Lisa Storms

spring flowers

I have officially made it through another Oregon winter! In honor of spring's arrival, I thought I'd recap a few of my favorite flower tutorials from the blog.

First off are paper daffodils in case the calendar says spring, but the weather says differently where you are!

Followed by easy tissue paper flowers which make a beautiful table runner.

An assortment of paper flowers ...

Make whimsical, lacey flowers using decorative corner punches ...

And I couldn't end without adding some food fun, too, with flower shaped croutons.

Happy Spring! =)

tea party

A tea party would be a fun way to celebrate Mother's Day with your own mom, with your children, or with your mom friends.  It's also a fun theme for birthday parties, showers, or an excuse to get together with friends or family.

And it happens to be the theme of my newest article over at Fiskars.  

Get crafty with whimsical teacup rings made from cardstock ...

or a larger version for a fun favor holder.  

From the easiest tissue paper flower table runner ever to a teacup banner that can transform into a scalloped banner for extended use, you can see the full party, photos, and directions here.

baby shower continued

While I'm on the subject of babies, I wanted to share a couple of additional ideas to add to the "shower" themed baby shower I designed.

I am often asked about centerpiece ideas for this shower, and here is a super sweet one I had featured in Scrapbooks Etc. magazine using child-sized rain boots. Directions can be found here.

And for a simple invitation, add a shower of hearts raining down from a cute punched cloud. Directions for this one can be found here at Scrapbooks Etc.

(My original baby shower post can be found here.)

border punched flowers

These fun paper flowers were in the April issue of Scrapbooks Etc. magazine.  I noticed they had online directions after visiting their new pinterest page.  

 

To view full directions with step-by-step photos, visit this slideshow and click the right "next" arrow for each new slide.

Warning: these are addictive.

diy dimensional flowers

While I'm excited to see my tulips beginning to peek through the ground, I can't wait for it to stop raining here in Oregon so I can get out there and start planting my spring annuals!  So in the meantime, I'm busy doing the second best thing ... making my own flowers from paper! 

I bet you won't be able to guess what punch I used to make this flower before looking at the directions ...

I love using tools in unexpected ways!  Step-by-step directions with full photos and demos are here at Fiskars.

I recently posted some more paper flowers here.

spring cards

Spring has sprung!!  I'm ignoring the fact that I had to scrape a thick layer of ice from my windshield this morning and instead focusing on the beginnings of tulip leaves popping up in my yard...

Spring is a great time to pop a little cheer in the mail!  Cards with surprises inside...

And dimensional spring daffodils made from paper ...

And shiny rain boots with tulips creatively cropped from hearts...

Step-by-step directions with full photos and demos can be found here at Fiskars.

paper flowers

This weekend was the first time I felt a nip of spring in the air here in Oregon.  Which feels weird when we just had our first snowfall of winter.  Very strange winter here.  Anyway, back to spring.  Bring it on!

So to celebrate spring's impending arrival, I thought I'd share some flowers I made for the opener of the paper flowers article in the current (April) issue of Scrapbooks Etc. magazine.

Paper flowers are quite addictive!  Step-by-step directions are posted here on the Scrapbooks Etc. blog. Maybe one of these flowers can make its way into a new blog banner in honor of spring.  I kind of feel like that house that still has the Christmas lights up with my jingle bell up there =).

Valentine's Day Party

I hope to have lots of Valentine inspiration to share next week (it's just been crazy around here) but until then, I wanted to share an article I did for Fiskars on adding cute, handcrafted touches to your Valentine Party. 

This may be my favorite place setting ever.  From the fork arrow/heart napkin (which I'm adding to the kids' lunchboxes as well) to the XOXO built-in tic-tac-toe placemat that can be achieved different ways. Lots of useful decorating going on here =).

You can find the full article here.  Until next week . . . when I will hopefully also have my blog banner updated from Christmas! =)