How-To: Paper Rosette Card

This season’s favorite project in a miniature card format. This paper rosette project is perfect for heartfelt sentiments, like Mother’s Day! Customize rosettes with your own choice of colors and patterns from our collection of handpicked fine papers to make this classic and chic card truly yours!

Materials Needed:

  • Paper Rosette Card How-To
  • A7 Folded Card in color of choice
  • A7 Envelope in color of choice
  • Text Weight Paper in several colors
  • Fine Papers
  • Adhesive Pearls and/or Adhesive Crystals
  • Linen Thread
  • Uniball Gold Gel Pen
  • Banner Stamp
  • VersaMark Watermark Inkpad
  • Gold Embossing Powder
  • Embossing Heat Tool
  • 1/4″ Super Tape
  • Ruler
  • Cutting Mat
  • Craft Knife
  • Bone Folder
  • Scissors
  • Scoring Board (optional)
  • Instructions:

    Cut a piece of text weight paper to 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and adhere to front of card. Choose desired rosette sizes and cut text weight paper and fine paper into strips

  • (A). Accordion fold strips, approximately every 1/8″, using scoring board and bone folder or fold by hand. Tie linen thread around the center of each folded strip
  • (B). Fan out strip and use Super Tape to adhere sides together creating a circular rosette
  • (C). Use Super Tape to adhere rosettes to card in desired arrangement.
  • - Embellish centers with adhesive pearls and/or crystals.
    - Stamp and emboss banner onto paper and cut out.
    - Write desired message onto banner and adhere in place.

    -Claudia

    Favorite PS colors: curry & fuchsia
    Latest Fave: Red & White Paper Straws

    How-To: Easter Greeting Card

    Easter card

    We are bringing in the Easter holiday with our latest how-to — a handmade Easter greeting card! This project is suitable for little hands to help, and works with varying card colors too. Between this creative fun and our seasonal gifts, we’re hoping your bunny ears are perked and you’re ready to celebrate Spring!

    Materials Needed:

  • Easter Greeting How-To PDF
  • Bunny & Chick Easter Ornament Kit
  • A2 Folded Card (your choice of color)
  • A2 Envelope (your choice of color)
  • 2 1/2″ Round Labels in color of choice
  • Happy Easter Rubber Stamp
  • Inkpad of choice
  • Ruler
  • Cutting Mat
  • Craft Knife or Paper Cutter
  • Glue Stick
  • Follow the assembly diagram outlined on the Easter Greeting How-To PDF, then use the left over punched out sheets and shapes from the kit to create simple Easter greetings.

    Option 1:

  • Cut a 4″ x 5 1/4″ rectangle from the punched out sheets leaving the negative shape of the egg at the center.
  • Option 2:

  • Adhere a 2 1/2″ round label to the center of an A2 folded card and top with a bunny or chick shape.
  • Stamp card using Happy Easter stamp.
  • -Claudia

    Favorite PS colors: curry & fuchsia
    Latest Fave: Red & White Paper Straws

    Lights, Camera…DIY! Oscars Party Inspiration

    Roll out the red carpet! It’s Oscars weekend, and the party is ON. Set the scene with a little DIY Oscars party inspiration from Paper Source!

    Bring the glamour of award season to your home with bold golds. This Friendsgiving Tablescape, created by a Paper Source Holiday Craft Contest winner, provides the perfect backdrop with our Chevron Table Wrapping Paper.

    oscars party

    Use Gold Chevron or Gold Confetti invitations to further accent your event. Print your menu, use as place settings or create an Oscars watching game.

    Or, you can simply print the Oscars Ballot we’ve created: 2013 Oscars Ballot

    2013 Oscars Ballot

    While you’re watching the red carpet, have each guest fill out their guesses for this year’s winners. Throughout the show, attendees can keep track of their votes. Up the stakes by pooling a cash prize or simply supply your own prize (like a PS Gift Card). Once all winners are announced, the guest with the most correct votes takes all!

