Wedding Bouquet Keepsakes

Hello, Friends!  Marilyn here with a tutorial on preserving the bride's bouquet after the wedding.  My tip:  make sure your flowers are dried before using a dried floral preservative.

Shadow Box Keepsake

Here is what I used:

• Shadow Box.  Mine is 8" x 10" and was purchased in a set of three from Michaels.
• Vinyl - mine is brown to match fall wedding colors
• Dried Floral Preservative - used to preserve the color and texture of the wedding bouquet flowers.  I used Gemini Masterpiece Dried Floral Preservative purchased at Hobby Lobby for $5.99. 
• Hot Glue / Hot Glue Gun
• Designer Paper Scraps - left over from the wedding invitations and bridal shower
• Cricut Cartridges - Beyond Birthdays, Doodlecharms and Storybook

Bridal Bouquet Shadow Box

• Spray your dried flowers with Gemini Masterpiece Dried Floral Preservative.  Do this outside, this stuff is potent! 
• Cut background paper at 8" x 10".  I used ATG to tape right on to the back.  The designer paper was used in the bride's wedding invitations.
• Heart = cut image and shadow at 5 1/2" from Cricut Doodlecharms [heart] found on page 85 of the folder.  Paper is again from the bride's invitations and decorations.
• Glue and Hot Glue flower petals onto the heart.
• Pearl band around heart - the pearls came from a roll purchased at Hobby Lobby.  We used the pearl strands originally on decorations for the wedding reception.  I just hot glued here and there to attach.

 

• Bead Swatch - came from bride's bouquet.  I hot glued a portion onto the background.  A small flower blossom is attached to the top.
• Date = cut date (10 19 13) at 1 1/2" from Cricut Storybook cartridge.  Shimmery Paper is from banner paper used at the bridal shower.
• "love" = cut from brown vinyl and attached to outside of the glass.  Cut came from Cricut Beyond Birthdays cartridge and was cut at 2", [love] found on page 132 of the folder. 

 



Christmas Ornament

Here is what I used:

• Clear Christmas Ornaments - set of 12 purchased at Hobby Lobby for $7.99
• Dried Flowers from the bridal bouquet
• Ribbon

• Pull top of ornament off and insert flower petals.  I used tweezers to move the petals around to my liking.

• Tie ribbon to top.  Ribbon from wedding decorations.

I hope you enjoyed todays tutorial.  As always, comments are welcomed and appreciated!

~ Marilyn

Flower Magnets

Hello, Friends!  Today I created some magnets for my refrigerator using the Cuttlebug Daisy Quilling Kit.  My tip for this project is to use the correct sized Cuttlebug plates.  You'll need the longer ones to make this go smoothly.

Here is what is needed:

• Cuttlebug or other die cutting machine
• Cuttlebug Quilling Kit (I used the Daisy.  Other flowers are available)
• Cuttlebug 6" x 13" Plates.  Both C and B plates are needed.
• White Glue
• E-6000 Glue
• Magnets (I used .5 diameter magnets)

Magnet Recipe:

• Die cut all pieces using different colored card stock.  The picture above shows all the different die cuts included in the Quill Kit.

• Start with the flower center.  The quilling tool is included in the kit.  Twirl around and around, adding white glue here and there along the way.
• Once the center is complete, continue with the next flower layer (orange card stock in this picture).  Just glue to the end of your quill center and twirl around adding white glue along the way.

• The final layer is once again added and twirled.  Secure the end with white glue.

• Open the petals and add some leaves to your flower.  There were some places that looked a little bare to me, so that's where I attached my leaves.  I think that if I had quilled a little tighter there would have been less open spaces.  My leaf ends were inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink before attaching with white glue.

• You will need one .5 inch round magnet.

Use caution when applying E-6000 glue

• Attach the magnet to the back of the flower with E-6000 glue.  This stuff is permanent, so be careful and don't get any on your self or your work area. 

Group of magnets on my refrigerator

• All done!  My daisy has joined other flower magnets made with the Cuttlebug Quilling Kits.  Some shown have stickles added to petal and leaf tips.

Thank you for joining me today.  As always, comments are welcomed and appreciated!

~ Marilyn