Flower By Frannie Blog

I love these You’re Tweet greeting cards.
These cards are 6″ x 6″.
The birds are made from felt.
The font is either Mickey Mouse Font Cricut Cartridge Cut outs using 3/4″ and 1″ size or using BirdHaus Font (free font can be downloaded at: http://www.fontspace.com/afterglowtype/birdhaus).

If you have any questions, please email me at: frannie@flowersbyfrannie.com

This is a 6″ x 6″ card.
The bird is made from felt.
The streamer below the Happy Bird Day lettering is just a scrap of paper, cut thinly with glitter glued to it.

Here are a couple of cards I made for Father’s Day using my Cricut machine. I used the Mickey Mouse font cartridge for the text (Happy Father’s Day) and the Paper Pups cartridge for the dog.

Notes & Tips:
- This is a 6″ x 6″ card. I basically folded a 12″ x 12″ standard scrapbook page in half and then cut the page in half to make two cards.

- The font at the top and bottom is 1″ tall (cricut setting)

- The dog in the center is 3″ tall (cricut setting). To create the shadow, I ran out of white paper so I used the backside (white side) of a sheet of regular scrapbook paper that I didn’t care for much. This way, I didn’t have to go to make a special trip to the store to buy more white scrapbook paper.

- To give the dog a 3-d effect, I folded a small rectangle of paper into 5 equal parts and glued the ends together to create a 3-d square. I then hot glued the 3-d square to the dog to the card.

If you have questions about this card, please email me at: frannie@puppyblooms.com

Happy crafting!

Please email me at frannie@puppyblooms.com or visit my website store at: www.puppyblooms.com.

Allen Boy $24.99 plus $10 Shipping

Elly Marie $24.99 plus $10 Shipping

Jadelyn Monroe $24.99 plus $10 Shipping

Cherie $24.99 plus $10 Shipping

Ryane and Caterina $34.99 plus $10 Shipping

Teddy Bear bouquets are easy to make. You can add cute outfits and follow a theme. If you are attempting to make these yourself, here are some tips to consider:

1. Pick a teddy bear size that is proportional to the basket, it shouldn’t be too large or too small. It needs to be a centerpiece in the arrangement.

2. Pick flowers that contrast with the teddy bear so that the teddy bear stands out and does not blend in. Yellow daisys seem to be a universally acceptable flower, but if your teddy bear was wearing a yellow outfit, you probably would want to use a different color daisy.

3. Adhere the teddy bear to the basket or floral foam with hot glue, or if you want to make the bear removable, discreetly tie it to the basket with floral wires or string.

Hope these tips help. Feel free to email me at frannie@puppyblooms.com or check out my website for these teddy bear and puppy bouquets at www.puppyblooms.com

Have fun,
Frannie

Angel Ted

Army Andy

Cowboy Ken

Golfer Jim

Oma Rose

Rihana Pom Pom

Sheriff Tim

I sold just about all the puppy bouquets I made in my first batch. I have made several more since and have gotten better at it. I even now have a website and the ability to accept paypal. Please see my website at: www.FlowersByFrannie.com

These are my new bouquets:

Allen Boy $24.99 plus $10 Shipping

Elly Marie $24.99 plus $10 Shipping

Jadelyn Monroe $24.99 plus $10 Shipping

Cherie $24.99 plus $10 Shipping

Ryane and Caterina $34.99 plus $10 Shipping

This weekend was fun, I got a lot of stuff done around the house, saw Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood movie) with my husband and made some cards with my daughter. Whatever craft I do, my daughter always wants to participate in, she’s three, and I think it’s great for her to do creative things, and it sure is nice to spend the time together. If you’re crafting, consider finding a buddy to craft with, it’s a great way of sharing.

This weekend, I decided I was not going to shop for crafting materials, but rather use what I already have in my abundant supply. I pulled out stamps that I have had since high school, and let me tell you, that was a long time ago! And they still work as well as the day I bought them. Although I love the new clear stamps that are out now, I do question their longevity… especially since there is so much pulling and tugging to remove them from the plastic they reside on, with a rubber wood mounted stamp, you’re not doing any of that pulling and tugging.

Since my two nieces are having birthdays this month, I made birthday cards.

