Addicted to Paper

In my intro yesterday I told you that I am a crafter.  I also sew, crochet, quilt, and I am addicted to paper.  I love making cards, scrapbooking and making all kinds of paper related projects.  I am learning a new skill called Quilling.  I have seen embellishments using quilling but they are usually one piece and not very large.  I took a class (mostly because a friend was teaching it) but everything turned out so cute I had to buy some more stuff.  That is the bane of my existance, trying (not very well) to stop buying crafting stuff.   I bought a book and there are some really cute fall things, but of course I only have christmas colors red, green, white, and bright yellow for the centers of poinsettias.  So, to try to stay within my budget for the month I decided to cut my own papers using the 65 # paper packs that I've purchased at Michael's and Joann's.  The paper is thicker but it did work.  I had fall colors so I was able to continue with my project.  I saved money on materials, and gasoline (Michaels is 20 minutes one way) and I didn't have to wait a week to get the colors I needed.  I have to say that my strips were not as uniform and if I had the time I would probably order them, but you can easily sub the light weight cardstock in your stash in a pinch.   Here are some of the flowers and leaves I was experimenting making. 

Oops I forgot that I made a little acorn too.  I like the way they turned out, but I have to make them smaller for my napkin rings for Thanksgiving.  The largest leaf is about  3.25 inches or 8 cm The book calls it a Sycamore leaf, the brown leaf is 1.75 inches or 4.3cm and is supposed to be from an Oak, the acorn is .75 inches or 2 cm, the small red flower is a scarlet pimpernel and 1 inch or 2.5cm in diameter, The large golden fringed flower is just about 2 inches or 5cm. That isn't all of the sizes but it gives you an idea of the  size of the others.  I will be making projects with these and offering them in my Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/highlandinspirations very soon so you can use them in your own fall projects.

Thanks again for visiting.  Julie