Friday, November 4, 2011

Handmade Holidays Blog Hop - Day 1 WELCOME!

Zutter and Bind-it-All are excited to be part of the Handmade Holiday Blog Hop!  Welcome! We are thrilled to be among these wonderful designers and manufacturers -  to share ideas to create homemade, heart-felt crafts this holiday season. This three-day Hop includes over 60 stops with inspiration brimming from every corner. Explore thoughtful gifts and decor you can make for the holidays, all bundled together on one big wonderful Hop!
To sweeten things up, we’re offering a chance at a gift for you! For every comment you leave on the blogs in the Hop, you’ll be entered to win a prize pack from one of the participating manufacturer sponsors!

Zutter will be awarding a Distrezz-it-All to one lucky participant!
PLUS we will draw extra winners from entries on the blogs of the Zutter Zisters who are part of this hop!   So check out these ladies on their blog days for a chance for an extra fun-something!
Lea Sanders - Zutter - Tomorrow Nov 5
Nan Paturzo - Zutter - Sunday Nov 6

Visit the list of blogs below - including this blog today! - and leave a comment.   on each by Nov 7, 2011 at 11:59 PM PST. Each day we will be sharing a brand new list of blogs with brand new projects for you to explore, be inspired by, and create from!


Visit and leave a comment on each of the above blogs by Nov 7, 2011 at 11:59 PM PST

Let’s start off the handmade fun with these fun décor pieces.  These are super easy to make and can be designed for any occasion.  We used the large Scor-it-All scoring board to create pleated folds on 4”X8” patterned paper.  Make your crafting easy and start with some pre-cut 8”X 8” paper.  The nice thing about paper pads like this is that you don’t have to fret about finding coordinating papers and colors. They all go together! By the way, I am using my "old school" Scor-it-All - which simply means, before they were made pink!  The current Scor-it-All boards are pink to match the Bind-it-All and Dreamkuts!  I am sort of true to my long time tools!  ;)
For each “rosette” we used four 4”X 8” strips, scored accordion style at ½” increments.  What does accordion style mean?  It means make a score, then flip the paper over and score at the next ½” increment.  That way the folds will flip over in the opposite direction with each fold.  Use a strong, fast drying liquid adhesive and adhere the ends together, then flip the whole strip around in a circular fashion (when the adhesive is nice and dry).  You’ll want to have a circle (or in this case, a scalloped circle) on hand to adhere to the top of the rosette to keep it from popping up.  Then use some relatively lightweight, but firm “paper weights” to hold it down while it dries!  We like to let ours dry for a good long time, and then finish the embellishing. 
Note, you can punch the edges of the paper before you score to add a nice trim to the rosette.  Or, try the Zutter Distrezz-it-all  for a nice ruffled look.  Use ClearSnap chalk or ink to add definition to the edges, and embellish away!  We adhered our rosettes to thin dowels and used them for a holiday centerpiece.  You can make them smaller or bigger, depending on your mood – but always use the Scor-it-All for clean, crisp, professional scores and folds!


Tune in to Nan’s blog on Sunday to see how she incorporates a smaller version of these rosettes into another Zutter-fied homemade project! 
If you have read this far, then you now know that we have a special-double-secret giveaway just for this blog and the die hards who have read all the way through! Leave a comment here and be part of a random drawing for a Scor-it-All Mini Scoring Board and Envelope Template!  We will draw a random name from all comments left on Wednesday, November 9!  Domestic U.S. entries only.  Happy Scoring!


Come back tomorrow for more ideas with the Zutter Scor-it-All and other Zutter tools!  Happy hopping!



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Astrid Maclean said...

Brilliant, love these rosettes, they look fantastic!

Neha Jain said...

lovely....

Kate said...

Love Rosettes. These look great. TFS.

Hugs,
Kate

Linda said...

My craft room needs a tree full of these rosettes! Now wouldn't that be fun??!

Stamp Addict said...

Great Idea

Carol said...

Oh, I love the rosettes! Now I have to try them out.

Doyle said...

Oh my. Those are awesome!! I love the punched look. Looking forward to more grest ideas!

Anonymous said...

I love the rosettes, would never of thought to make them so large.

Unknown said...