    Oscars Party

    You can also gift your favorite bottle to the winner, and complete your theme with a gold rosette. Create large versions for decoration or scale back for an accent, using this How-To-Paper-Rosette PDF

    We’re sure this gold and glamour Oscars party will having you saying, “They like me, they really like me!”

    New Workshops For February!

    Our teams have been inspired to create fresh, new projects for 2013 and our store team has found the perfect way to turn these ideas into workshops and classes you’re sure to enjoy.

    Check out some of our faves for Feb!

    February 16 – Party time Banner & Accents Workshop

    Create a party collection that includes a decorative banner, stamped treat bags, place cards and more. Discover new tools like Tonic cutters and X-acto knives, decorative punches and the new Evolution die-cutting/embossing machine and learn techniques for folding, layering, and stamping to create this festive collection for any occasion! Register online!

    February 21 – Cabbage Rose Wreath Workshop

    Using the new Evolution die cut machine and an assortment of tissues, create this lovely soft palette cabbage rose wreath. Perfect for spring, this project looks pretty hanging on the wall or as your table centerpiece. We’ll introduce you to a few simple tools and let you discover new techniques. This class is not to be missed! Register Online!

    Find a store and see our full line up of workshops online.

    Mother-Daughter Holiday Crafting Tea

    The holiday season is a perfect time to craft with friends, kids, or to explore creative ideas independently. Last weekend one of our own Paper Source family members hosted an annual Mother-Daughter Holiday Crafting Tea at her home. With treats upstairs and creativity downstairs, the setting was ripe to organize a knock-your-socks-off craft that would be simple and fun for kids of a range of ages, yet interesting and sophisticated enough for parents. She also really wanted the final presentation of the craft to have that “wow” factor!   

    Materials:

  • Kraft Cones-small and large sizes
  • Medium Zots
  • Pre-cut strips (3/4” wide x5” long) of a selection of our beautiful Fine Papers
  • 5/8” Gold Woven Wire Edge Ribbon atop to finish it off
  • Instructions:

  • Create tear-shaped loops from the strips of paper by bringing their ends together.  
  • Leave a bit of an edge on each loop to catch the double-sided sticky Zot at both ends of the paper strip. 
  • Layer the paper loops in various patterns, affixing them to the Kraft Cone form.
  • There are endless ways to get playful with creating different looks- more traditional or whimsical-depending on your choice of paper selection and size, patterned assembly, color choices, paper loop size, etc.

    These trees look stunning in multiples of the same or varying heights! Group them on your mantel, feature them as holiday table décor, give it as a gift…this craft is sure to impress all! But not only that, a Holiday “Crafternoon” Tea is a wonderful new tradition to start that brings kids and parents together in a cozy, creative way!

    Happy Holidays! Happy Paper Crafting!

    Leah, Linda and Sally

    How To: DIY Advent Calendar

    Image via Midwest Living

    Can you believe it’s almost December? In our family, we always had a first of December tradition of going out to a store and buying each kid their own Advent calendar to count down the days until Christmas. Midwest Living has done this tradition one better with their fun DIY Advent calendar created with a few simple Paper Source items!

    Materials:

  • Baby #1 Envelopes (shown in Red)
  • Eco-White 1.25″ Round Labels
  • White Mini Clothespins
  • Cotton Wrapping Twine
  • Scissors
  • Black Marker
  • Instructions

  • Print numbers on our printable labels or write them in with a marker.
  • Tuck a small treat or toy inside the envelopes.
  • Seal each one with a numbered sticker.
  • Hang envelopes on string using mini clothespins. 
  • Display across a mantel, doorway or banister– or above a child’s bed as a festive headboard!
  • This is a great, simple craft for kids but we think it’s even more fun to keep the contents of the Advent calendar a surprise! What would you put inside your envelopes?

    Easy Thanksgiving Accent: Decorative Paper Place Settings

    thanksgiving_decoration

    Looking for an elegant place setting for your holiday meal? Give this cornucopia inspired idea a try!

