Hi crafty friends! Happy Friday! Today's post is my favorite kind of post.... I made this today, took pictures, and blogged it in real time! I love that.... When the mood strikes me to make something and I get to share it right away! So much of my crafting has specific rules and timelines etc. But today was purely my creative mood coming out! My husband is away today for work and I have the house all to myself (well Lucky is here!) and it's quiet and it's raining! I went out for a little drive to Starbucks and enjoyed driving around my neighborhood in the pouring rain and seeing all the fall leaves that have finally appeared. It's the perfect day! I got all my chores done and sat down at my desk. I'm running out of time (as always) to make Halloween things! The idea for this project has been in my head for too long. I literally went cray cray for this paper collection - Prima Thirty One. I bought it ALLLLLL. It's vintagey and cute, and fun, and retro and cool all at the same time. Oh, and there are pink pumpkin embellishments! EEEK.
I made a pretty rosette decoration and a fun card using the super vintage pieces in the collection. I popped in some creamy orange and some pink, oh and a little bit of aqua. So fun to make this!!
Here's a close up of the rosette! It's hot glued onto a paper straw for more fun decoration. It's about five inches across, including the crepe paper portion. I bought the crepe paper and the straws at Party City. The papers are all from the Thirty One collection. The ribbon is from PTI. All the supplies are listed HERE or at the bottom of the post.
The finished card is an A2 white card base. I used three of the patterned papers, some polka dot vellum and an ephemera panel to create the look. I also used some chipboard stickers and twine.... Loving this retro color palette.
Here's a close up of that most adorable pink pumpkin!!! The striped paper has a stripe that is light blue/aqua so I used ribbon in that color to add another color to the mix. The striped rosette has Gold Stickles around the edge.
It's super duper easy to make rosettes/medallions. No special tools needed! I score at 1/4 inch all the way down the strip of paper. For the larger rosette, the strips are 1.5" wide. For the smaller rosette, the strips are 1" wide. Just score and fold accordian style! That's it! I use a circle to keep my rosette shape and I use hot glue to keep it all together. This works better than liquid glue since it dries right away.
Love that vintage cat!
Here's a close up of my card's paper layers. I used some Nuvo Drops to add glitter in certain places on the card.
Okay friends - that's it for today! Wishing you a very happy, fun and creative weekend! I'll be back on Monday with some Halloween fun from Doodlebug! See you then! XOXO
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Beautiful as always.
I know you know this already but you're SUCH a TALENTED crafter and photographer.
Thanks for explaining how to make rosettes.
Sincerely.
Posted by: Amanda Steele | 10/23/2021 at 04:49 PM
Enchantingly lovely spooky season creations. That rosette wand is just the cutest!
I hope you have a fun-filled, awesome countdown to All Hallows' Eve!
Autumn Zenith 🎃 Witchcrafted Life
Posted by: Autumn Zenith | 10/23/2021 at 04:31 PM
Extra special fun! I love Halloween crafts! And it goes by so quickly! These are so cute!! And it’s nice you could just enjoy making them !
Posted by: Jules L | 10/23/2021 at 02:44 PM
Oh how fun this is...I love that black cat, but not as much as Lucky! All the components look so fabulous together. Even that pink & aqua. Enjoyed your drive through the neighborhood. Things are looking pretty festive there. We have had rain every day this week!!!
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 10/23/2021 at 01:19 PM
My best email today. Fantastic retro look updated with that turquoise ribbon. Love it all. Happy Halloween 👻
Posted by: Maureen Sala | 10/23/2021 at 08:30 AM
Hi Wanda,
so many fabulous makes for Halloween. I love it all! Love the season of Autumn but not the heavy downpours for it do stop us going for our walks and you can't really kick the leafs if they are wet can you... Have a good weekend x
Posted by: Maria Alder | 10/23/2021 at 03:43 AM