Rosettes for Gift Tags

This year I made coupons and put them with all of the catalogs that I handed out in June. They are either for a discount or "get something free" when you purchase a particular item.

June was the first month of the new catalog, therefore it is the first coupon. Last month focused on the new In Colors - which we used at stamp club so everyone could see them up close! Several of my stamp club members and other customers took advantage of the FREE gift when they purchased the new color kit. They each received a pack of the Cut and Ready Card Bases in the new In Colors! (They are cut to card size and already scored for you, to make life easier!)

I decided that each month I would package the free gift in a fun way, since I am starting to stamp more and more each day. (☺️)

For June gifts, I decided to make tags. I used: Layered Labels stamp set (retired), Apothecary Accents framelits,

 ribbon in the new colors Lost Lagoon or Blackberry Bliss, and gold baker's twine.

The finishing touch would be a rosette since I haven't made those in a while.

And when I say "in a while", I'm not kidding... Things did not go well in the beginning!

I wanted to use the new Moonlight Designer Series Paper stack, since it featured several of the new colors, 

and the Designer Rosette Bigz XL die for the Big Shot.

What I didn't remember was that you need two strips of paper, each 12 inches long, to make it rosette as big as I needed. The Moonlight paper stack sheets are only 6 1/2 inches, so even with two of those, it wasn't long enough.

Every time I tried to make one it tore!

YUK!

Finally, I broke down and decided to watch tutorial videos from YouTube. The one that helped me the most was by Sarah Nabor. Here's the link to her video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxvZbqit6n0&list=FLjJpVCHUKXJ3IIU40qENQKQ

Her helpful hint was putting some hot glue on one end of your accordion folded piece...

Press it down for a few minutes on your silicone craft mat (adhesives don't stick to it!) ...

When the glue is dry, the piece starts to fan out on only one side, already starting to form your rosette.

(Think book binding!)

When you do that to the second piece and then join them together with your sticky strip, it makes a beautiful, EASY, rosette that I don't have to struggle with trying to push the center down!

Yaaaa! No more stress! Now it is fun again!

Thank you, Sarah Nabor! 

Now I was ready to finish the tag.

I had some 2 1/2 circles that I had already punched out of card stock. I stuck it down to a Jumbo Sticky Round  (picture sticky strip in a circle rather than tape!)

I placed the rosette onto the Jumbo Sticky Round, adhering it into place.

Next, I added some hot glue to the middle of the rosette and added the tag that I had created.

I went on to create several more... Easy as pie!

You can see the one on the bottom right that I did the other day trying to use the shorter paper... I don't know how, but this one worked and so did the others that I made for Tuesday club, but the new ones are way nicer and I'm much happier with them!

My apologies go to anyone who already received one that is not as nice as these new ones! 

But after all, I have to put it in perspective - it is just a tag! 

Oh well, they still looked nice! There were just a few spots on the back of those that I used washy tape for a tore.

So, don't look at the back! Ha ha!

Now I know a trick, and it will be smooth  rosette sailing from now on!

I hope this helps you too!

Of course, if you do not own the Big Shot or the die, you can still make rosettes! You simply need teo strips of 2 x 12" paper, and use your paper cutter or Simply Scored tool to make even scores on both (you choose the width.)

If you are interested in purchasing any of these items please visit my website and click "shop" in the upper right-hand corner!

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/dandyspandy/

And don't forget my special for July - FREE glimmer paper with the purchase of any framelits from page 231!