12/4 Sweet Sassy Diva Design Team - Hostess Gift- Personalized rose letter

This week at Sweet Sassy Diva the Design Team was to create a  "Hostess Gift".   I am sure we would all like some great gift ideas for friends and family we visit or who host parties we attend.     My husband and I spent a few days with his cousins during the Thanksgiving week and I made this for the relatives  we stayed with.    I will be honest I loved this so much when I finished that I would have kept it if it was the right letter.  I  will definitely be making myself one and making some more of these for gifts.  Cost for letter and ribbon  (50% off) was around $5.   

The letter I used I got at Michaels and it is 9 inches tall and was in the $3 range.  I have seen other craft stores with letters that are larger and different shapes.   I didn't want the white color so used a gold and brown Adirondack Paint dabbers to cover the white.  That way the bright white would not show through.  

I used the spiral flower scalloped flower from Art Philosophy page 93.  I used double sided Christmas paper and cut the flower at 4 inches and filled the page which made 9 on each page.  I did 5 different prints so had enough for 45 flowers.  It is best to use a new or very sticky mat for this so the spirals do not get torn.  I then rolled each spiral with my Provo Craft Quilling tool. 

 I glued the flowers with a glue gun. 

I twisted them so both sides of the double sided paper would show on different flowers.   

I began gluing the flowers at the top pushing them close together to not leave wide gaps.   

Here is a closeup of the letter.  

The ribbon I used was this felted cut out ribbon I got at Michaels.  It comes in red, cream and green. 

Once I looped the ribbon around the top I tied a bow.  Then I used Tacky glue to glue the ribbon together right above the letter so it wouldn't slide.  I also glued the top of the bow to keep it in place and added an extra flower to the bow.   

Here is a closeup of the flowers.  I did not ink the edge but  you could.  

I would love for you to stop by and leave a comment at SSD.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and project.  Please come back all week and see what the other Design team members have come up with for "Hostess Gifts".  

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