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Friday 15 January 2016

Why 2016 is going to be Blooming Marvelous!

So a new year is here and those of us who've made new years resolutions are (hopefully) getting stuck in... we at BellaCrafts won't be giving up the chocolates any time soon though!

No, a new year to us does not mean giving anything up! For our team its a chance to look ahead at all the exciting things a new year can bring; product launches, events, new workshops and we've already been hard at work planning some exciting new happenings, unfortunately I've been sworn to secrecy so you'll just have to keep your eyes peeled!

The New Year is also a time when we encourage everyone at home to grow their inhibitions and start something new. Whether you are a complete novice and want to learn a new craft or a creative wiz who wants to start selling your pieces. Just do it, take the plunge!!  You have the whole BellaCrafts team vouching for you. And after all, if it wasn't to be, you have lost nothing, simply grown a little wiser and maybe even had a little fun along the way... That's why we've organised a whole host of fantastic beginner courses this January including sewing, crochet, jewellery, needle felting and knitting. Check out all the details here:
http://www.bellacrafts.co.uk/workshops/

And to really get your year off with bang and to brighten up your January we are bringing you these Beautiful Spring Time Blooms. A perfect, simple craft that will get beginners and experts alike ready to ignore the children, forget the dishes and get those creative juices flowing!
We are even offering 10% off our Fill a Wallet Papers from January 15th - February 1st to give you that extra little boost. Enjoy :)

1.Begin with an A4 sheet of paper or light weight card, it can be plain or patterned and will work perfectly with one sided papers. Lay your paper horizontally and measure 21cm. Trim off the excess to leave you with a square.

2. Take your square and fold it in half diagonally to leave with a triangle.

3. Take the two furthest points and fold them in to meet the point at the top of the triangle. This will leave you with a square

4. Fold the two triangles sitting on top of the square in half, folding them back on themselves, towards the edges of the square.

5.Open out the two pieces you have just folded in and flatten it to form two new folds.
This will leave you with your back piece and two kite shapes sitting on top.


6. Fold the top half of your kite shape down in line with the back square piece.
Repeat with the other kite shaped piece



7. Fold the kite shapes in half length ways to form the original square shape you started with, though this time there will more layers filling the bottom section of the square

8. Bring the two kite shapes round to meet each other. Use either glue or double sided tape to hold together. This forms the first petal.



9. Repeat steps 1-8 4 or 5 times and glue all petals together around a central skewer. You can experiment with different sizes and patterns as you can see below, we create these with maps and left over scrapbook papers.



Plus don't miss our free demo this weekend, Sunday 17th January 1:30pm :)
 
Have a fantastic 2016 every one!