Magnolia Advent Calendar Shutter #18

Hello dear friends, today it's my turn to host the Magnolia DT Advent Calendar and I have a little tutorial for a Star Tree Hanger, you can find my first one here ...

You'll find the template here. Please save it and open in word to have the correct size. Print and cut the template and draw on Cardstock.


After cutting the cardstock you have to mark the folding lines. To do this I put the template on my piece of cardstock and use the Bone Folder to score the lines.


It should look like this:

Fold all lines ...


I stamp the background and distress the edges with Versamark before I'll glue everything.


Putting together is a bit difficult but I tried to make pictures to show it step by step ...


First of all glue the sites like this.




Now your star is almost done and you can also use it as Giftbox to hang on the tree. For this you should use non-permanent adhesive.

Put the star together like this.

This is my star ...

front

back

Stamps:
Sweet Christmas Dreams Collection: Halo Tilda
Merry little Christmas Collection: Holly Swirl
So Jolly Collection: Post Holly
Coloring: Distress Ink Refiller

Skin ~ Tattered Rose, Tea Dye

Hair ~ Scattered Straw, Brushed Corduroy

Clothes ~ Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap

Wings and Wand ~ Pumice Stone, Wild Honey, Walnut Stain

both stars together

I hope you'll enjoy my little tutorial and the best news is :
YOU CAN WIN A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM MAGNOLIA!!
Please leave a comment on this post, I will draw a random winner tomorrow.

Good luck;)
♥♥♥

Shadow Box Card

Hello my dears, after removing the christmas decorations, there is a lot of empty space to fill, so I decided to make some new decorations ... today I'd like to show a shadow box card.

Stamps:
So Jolly & Under the Mistletoe Collection 2009: Cozy Tilda,
Winter Collection 2008: Winter Day Background
Halloween & Autumn Collection 2008: Stock
Winter & Christmas Supplement 2007: Small Snowman
Papers:
White Christmas "Winter Wonderland" and "Frosty Fir"

I've made a step-by-step tutorial for the shadow box card ... the pictures are from my christmas Shadow Box card I made last year:

I found the idea at Splittcoaststampers and made step by step pictures for you.

What you'll need:

• Bone folder (for scoring) or ScorPal
• Sticky Strip
• Cutting Die like Nestabilities or a template
• Two pieces of cardstock (12 cm x 18 cm or 5" x 7“)
• Stamps
• Embellishments for decorating

Score both cardstock pieces at 1,5 cm, 3 cm, 15 cm and 16,5 cm (or ½“, 1“, 6“ and 6 ½“). Cut a window of your choice in one of the cardstock pieces (centered)

You can now stamp on the cardstock or add some papers and make a frame for the window. These are the pieces for my card:

You add now your main motive to the cardstock without a window, the folded sides are looking upside. Now you adhere both pieces of cardstock together like it's showing in the pictures.

Now the really creative part begins ... decorate :)

Stamps:
Holiday Collection 2008: Tilda with Heart Ornament, Heart Ornament, Christmas Present with Bow, Ticket Loving Christmas Wishes, Fir Branch
New Years Collection 2008: Swirl
Papers:
Lazy Summer Days Collection "Strawberry Dot"

From the sides the card looks like that:

You can send the card in an envelope when you squeeze it...

Hugs