3D Rose & Tulip Tutorial

The Rose and Tulip have a lot of similarities.   Start with the largest petal ring first and insert the tabs into the  hole on the adjacent petal forming a bowl.

This picture shows the different sets of petals for the rose.

The piece above is the stem.  Form it by rolling the rectangle part shown on the right up above.    The goal here is to form a tight roll so you may have to roll it a few times.  The long thin part to the left is kept straight.

Once rolled tightly.  Check the hole on the petals  to make sure that the stem fits into the hole.  Once rolled glue in place.

Fold the long piece along the dotted lines.

Form a tri-fold which will be the top part of the stem and hold the petals down.

Insert stem through the smallest petals.  Ensure the tri-fold is on the inside.  

Insert other petals onto the stem from smallest to largest.

Form base cone, by curling it then gluing the edge that overlaps.  Be sure to  the gap at the tip of the cone to insert the  stem.

Slide base onto the stem and press up against the petals.

Add leaves by gluing the base of the leave onto the stem.   Once attached fold down.

Luck o' the Irish! Tuts and Inspiration

Oh do I ever love St. Patrick's day. There is something just so rich about all those different shades of green that make up the holiday. And with a last name of Daley, or as we like to say it this time of year "O'Daley", ya gotta love it!
I've posted in the past about the fun traditions that were passed on from my husbands family in regards to the green holiday, but of coarse, my wonderful mom has captured the magic of it in her most recent post on her blog. Every year, the little feet suddenly appear on our walls and all through the house. Here is the link if you'd like to cut your own sets of little green feet with your Silhouette die cutting machine.

Click HERE.

 Hop on over and check out Jodi's blog post!

Needles 'n' Knowledge

So, to go along with the luck of the Irish, why not a pot of gold box?! Now this is kind of a complicated box to assemble. Well the lid at least. I really wanted a thicker lip along the rim of the pot, so I convinced Mike to add that to the design. The only thing is, the space along the rim is tight and you will most definitely need a popsicle stick or similar to be sure your seams are attached. Doesn't make sense right now? Well, read over the tutorial before you start and hopefully it will.

POT 'O GOLD GIFT BOX TUTORIAL

After cutting the pot o' gold box out of cardstock, you should have a group of tabbed strips, a tabbed hexagon and a sun looking shape. The first two make up the base and the sun shape is for the lid.
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Bend all the sides in towards the good side of paper. For example, if you are using a printed cardstock, bend in toward the side that you will want to show.

We will name the tabs on each "ray" starting from the center to the outside edge.
The tab closest to the center is "A", the next one out is "B" and so on with the furthest from the center being "E". 

Bend two tabs up and glue tab A.  Glue all of tab A  (note- If  you glue every other tab it gives time for the last tab to dry while not putting stress on the bond).

Flip upside down.

Fold back the opposite direction.

Align Tab B and glue.  (note- as with before if you glue every other first it is easier to assemble)

After gluing tab B fold down.

Glue Tab C on the inside.  A Popsicle stick works best to hold the tab down.  Use your other hand to push down from the top. 

Repeat around until all of tab C is glued.

Glue tab D.  The Popsicle stick works well to apply pressure.  As with above glue every other first for ease of assembly.

Complete the lid by gluing Tab E.  

Bend all of the side pieces so that they are all shaped the same.  The Tab should face the right when  facing outward.  Glue each side piece to the center hexagon.  Ensure that al pieces are facing the same way or the tabs will not work.

Once glued, flip over and pull down to form the the basic pot

As with the lid.  Glue tab A (closest to the center). with the tab on the inside.

Glue all of Tab B then glue all of Tab C.

Fill the pot with anything you want.

Apply top.

3D alphabet tutorial by Sarah Traub

Hello all! One more quick post. 

I realized that I posted about the great video tutorial by Sarah Traub on our FB page but forgot to post it on the blog too. So for those who have not seen it...check it out on Youtube. Sarah does a great job of walking you through building the letters for "FALL". This will give you the basic idea for the rest of the alphabet
and hopefully answer many of your questions. 

As she points out in the video, there is one mistake in the letter "A". There is a piece that needs to be reversed. So, please keep an eye and ear out for that. Without further adieu...Sarah Traub!

3D Cornucopia Part 2 plus inking tutorial

This is PART 2 of the 3D Cornucopia tutorial. 

In this tutorial, I quickly cover applying the accent shapes and finishing touches that I used in my sample.

If you haven't been through PART 1, click HERE.

We ended the last tutorial with just the basic form. 

It by itself, could be used for decorations or as a gift. If you want to add a little more though, I've provided some accent shapes to dress it up even more. You could mix up the strips in different papers to jazz it up even more than I have. 

Cut the accent shapes.

I cut my accents from a cream paper with a burnt sienna colored design. 

After cutting them, I inked the edges of each piece. 

Inking mini-tutorial.

Here's a mini tutorial for how I ink my papers. I'm no pro at this so please don't think this is the way you must do it. There are many techniques, and this is just how I've found to do it. I'd love to hear what your techniques are too!

To ink the easy to access edges of the paper, I simply hold my paper in one hand and brush my ink pad from inside to outside softly a couple times until I acquire the darkness I want. I go from inside to outside instead of side to side. I find that I get a softer, more gradual gradient change this way.

To ink the small cuts like the circles in this shape, I lay my shape on a scrap piece of paper. Then I take a cue tip and dab a little ink on the end. Then carefully dab or brush my paper to the desired shade. I find that it's best to only put a little ink on my paper at a time. This way I don't darken the edge too much and still get that soft gradual color change. 

In my sample, I used Colorbox's Classic Pigment Cat's Eyes. These are definitely not my favorite inks to use, but I can use my JoAnn's coupons to get them for a good price and they come with 6 colors and stack nicely saving space. 

I used the "Cocoa" ink for this project. 

So to continue with the assembly tutorial...

Adding the cornucopia rim.

I didn't show this shape up above, but you should be able to find it in your file. 

The shape that looks like an arch with scallops on both sides is the accent for the rim of the Cornucopia.

Start from the center!

When applying the rim, be sure to find the center of the rim shape and where it coincides with the actual rim. Because of the curve, if you don't start in the center when adhering this piece, it won't fit right. So glue the center and work your way around each side, lining up the outer scallop edge.

Center the largest accent.

Starting with the reverse scalloped accent, center it on the largest ring of the Cornucopia. Again, be sure to start from the center. 

The accents for the largest three rings will only go to the perforation marks since they won't be seen on the bottom. The rest will fit around with a small gap at the back. 

Continue adding accents and your done!

Now fill with wax fruit, paper fruit or real fruits and veggies 

and enjoy at your feast this November!