Zipper flower tutorial with Joan

Joan here today.

Most crafters have a stash of supplies.  
I'm no exception and found some metal zippers in my stash form back in the day when I did a lot of sewing.  This stash of zippers inspired me to try my hand at making a zipper flower. 

For this gathered flower I used a 14" piece of zipper.  I removed the end with the metal tab and separated the zipper into two parts.  I used my sewing machine and made a gathering stitch the length of the zipper.  (You could also do this by hand stitching.)

Once the stitching was completed I pulled the thread and gathered the whole

length of the zipper tape at once.

I trimmed and folded one end of the zipper tape and used a hot glue gun to secure it.

The next step you will have to "fiddle" with.  But basically if you keep the zipper teeth up and the gathered tape down, the flower will wind itself into position.

I also placed some glue on the back side of the flower to secure it. 
(You could also tack the end down with a few hand stitches.) 
I placed a small flower from my stash in the center.
(You could also use a button or gem for the center.)

Now I have to decide if I'm using this flower on a card or a layout?

A frame card tutorial with Kajal

Hello Everyone,

I hope you have enjoyed your New year celebration. Before going thru my cards let me wish you "A Very Happy New Year". Make your New Year wishlist with full of crafty goodies, new projects, learn some new techniques, inspire, follow some new crafty friends and many more.

As you know it's very simple card ..here I go with some simple steps to make a beautiful card in just 5-10min only ... 

1) I just took three 6"x6" paper 

2) Then I just folded these three 6"x6" paper diagonally like this 

3) After that we keep these paper one over the other and stick them with double side tape or glue 

4) Last step is to assemble embellishments and stick with glue and double sided foam tape

5) Here is our card ready 

That's all from me today. I hope I have inspired you, Before ending once again "Have a Great Year Ahead". 

Using fishing line on scrapbook page with Trish

Hi Crafters

Trish with you today to share a little tip with fishing line.

I find that as much as l love thread..it sometimes doesn't quite give me the look l am after....but fishing line does.

I always use sticky dots for this job, they work brilliantly.

I have started with a bit of inking..some plasterers tape...this stuff is awesome..

And the all important fishing line and sticky dots.

Some sticky dots are really good for rolling into thin rolls.

Some are great for snipping into smaller pieces.

I have adhered the line on top of the plasterers tape..remembering to ensure there is  enough line to be visible under the embellishments. 

I've added some gold metallic thread, the button and other bits and pieces.

Including my fussy cut flower photo.

For this LO l have used some chippy, a hand made flower..not by me.., a calico tag, a bit of stencil work and using the same colour on the ampersand.

Thank you for popping in.

Enjoy the rest of the creations by the very talented team.

Cheers Trish.

Embellishments with Lizzy

Hey there, OTR friends! Lizzy here today.

I thought today I'd share with you a few embellishments I've been creating, based

on a pile of You Tube videos that I've been watching.

Mostly they feature gold. I'm taken with gold atm!

And these are great for the Pocket Letters, File Folders and Flip Books I'm currently

OBSESSED with making!

Enough talk;)

Punch or die cut any shape you chose. Use washi tape to cover the bits you do NOT

want to heat emboss.

Dip into your choice of embossing powder. Naturally, I've chosen GOLD;)

Heat emboss, then remove washi. Actually, sometimes I remove the washi

BEFORE I heat emboss.

Entirely up to you!

And repeat!!!!!

Then get creative.

Another idea. Punch or die cut hearts or butterflies in glitter paper, and normal cardstock/patterned paper. Cut the glitter ones in 1/2 then layer onto the other side of your shapes:

 Chunky glitter works a treat. I actually made my own glitter paper...

 Finer glitter for the hearts...

Die cut tags. This time I 'experimented' with off centre and diagonal cuts.

Like I say, be imaginative. Experiment. Have FUN!

Hope you get some inspiration from these ideas ~ Happy Scrapping!

Lizzy ♥♥♥

October Tutorial - By Tamires Giroto

Title: Decorations with a transparent background

Hi Off the Rails Scrapbooking readers!

Here is Tamy, all the way from Brazil :) 

 I am here today to share something cool, pretty and easy with you.

I enjoy making my own decorations, as not always I am able to find an element that goes well with the project I am working on. So this tip is on how to create a decoration with a transparent background that looks really nice in a variety of projects. You only need to use your imagination to create yours.

Materials:

Digital images

printer

acetate sheet 

scissors

Its very easy to do, you just need to choose images or words, lay in a A4 format e print on the acetate sheet. Than you just have to cut around the borders and decorate anything you want.

♥If you like it, please leave a comment ♥

God bless you

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Tamires Giroto

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