Vintage Flower Headband using the Imaginisce i-Top!

Remember when I told you I was in love with the Imaginisce i-Top?

Well, I wasn't lying.  It had me at hello.  I also knew as soon as I bought it I wanted to use it for more then just papercrafting.  Sarah over at Pink Cricut posted a video a few months ago that showed her making headbands, clips and rings for her daughter.  I loved it, but since I don't have children (yet), I knew I needed to expand on that idea and make accessories for adults to wear as well.

I love lollipop flowers.  They're easy to make, impossible to screw up, and they come out adorable every single time.   I couldn't think of a better vintage looking headband then a lollipop flower headband, so I set to work creating one.

Don't you just LOVE IT!!!!  I've got to share the recipe with you, because it is just too easy for you NOT to try it for yourself!

Recipe:

• Imaginisce i-Top Tool
• Small Twist Daddies
• Imaginisce Headbands
• Satin Fabric
• Spellbinder Nestabilities- Standard Circles
• Cuttlebug
• Lighter or candle
• Wide Ribbon
• Hotfix Crystals
• Feathers

I cut the circles out of the poly satin fabric using my Nestabilities and my Cuttlebug.  I know a lot of people make lollipop flowers using the Sizzix Circles #2 Die, or you can also cut them freehand.  I burned the edges of each circle with a lighter and then glued them all together with hot glue.  I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole in the flower and then secured it to the headband using a Twist Daddy.

I made a short tutorial showing you how it's done:

The BEST part of this headband is I can make the flowers in a bunch of different colors, then simply pop them on the twist daddy and I have a headband that will coordinate with almost any outfit!

I truly hope you give these a try.  What a great way to repurpose your papercrafting tools!

SSD Design Team: I-Top Snowman Card

Hey everyone!  This week at SSD out challenge was to recycle something into a project, or use something new we got for Christmas.  I combined them both into this card.

Even though Christmas is over, it is still definitely winter in my neck of the woods, so I decided to make a winter card.  I used my new Imaginisce I-Top that I got for Christmas to make a snowman out of brads.  Isn't he cute?

The i-Top was SO EASY to use and makes perfect brads every time.  Wait until you see my next project where I used ribbon and the i-Top, they're FLAWLESS :)

I used Recollections craft cardstock for the base and patterned paper from DCWVs Winter Combo stack.  The twine is recycled from a package I got for Christmas.  The sentiment is from Pink By Designs "Winter Fun" stamp set, which I punched out using an EK Success Punch.  The snowflakes are a Martha Stewart punch.


Speaking of Pink By Design, did you see that Sarah released some new stamp sets this week?  She also now carries super cute twine in her shop, and she started a Stamp Of The Month Club!  I HAD to join that one, we all know how much I love my Pink By Design stamps :)

Have a great day everyone!