Punches

Our Festive Open House is coming to an end but I have one more project to share with you. It’s a cute little ornament that we did a demo of in our retail store today.

When Kim first came in with this ornament I knew that I just had to share it with you. They are SOOO cute! It is made using the Chinese Knot Chain punch that Shellie used on her cards in post #2 & #5 so you will see yet another use for this versatile punch.

You will need to punch 2 strips of paper or lightweight cardstock 11 inches long.

Then score between each of the loops along the whole piece.

Now fold back and forth along each of the score lines to create accordian pieces like these.

Put a little bit of glue on the last set of loops and attach the other piece so that you end up with one long strip.

Thread a piece of silver cording through all the loops along one edge and tie it so that all the pieces are fairly tight together. You don’t want to make it too tight because you have to bring the open ends together and then glue them to create a circle.

When you are done your ornament will look like this. I added a small circle in the center so that I could attach an embellishment and it also helps to keep everything flat.

To finish everything off I glued on a punched snowflake and a rhinestone and put a loop of silver cording for hanging. Quick, easy and lots of fun to make!

And of course once we got going we couldn’t stop at just one! We had to try different colors and embellishments and pretty soon Kim and I had made a whole bunch of them and then Judy came up with some that had little stars on them and….well, you get the picture. We really couldn’t stop at just one. LOL! Here are just a few of others that we came up with…

Thank you so much for joining us today for our Festive Open House. I really hope that you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have.  And I can’t go without thanking Kim, Shellie and Judy for all their help getting everything ready for the blog and store. It was a fantastic team effort and I couldn’t have done it without them. Thank you ladies! You are the best!

I will be announcing the winners of our Blog Candy tomorrow so don’t forget to check back here to see if you have won and find out how to claim your prize. Good luck everyone and thanks again for spending time with us today.

HOW TO WIN SOME BLOG CANDY:

MAIN DRAW – Enter to Win 1 of five $10 Scrap ‘n Stamp Gift Certificates

It’s easy. Just write a review about any product on our website that you have used and tell us why you like it and how you use it. Keep a list of the products that you review and then comment at the bottom of any Festive Open House post and tell us what products you have reviewed. You will receive one entry for every product that you review. A random draw for the main Blog Candy prizes will be made from all the entries received from 9am – 6pm PST today. The names of all the winners will be announced in a blog post the following day along with details about how to receive their prize. Only one prize will be awarded per person.