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Chocolate Covered Paper Strawberries

January 21, 2013

These chocolate covered paper strawberries are just the cutest paper craft I have seen in a while. I found the cutting file in the Silhouette online store and immediately downloaded it.

Here’s the supplies I used

1 – 12 x 12 sheet of red cardstock

1 – 6.5 x 12 piece of green cardstock

1 – 3 x 10 piece of brown cardstock

Hot glue & gun

Twine or ribbon

Here are the screen shots from Silhouette Studio. I resized the file to my liking.

Berries

Leaves

Chocolate

Here are the pieces once cut.

Fold the strawberry along the perforations and fold into place, gluing the short tab to the petal.

I tied a knot in my twine and then fed the twine through the petals of the strawberry.

Here’s a shot showing the twine through all the petals.

Gently but firmly pull tight.

And secure with a little dab of hot glue.

Slide the large petal down over the twine and then the smaller petal, securing with a dab of hot glue.

Then fold the chocolate piece along the perorations, fold to create the final shape and glue the tab in place. Then put a few dabs of hot glue on the inside of the chocolate shape and place over the point part of the strawberry, be sure to line up the corners.

And there you have it, almost good enough to eat!

The three of these take approximately 20 mins to make.

A great craft while watching a bit of TV.

These would make great favours too, try putting a couple of Valentine treats inside!

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3D Paper Hot Air Balloons

January 19, 2013

Today I am sharing with you are pretty simple and quick tutorial on how to make these sweet 3D Paper Hot Air Balloons with your Silhouette machine.

I downloaded the file from the Silhouette online store here.

And here is how it will open in Silhouette Studio.

You’ll have 6 balloon shapes in total, fold each in half along the perforated line. They are easy to put together from here – use double sided tape and attach one half of a balloon to another one half. Keep going in this manner until all of the balloon shapes are used. Don’t forget to attach the basket of the balloons in the same way.

Here you can see that I only have one more balloon piece to go.

Now glue your two top loops together and add pretty ribbon or twine for hanging.

So cute hey?

And great for Valentines Day too!

I love how when you pass by these hanging balloons they twirl with the light movement of air.

I have been waiting to take pictures of these balloons for days now, it’s always dark now when I get home from work and I refuse to take pictures at night. Beautiful natural daylight gives the best photo results.

Happy Valentine’s Crafting…stay tuned I have tons more Valentine paper crafts to share with you in the coming days!

Filed Under: DIY, Ornament, Paper, Scrapbook Paper, Silhouette, Valentines 29 Comments

Book Page Christmas Trees

November 26, 2012

Hi everyone!

Today I am sharing my Book Page Christmas Tree Tutorial with you.

I love these, they are classy yet rustic at the same time.

These are the supplies I used.

2 Square Glass Jars with lids

Spanish Moss

Skewers

Wooden balls for the top (optional)

An unused book

Paper cutter or scissors

I cut my paper into squares ranging from 3”x3” down to 1/2”x1/2”. Based on the size of your base your paper sizes may vary.

Fill your jar with spanish moss, this helps keep the skewer stabilized.

My lids were metal and I needed a hole in the top. I used a counter sink tool (I think that’s what it is called) Apparently you can get different ones, the one I used had a pointy tip so after placing it in the center of the lid and hitting it with the hammer several (I mean several) times, it finally punctured a hole.

Push the skewer down through the hole, into the spanish moss, flat end first.

Using the pointy top of the skewer, puncture then slide on your paper pieces starting with the largest. Put a few of your largest size on, and then work your way through your sizes, a few at a time until you reach the top. Then finish off by adding a little wooden ball to the top – or how about a paper star or a bow!