Welcome to this month’s Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop.
This Month’s Theme is: 3D Item.
I decided to show you how to make a Christmas Window Star Decoration using the Take a Bow designer series papers. I last make one of these before I became a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. It looks complicated but it is really very simple to make.
How I made my Christmas Window Star Decoration.
I started by cutting a 15cm x 15cm piece of white card stock in half diagonally. I made 2 pencil lines 0.5cm either side of the middle. Next I made a mark at 2.5cm, 5cm and 7.5cm along the long edge starting from the pencil line. I then did the same again on the other side. This is then repeated along each of the middle line. (see template).
Next I cut along each of the lines as far as the middle lines to make a chevron pattern.
I then chose 6 pieces of 6″x6″ papers and scored and folded them in half diagonally. (You could use any 12″x12″ paper and cut into 6″ squares). Next I clipped the template onto one of the folded triangles with the fold at the bottom before cutting along each cut line on the template. This was repeated on each of the other 5 pieces of paper.
How to make up each part of the Christmas Window Star Decoration.
I carefully unfolded each piece of designer series paper. I then took the smallest triangles from the middle of the paper and stuck the points together using a glue dot. Next I turned the paper over and stuck the points of the next triangle together. I repeated this for each section of of the square remembering to turn the paper over each time. I then continued to make up each part of the Christmas window star decoration until all 6 pieces of paper had been used.
How to build the Christmas Window Star Decoration.
I then took 2 of the pieces and holding the larger side of one against the smaller side of the other I stapled them together at the centre where both pieces met. I then added a third piece in the same way and then I stapled them all together at one end. This makes up half of the Christmas window star decoration.
I then repeated this adding the last 3 pieces. Then I stapled them altogether at one end and at the centre where both pieces met. Next I punched a hole in the top of one piece and threaded some bakers twine through it to enable the Christmas window star decoration to be hung up.
I am really pleased in how my Christmas window star decoration turned out. Why not have a go at making one yourself, Please do share what you make on my Facebook group.
Until next time, keep stampin n crafting,
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I love it Cheryl. I think I need to make one for Herbie and me
Wow! That’s fantastic! Will have to give this ago. Thanks x