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April 06, 2012

Make Your Own Dazzling Blooms {a tutorial}

Before I share our amazing tutorial with you today, I wanted to thank everyone who's joining us on our first {blueprints*} daily journaling journey! We can hardly wait to get started!

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Now, today...we've got something awesome to share with you...

We know what you're thinking. Wow, that's a gorgeous layout.

We know because we thought the same thing when we saw it. Anabelle O'Malley has done it again, this time capturing Easter memories with a little personal flare. The great news is, she's going to explain how she created those beautiful handmade blooms along the right side of her layout...and guess what? It's not that hard!

Let's Get Started:

First, gather your supplies:

Anabelle used the velvet trim from the Western Romance collection, a needle and thread and some Glue Dots.

Step ONE:

Cut a small piece of the trim and run a running stitch through it.

Step TWO:

Pull the two ends of thread together, forming the flower. Tie the thread tightly and trimmed the extra. To hold the flower shut, add a glue dot to the end of the trim.

Step THREE:

Cut a piece from the Sunday Picnic gem strip. (Anabelle loves cutting the gems apart and using them in different ways on my pages...here, they make excellent flower centers!)

Step FOUR:

Position your flowers on the page and add the gem centers.

Easy, right? These blooms give the page a 'Spring-y' feel without making it overly feminine.

Sprinkle in some additional gems, an incredbily versatile embellishment, and you're good to go!

Whether you're using your gems to accent handmade flowers or simply to make your page prettier, they're the perfect go-to embellishment every single time!