Oh what fun decorations! :)
I saw the Distrezz-It All on a Donna Salazar video and now I NEED one! :)
I would love to be the lucky winner!
Thanks for the inspiration...hopping on!
True :D

Joan V said...

Wow, those are pretty. What a great gift embellishment it would make. Thanks for the tutorial.

Cheryl Leong said...

such an awesomeness! TFS!

cheryl131091 at yahoo dot com

Cheryl Leong said...

such an awesomeness! TFS!

cheryl131091 at yahoo dot com

Jan Hennings said...

beautiful project and great prize :)

kim said...

These are awesome and this hop is great. Thanks for sharing your beautiful ideas.

kim
k1i2m3@cox.net

Ann K said...

Great tips, love the large rosettes

Maryann Laursen said...

Some really awesome rosettes here, and really great for loads of projects.

Kerri L. said...

So much creativity it must be hard to keep it all in. Thanks for the chance to win.

cathie said...

Wow! can see so many uses for these. Place cards for dinners jumps to mind first!

Christina Collins said...

Wow, those rosettes are so fun! And they cane be used for so many different things. :) Thanks for the hop!

Mary said...

What a sweet project. I love rosette's and who would have thought to use the Score-It tool to make them in larger sizes.... great idea! Punching the edges and distressing them....brilliant!Just a note....my Bind-It-All is one of my best craft investments!

Debbie said...

I just love these rosettes. They are absolutely beautiful. I'm thinking these would be great for my holiday card. Thanks for sharing!

bethann said...

these would look amazing hanging in my hallway. great project

Janet said...

These look like alot of fun! Thanks for the chance to win.

GrammaSue said...

Those rosettes are beautiful! I am going to take my scor-it to teen night and let them make some of them.

Jackie S said...

I'm loving the rosettes. They're my new favorite embellishment

Miriam Prantner said...

Beautiful, you can make such a colorful centerpiece with these!

Katt aka LaLa said...

Love it!! These rosettes are great, gotta definately give them a try.

nancy said...

I love rosettes and these are gorgeous! I didn't know about flipping over-thanks!

Vail said...

Great rosettes, so fun.

Sharon said...

Love theses rosettes, gotta make some!TFS

Chrissy said...

These are gorgeous!

RED said...

Very cool rosettes. Love the fall color.

Basiljen said...

Those are gorgeous! And huge! Love them!

BuzzyBeeCottage said...

I love rosettes. I made some for my daughter-in- laws baby shower and they are still hanging around, literally. LOL

cathy said...

Love these rosettes. They're big and beautiful.

Alina said...

wonderful paper flowers!

Jane said...

Lovin' the blog hop and the projects!

Cyndie said...

Lovely, thanks for the instructions! I have not been very successful making rosettes in the past; maybe with your help they will get better!

Larisa said...

wow! Cute round decorations! Love this idea!

Beth Hillier said...

The rosettes are gorgeous! Love Zutter projects!

Beth
Mytimetoplay.blogspot.com

stlbarb said...

LOVE the centerpiece you created. Too fun!

Carol said...

Love the rosettes, quite similar to the rosettes that Stampin Up used for a Holiday wreath. Love it!

Lynn S said...

I love that these rosettes could be designed for any reason/season! I am so excited to have read through this entire post!! Love surprises!

Christa said...

WoW! Love them!

Ladybug Linda said...

I love the rosettes. They make fantastic embellishments for scrapbook pages, gifts or just as a decoration for the holidays.

ditravels said...

These are so cute!!

ditravels said...

These are so cute!

Deb said...

love your rosettes, love to use them on cards and layouts and now I need to make some room decorations!

Wendy Jo Avey said...

A fun hop. Thanks for sharing!

Bobbi Nessly said...

What a great idea, this are beautiful.

Hlora said...

wow! It is so nice and joyful! hem

Erica Bass said...

The rosettes are very pretty!

Unknown said...

What a pretty little project!

Tini A. said...

OMG ...what for nice rosette's - love it to make these nice paper flowers! Thanks for sharing it!

Jessica Pascarella said...

Cute idea! Thanks for the chance to win the awesome prize!

mamawcindy said...

Your Rosettes are Gorgeous! I have been wanting to try some. I think I may make some for my Christmas Tree! Thank You so much for the chance to win. :0)

Jeyatha said...

Beautiful rosettes..

mp8tz said...

Love these rosettes.They are beauiful.

