Tuesday 1 November 2016

Star

Gosh, November the first. What an exciting time of the year. I think that most of us will be getting starry eyed about the Christmas season.
For the wonderful topic of Stars, over on the Country View Craft site, I chose a 3D approach with a die.


I began by using some offcuts of Mirri Card and my "Die'sire Star of Wonder Die" and cut out lots of star shapes on my Big Shot die cutting machine. I rubbed the die with a tumbler dryer sheet first to enable it to pop out of the die easily after cutting.


Next, I selected 3 gold stars and glued them onto red tissue paper. Making sure that I lifted them after gluing with matt medium so that they didn't stick to my craft sheet.


I cut off the excess tissue and folded each star down the middle. 
I wanted to dangle beads and found an odd earring which just fitted the bill.
Finally I threaded some cotton into the top to hang it.

Here it is dangling in a conifer outside. It was hard to photograph as the wind kept spinning it around.


I hope that you have enjoyed my little project and that it may inspire you to do something similar. Single stars would look nice with acetate behind them and a few hanging in a window would make a nice display, or just attached to a Christmas card.

Products Used:- Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Die'sire, Star of Wonder die.(replacement) bought from CVC last week but doesn't appear to be available any more!

Thanks for looking.




9 comments:

  1. Wow, beautiful 3D star, Hazel! It looks amazing with your ex-earring! Great Christmas decoration! I love it! xx

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  2. A gorgeous star decoration Hazel - and great use of your old earring! Jennie x

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  3. What a super star decoration you created Hazel x

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  4. I really like this Hazel, perfect for your Christmas tree xx

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  5. Great way to make some special Christmas tree decorations! Clever idea Hazel!

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  6. Beautiful stars, Hazel! They will look great at a window for x-mas decoration too. Great use of an old earring =)
    xxx

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  7. Wow love this Hazel, fabulous idea and beautifully decorated! Hugs Debsxx

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  8. Fabulous shimmering metallic star! I've been there with the windy photo sessions with things dangling in fir trees, so I do sympathise, but it's definitely worth it for the shot you got!
    Alison x

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  9. This is beautiful twinkle star!! Great idea and fab die. xx

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