HP Create. HP Create: Winter Rosettes

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1 : Winter Rosettes Pretty paper rosettes are so much fun to make and can be used so many ways during the holidays. Follow the directions in this project and you ll have created rosettes in just minutes!

2 To make Winter Rosettes, you will need: HP Officejet Pro 8600 AiO Printer + Original HP Ink HP Premium Inkjet Matte Presentation Paper Winter Rosettes Patterned Paper and Medallions templates (see below) Paper trimmer or craft knife Straight edge ruler Cutting surface Scoring Board with bone folder or stylus One-inch circle paper punch Liquid paper adhesive or glue gun and glue sticks

3 Step 1 Print out the templates on HP Premium Inkjet Matte Presentation Paper. Once printed, trim the side margins from the patterned paper and cut 1½-inch strips of the pattern itself. Include white areas at the top and bottom of the paper if desired. It s neat to see how cutting different sections creates various effects once the strips are formed into rosettesso there s no need to keep the strips consistent in design unless you are wanting to make identical rosettes. TIP #1: When trimming paper into strips, add a bit of width as necessary and use a decorative edge punch to trim one edge of each paper strip prior to scoring (with final strip trimmed to 1½inches wide) for a beautiful lace-edge rosette. TIP #2: Craft 1-inch strip rosettes to adhere atop the 1 ½-inch rosettes for multi-layered pieces.

4 Step 2 Using the scoring board and stylist or bone folder, score each paper strip at ¼-inch increments. TIP #3: Don t have a scoring board and bone folder or stylus? Use a ruler to mark ¼-inch fold lines along the back of the printed, margin-trimmed paper. Place the paper onto a medium-soft surface (such as a thin, lightly spongy mouse pad or sheet of thin craft foam) and press along the lines, with the ruler as a guide, with a narrow, round-tip object such as a ballpoint pen or small crochet hook. Once scored, trim into 1½-inch strips.

5 Step 3 Fold scored paper strips back and forth, accordion-style.

6 Step 4 Form the strip into a round and glue one end of the strip to the other, trimming away one folded section if necessary to keep accordion folds consistent.

7 Step 5 Punch one-inch circles from your matte presentation paper. Press the folded round flat with the backside facing up and glue a plain circle onto the center area. Press and hold, or place a medium weight object atop the rosette until the adhesive area is secured.

8 Step 6 Punch the medallions out with the circle punch. Then, turn over glued rosettes and adhere one medallion to the center of the frontside of each. TIP #4: Use decorative round paper punches, such as starbursts and flower shapes, for punching centerpiece medallions.

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10 Step 7 Utilize blank centerpiece medallions as labels for creating lovely gift toppers.

11 TIP #5: You can also trim extra patterned paper into strips to use as tails creating fun award ribbon rosettes. Looking for more ways on how to use your rosette? Try these ideas: Number rosettes for use on gift exchange items and countdown calendars. Adhere along a length of string, twine or ribbon for a delightful decorative swag or garland. Hole-punch rosettes, add a grommet for hole reinforcement and use as holiday tree ornaments. Add skewers to rosettes to create cupcake toppers. Adhere rosettes back to back and string each from fishing line tacked to the ceiling or taped above a window at various lengths in clusters or rows. Cluster rosettes and adhere them around a pre-made or hand-cut cardboard wreath form to create a Winter Rosette wreath.

12 What are other ideas you can think of for using and crafting with pretty paper rosettes? Please share your ideas with us, and this project and free file downloads with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and in our Idea Exchange!