Trash to Treasure with Flying Unicorn using Craft Consortium Paper Collection and Petaloo

"For where thy treasure is, there also will thy heart be."

-anonymous

This was a fun challenge and I love to turn trash into treasure!  Dawid's challenge on the Flying Unicorn Forums gave me the inspiration and fun I needed.

There is a step by step tutorial by Dawid- just click here  

From these ohh lets just throw out the empty roll to something pretty and this time PINK ! 

I used the new paper collection from Craft Consortium The Gypsy Gypsy Collection - oh my, oh my its gorgeous!!! The top is garden of blossom of the pretty in pink flowers from Petaloo.

A little bit more of this and that from beads to glass bobbles and the  treasure laser cut from 2crafty -and the  butterfly in flight from Petaloo finished this  little project off perfectly .Time to go add some goodies inside and  send it  off as a RAK ! 

Textured Elements

Craft Consotium

Pearl Daisies

Forget Me Nots

WCYDW - May Flowers

April has brought May flowers! What fun for a What Can You Wednesday but to make your own flower pack!  In 30 minutes or less you can make all 5  flowers.   The instructions for the  first flower is the  same stitching technique you use for all the samples -   

Little to no supplies are  needed  ( and if you have no fabric  - go cut up hubby's white shirt - it works  perfectly and  less  laundry!!)

Here are   4 more styles of  flowers using a 2" circle template - Since the  folds are different the  finished size of the flower changes as  well giving you  a  perfect    handmade flower pack and  perfect to us on  your next  project.

Dreams

 To accomplish great things, 

we must not only act, 

but also dream; 

not only plan, 

but also believe.

Love the new collection by 7Dots - Illumination - It is a soft pastel collection with a grey side that contrasts the  palette and  makes the the  sweet colors stand out!

Gold Glitter

6x6 Acrylic Stamps

6x6 Paper Pack

WCYDW - The Rose ( a flower tutorial)

A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.Clive Bell

It has been awhile since we have brought you a flower tutorial - so I thought I would share with you all one of my favorite flowers to make and the best part they take less than  5 minutes to make! You  need nothing special for this tutorial - but the creative possibilities of embellishing and altering these flowers are endless and would love to see how you improve and expand on these! 

The finished product ! 

Hope  you enjoyed and they really are  1-2-3 easy but ohhh soo pretty ! 

LeakShed Studio Products

Flying Unicorn is thrilled to announce that we will be carrying Leaky Studio in the Store!  Who is  Leaky Studio? Well....

Leaky Studio works with local and national artists to create distinctive chipboard and cardstock embellishments for scrapbooking and mixed media art.

Products & Materials The Leaky Shed Studio is dedicated to producing amazing scrapbooking and mixed media products all made in America. We strive to purchase our materials from American manufacturers with an eye on being green. We special order American made chipboard which is composed of 100% recycled paper products and acid-free. The cardstock we use is made in the USA and is composed of 70% to 100% recycled materials. 

The  awesome part is that the creative team received some pieces to play with  and  for the next 10 days you  get to see some true eye candy creations created with the use of  Leaky Studio ! To celebrate this wonderful vendor from today to the 30th of October we will be offering  15% off all of LeakyShed Studio Products -

 simply use code "LSP" ! 

I saw these Waterbury Medallion Banners  ( LC-1201-01) ( and you get 3 of them in the set) and as soon as  I saw them  I thought  - oh my a  cool yes you know  it  - Christmas card ! 

I cut the  bottom off so that they were  now  straight ( the extra that was cut off  was used  to layer my pieces) and this is what I made : 

 I attached the banner with a cardstock fold.  Using the new  Magnolia Collection in the store  Sea Breeze and Ingvlid Bolme chalk Inks Barn Yard with a Magnolia stamp and Spectrum Noir Markers  for coloring. Lots of  Die Cuts  from Spell Binders, Cottage Cutz and Magnolia-another Christmas card is done .