I love creating paper flowers

I've always been fascinated with what you can do with paper.... cutting, tearing, punching out, spritzing, stamping, twisting, rolling, folding, painting, coloring, scrunching!  I can literally spend hours blog hopping to see the amazing creations. 

One of the things I LOVE to do is create flowers.  For a quick post just wanted to show you several sets of the 'scrunch flowers' I've made. 

All of these flowers are made using 6 layers of the 5-petal punch by Paper Shapers.  Each layer is 'scrunched', pierced in the center and a brad inserted through all the layers.  There are probably hundreds of great You Tube videos on creating all sorts of paper flowers. 

I love the combination of origami paper and solid color paper to compliment it.

The combinations are infinite - can match any occasion.

These are created using Plantable paper that I purchased on line from Botanical Paperworks.  They have several colors to choose from and even shapes you can use as favors.  Check out their website at botanicalpaperworks.com.

LED Candlelight Birthday Box

Aloha Friends !

Lucky for us the rain held up at Grandma and Grandpa's today while we grilled our lunch of teriyaki meat and skewers (made by my sister Jojo) and asparagus, and red and orange mini bell peppers (by sister-in-law Trina with my nephew Raiden creating the skewers).  I'd like to share a mini birthday box I created yesterday for mom's birthday.  We decided to celebrate two birthdays today.

This adorable sized little box is only 3"x3" for mom.  Her favorite color is blue so I started with that in mind. 

This photo is of the box opened as it falls flat with the cover on the side and you can see my "Happy Birthday Mom" written on one of the squares.  I used a small LED candle (just 1" in diameter and 3/4" high) and decorated it to look like a cake.  I've seen such cute ideas on the different blogs that I visit .... I just had to start making them.

Here's a photo of the top of the lid.  I added a few beads to add more bling - which I love.  I created the flower with origami paper and solid blue paper. 

Here's a close up of the 'cake' with the light on.  It actually flickers as if it's a real candle.

It's so cute!

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The joy of the Lord is our Strength.

Shaker Birthday Card using CD Envelope

Aloha Friends!
We're celebrating Dad's birthday tomorrow at their home in Kaneohe, Hawaii in the subdivision of Keapuka.  We'll be grilling lunch on a huge cement grill that dad made.  I mentioned in a previous blog that I'll be giving him a rainfall gauge but in addition I created this shaker card today, adding some money for their Vegas trip coming up.

I got the idea of  using the 5x5 CD envelope as a shaker card as I was browsing in Inspired & Unscripted by Maria Bell.  Please visit her at stampininspiration.blogspot.com.   Maria's creations are really inspirational and so beautifully done!  She has an excellent tutorial on this shaker card that made creating this card so easy and so much fun!

The stars are a rubber stamp by Dandelion Designs that I colored in with a felt pen and I used a Suzy's Zoo Happy Birthday sticker on the inside.  I didn't know how to capture the beads rolling around inside but you can see a glimpse of it as the bottom of the circle. 

This is a photo of the back of the finished card that measures 6x6.  I used the same Dandelion Designs stamp and just added a punched out tag as a pocket for the birthday cash. 

I had so much fun creating this card, which comes together pretty fast... I already have so many ideas for other shaker cards I want to make.

Thank you to Maria!

Be still and know that I am God.

        Psalm 46:10

Birthday Party Favor for the Traveler

Hi Friends!
While thinking of birthdays, here's an idea for a party favor for someone who loves to travel.  A mini luggage!  I realize as I'm starting to add postings that I need to be better at taking photos from each angle and the lighting really affects the color.  I wish you could see this adorable, sweet pink color. 

This favor is made using a Sizzix die.  The finished luggage is just 4" wide, 2-1/2" tall and 1-1/2" deep.  The tag you barely see hanging off the side of the handle actually has my maiden last name as this favor was for my mom's birthday and you can see that I've personalized the 'places I've been' stickers to include places she actually has visited.   I had also added a string of  pink beads and pearls that dangle off the other side of the handle.  The paper flowers and leaves were purchased at Photocraft in Honolulu and are actually two types put together for a more 3D affect. 

