A Christmas Wreath from Pine Cones

This Christmas wreath is made from pine cones and cinnamon sticks attached onto a piece of bonsai wire using floral wire. Glue star anise onto the wreath.

1. Form a wreath from bonsai wire and secure it with floral wire.

2. Attach pine cones and cinnamon sticks onto the wreath with floral wire. Tie these on randomly and switch between cinnamon sticks and pine cones.

3. Apply a coat of allround medium glue lacquer and sprinkle with glitter.

4. Cut a metal heart from stamping foil – use the template. Make holes with a darning needle. Use a soft underlay. You may emboss the foil with an embossing stylus or a pointed pen.

5. Use a piece of flax twine for tying the heart onto the wreath.

Attached file:  Template (238 kB)

A Greeting Card with a New York Napkin Design

 

 This blank card is decorated with card and paper from the color bar series and then decorated with a napkin design and self-adhesive rhinestone half-pearls. Decorated triangular card matchboxes are used as table decorations.

1. Apply glue with a glue stick to the light grey piece of card and place the napkin design on top. Then smooth gently from the middle and outwards. Trim the design when the the glue has dried.

2. Glue together the various pieces of card and paper and attach these to the greeting card using self-adhesive double-sided tape. Finally attach the napkin design.

3. Write the following text on the light grey piece of card: Invitation.

4. Trim the piece of grey card and attach it to the greeting card with 3D foam pads.

5. Decorate with self-adhesive rhinestone half-pearls. Print out the text for the invitation and attach this inside the actual invitation – or alternatively write it by hand on the black card using a white gel pen.

6. Table decorations: attach double-sided foil tape all the way around a small triangular card matchbox.

7. Cut a piece of paper to size and attach this onto the double-sided foil tape.

8. Menu card: Cut a piece of grey card measuring 28 x 9cm. Score it in the middle using a bone folder or a blunt needle and fold it in the middle. Attach card, paper and decorations using the same procedure as when making the greeting card/invitation.

A Colourful Ring with Buttons

Buttons on Cotton Cord Glued onto a Ring.

1. Thread buttons onto a piece of cotton cord.

2. Tie a couple of knots.

3. Cut off the excess cord.

4. Apply mounting glue to the back of the bottom button and attach it to the ring.