Anonymous said...

How great. I've been seeing the rosettes everywhere lately and have not tried them yet. Thanks for the directions.

Amanda said...

Those rosettes r great! I don't own any Zutter products....yet~lol! I'm going this weekend (hopefully) 2 Hobby Lobby & purchasing my 1st Zutter Bind-It-All v.2.0 & I'm so excited! I've wanted 1 ever since I saw it about 4 or 5 months ago! Following via GFC! Thanx~prhmangel at gmail dot com

Anita Braddock said...

Love Love the rosettes. love the colos and the papers. the way you make the rosettes is very cool thanks for sharing and for the chance to win,ovene

a.schmied said...

Awesome! Great visual appeal.

Clare G said...

I love your rosettes, beautiful colors! Rosettes are so great for adding a festive feel to an occasion.

Julie Shearer said...

My friend just picked up a scor -pal for me and I love it. Rosettes are so much fun. I love your project !!

Fleursbydesign said...

Love the rosettes they are beautiful!

Sharka said...

Oh these rosettes are beautiful. I've made a few large ones for friends and will be making more for our winter theme for our studio open house... TFS :-)

Cheryl W. said...

These rosettes are stunning! Making them a little bigger (with beautiful papers) sure adds to the WOW factor.

Anonymous said...

Can't wait to try the rosettes, thank you for sharing them, they are so beautiful.

gsandoval said...

cute ideas!

Sunshine115 said...

so cool!

Angie Blom said...

wow.. gorgeous rosettes.. love the colours.. !! love my zutter.. but would love to win this!

Linda Lee said...

Nice new idea for holiday decorations

Nadia said...

I love this work!!! So cute!!!
My email adress is:
nadiascrappa@gmail.com

Nadia

Cindy Lou said...

What a great idea! I just keep making tons of journals and using it for that, going to try the rosettes next!

snowbear said...

These are great... love em!

BJ Searcy said...

Love your idea, can I borrow it. Very cute.

gill said...

lovely rosettes

Trisha said...

Great rosettes. They are such fun to make. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

Mamarazzi Scraps said...

Neat idea. I've always wondered how those were made! Thanks for the tutorial!

Marge said...

I LOVE making rosettes -- sooo fun and they can be used in so many ways! Especially fun punched with the Zutter -- will DEFINITELY be trying that sweet trick -- TFS!!!

Crafting With Friends said...

LOVE the rosettes! You make it look so easy!!!!

Debbie said...

thanks for this tutorial about making larger rosettes, I did not realize that you could make them bigger
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Tanya said...

Oh I love the larger versions, how fun!

Gwynn said...

what a cool idea! These would be fun to hand from the ceiling too!

Nadia said...

I love this project!
Thanks for the opportunity!!
My email adress is:
nadiscrappa@gmail.com

Charlotte Cornett said...

Love the rosettes!! Thanks! Charlotte Cornett

Marla said...

Love the look of these wonderful rosettes!!

Ellen Jarvis said...

What nice rosettes! I love that you punched the edges. I've been a rosette-making monkey lately, having used them on a banner for a hop I'm in tomorrow. (Stop by!) My scoring board isn't pink, alas... but it still works fine. Would love to win a prize of course, but wanted to say that I was attracted to the hop, and stayed because your posts and projects are very interesting.

I've never even seen a Distress-It-All and now I HAVE to have one!!

Fondly,
Ellen ♥ CardMonkey
http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com
E-mail: cardmonkey@comcast.net

scrappin2babygirls said...

love this project its just beautiful! tfs.
-jamie
babyblueangel_30@yahoo.com

Swedie said...

Great ideas for beautiful rosettes! I'm going to try some of these for package decorations!

Noreen
www.make-homemade-gifts.com

disneylisa said...

I love making rosettes but always make tiny ones. I never thought to make decor pieces out of them.

Cristine said...

These decorations would make great Thanksgiving centerpieces! Thank you for sharing!

cnighs at yahoo dot com

Skree said...

I'm getting ready to try these rosettes this weekend. They are just great. Thanks for sharing!

KarenL. said...

Love the rosettes. I look forward to making some for gift packages.

Rhonda Miller said...

Wow, these rosettes are gorgeous. What fun decorations.

Stephanie U said...

Love the flowers!

Linh C. said...