This birthday card has several elements, let me briefly describe:
- This card is 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheet folded in half
- I always like to combine stripes with polka dot papers of the same color scheme
- The wood butterfly and flower are from the Dollar Tree (great chain, everything is a buck or less)
- To get the curve in the border where the striped paper meets the polka dots, I just lightly drew a wave with pencil on the back side of the striped paper. I drew a few waves until I got one that looked just right and cut it out with scissors.
- I glued a leaf ribbon on the border of the wave. I purchased this a San Francisco Fabric Mart.
- I drew with a white pigment pen, the trailing of the butterfly
- The Happy Birthday stamp was purchased at Costco, great deal, I think I got a set of four or five clear stamp sheets for around $15. I’ve gone back to two Costcos to see if they have more, but no luck. Figures.
- I used the polka dot and striped papers to create a double matte around the Happy Birthday stamp.
- I used jewel stones around the borders. I bought a small bag of them from Walmart in the sewing section.
- The three buttons on the bottom, I sewed with some blue thread
- Around the edge of the card is a dark chalking, I love the antique look this gives
- I used a Fiskars corner punch/embosser for each corner. If you don’t have one of these, I highly recommend getting one when it is on sale.

The next card I made was a lot simpler.

- I used a Fiskars heart punch for the sides of the card
- The pink wave on the bottom was created using a paper cutter I purchased after watchin an infomercial. It has a light on it, but I would not recommend purchasing this paper cutter, the cuts aren’t very straight.
- The heart cutout was a leftover from the Valentine’s Day Cards I made and was made using George and Basic Shapes from my Cricut cutter.
- The heart on the very top is from a set of paper clips I purchased from Walmart.
- This card probably took ten to fifteen minutes at the most. It was super easy.

This next card was also pretty simple:

- The center of this card contains a cut out from the Walk in My Garden Cricut Cartridge. It’s a bread tag, you know, the little piece of plastic used to secure your the bag of bread you buy from the grocery store!
- The corners are gold sequins
- The three stones in the bottom center are faux gemstones
- The ribbon down the center is actually paper

Well, I hope I’ve given you some inspiration.

Happy crafting!
Frannie

Per a blog reader’s request, I made a Valentine’s Puppy  Bouquet. I love it!
It is so adorable. See below…

Valentine Puppy $24.95 + $10 for Shipping

Valentine Puppy $24.95 + $10 for Shipping

Puppy Twins  $29.95 + $10 for Shipping

I received an email a couple of years ago of this florist shop somewhere in Asia that made puppie bouquets. They were so adorable!

After much shopping at several dollar stores, I found the perfect artificial flowers to make puppy bouquets. I also picked up some mini costumes meant for stuffed bear toys and a few wicker baskets. I ordered the eyes and noses from an online retailer.

I have received inquiries on purchasing these puppy bouquets, if interested, please email me at frannie@flowersbyfrannie.com

Here are my puppy bouquet creations:

Holiday Puppy $24.95 + $10 for Shipping

Puppy with Purple Flowers  $24.95 + $10 for Shipping

Princess Puppy SOLD

Puppy with Yellow Orchids  $24.95 + $10 for Shipping

Cheerleader Puppy  $24.95 + $10 for Shipping

Yellow Puppy SOLD

Canon’s Creative Park takes the guess work out of making fun 3-d Popup Cards. It’s fun and it’s free. You just need paper, a printer and a glue stick.

Here are the photos of their current Valentine’s Day Card Offerings:

Popup Chocolate Box

Popup Chocolate Cake

Popup Heart

Popup Sweets Box

To access these projects, go to the Canon Creative Park Website at: http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3053/list_15_1.html

Tips:

1. Most popup cards appear to come in two sizes, A4 and Letter. Since I usually only have Letter size paper on hand (8 1/2″ x 11″), I only download the letter file. Also, instruction files are available in A4 and Letter, so you should also only download the Letter instructions as well.

2. If you are making multiple cards, I would print out one set of the card and one set of instructions. There are usually extra sheets of the card for multiple color versions of the card. I would decide which card color I like most and reprint only the pages I need of the card set. There is no need to reprint the instructions more than once.

3. For the Popup Sweets Box, you can add real mini-sized lollipops or other treats.