Wrap paper giveaway winner

Congrats to number 3- FAB (Yiwen) who said: Luckily I didn't miss your facebook post about this giveaway! Wonderland is definately my favorite!! -Yiwen


 

Yiwen, please send me your address and I will send you My Wonderland gift wrap directly from Spoonflower. Also, I'll need to know if you prefer it in white or pink background:)
Thank you all so much who participated!!!!

37...a giveaway and gift wraps:)

Yesterday was my birthday. And I am one year older...hm, not much fun, but luckily, I was in the middle of doing so many things, that I didn't have time to think about that;) And I made a cake. Not for me, though, but for my son, as we will be celebrating his birthday today with some of his friends.
And my kids draw me many drawings and made a card with some lovely words. What more can I ask for? Love them so much:))





And to celebrate that, I am doing a little giveaway here on my blog...
Spoonflower recently released a gift wrap that will be available just for the limited time, but just in time for the holidays. It's a good quality paper and I personally can't wait for my order to arrive!:)
Anyway, this giveaway is for one entire roll (36 X 72 inches) of the gift wrap paper printed with any of my designs of your choice.
The giveaway is open for one week , so post your comment until 23. November and I will draw a random winner using RANDOM Generator.
To be entered into this drawing, just leave a comment here, under this blog post with your choice of favourite design and your e-mail addy, so that I can get your shipping address once the Giveaway is closed and get your pick shipped to you directly from Spoonflower. Remember, it has to be my design, and you can browse through them HERE Or if you don't have time to browse through(I know, there are more than 400 designs to choose from, not easy task:) just click on any of these designs posted here and read the name of the design and post it:)

Here are some samples:
















Have fun and spread the word:)
Katarina,xx

Rock 'n Romance mask tutorial

I know that Halloween was 2 weeks ago, but creating cute masks (or crowns) for girls is always so fun and they will love it!!!This is a quick and easy project and I hope you will try it!:)








Needed supplies: 

- paper template, download it HERE
- small piece of cotton fabric (fat quarter is more than enough): I used the gorgeous "Stardust Dusk" fabric from the Rock 'n Romance fabric collection by Pat Bravo for Art Gallery fabrics that inspired the mask template (it's shape comes from the design)
- small piece of fusible interfacing fabric (medium weight)
- small piece of elastic (depending on child's head), approx. 10-13"
- scissors and pins
- iron
- fray check sealant (optional, but recommended) to keep the edges from fraying
- punch pliers (optional, but recommended) to make nice holes
- 2 eyelets  (optional, but recommended) to obtain cute looking and embellished holes





To start, you just need to download the template HERE , print and cut it

If you are using "Stardust Dusk" fabric like in this tutorial, be sure that you can find this particular repeat, as it's a perfect match for the mask's shape.





With iron, attach the fusible interfacing to the fabric





Pin the paper template to the fabric



Carefully cut the mask shape



Here you can decide if you will cut the holes for the eyes or you will just leave it as it is to be a crown



With punch pliers, make the holes (or if you don't have it, use some sharp tool to make the holes) on the marked circles





At this point, you can even attach the elastic and finish the project or you can embellish the mask a bit more by applying some eyelets (those I used are from Fiskars and are great and easy to use)









The eyelets should be punched from the wrong side

Now you can eventually add some sealant to the edges to prevent them from fraying





All you need to do now is to add the elastic (make the small knots from the inside, to keep it in place)





And you are ready to ROCK!!!:)







To customize it a bit, you can add some beads, feathers, flowers, ribbons etc. Have fun!:)This could be a great Marie Antoinette costume mask:)