Hershey Heart Roses How-to...

Are you ready for Valentine's Day?

No?!!

UH-OH!!!

Well, let me save your backside then!

Here's a

HOW TO MAKE
HERSHEY HEART ROSEBUD TUTORIAL...

first-gather this stuff up...

Hershey Hearts, Red Cling Wrap, floral wire, floral tape,

double stick tape,wire cutters,scissors,

Art Philosophy Cartridge from CTMH,

(not shown in this shot: scallop punch, doilies,

Mad About You CTMH stamp set, Watermelon ink pad,

acrylic block and pink ribbon...)

Cut the floral wire in half (approx. 9")

Put double stick tape on backside of two hearts

and place floral wire in middle

(note: you want the pointy part of the heart

facing up and away from the "stem")...

After you made your heart sandwich,

because Hershey puts three different colors of hearts

in their bags---who wants silver roses?!

I wrapped my hearts in Red cling wrap-

it also helps hold them together--

(I used the pink colored ones here-but the red wrap

does cover the silver and make them look red!)

just cut a small square, wrap it tightly around

and then I secured the ends with some clear tape.

Then start wrapping with your floral tape

(getting this started is kinda tricky---the scotch tape

holding down the cling wrap is a real plus

when trying to do this part...

that and do cut a piece (give or take 12") floral tape

off the roll-this made wrapping SO MUCH EASIER

than getting it tangled while still attached to the roll...

OH SO GENTLY

add a leaf (I cut mine at 2" using the AP cartridge--

you can also get some cheap artificial flowers

and just use the leaves...)

wrap the stem some and then GENTLY

add in the second leaf...

here's what happens when you try to wrap them too tight...

(insert wordy durds of your own choice!)

CUT EXTRA LEAVES! They will tear-

that stem is thin---

and some will cut wonky

and you'll have the white core showing...

so just cut extra so you can save yourself

the headache later...



I used my scallop punch

(not wanting a repeat of the Cricut and CTMH White Daisy paper

problem)

and then stamped

Happy Valentine's Day

using CTMH Watermelon ink...

These were for a customer order.

One of hubby's coworkers wants them

for her son to give to his teachers.

I used WordPerfect to print "from Trey" on the cardstock

and, because CTMH stamps are CLEAR...

I knew EXACTLY where to stamp!

Gotta love that!

Can't do that in a million years with a wood-block stamp

and get it right all the time!

Next I cut a slit in a small doily

and, for lack of a better word,

"scrunched it" around the stem

just below the leaves.

I secured the "scrunched part"

with a small piece of scotch tape

and covered that with another small piece of

floral tape.

I attached the tags with pink ribbon

tied in a small bow.

Here's all 8 nestled in a box

ready to be delivered to my customer on Monday.

I think

I will be making some more of these tomorrow

for well--

let's keep that a secret for now!

Off to relax some more and read.

The weather here has taken a severe dip in temperature

and I am battling a mega headache since last night.

NOTHING seems to be easing it off...

including trying to ignore it!

One more note before I go---

BOTH Hubby and I

worked in decluttering the attic this morning!

In fact, his willingness to go up and get started

without my asking...

got me motivated

to try and do a little...

which turned into two hours!

We made some great progress-

and we even sorted out paperwork downstairs

later in the day!

He was so pleased to tell me he had

trash bags to go out!

So Flylady is right-it does rub off!

I had two bags of trash, two bags for the thrift store

and sorted out four more sections of attic shelves!

Yesterday I did my "home blessing hour"

so things were straightened up to start the week-end off right

we slept later,

we tackled an "extra" project,

I did some laundry in between

and I spent the afternoon crafting.
Tomorrow

I am going to church,

finishing Valentines and

then going to hear

Pam Stenzel

a Christian speaker

to teens on sexual purity

given my goddaughter

is 12 going on 25...

I think this is a good thing...

for me to hear--for her to hear

should her mom choose to take her with us.

If you have a young person

in your house or life---

please check out her website.

I've heard clips from her speechs for weeks now

and she gets to the heart of the topic

with humor--with facts--

with good sound advice.

Ok.

'Nough!

Off to relax!

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping.

Blessings,