Flower for Mom - kids craft project

 

With Mother's Day quickly approaching I thought I would share this flower project for the little's to do. My 2.75 year old granddaughter had fun making these with a little adult assistance, so it is suitable for a range of ages. Some of the supplies that I used are the Flower Frame die template from Lawn Fawn, circle die template from Spellbinder's, tag punch from Fiskars Crafts and sentiment stamp from Taylored Expressions.

Supplies:

• card stock flower shape, leaf shape, 2 and 1-inch white card stock circles
• variety of 1-inch squares of tissue paper
• sentiment stamp or computer generate
• coloring medium of choice - crayons, markers, paint or ink
• foam mounting tape, white glue
• popsicle stick or skewer
• pencil with eraser
• children's scissors and/or adult assistance with
• scrap of white cardstock for sentiment

Instructions:

1. Die-cut, punch or fussy cut card stock shapes if not already completed
2. Color flower petals with desired medium and leaf if necessary
3. Glue 2-inch circle to back of flower shape if using the Flower Frame shape, apply glue only to outside edge of circle.
4. Pick up piece of tissue paper on end of pencil eraser, scrunch around eraser, dab lightly into white glue and press down onto center of flower. ** for younger children to make it easier have them simply scrunch the tissue paper in their hands, dab into glue and then press onto center of flower.
5. Continue in same manner until flower center is full of tissue paper.
6. Adhere stick to back of flower by placing a strip of foam mounting tape over stick, tape should be hugging stick. Apply foam mounting tape to the top, left and right sides of the 1-inch circle, to hide stick and finish back.
7. Adhere 1-inch card stock circle on top of stick.
8. Apply glue to the inside fold of the leaf and one leaf, adhere around the stick.
9. Stamp or computer generate sentiment. Trim out with scissors, die-cut or punch.
10. Adhere sentiment to flower.
11. Optional - apply adhesive rhinestone to sentiment tag.

Here are some step out photos to assist you with this project.


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Step 7 & 8



Steps 9, 10 & 11

I hope you have some creative fun with your little's and this project and that you have been inspired to create!
Creatively Yours,
Sharon

Tag designed by Sharon M. Reinhart April 2020

There is still time to create this adorable Easter tag! The Base tag actually began its life as shipping material from a recent Reno. Being a crafter I knew it would have a great purpose at some point. Recently I decided to cut this marvellous material into tags by die-cutting the cardboard using a Tim Holtz die by Sizzix. A little bit of pink acrylic paint brushed onto the tag creates a nice base.
Next a white doily has been sponged with the same acrylic paint. A die-cut wreath using a Memory Box die serves as a pretty frame for the cute bunny. 
The bunny body is an accordion rosette created with a Tim Holtz die by Sizzix and the Ears have been made using a Heartfelt Creations daisy die and trimming all of the petals away except two. To make the bunny head I have used a Spellbinders circle die and added mini black rhinestones, a punched heart using a Fiskars hand punch and then drawing by hand the balance of the face with a fine point sharpie. 
The sentiment was stamped onto a die-cut stitched banner by Tutti Designs using an older Hero Arts
Stamp. Two additional banner shapes have been layered underneath the sentiment. The finishing 
touches, a little ribbon bow, tied with the aid of a fork. A little trick I learned from a friend that had worked in miniatures. Then some ribbon and twine have been added to the tag hole. This little bunny brought a smile to my face and I hope with everything that is going on in the world at present that she does the same for you!❤️ 

Heartstrings Valentine!

Card project designed by Sharon M. Reinhart February 2019

Hi everyone! Stopping by with a simple yet striking Valentine card suitable for either a guy or gal!

This card is made with a side-fold A2 size (begin with 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches and score and fold in half) white shimmer cardstock base. A 2-inch x 5-1/2 inch piece of "love" cardstock from Canvas Corp has been layered onto two red scalloped strips at each side. The beautiful scalloped edge has been created with a Lawn Fawn die set called Stitched Scalloped Borders. An alternative would be any scalloped border die or punch, punched circles layered on top of each other or scalloped-edge scissors.

The next layer is created with 3 thread wrapped cardstock hearts. These particular hearts have been die-cut using a Spellbinders Scalloped-edge Nestablilities die template. The thread is a beautiful cream/gold thread from Wonderfil. I find it best to work from the spool while completing thread wrapped pieces. First tape the end of the thread to the back of the heart shape close to the top. My first wrap begins through the first valley to the right of center on the top of the heart and continues along through the first valley to the left at the bottom of the heart. Continue wrapping in an anti-clockwise manner until complete, trimming thread from spool and adhering to the back with tape.

The center heart has been adhered with foam mounting tape allowing further dimension and the top and bottom hearts are adhered with double sided tape. A gold heart, punched using a Fiskars punch adorns the center heart followed by three mini adhesive black rhinestones.

The finish on this card is a die-cut heart from the printed paper using a die from Penny Black that has 5 decorative hearts and 1 plain heart in the set and is called All My Hearts #51-180. Layered on top of this is a gold die-cut word "LOVE" which has been created with a Sizzix set by Stephanie Barnard #560025.

I like to add a bit of the décor to the inside of the card, so I just simply added a strip of red cardstock followed by a stamped greeting punched out with a circle punch. There are so many ways of carrying the design from the front to the inside, just add some of the same colors or images that have been used on the front. It is amazing how just a strip of cardstock and a little element such as a punched heart or greeting finishes the inside! Hope you like this card and are inspired to create!
Creatively Yours,
Sharon