Pencil Flower Bouquet

Create a fun pencil bouquet using the Dimensional Flowers Cut It  and the No Handled Baskets Cut It from the Great Gift Giving Bundle. Easy to make and more fun to give!

Materials:

Dimensional Flowers Cut It Projects
No Handled Baskets Cut It Projects
Pencils
Crinkle shred
ribbon
floral foam block (optional)


Directions:

This arrangement pulls together pretty easy, however there are some slight adjustments you need to make to the flower to stick onto the pencil. I did this in Make-the-Cuts, but would be easy to do in any like program or even Inkscape.

Begin by bringing in the flower into Make-the-Cuts. I'm using the 3rd image from the Dimensional Flowers Cut It.  We will want to resize the flower down to about 2 inches by 1.8 inches. I have two flowers here so you can see the difference from the original size, but we also want to use the center of the original flower size, so you can delete everything on the larger flower except the center.

Next pull the image apart. I actually ended up deleting the smallest flower layer and only used the first two layers. So you should have the following pieces:

Take the center from the larger flower and copy it, so you have a total of 3. Place the center in the middle of the two flower pieces. Make sure you align and center them (select both images, right-click > align and space > align > align vertically, then do again and align horizontally). Also place a center over the leaf end as shown.

Now we will merge the centers with the piece underneath. (select both and hit control + w)

Now we will take the smaller center (which should be about .25 inches in diameter) and copy three times and place over the centers of each flower and leaf. (Make sure you align and center - see above).

Now we are going to select the center with the piece underneath and we are going to exclude the center using the Boolean join tool. (right-click> shape magic > boolean join > exclude). You can see what the result looks like on the flower on the right below.

Exclude the center on each flower and leaf. Then you can copy and cut as many flowers as you need.  And build flowers onto the end of each pencil.

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Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas using the Great Gift Giving Bundle

Updated 4/30/2014:
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Create a fun Pencil Bouquet using Dimensional Flowers and the No Handled Basket. See more directions here.

Place a stack of Post-It Notes in one of the Square Gift Boxes. Cut out and attach one of the Layered Tags, to finish it off and add the phrase "Just a Note."

Our Framed Salutations Cards paired with a fun picture of your child and their teacher, create a memory and thank you that any teacher will cherish!

Or design a number of fun cards using any of the fun character sets in the Great Gift Giving Bundle.

Over Koala-fied Cut It:

Welcome to the Jungle Cut It:

Create any number of one of our stunning bird cages from the Caged Canary Cut It Set. Fill with a treat, or fun gift, or even just beautiful standing alone!

Make some homemade bath salts and place in one of these fun Flower Cups.

Simple Scented Bath Salt Recipe:
16 ounces all-natural bath salt
15-30 drops of essential oil

In a mixing bowl, add drops of the essential oil to the bath salt and mix well. Store in a glass jar. Add 1/3 to 1/2 cup of the scented salts to a bath for a soothing, luxurious experience!

S'mores for teachers that we just need "s'more" of!  Uses the Gift Giving Baskets Cut It set and the Welcome to the Jungle Cut Set.

Fill our Cubed boxes with any number of treats or gift. Add one of the Paper Gift Bows and a tag from Tagged Sentiments for a stunning gift!

The fox says..."Thank-thank-thank-thank-thank you!  Using our Foxy Boxies Cut It Set!

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Candy Melt Bunny Toppers

Get into the spirit of the holiday and make this special treat for that some "bunny" special! These fun toppers are easy to make and entirely edible!

Materials:
Little Peanuts Graphic Set
Candy Melts in pink and white
wax paper
black decorating gel
toothpicks
plastic bags

Directions:

Begin by printing out an army of bunnies from the Little Peanuts Graphic Set. Lay the print out on a cookie sheet and cover with wax paper.

Starting with the white candy melts, pour about half the bag into a microwave safe bowl, and follow the directions to melt them.

Melted product should look like this:

Scoop the melted candy into a plastic sandwich bag. Then we are going to cut off a tiny corner.

Then you carefully start to trace over the bunnies with your melted chocolate. It may take a few tries before perfection, the melt is easy to scrap back off and put back into the bowl. I start down with one ear, circle around the head and up the other ear, back down and do the body.

Then once the white sets up, remove it from the tray, and put a fresh piece of wax paper on for the pink. Following the same directions as before, trace over the ears, cheeks and stomach with the pink candy melt.

Wait for both sides to completely set up, then you will remelt some more pink candy melt. Peel off your ears, cheeks and tummy one at a time and use a tooth pick to adhere a little melted candy melt to the pieces and stick to the bunny body.

Squirt out a little bit  of the black decorating gel, and use a toothpick to apply eyes and a nose.

Finished bunnies should look like this:

Let the black set up for a bit, then you can stick these little guys directly on top of your frosted cupcakes, for a fun, delectable treat!

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Easter Jinspirations

Easter is just around the corner. If you're looking for a fun craft, giveaway, or card to make, here are some of my favorite inspirations (Jinspirations) from Jin at Under A Cherry Tree.

I have to say Jin's, "Hanging with My Peeps," might be my all time favorite Jin project ever. All marshmallow fans love Peeps at Easter, and what fan wouldn't adore the humor added to this fun gift? What makes this even better?We now have now brought back all our Photobooth Prop SVG files as Cut Sets!

Often some of the simplest ideas turn out the best. I have always love Jin's Washi tape cards, but this one is especially "eggsciting!"  Check out her fun tutorial here!


And as the master of print-and-cut, these treat bags are absolute show stoppers! This easy-to-follow video tutorial is a must see for all Silhouette Studio users!

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