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Paper crafts for gifts: no-fuss paper roses

the easiest paper roses you’ll ever make!


Paper crafts for gifts: no-fuss paper roses
The ornamental design of paper doilies is what makes these roses so naturally exquisite.  Because the beauty is intrinsic in the material, these paper doily roses require little fuss to look beautiful.


1. Take an 8″ red paper doily and cut a straight line to the center.
2. Roll the doily, making sure the wrong side faces up.
3. Twist the end.
4. You may use floral tape to create a stem, but I used what I found at home — green painter’s tape.
5. Optional: you can cover the stem with ribbon for a more polished look.
There you have it — a paper rose in seconds!  These paper doily roses are not only simple to make, they are also very inexpensive.  I managed to pick up half a dozen red paper doilies for $1 at the dollar store.

A bouquet of these is certainly a stunning substitute for bows when wrapping gifts, but, with the help of some glue and magnets, I also fancy having a beautiful collection of paper roses on my fridge!

Unique crafts for gifts: paper pens tutorial

Unique crafts for gifts: paper pens tutorial

A few weeks ago I had a major “I could make that” moment when one of my coworkers handed me a pen. It was free pen she’d gotten from the campus copy store, and the entire body of the pen was paper. It was lightweight, had a wonderful feel to it, and looked pretty sweet.
I stared at it and then said, “Hey, I could totally make one of these!”In addition to being practical, easy, fast and pretty, this is one of those often hard-to-find crafts that could actually serve as a perfectly guy-ish, useful, elegant and handmade item to give Dad on Father’s Day. Maybe not with the red floral pattern, but that blue one is reasonably manly, doncha think?
What you’ll need:

• pens – the kind that can be taken completely apart with relative ease, and have a cartridge that’s pretty much just a straight stick shape – no fancy bits on the end
• pretty paper - any reasonably lightweight kind. Japanese paper works really well for this, but any paper that’s about computer paper weight will work.
• glue stick
• white glue
• scissors
• paint brush
• varnish

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Putting it all together:

1) Take your pens apart and discard all the bits so you’re left with just the cartridge. As mentioned in the materials list above, you ideally want a pen cartridge that doesn’t has an even, smooth shaft with no funny bumps at the end (yes yes, haha, let’s all have a quick giggle after that little description). If the cartridge isn’t even all the way to the end, it will be harder to wrap the paper evenly around it.

2) Take a piece of paper about 11″ long (so a standard size) and cut it so that it’s about 1/4 inch wider than your pen cartridge is long. Keep whatever scrap you cut off of one side – this will become the pen’s lid. As stated above, Japanese paper works brilliantly for this project. It is soft and flexible, adheres to itself very easily with the application of a little glue, and is easy to roll evenly. Scrapbooking paper and such will also definitely work, it’s just not quite as dreamily simple to roll smoothly around the pen cartridge. But the first time I tried this project I used scrapbooking paper, and it turned out fine.

3) Lay your paper right side down and apply glue to its underside (which will be facing up). Keep going with the glue till about halfway up your sheet of paper. Be sure to get glue right up to the edges of the paper.

4) Lay the pen cartridge along it so that the writing end sticks out over the edge of the paper.

5) Roll the paper tightly around the cartridge, and keep rolling. When you reach the point where the glue stops, apply more and roll the pen around and around until you run out of paper.

You can try to roll in a straight line, or you can deliberately go a bit crooked so that the writing end of your pen has a bit of a gradual point to it. I tried to roll the paper totally straight and just couldn’t make it happen, but in the end I liked the look of the uneven, gradual-point effect at the pen’s end.

Be sure to glue the final edge of the paper very thoroughly, and make sure it’s completely stuck down and smooth.

6) At the top end of the pen, cut off any excess paper so that the paper only goes about 1/8 to 1/4 inch above the end of the pen cartridge.

7)  Take the paper you set aside in step 2 to use as the lid, and lay it right side down. Place the upper (non writing) end of your pen on it.

8) Roll the paper once around the pen, keeping it just slightly loose. Then apply glue to the remaining, unrolled paper.

9) Continue rolling the paper, trying to keep the edges even, until it is all used up. Glue the final edge down well, and pull this rolled paper off of the pen. You should now have an open-ended tube that fits a bit loosely over your pen.

10) Apply some white glue to the inside edge of one end of your tube, then press down so that end of the tube flattens and sticks together. Hold until dry enough to stay in place on its own. Now your pen has a lid.

11) Now apply two or three coats of varnish to the pen and the lid. (This is why you wanted to keep that lid slightly loose – after a couple coats of varnish the pen should fit into it snugly, but without having to force it and wreck the paper.

12) Write something stunning.

Heart box: Free Gift Box Templates

To Download, Print, & Make

Make your own gift box in 5 minutes with one of my free gift box templates. Heart-shaped, cube-shaped, bag-shaped, and more.

Heart box: Free Gift Box Templates

This heart container looks really sweet and is great for Valentines Day, anniversaries, or other romantic occasions. Imagine filling it with Hershey Kisses and an "I ♥ You" note and giving it to your boyfriend / girlfriend. I bet they'd love it, and be really touched! (Hint to my other half, if he's reading this ;-)
Did I mention that this design is seriously easy to make? In fact, you don't even need any glue. It just slots together and holds in place by itself.

Materials

All you need is

• A printer
• Cardstock or paper
• Scissors

This design turns out best when you make it from card stock. Paper works okay too, but it's a little bit floppy. If card stock doesn't fit in your printer, then you can print the template onto paper, and then trace it onto some card stock.

Download

Download my heart box template.
(Or click here for other templates and designs)
Open the file and print it onto your nice paper. If your paper is coloured on one side only, then make sure you print onto the blank side.

Read more at Homemade Gifts Made Easy

Fall crafts: I Love Fall Printable

Fall crafts: I Love Fall Printable

Autumn is a month associated with thankfulness. So let me just take this moment and say I love my sisters so much and don't think I'll ever be able to express enough gratitude for everything they do for me. Whenever I need someone, I know that one of my sisters is only a phone call away. To make me laugh when I need it or give some amazing advice I never would have thought of. I really do have the most amazing family. Thank you! Love you guys!

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amazing family

Paper crafts: Chap Stick Pockets tutorial

 One of the projects I made was a very simple paper pocket for a small tube of chap stick.  Take a look:

 Paper crafts: Chap Stick Pockets tutorial

First I cut several pillow boxes with my Silhouette from some pretty patterned paper:

Then I inserted the chapstick and closed up the sides:

Made some quick labels with this postage stamp QuicKutz die cut and some alphabet stickers:

Then tied ribbon around each box and labeled it:

Easy peasy.  And cute. :)