Finally...

....I'm getting the opportunity to share Jen's fabulous flower tutorial with you all!!
Step 1
Gather your materials. You will need a 5 x 5 paper of your choice, scissors, small rubber band and some type of distress ink.

Step 2
Fold your paper in a RECTANGLE shape.



Step 3
Fold your paper in a SQUARE shape.

Step 4
From the square shape fold it into a triangle with the OPEN sides together, this is very important when you are cutting.
(see photo)

Step 5 and Step 6
Start cutting about 1 1/2 from the bottom and curver around to the top till you form a half petal shape.



Step 7 and Step 8
Open up your flower and begin wrinkling it. This will allow the paper to become somewhat soft. BE CAREFUL not to wrinkle too much that you rip the paper.


Step 9 and Step 10
Place large brad in the center of the flower with paper turned upside down. Begin wrapping the flower around the brad gathering it together.



Step 11
Take your small rubber band and wrap it twice around the brad.

Step 12
Spread out the petals of your flower and begin to shape it the way you would like. You can scrunch, wrinkle or cut if you would like too. At this point you may also add some distress ink in the center and around the edges as I did.

Your are finished!! Now you have a beautiful embellishment to add to any scrapbook page! Enjoy!

Welllll, when Jen sent this tutorial to me I thought to myself, "She explained that really well; I can do that!" And I did...until 2am! Jen forgot to include Step 13: Be CAREFUL of becoming addicted! We all decided this month to recycle something. We eat a lot of these in our house
a WHOLLLLLE lot!!! So, I decided to use one of the cans to make this
I used a piece of Pink Paislee Fascinating patterned paper from the January kit to cover the can and adhered this beautiful flower I kreated using Jen's great tutorial! I stuffed batting in the inside and covered it with burlap to kreate a pin cushion. Around here, I have needles stuck in the walls, the decorative flowers...EVERYWHERE so I really need this! (Hopefully I'll utilize it!)
That just wasn't enough so then I kreated this:

Hey, CharyAmore and Peggers!!! My GIRLS!!! For one of the flowers, I covered a brad like Jennifer taught us; for the
other, I just used a decorative brad in the center.
Speaking of Jennifer, let me show you what she recycled using her January kit:
How awesome is this?!?! Jen recycled a pickle jar! Jen explained the story behind her "Family Stones":
I recycled an old pickle jar to keep all the rocks that my son gives to me from places we have been...it is kinda silly but he has been doing it so long that I've been trying to keep them all!!! I've called the jar "family stones"

I think this is SO sweet! And, as the mother of mostly boys, let me tell you Jen...he could be bringing you something FAR more ICKY than rocks!
Jen even used another version of that flower on the lid of the "Family Rocks" jar! Somehow, this one is more masculine...don't you think?
I'll be back soon with the February embellishments!!!