Poinsettia video tutorial

Wooo Hoo! I finally got a video camera and made made my first paper flower tutorial!

I was nervous at first but then again it is exciting at the same time.


I know a lot of you want to see my roses. Considering the fact that I am just learning how to video,  I am going to start off with some of the easier flowers. This will also help you get a few of the techniques down as well.


The first video just shows examples of some of my flowers and the tools I use to make them.

The second video is the Poinsettia tutorial.

I have added some information on the tabs that are just under my blog header. Look for the tab that says, "helpful info" (or click on the link here) It explains SVG files, digital die cutting machines, and how to resize PDF templates. 


I will be doing more paper flower tutorial videos during the the next couple of weeks.


You can subscribe to my YouTube channel and get emails when I have posted each new tutorial. My YouTube user name is   "lovepapercrafts".
I had that account before I had a blog and now I cannot change the user name to Paper Compulsions. Sorry if that is confusing.


Thee poinsettia files and round scalloped box files are available on my Etsy store.




Enjoy! Please leave a comment here or on YouTube and don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel. 

Paper Cutz Challenge Hearts for Christmas

This week at Paper Cutz, the challenge is:


"All Hearts Come Home for Christmas" Make a card, LO or craft project for Christmas using Hearts, and any colors you'd like.


Here is a heart shaped card I made with one of my poinsettias. 

I cut it from ivory chard stock. Then I  inked it with Festive Berries, embossed it, and inked the edges with Fired Brick. Last, I rubbed the Fired Brick ink pad directly on top of the card front. I am loving this technique.

I used the same ink colors on the poinsettia so it matches perfectly.

You can download the "Heartfelt Christmas Wishes" caption here.

Join us over at Paper Cutz for the All Hearts Come Home for Christmas challenge.

Secret SantaGifts

I have been so busy making crafts that I have not had time to post any of them yet. Here are a few things I sent my Secret Santa from The Crafter's Cafe group.


She like fairies and I just happened to have some Graphic 45 paper from Once Upon A Springtime. I made a perfect gift box for some of my handmade paper flowers.

It is hard to tell in the picture, but I put paper lacquer on the fairies to make them stand out a little. It is really cool in person. I also added lots of little pearls. (Once I got started it was hard to stop LOL) I cut the flowers above from white cardstock and inked them with Tumbled Glass and     
Tattered Rose Distress Inks.

Of course, I just had to make a few Christmas flowers so I made s cut file for a poinsettia.

The Poinsettias were cut from white card stock. I inked the petals with Festive Berries and Fired Brick. The leaves were inked with Shabby Shutters, Pine Needles, and Forest Moss. (It takes a while but it is soo worth it) The inside stamen were inked with Wild Honey and Pine Needles. (I am so loving my distress inks!)

Good news! My hubby let me open my present early so I will be working on a video tutorial for the poinsettias!

Wooo Hooo!