Pink Paislee | Christmas Countdown Day 23

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Hi everyone,  I hope that you are enjoying the Christmas Countdown series on the Pink Paislee blog.  I have another page to share with you today.  I'm sharing today how I documented day 23.

Day 23 is all about the hot cocoa, a family favorite in our house.  I printed out both a black and white photo and color photo for my page spread.  

I love adding dimension to my pages.  I used Sticky Thumb 3d foam squares to pop up my snowflakes before adhering them down.

Next, I added some sequins and machine stitching to my left page.  On the right side I added a piece of snowflake paper.  I love that it adds sparkle and shine to my notebook.  Here is a closeup look at the detail and how it all came together.

On the right side I spelled out cocoa at the bottom of my page.  I added sequins, stitching and enamel dots to embellish my page.  To finish off my page I added a shiny red label and the words "peppermint cocoa" just below my photo.

Collection used: Yuletide

Pink Paislee | Day 13

This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of http://canoncreativegirl.blogspot.com/.  I do receive financial compensation and material product from Pink Paislee to develop my craft posts, but all ideas and opinions are my own.

Hi everyone,  I hope that you have enjoyed following along so far with the Christmas Countdown series on the Pink Paislee blog.  I would like to share with you today, how I am documenting day 13 on our Christmas countdown.

I started my first page by creating a 3d star with my Silhouette. Then I added the cardstock jumbo numbers to the top.  I spelled out the word “Tree” at the bottom of my page using the jumbo cardstock alphabet.  I used my sewing machine to to stitch down my letters.  I added sequins and stars throughout my page. 

On my second page, I added a small black and white photo of our Christmas tree.  I thought it would be fun to add some die-cut Christmas trees to my page.  I cut them out with my Silhouette and then folded them down the middle and popped them up to create a fun accent to the bottom of my page. 

I added some sequins, ephemera and canvas stars.  I used my sewing machine to stitch a few of them down.  I love the color combo of the stars with the die-cut trees and the black and white photo. 

I finished up my page by using alpha stamps to spell out “the tree”.  I just love how it all comes together. 

Yuletide Paper Star Ornaments

This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of http://canoncreativegirl.blogspot.com/.  I do receive financial compensation and material product from Pink Paislee to develop my craft posts, but all ideas and opinions are my own.


Who doesn’t like an easy to make paper star?  These multi dimensional stars are really easy to make, all you need is a few supplies to get started.  I used papers and embellishments from the Pink Paislee Yuletide collection to create mine.  They make cute decorations that can be used for all sorts of decorating.

Materials:

- patterned paper or other square paper (mine was approx. 6″)
- pencil
- scissors
- glue
- string to hang hem

How to:

Just follow the directions in the picture tutorial below.

1.  Gather materials.

2. Turn the paper over and fold into 4 quarters as shown in picture 2.

3. Turn the paper back over and fold diagonally in both directions.

4. Use a pencil to mark the middle of the folds that are creased towards you.  These are the horizontal and vertical creases that you made in step 2.  Cut with scissors from the edge to your pencil mark on all four sides.

5. Fold sides down and adhere with liquid glue.

6. One side is ready, but you need one more to complete the star.  Repeat the previous steps to make another star.  Place glue on the backsides of two stars and adhere together.  When the stars are done the pointed 3d sides should be facing out on both sides.

You can do variations on these stars, by switching up patterned paper, or switching up sizes.

I dressed my stars up by adding tags, canvas stars, and ephemera pieces from the Yuletide collection. 

  The little crinkled pieces of paper, I picked up in the gift wrapping section.  I was originally looking for gold or silver, but I love the way the kraft filler strips accentuate the stars.

Since I don't have my Christmas tree up yet, I pinned my paper star ornaments onto a frame using burlap string and clothespins.  I also filled a little basket with extra ones.

You could easily add these to a tree with clips, hooks or use a hole punch and thread to create loops to hang them with.