origami rose made from florist ribbon on a place card - WEDDING

Here are the place cards I made the origami roses for.  I made 120 in silver and white and attached them using hot glue to the place cards I cut using my zutter page cutter.  I cut each sheet of a4 linen card in 3 using second row of bladeson page cutter then put every 3rd back through the first row of blades. So I got 6 place cards from every sheet of A4 linen card.  Then I used my zutter pink half inch corner chomper and softened the corners.   Finally I used a silver pigment ink pad to colour the edges of the card.

silver rose on the place card

white rose on the place card

wedding table centrepieces -one down FOURTEEN to go :op

The wedding I have been making invitations for is looming ever closer and now I am at the stage of making the table centres.  Today I made the first one and I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.  To be honest I had to make each individual flower separately so there is a lot of work in preparation and only about two hours building the cone and hotgluing on the flowers.  The flowers took three days to prepare.  Full 8 hours shifts as well, Oh my goodness I have alot of flower making ahead to complete these.

I also made 120 origami flowers and stuck them to the place cards.  The bride saw this idea in a wedding magazine and it was priced at £150 each, and place cards £5 each.  I made them for a lot less!  She was delighted with the result but even more delighted that we created this look for such a huge saving.

A good day all round!

mothers day card

Mothers Day card 2010

So this is a little bouncy mothers day card that i made and layered up with laura ashley papers.  Dont you just love the laura ashley and anna griffen florals, they are so dainty and delicate.

paper rosesjust punched flowers which i .......heres the technical bit.......squished up and layered up to look like real roses. I chose cream and pastel pink to tiein with the paperI was using.

I cut a slightly smaller diamond shape for a layered effect.  Instead of simply sticking it on I decided to use a tiny brad and attach it to the card at the top point.  Then using the brad as a swivel it allowed the layered panel to swing round.  So I put a tiny message underneath it.

This is the view from the back.  This is where I wrote my message.

It is a really simple card but is quite effective.  I love them for kids cards and of course now I done one for Mothers Day I might try experimenting with them a bit more.

wedding keepsake box

So then I made a keepsake box for the first invite to live in and the bride could keep it in her memory box or give it to her mum whatever.

The roses are made using origami techniques on a 2 inch satin ribbon in white
Dont you just love origami...................I DO!
The wrap is a piece of organza that I had left from making little favour bags and I run a hem round it and put some wax cord on and a tassle and tied it up.  The heart is a martha stewart punch that i pinched from my mums craft room................just for a trial you understand............I had to return it :o(
The tag is a scalloped circle punch by x cut..............although I prefer the woodware punches but this one was on special and I do love a bargain.

oops should have rotated thart 90 degrees oh well its only a tag ribbon!

the box is asheet of a3 card scored 2 inches border all the way round and then glued.  The silver shape is a nestability and then the smaller one is cut in white linen card.  The peel offs are dazzles by hot off the press and Im not a fan of peel offs but here they served a purpose.  The ribbon border which neatens the edges of the box is the same ribbon as the intivations so it all matches in.  I coloured the two flower dazzles using promarkers my latest favourite pen!

inside the box I put an insert to create two divisions one for the day and evening invites and one for a pen to write them.  I gave her a nice Sakura Tiara Pen in glitterdust silver to write the invites, I love Sakura pens 2!

more photos of wedding invitations