A Bunch of Paper Butterflies

So... back to my paper projects - I made a whole bunch of paper butterflies (similar to the ones I made for my wedding) using "just" paper, stamps, 12 shades of ink, some wire, and a few different sets of jewel accents.





... more are on their way...

Little Paper Flowers

I'm into paper-flowers-making mode these past few weeks, and last night I came up with these tiny (1" - 1.5") flowers that can be perfect for scrapbooking or card-making.



They are made from designer paper with inked petals (red ink). I used white mulberry paper flowers for the centers and added green leaves.

You can find more paper flowers in my Etsy shop. And I've also made a few butterflies, so I'll try to make a post about them over the weekend.

- M

Paper Scraps Flowers

These flowers were made from paper scraps that I had left over from making some big-as-palms paper peonies and roses (from the other day). I saw the little pieces and decided to reuse them to create something pretty and with a purpose. So, on my next gift-giving occasion, this flower will be the first to go to some dear person with a birthday, anniversary or just because it's Tuesday :)

How to make this flower?

Simple.

You'll need about 20-25 cutout petals in the shape of hand-drawn almonds. Glue 6 of them by the tips and add 6 more at the back, then keep gluing more petals until you've made a flower. Fold each petal to make it fluffy. Play with it.

Use a pretty button for the center, or if you like sparkle, you can glue a rhinestone dot, or anything else you like.

And that's it.




I like to add safety pins to the back of my flowers or bits of wire so they can be easily attached to ribbons, boxes and so on... Just a tip :)

p.s. You can find this flower in my Etsy shop!

Owls

I was messing with some scraps of papers left over from past projects, and these 2 owls came out as the result.



The owls were drawn by hand (the idea came from one of my stamps), and pieced together from different paper scraps that were also cut and inked by hand.

They are quite large (as big as my hand - maybe slightly bigger), and I just have to figure out what to do with them. Create a card with them, or use them for scrapbooking...? Any ideas?

Let me know.

Cheers!

Paper Fruit Post It Notes

Can you believe that these pretty fruits are not for eating?



They are made of paper and are a very creative way to leave notes to people. Forget the generic neon-colored sticky thingies - who would forget a note written on an apple slice, or a pear slice?



I'm absolutely in love with these memo pads!

You can find them here, in narayabags' shop on Etsy, along with a whole bunch of other creatively made pieces.