This idea could be adapted as a favor for a male by changing the colors and embellishments; it could be  used as a favor for a retirement party or a Bon Voyage for someone going on a nice long vacation!

This is a photo of the other side of the luggage.  I created a little pocket for the map and just printed off the computer a shot of California and cut smaller pieces to add to the pocket.  Butterflies are punched out and glued on with longer beads for the body and just inked in the antennae.  I put a quarter in the picture to show you that this favor is quite little and so cute!!



If you have any questions on any of my posts, please feel free to email me at faithsimagination@gmail.com and I'll be happy to share my ideas or learn some tips from you.

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Hugs and Blessings!

Pop Up Birthday Cake Card for Dad's Birthday

Yesterday was dad's 86th birthday and despite 3 different cancers and a number of heart problems over the years, he looks great!  He still mows the lawn, weed wacks, cleans up after the dogs.... This year I bought a very attractive 18" high Rainfall Gauge for his garden since he loves things like thermometers and clocks that chime and twirl.  I started thinking of the gift box I created for him last year and want to share it with you. 

This is a photo of one side of the box with the Japanese origami bird sitting on a nest of made of ribbon and a dangle of coordinating beads for added bling!

The gift box is a 4" square, created from a 12"x12" designer paper.  I had purchased a booklet of coordinating paper probably from Ross' and used it to create this interactive box. 

This is a view looking down at the top of the box cover.  I created the Japanese tsuru - origami style using 20 lb. weight paper.  I wish you could see it sparkle!  I added glitter just to the edges of the wings, a large gem to its back and, of course the twinkle of the bead dangle.

This is a view of the open box, all 12"x12" of it, as it lies flat once the cover if removed.  I used the Sizzix birthday cake die to create this 3-D card.  The die even includes the little candles!!  I buy the Sizzix products at Fisher Hawaii or Ben  Franklin stores.  Fisher Hawaii has expanded their line (entire rows) of craft items.  If you create a lot of items starting with plain backgrounds and add embellishments, I've discovered it's so much more economical to purchase cardstock in reams from Fisher.  Also, the cost of dies and large punches is lower at Fisher than regular craft stores.  

This is a view looking down onto the opened card.   Because the cake is not totally glued around the bottom edges, I was able to tuck some money under the cake, peeking out from under. 

 I LOVE the way it turned out!!

  Here it is a year later and I still  enjoy looking at it!

Happy Birthday  Dad!



Gifts sets and words of encouragement

I love to create gift sets for my own friends and family but also for friends and family to give to others.  Here are several sets that include a memo pad, tape dispenser and pen - all matching with a word of encouragement.

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Blessings and Aloha !

Hello World!
As mentioned in my Welcome message, I would like to share my love of paper crafting by using words of encouragement and scripture.  I have so many items that I've made throughout the years that I didn't know where to start.  I absolutely LOVE creating 3D gifts and favors and more recently have created a set of items for the Women's Retreat at a church called One Love in Honolulu. 

 I wish you could see the vibrant autumn colors I used to celebrate the time of year that the retreat was held.  I created 80 items each of five items totally 400 favors.  I need to find the picture of the water bottle 'hangar' that was included.  I just realized the image shows the book mark which was not  included.  To create these items, I handmade each flower - 4 different types - equaling 560 flowers.  Each flower needed 5 layered punch out.  I hand stamped each image, glued 4400 crystal bling, beaded 80 sets and punched butterflies, leaves and branches!!  I used rubber stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs -  ourdailybreaddesigns.com.  I love this set and have used it a number of times since purchasing it. 

This is a little gift I made for all my co-workers at the same time.

I absolutely love, love making paper flowers and can spend hours just enjoying blog-hopping to see the awesome and amazing creations by so many ladies around the world.  Here's just one set of flowers I've been creating using re-cycle paper bags or printer paper.

I've purchased shadow boxes and plan to send one set of the cross created with the flowers to Mrs. Jan Crouch, owner of the Trinity Broadcasting Network http://www.tbn.org/. 

Thank you for visiting!
Hugs and Blessings!