Hello everyone! Have you heard the news that We R Memory Keepers and American Crafts are now
one company? I am excited about this acquisition. For my Studio post today, I used the new WRMK
Flower Punch Board and some beautiful paper from AC/Pebbles Special Delivery.
The flowers are BIG – ranging from 3" to 9" in diameter. I had so much fun mixing and matching the sizes. It is amazing how these beautiful flowers were made from a simple punch board and a stem kit!
Flower sizes and simple directions are printed on the board but it took me a while to figure out how to fold the petals. Once you have it figured out, it will be very fun and relaxing! So I put together a quick tutorial to share today!
Tutorial
Flower Size: S (5" dia.)
Paper Size: 2-5/8" x 12"
1. Punch and Score:
Follow the directions printed on the board.
2. Fold the Paper:
"Mountain Fold" means that you fold the paper down at score-line to create a "mountain"; "valley fold" means that you fold the paper up at score-line to create a "valley".
Keep folding and you will see a flower shape forming:
3. Finish the loop:
Add adhesive to the first little triangle as shown and adhere the two ends together.
And when opened up, you will get a flower!
4. Curl the Petals:
I think it is a genius idea to include a roller in the board!
Curled petals give the flower a more realistic look.
5. Add Stem
We get 10 sets of stems in one Stem Kit.
I punched a scallop circle to use as a simple layer with the flower.
Remember to add the beautiful center stem piece before you screw on the end:
Easy, peasy, right? All you need is to pick your flower size and punch away!
Here are the sizes I used on my project:
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Flower Punch Board
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Hello friends,
Katie here with an easy DIY project- monogram keychains. Monogrammed items are timeless and with Waffle Flower Craft’s Jumbo letter dies and some felt or even leather or suede, they are simple to make too.
To make the circle keychain tags, I die cut 2- 4” felt circles. I also cut the scalloped layer with the Flower Circles Inverted die.
I placed the alphabet die on top of one of the felt circles and ran it through my Big Kick. I used a backstitch to stitch the around outline of the letter. I cut some extra letters from different colored felt and experimented with some different color combinations before selecting the final colors.
Before I adhered the layers together, I cut a small length of grosgrain ribbon, looped it through a metal key ring and sandwiched it between the layers. There are many glues that work well with felt, but I’ve had good experience with Alene’s original Tacky Glue. It’s widely available, inexpensive and does the job.
I am planning to attach these monogram tags to my daughters’ backpacks when they head back to school next month.
My next monogram keychain is dressed up a bit in suede. I found a thin piece of suede at my local Hobby Lobby and was very excited that it was easy to die cut with the Jumbo Letter dies. For the Keychain shape, I used the Surface- Tag Die- Starter Kit.
I die cut two of the tag shapes from the felt and die cut the letter from one of the tags. I stitched around the outline of the letter. As it came time for assembly, I decided the suede could use a bit more body, so I die cut a felt tag and sandwiched the suede on either side. I used Beacon 527 Multi Use Glue to hold all the layers together. Since I was using a light color suede, I also used a Copic marker to color the thin inner letter portion rather than investing in multiple colors of suede. To add a little more stability, I reinforced the keyring tag with a silver eyelet.
I am planning to try this design out with leather- I just need to find leather that’s the right thickness. I think these will make great holiday gifts for my coworkers and colleagues this year.
Well that’s all for me today. I hope you are inspired to add a little monogram to your life using the Jumbo Alphabet Dies. I’d love to see what you create!
Hello friends! Lorena here with a Christmas card that is probably one of my favorites ever! I played with different Waffle Flower Crafts products to show you how great they mix. Can you spot how many different ones I used?
I’ve been wanting to use the gorgeous 
Before adhering the ornaments and the silver cord to the card I heat embossed a sentiment from 
And that’s it! I love the little dots around the ornaments. Nothing can beat a well designed die, right? What about you? Are you making time for Christmas crafting? It’s definitely one of the things I love from the Season.
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But then (and believe me, this doesn’t happen often) I had a second lightbulb moment. Would the cutie Santa hat from 
The sentiment also comes from 
Anyhow, I had lots of fun making this card and putting the versatile new Waffle Flower stamps to work. Thanks so much for visiting!
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As always, we are so grateful for everyone! Thank you for joining us in our release week. We hope you are inspired and ready to create! The design team will continue to share their projects in the next few months on the blog here! We are excited to see what you will make with these new products! Use 
I have been accumulating the cute embellishments from We R Memory Keepers for a while! Such as the green chevron washi tape shown in the photo below (I ended up not using it... hmmm... I need more colors!) You can find out more about their fabulous 2014 Summer Release on their
I first die cut a tag (from 
I just love the "reveal" of an embossed piece! Amazing details, right? All embossing folders are actually 20% off at the official We R website this week!
I cut the embossed tag in two pieces and used the top portion on my tag:
By adhering the embossed tag using foam adhesive, I was able to wrap the twine around the bottom without them sticking out.
I found a piece of WRMK 
At last, I stamped Cathy's name in silver metallic ink to go with the wrap. Alphabet set used is 
And here we have it, a simple gift wrapped with love.
If you are interested in purchasing some of the products I used here, WRMK has offered a special 20% off coupon for my blog reader to use at their official online store: 
And here is my card.
I layered two die cuts for some extra dimension.
The white layers were actually left from my 
Is it Christmas yet? :)
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All paper and embellishments are from Pebbles Yours Truly collection.
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I started with my favorite paper from this collection "Home of the Brave". The word "Sparkle" on it inspired me to spell "celebrate" using some white glitter foam alphabet stickers.
I also used foam adhesive to add more dimension to the card.
To my US friends and families – Happy 4th!
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