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Handmade Paper Star |
Hi friends I have been missing from blogland but I have been crafting quite a bit and today jolted myself out of my laziness to come back to blogging and share a picture packed post with you featuring some of the cute Paper Star decorations my daughter and I made for Christmas!
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Chipboard embellishments |
I used a Sizzix die to create the large 3 dimensional stars and dressed them with lace and embellishments.
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Handmade Christmas Decorations |
Love the gorgeous leaf lace which I had been hoarding for some time!
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DIY Paper Star Decorations |
Don't you just love those little cherries....!They are made of thermocol/styrofoam and were a bargain purchase from my local supermarket!
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Thermocol Cherries |
All my stars have cute red fluffy hooks made out of puffy chenille stem sticks[ pipe cleaners]
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DIY Paper Stars |
Used up some lovely Christmas themed chipboard elements I had been hoarding for years!
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Paper Stars |
The red star below is made of red foil paper from DCWV and is one of the cutest of the lot!
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Handmade Christmas Decoration |
I kept the embellishments simple just adding a few satin roses and pearl strings but yes the lace border around the stars added all the glamour!
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Satin Rose |
The cute bow is a broken earring and I think you will agree it looks so cute!!
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Recycled Broken Earring |
And here is the chipboard reindeer with a fluffy pompom tail!
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Chipboard Reindeer |
The white satin rose bud is one of my favorites!
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Satin Rose |
And a cute chipboard stocking to hold Xmas presents!
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Chipboard Stocking |
Chenille stem sticks are so easy to hot glue to paper and that is the main reason I used them to create my hanging elements!
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Chenille Stem Hook |
This one is in classic Christmas colors!
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DIY Paper Star |
I do love how the big rhinestone heart shimmers on the glittery snowflake!
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Snowflake |
The snowman star is another favorite of mine and I do love the "joy" themed paper!
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Handmade Paper Stars |
My daughter added a cute glittering green heart button for our snowman!
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Chipboard Snowman |
One corner of our star has the humblest of embellishments...a cute button! And yes we added a bit of snow too!
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Button Embellishment |
And this corner has a cute cherry and satin rosebud!
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Cherry Embellishments |
The tree charm looks adorable beside the glittery ball but I couldn't quite get a good photo!
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Tree Charm |
The last star is my daughter's favorite as she loved making the reindeer embellishment!
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DIY Paper Star |
Love how the golden snowflake shimmers against the gorgeous pattern paper!
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Sizzix Snowflake |
Crystal pollen and pearl strings are some of my all time favorite embellishments!
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Yummy Crystal Pollen |
The little present was die cut using a Marianne die!
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Marianne Presents Die |
And the super cute reindeer!!
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MDF Reindeer Ornament |
Leaving you with a picture of my desk with more stars I have to dress up!!
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Paper Stars |
Supplies : Dies : Sizzix 5 point 3 D star, Sizzix Card front Winter,Marianne Presents.Papers :DCWV The Evergreen Stack, Debbie Mumm Harvest and Holiday
I hope you enjoyed looking at all the stars my daughter and I made!! I will be catching up on all your blogs! I have been a lazy blogger ever since the Instagram bug hit me a few days back!