Love the rosettes! I think I need to make some for a hostess gift. These flowers will last much longer than the real ones!

parsonsfamily said...

so cute!

Joan Shanks said...

Love the rosettes.
joanshanks@eastlink.ca
Joan

Susie Bentz: My Time to Play said...

I always make small rosettes...I guess it is time to go big or go home! These are great!

Kim said...

Wonderful center piece! Thanks for a chance to win.

Beth said...

Nice project and great directions.

Caity Sue said...

What great ideas! I love the Scor-it mini!! Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas!

Miranda said...

Those are great! Not real difficult to do either! Thanks!

SharPharMade said...

Cute rosettes! Thanks for sharing!

Elena Pana said...

Fantastic and massive team up of my favorite brands! Great prizes and ideas! I wish I would win!

Georgie Horn said...

Ok, now I know...I need a a score it!

pam said...

thanks for sharing and taking the time for this

Jennie said...

Love the rosettes!!

Diana D said...

Such pretty paper pleating!

Lillian Child said...

You ROCK!! These rosettes and TUTORIAL are SO delightful! Thanks for sharing with us!

MissScrapAlot said...

These are just brilliant!!! TFS!!
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scrapbooking for others said...

this is going to be fun!

Unknown said...

Sounds like a super fun blog hop! Beautiful rosettes--love the idea of using the BIA to create a fun edge!

Penny said...

Rosettes are the thing now and yours are wonderful. zlove the instructions.

Caity Sue said...

Very cute rosettes! Thanks for the bloghop - it's a lot of fun!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful rosettes!

Caity Sue said...

Also, Graphic45 sent me!

Roxie said...

I love flowers of any kind. These are really pretty rosettes!

Stephanie said...

I love the large rosettes. Thanks for the chance to win.

Victoria said...

I've been looking for how I could make some rosettes because everyone seems to be using the Tim Holtz dies but I don't have a Big Shot! Thank you for sharing - I will give these a go in the next few days. I don't know if I qualify for your prize draw because I'm in the UK, but I just wanted to say thank you for the inspiration anyway.

Lizet Luna said...

QUE PROYECTO TAN HERMOSO, ME ENCANTAN ESOS ROSETTES,

Dawnll said...

I always read the whole blog just in case-wouldn't want to miss anything!!!lol
Love the fun idea and who doesn't love Zutter products?
Thanks for the chances.

Monica @ M double M said...

Great decoration idea! Thanks :)

Leonie Castro said...

loving the rosettes! tyfs

Shannon said...

I LOVE those rosettes - beautiful!

Kristen said...

I love rosettes!!

The Country Rose said...

Love the rosettes made with the Bind it All holes at the top! Very clever!

Anonymous said...

What colorful and gorgeous rosettes - TFS!!!

Karenladd said...

Wow, I love these rosettes! I wouldn't be able to stop making them!

Jamie said...

Love the colors of your rosettes!!! Would be great to win! Thanks for the chance!

Misty said...

Those whimsy flower rosettes are amazing!

lainey said...

The rosettes look easy to make! My kind of project!

Janet Lindstrom said...

Love the rosette with the striped paper, wow!

Lisa Mala6 said...

How easy ....can't wait to try them. Love there fall colors.
Thanks

scrapfancy said...

The rosettes are great and the big ones I so love the most. Great job.

Linda said...

The rosettes are so pretty! Thanks for sharing. Like the distress it all use. Don't have one and wish I did!

Candace said...

I've always wanted to try and make a rosette! Everybody makes it look so easy!

Lindsey said...

These are so much fun! Great decor pieces.

deb said...

Love these rosettes. Thanks for the directions

TeresaK said...

Your rosettes are beautiful! Thanks!

Emily Keaton said...

Thanks a bunch for the fabulous inspiration! I love those medallions. :)

Chris - Creations in Bloom said...

These are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

D said...

Lovely. Thank you!
-D

Beatrice Lawson said...

Amazing hop and great prizes - what an awesome Christmas present!

S Westhead said...

SWEET!!! Thanks!

bermudachinagirl@gmail.com

stick said...

How cute and festive! These would look great as a wreath :)

Melissa said...

Love these!

Jennybean said...

love the rosettes!

Anonymous said...

Oh my, a super secret double surprise - and it's just what is on my wish list!

JPScraps said...

