Monday, May 16, 2011

CRAFTING TIP OF THE WEEK (#89) Crepe Paper

Hello there!

This week I encourage you try Crepe Paper on your crafts with some ideas on how to go about it.

It is an inexpensive way to get wonderful looks especially those who are fans of vintage, shabby chic, heritage & retro designs. Although, you can make them whimsical & easily add them to pages for girls, boys, school pages & special events pages too.

Here are a few of my ideas & photos of the results to get your juices flowing:

1- Make lovely flowers and bunting.




2- Make adorable rosette styled embellishments.




3- Make dimensional fringe by threading a needle & sewing a straight stitch down the center of a few layers of your crepe paper then snip it on each side of the thread halfway-toward the center of the thread, fan apart & you have a gorgeous embellishment.



4-You can make ruffles to add to existing ribbon giving more texture to your projects.


5-You can use decorative edged scissors to cut strips to use as borders.

I hope you give Crepe Paper a try.



7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous examples Sonia! I never would of thought of using crepe paper but it would make some fabulous embellishments.....and cheap too! LOL.....I wish all crafting supplies had a small price tag!

    {SMILES}

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  2. What a great idea... I love this.. I only wish i could sew..
    TFS!!!
    Nicole

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  3. Inspiring ideas...as usual! Thanks for sharing! Crepe paper is a great idea!

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  4. How awesome!!! You have rocked that out!!! I love the ruffle look of it sooo much!!

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  5. Hi Sonia,
    Just wanted to check out your blog, and thank you for visiting mine. Extra thanks for leaving such a sweet comment! Love your blog! Happy Crafting!
    Hugs,
    Yvonne (yt:ScrapBliss)
    (www.scrappingisbliss@blogspot.com

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  6. WOW great idea!Have a super nice evening my friend!:)

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  7. Sonia,
    This is why I LOVE your blog! You come up and showcase the BEST things! I would never have thought about crepe paper! I LOVE them ALL!
    Thanks again for sharing!

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