Step 1: Start with circles cut from your favorite wrap. We used Rose Bud R143 and made it two sided by spray mounting two pieces together before trimming. Then cut a swirl into the circle starting anywhere on the edge and spiraling into the center. It works best if you make the spiral thicker towards the center and thinner on the outer edge. Leave a bit in the middle of the spiral so you will have an area to glue the rose down onto itself in step 3.

Step 2: Starting at the outer edge start to wrap your spiral tightly around a pencil. Roll all the way to the middle and then pull out the pencil allowing the rose to unfurl to the desired look.

Step 3: Using a glue gun, glue the spiral layers onto the middle of the circle. Then cut leaf shapes from green paper. We used Green Matte 913, and again made it double sided with some handy spray mount!

Step 4: Stick a wooden dowel through the paper in the middle bottom of the flower and drip some glue from a glue gun into the middle to hold it in place. Crease the middle of the leaves to give them some dimension and glue them to the edges however looks best.

Step 5: Arrange in a pot or other container and enjoy. We also embellished with some of our Natural Raffia NR18. Voilá you have a beautiful and unique spring bouquet!

Step 1: We used spray mount adhesive to make double sided paper (using Jillson & Roberts Lovely Lovely R454 paired with Magenta 910, Rose Bud R143 paired with Gold 915, and Delicate Peacock R240 paired with Glitter Dot Pink R472). We then cut the paper into pinwheel shapes using this Printable Template. If you don’t want to use a template you can always just cut a square and then cut at 45degree angles from each corner until about half inch from the center.

Step 2: For the multi-blade pinwheel line up all the larger corners – right at the bottom of the bumpy side. Then one by one fold the other punched hole edges in to the middle. For the one piece template simple fold the outer punched corners into the middle, matching all the punched holes up. Once they are all folded in use a brad to put through all the holes to hold them in place.

Step 3: Using a glue gun attach the correct height of stick on the back of each.

Step 4: Add any extra embellishments such as rhinestones to the front middle.

Step 5: Arrange in a pot or other container and enjoy. These also work nicely sticking out of a tote as an additional embellishment!
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Step 1: Gather supplies. We used a clear letter sized clipboard, scissors, exacto knife, tape, and Jillson & Roberts Sparkleflake Red wrap (XJ683) cut ~1″ larger than the size of the clipboard all around.

Step 2: Fold wrap along the bottom edge of the clipboard and tape down to secure.

Step 3: Fold wrap over the front of the clipboard and under the metal clip. Crease paper along the edge of the clip. Unfold. Mark lines along the fold and cut with exacto. Cut 2 small notches along both outer edges, along with one full cut line perpendicular from the crease line to the wrap edge.

Step 4: Fold wrap over the front again, but now lift up the clip and tuck in the wrap under and around the edges of the attached clip (your cuts should allow it to easily lay flat around the clip). Trim wrap along the edges of the attached clip. Fold wrap along and around the top edge of the clipboard and secure with tape. Flip Clipboard over to its back, and smooth. Wrap along and over the sides of the Clipboard, securing with tape as you go – as if wrapping a gift.

Step 5: Admire! We use these around our office and change up the wrap based on mood or season! They are a great DIY gift to help someone stay stylishly organized in the new year.

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Step 1: Gather supplies. We used Jillson & Roberts Holiday Spectacular Tote (XMT740) with Lime (FT41), Green (FT13), and Red (FT09) tissue. We also used a ruler, scissors, and double sided tape for this project

Step 2: Cut tissue into rectangles approximately 7″x10″.

Step 3: Take one rectangle of each color you are using and layer them – make sure they are at angles to each other so the different colors will all show in the end. Take the pile of three pieces and grab the middle, twisting it to a point on the bottom until the sheets form a cone shape. You can tape around the bottom point to hold it together if they seem to be untwisting while making the others!

Step 4: Put some double sided tape on the inside collar of the tote and stick your tissue pieces onto it. Start in one corner on the front and continue around until it has the desired fullness. How closely you space the tissue will determine how dense it is. We used 6 tissue clusters for the front and 6 for the back.

Step 5: Add gift to tote and share! Happy gifting!

*Note: We used three different colors of tissue, you can use more or less sheets and/or colors depending on the desired result. You can also change the order of colors for some clusters to get a more colorful look!

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Step 1: Gather supplies. We used Jillson & Roberts Delicate Décor (599) and Solid Red (909) wraps, along with the this Printable Template and some scissors and double sided tape.

Step 2: Follow template and cut out all shapes.

Step 3: Tape “inner” shapes centered on the corresponding “outer” shapes

Step 4: Fold ends of bow sides together and tape each. Overlap the two in the middle by about 1/2 inch and tape together. Then wrap middle strip around and tape to cover the seams.

Step 5: Add to gift and admire! Note this bow can easily be re-sized to fit different sized presents – for the Playful Noel (625) bow we printed the template at 80% and the Cheerful Stripe (722) was at 120%.

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