    Materials:

  • Text weight paper in Antique Brown
  • Gold on Cream Mums Fine Paper (cut down to 8 1/2″ x 11 “)
  • Goldrush Color Box Inkpad
  • Queen’s Gold Embossing Powder
  • Bon Appetit Rubber Stamp
  • I Am Thankful Letterpress Cards
  • Super Tacky Tape
  • Instructions:

  • Using your favorite Paper Source holiday stamp and inkpad, stamp your desired design in the corner of the Antique Brown paper.
  • Apply Queen’s Gold Embossing Powder and emboss with heat gun.
  • Tape down the back of the Antique Brown paper to the back of the Gold Mums Paper.
  • Take the two edges on the paper adjacent to the stamp and pull them together twisting the excess paper to make a cone shape and adhere in place using more tacky tape.
  • Press down edges to make the cone lie flat and hold its shape.
  • Use this beautiful Thanksgiving accent on your dinner plate, as a place to put your silverware and napkin. On top of the cone place your thankful card with your guest’s name and the reason why you are thankful for them. Mix and match your favorite papers and stamps for a personalized look!

    -Annie, Paper Source Design Team Intern

    Favorite PS colors: paper bag & persimmon
    Latest Fave: Wall Art Calendar

    How To: Paper Straw Wreath

    paper straw wreath

    When Women’s Day featured a similar paper straw wreath last year, we immediately fell in love with the 1950′s starburst shape that could be created from our paper straws. We were further impressed by how easy to put together and lightweight this technique could be (I don’t know about you, but I’ve definitely ruined some nails with heavy wreaths)!

    It’s the perfect holiday project to kick off the crafting season! Simply print our How To PDF, gather a few simple materials, put on some hot chocolate and get craftin’! 

    Materials:

  • Small Bookboard Wreath Form
  • 1 Box Red Stripe Paper Straws
  • 25mm Satin Ribbon
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Hot Glue Sticks
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • Instructions:

  • Cut 50 Straws down to 6 1/2″, leaving the rest of the straws at their full length.
  • Apply a dab of hot glue near the center of the wreath form. Adhere a full length straw so that the end is flush with the center edge of the wreath form, creating a clean wreath “hole”, then continue gluing and affixing straws, alternating short straws with long ones until the wreath form is completely covered.
  • Remove any hot glue threads from the wreath.
  • Tie a bow using the Clover ribbon and glue in place.
  • To hang, glue a small loop of matching ribbon to the back of the wreath form.
  • We’re going to put ours on a door, but what about you? Window? Stair-railing? Above the fireplace?

    Stay tuned, we’ve got a whole stash of holiday projects for you!

    How To: Halloween Treat Boxes

    If we could turn the planet on to Halloween parties, we think world peace could finally be achieved. To that end, we’ve tricked up one of our favor boxes to inspire your ghastly bash. This treat box is perfect for your favorite little witches and ghouls. It’s such a cute and easy way to make a festive impression, you’ll be dreaming up Halloween parties in no time!

    To create: follow along with our image or reference the items and instructions below.

    Materials

  • Classic Square Favor Box
  • Double-Sided Tape
  • Green Glitter
  • Black Brads
  • Red Brads
  • 1″ Circle Punch
  • White Cover Paper
  • Directions

  •  Fold and assemble the Favor Box, leaving the lid unfolded.
  • Create a random criss-cross pattern across the top and sides of lid using Double-Sided Tape.
  • Shake Glitter onto the Tape, so that it is fully covered.  Carefully blow or shake off excess glitter.
  • Make two circles using the 1″ Circle Punch and Cover Paper.
  • Create eyes for your mummy by punching one Black Brad per circle.
  • Affix the eyes to the box by punching the brad through the lid.  Flatten the prongs of the brad against the inside of the lid to secure.
  • Create neck bolts by punching one Red Brad into the left and right side flaps of the lid.  
  • Fill with candy (or travel-sized toothbrush and toothpaste, if you’re mean)!
  • Enjoy!