Friday, December 3, 2010

Faux Metal Stars

cThe other day I saw this wreath(and of course I cannot find the name to give proper credit  you can find it here), and loved the stars. I immediately thought that they would make cute ornaments for Christmas.
I found two pieces of cardstock that I thought would look a little bit vintage and cut out 4 stars apiece at 5 3/4 inches on my cricut with the Platinum Schoolbook cartridge and used the roly poly feature just like she did. I then scored it to make it the 3-D star shape. At first they just started to flatten out. I wasn't sure what I did, but I decided to put some mod podge on the back of them so that they would hold their form better. And they did.
After that I distressed them a little bit with some chalk ink, if I make more of these I would do this step first because after the mod podge dried I could not get into the creases that were in between the points.
Then I just punched a little hole in them and added some cream twine and hung them up. I think that they look just like those metal ones that you buy, only they did not cost so much!



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8 comments:

  1. Very cute idea. Simple, cheap, totally cool.
    CAS

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  2. i love it!!! but I dont have a craft cutter I gotta do mine old fashioned! hahaha great job

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  3. Great job, I'd never have known they are paper if you hadn't told me! Nice to know that once again Mod Podge saved the day.

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  4. I'm starting to think I need one of those cutters. Way too much fun! You can make me any of your things and send to me!

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  5. Love how these look! Good idea with the Mod Podge to force them to hold their shape. Well done!

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  6. Oh these are so wonderful! I hope you will come link up at our 12 Days of Christmas Show-Off!
    http://www.whipperberry.com/2010/12/12-days-of-christmas-show-off-linky.html
    Kisses!

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  7. Love these!!! They'd make great decorations on a western/rustic themed tree!!! We would love for you to link them up at Fancy This Fridays at Truly Lovely this week! http://trulylovelywiththelaneysisters.blogspot.com

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