These are so cute. So many possibilities....

carriep said...

Love these rosettes, and the scor-it-all make them so much easier

Cheryl Schuessler said...

Love the rosettes. Thanks for showing us how it's done.

Unknown said...

Love the rosettes! Sad that I can't win because I'm in Canada though :-( I read all the way to the bottom!

Kim H said...

Love those rosettes. Great prize, would definitely get use out of it. Thank you for sharing and a chance to win. heading over to the 2 Zutter-Zisters now.

Kim H said...

Graphic 45 sent me over to say Hi =)

Stephenie said...

Cool idea! Thanks for the giveaway!

Anonymous said...

I liked the idea of using the Zutter Bind-it-all to punch the edge of the rosettes before folding. I don't know that I would have thought of using mine for a use like that!

Unknown said...

Love those rosette. Wonderful

Lagene said...

What Fantastic rosettes!!!

Ziggyeor said...

Nice I've made rosettes but not for a center piece. They look really good.

cindy said...

Gorgeous.

Riette said...

That is so festive. We have a BIG family birthday celebration coming up and I'm going to make some for decor!

Denise Bryant said...

What glorious rosettes! These are lovely samples!
DeniseB

Jeannie from PolkaCabana.wordpress.com said...

They are like decorative plates! Very cute!

Camerageek said...

i love the paperwieghts you used. too funny. thanks for the chance to win double!

Lisa Angela said...

simply beautiful!

Susan said...

I've been seeing these gorgeous rosettes on more and more projects. Thanks for the super instructions!

Becky Dunham said...

These rosettes are absolutely gorgeous! I have never tried these before - I know they are so popular but they kind of scare me. Your tutorial has really put my mind at ease though :) Love the idea of using the Distrezz-it-all on the edges - would sure love to win that. But I would also be happy with your secret surprise too! Thanks for the chance to win. Now I am off to visit the Zisters.

rebeccadunham at hotmail dot com

BethW said...

These are gorgeous-never thought of making some for Thanksgiving-great idea!

Julie said...

Love the rosettes.

Unknown said...

Beautiful projects- I love my zutter corner rounder!
kacee

kkmadre said...

These are the cutest rosettes.

Valerie said...

Great tutorial, the rosettes look amazing, I would love to make one.

octlove said...

love the rosettes...those papers really make them pop:)

Bashful said...

Nice Rosettes. I always wondered how they were made. Thanks! Great job!

KOLOROWY ptak said...

lovely....

laneycath said...

I'm overwhelmed with ideas looking at the rosette thanks

TracyM #6773 said...

WOW - stunning rosettes!!!

Thank you for the chance to win :)

Maggy_Tronche said...

Loveeee this rosettes project!!! The papers are beautiful!!! Thanks a lot for the inspiration! So cute! Huges.. Maggy

debb said...

Beautiful rosettes!

slbt17 said...

what fun!
Sandra ltb

littlen said...

never thought of using my bind-it-all to make rosettes. good idea. tfs.
littlen44 at gmail dot com

Staci said...

How fun. Thanks for the tutorial.

Luanne said...

very lovely! will definitely make one for xmas tfs

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Pendra said...

These rosettes are gorgeous... love the size and thanks for the chance to win both these great products!

Kelly Booth said...

Soooooo Pretty!!! Love these!!

tallulah1 said...

Oh these rosettes are too cute! I'll have to try with my bonefolder - no scor-pal here! :(
What inspiration!

Juut said...

These rosettes are adorable.

Janet a.k.a. swanlady21 said...

Great rosettes! So pretty.

Colleen said...

Those rosettes are amazing!

EDM said...

Love the rosettes and thks for showing how easy they are to make.

Kelly Massman said...

love the medallions! thanks also for a chance to win!
kmassmanATgmailDOTcom

Cheryl S. said...

Wonderful rosettes!!

Brittney said...

These rosettes are so much fun!

Cindy :) said...

well I can't win because I don't live in the U.S. :( but I liked your rosettes

Leslie Kiley said...

Score it all rocks! love the rosettes!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

WOWOWOW! These rosettes are AMAZING:) Thanks for the chance to win--sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

Marylinn Kelly said...

Love rosettes, love there is a way to do them without needing to own a die-cutter. Thanks for the inspiration.

~K8 said...

Such cute projects!

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