Diamond/Star Snowflake Tutorial

For this festive snowflake ornament, fold strips of paper into diamond shapes, glue them together and add some glass glitter.  What a great way to show off our designer paper and/or cardstock at this time of year!

Supplies:

1. Regals designer paper (12 by 12")
2. Silver or champagne glass glitter
3. Sticky strip
4. Tombo adhesive
5. Bone folder

Method
Large Triangles:

Cut seven 1/2" by 6" pieces of patterned paper

For each strip, crease 1/8" on one end.

Fold the long section in half, crease well, then fold and crease in half again.

Apply sticky strip to 1/8" fold.

 
Attach this fold to the outer edge to form a triangle.

Repeat for other strips.

Glue each diamond together to form a large snowflake (Note:  put the end with the 1/8" fold in the middle)

Small Triangles:
Cut seven 1/2"  by 3" strips of patterned paper or card stock
Fold in half and crease well

Then fold each half in half again and crease well.

Glue to the inside of each of the large diamonds of the snowflake applying glue to the 2 lower ends.

Apply tombo glue to the front of the snowflake and cover with either silver or champagne glass glitter.

When dry  apply glitter on the other side.

Tie on a string and hang in a window, from the ceiling, on a tree - well, use your imagination!

This ornament can be make in different sizes - just adjust the size of the strips of paper cut.

Chickadee Merry Christmas -TSSC 197

This sketch for the Technostamper Monday Lunch Time Challenge 197,  was a lot of fun to do.  Thanks MJ for putting all these sketches together.  I can't believe you've done almost 200 of them.

Stamps: Beautiful Season, Christmas Greeting
Inks: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Real Red marker
Papers: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Frostwood Lodge Designer Paper, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Perfect Polka dot embossing folder, Perfect details texture plate, Silver Glass glitter, Shaker frame, Medium Window sheet, Scallop border punch, Pearls colored with red marker

Hint:
How to make a notch at the end of a strip of paper using the Square punch

1. Insert one ent into the Square punch so that the tips of both edges of the paper touch the edges of the punch and the middle of the notch is approximately at the corner.  Make a mark where this middle is if that is easier for you.
2. Punch
3. This is the notch you are left with