The Hybrid Corner: Getting Into Shapes
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Before I found the wonderful world of digital scrapbooking, I was a hoarder of paper scrapbooking supplies including many punches and templates in every shape and size. As they have collected quite a bit of dust over the years, I challenged myself to put them to good use this month. I spotted an ornament project on one of my paper scrapbooking websites at Lily Bee that was perfect- perfect because it was simple, easy, and could be completed with any die cut machine, punches, or hand cutting of shapes.
First: Select your paper and your shape. I selected a holiday paper from an upcoming release from Trixie Scraps and a scalloped circle shape from the punches that I had
ScrapMatters has many different options of shapes to select from as well. You can attach the paper of your choice on your mat shape, print it and cut it out.
Second: Punch out 7 of your selected shape and fold them in half
Third: Attach some embroidery floss/thread/string down the center of one of your shapes and tie a crystal bead at the end of one end. Then glue all of the pieces together, lining up the back sides on after another until all 7 are glued together
Voila! Instant and easy set of ornaments that can be created with any shape. I created a set to attach to my garland around the house and plan to pick up some heart and flower shapes for upcoming ornaments as well.
Another idea is to cut out your shapes and string them or sew them together to create a long garland to use to decorate around the house.
Hope that you enjoyed this short project tutorial on getting into shapes!
