. It would keep you laughing for ages :) 

The next day was much better! We slept in glitter and I actually think we might have ingested some too! Our hotel room was covered in glitter. I was up late the previous night hanging out a window and glitter blasting some flowers. It was definitely in the air of New York City that night! This is what our hotel room looked like while we were assembling the bouquets. 

It was almost show time! 

You can find more wonderful photos from the event by clicking HERE!

I have to take a moment to thank Brian Worley for giving me this opportunity. Not only is he a wonderful client to work with but he has become a wonderful friend and mentor. I also got the pleasure of meeting his wonderful sister and mother, which I adore as well! 

Brian and I are back at it again, working on some thing special for the people who love DIY books. So keep checking back for more of our adventures and what we have in store for you!  

Photo below:

My Mother (Grace Walters), Brian Worley, and ME! :) 

Photography Credit: Carla Ten Eyck

Don' forget to check out this wonderful video of the Gala by "I Do" films

New Flower Class for December

Petal By Petal Flower Class

Series 1 - The Daisy

Learn how to take popular punches and simple electronic cuts and turn them into beautiful flowers.

In this class some of the flowers that we will be creating are the lovely:

 Daisy, Chrysanthemum, Coreopsis Flower, Echinacea Flowers, and Gerber Daisy.

We will also be creating other different types of flowers too.

These attractive flowers can be used in all types of projects from scrapbooking to home and event decorating.

To read more about this class please

CLICK HERE

I hope everyone has a great day!

((HUGS))

-Anna

Altered Frame - "A Vintage Little One"

Let me just go on the record to say that I should be married to Graphic 45. Well, at least dating it..LOL. I'm madly in love with their paper. I love the vintage feel to ever piece of paper they make. I have lot of this collection and love playing with it. I used the "Little Darlings" collection on this frame. I was digging around in my stash and came across some of the pink paper in this collection and had to play with it some how.  Then I eyed a Dollar Tree frame that I had that would go perfect with the images that were flying around in my head. 

I love creating in front of my Ustream fans. They help motivate me to play around like this and have fun. They will keep me going for hours. I could sit and create for them all day if I had the time! 

The frame I used is from the Dollar Tree. These are adorable little frames and they have many styles to choose from too. People often walk by these frames and say ewww...that looks cheap. Well, give it to me and I will bring it to life and have people saying wow...that looks pretty. Don't ever judge a frame by its cover..LOL. 

While you are at the Dollar Tree walk on by their floral section. The ferns that are sticking out on the side of the flower sprays are from Dollar Tree too. You get a lot on one stem. They make great fillers in your projects. I love using the ferns in my vintage projects. We have some Victorian homes in Norfolk, VA that have lots of ferns hanging from them. I love that look of them hanging from the large front porches. 

On this frame I used Petaloo flowers, which is another favorite of mine. They are nice to me and allow me to purchase wholesale from them for my kits for my classes. Unlike some others that I dare not to mention! I love the velvet mini blossoms that they carry. It's a nice mix of flowers and they are great for adding that different texture to your sprays. Of course I make paper flowers too so I added a few to the frame. I actually have a tutorial on one of the flowers that are on this frame. You can find in on my YouTube Channel. It's called the Ruffled Roses using your McGill scallop punches. It's a very easy tut. 

I love using a mixture of things to add to my sprays. Buttons are my favorite to use. Sometimes I will add them to the centers of flowers and I will tuck them in between the spaces in my sprays.

I also used some Spellbinders on this project. The mix foliage dies and the "label four" Nestabilities. Love Spellbinders, they have all types of awesome dies to create with. 

Hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend! Don;t forget to join my crowd on UStream so the next time I do a random show like this you will be notified!

Enjoy your holiday!

((HUGS))

Anna

Handmade Paper Flower Wreath - Fall

I love this time of year! When I was teaching class last night I started to create this wreath. In the class we learned how to create almost all of the flowers that are in this wreath. The only flowers I didn't teach in this class is the rolled flowers.

I used several different types of punches to create the flowers on this wreath. Mcgill Buttercup, Ek Success Retro Flower, Marvy Pointy Flower Petal. 

  

The flowers you see here are from a design I created in Make The Cut. These are ones I sell in my etsy store. They are called "Elizabeth Roses" , named after my daughter. 

This wreath was very time consuming but worth it! These are my favorite colors for fall! The crimson and yellowish orange color are a great pair to add to your fall projects!

Flower Home Decor Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Flower Home Decor Hop. We hope you will leave here super inspired today! If you just came from (Melissa Pinter) then you are on track. If you just stumbled upon my blog you may want to start at the beginning so you don't miss any of the gorgeous projects http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com .

We have 3 amazing sponsors today...

First up is Anna Fearer of More Paper Than Shoes she is offering a $20 gift certificate to her Etsy store here http://www.etsy.com/shop/morepaperthanshoes also please stop by her FB fan page and LIKE https://www.facebook.com/morepaperthanshoes

Next up is Creative Chaos that is offering a set of mixed holiday flowers you can stop by the Etsy store here www.etsy.com/shop/shannleffew2 and please stop by the FB fanpage and like here www.facebook.com/creativechaos

and last but not least is Scrapbook Stamp Society giving away 3 digi stamps

http://www.scrapbookstampsociety.com

Here is my project I created for this fab blog hop:

A lovely handmade paper flower wreath. Love working with purple.

I used several different style of cut files and punches to create these wonderful flowers. I have used some svg files that I have created along with some that Kristy Ashe from Scraptastical Kreations has created too. I have also used EK Success and Mcgill punches as well!

I created this project using a wreath I found at A.C. Moore's and the berries are from Michaels. The feather was from the Ashland collection last year when they had their Halloween line out. Love those feathers.

You can find some of these wonderful flowers in my Etsy shop if you wanted to create your wreath using some of my flowers. I can customize these in any color you would like.

Don't forget to check out my tutorial on how to make the filler flowers I created for this wreath. See the video below:

Thanks for stopping by my blog :) leave a comment and show some love!

I hope you enjoyed the projects so far but there is more!

Your next stop on this hop is: (http://scrappingjudy.blogspot.com/)

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way

Shannon - http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Maria - http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com

Amanda - http://a-prata-design.blogspot.com/

Melissa Pinter-http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com

Anna Fearer - http://www.annafearer.blogspot.com

Judy Dykes - http://scrappingjudy.blogspot.com/

Lisa Woodward ~ http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com

Trying out some different sets....

Well, I really like my roses but I really LOVE my set of 4 roses! I don't know why but they look better in these sets! My son had come over to my station where I create my flowers and was playing with a few. When I looked down he had put them in sets of four...ding...ding...ding..the light bulb went off..LMBO! So I got my camera out and started taking pics. I call this team work!!