May Guest DT plus a paper garland tutorial

We have a special treat for you this month- our guest DT is Laurie Cinotto! She is an amazing paper designer (among other things)! Her gallery has some really creative projects in there, each one is so unique and different! I love her pinwheels! (she sent some for Hambly to have on display at the New York Stationary Show! They are so pretty with overlays & papers mixed together)

We also used her tutorial to create paper garland for our booth in New York! I share mine from the show soon!

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Here's Laurie's tutorial for the garland...What You’ll Need:

• Several sheets of coordinating papers  (Laurie used an assortment of patterned Hambly papers)
• A circle craft punch – approximately 2 inches  in diameter
• Paper glue
• Two yards of string

1.       Use your circle craft punch to punch out 7 circles for each ball in your garland.  (for a two yard garland, you’ll want to make 12 - 18 balls, depending on how close you want them together)  SEE IMAGE A

2.       Fold all of your circles in half so the patterned side of the paper is on the inside.  (SEE IMAGE B)

3.      Select seven circles, and one by one, glue them back to back to form a little half-circle book.     (SEE IMAGES C, D, and E)

4.      Take the string and make a loop and knot.  Run the string along the “spine” of the book.  (SEE IMAGE F)  Glue the back cover and front cover together to form a ball.  (SEE IMAGE G)

5.       Continue to make and add the balls until you reach the end of your string.   Make another loop and knot to finish.  (SEE IMAGE H)

Be sure to see the rest of her projects in her Hambly gallery! You can also visit her flickr gallery where you can also see a table scape she designed. (She used "grandma's wallpaper" in gold and lagoon blue as a starting point and for color inspiration-so cool!)

Comments

[Effie]

What a simple but fantastic idea!......most fantastic ideas are simple!
Will definately be making this for Christmas!

[lynmcf]

That is such a great way to use up scraps ... I have linked to it on my blog

[Andrea MacDonald]

I love that garland! I am so going to give it a try!

[whyte]

Love it! Thanks for sharing!

[milk tooth rain]

I will try it at home!

[sewbusy]

i've done this individually as ornaments and I've used a heart punch to do this at valentines as ornaments. great craft for a classroom.

[Kirsten]

Thank you so much for your tutorial. What a fabulous idea! k xo

[Rach Wilson]

I think the most simple ideas are often the best - this is no exception! I'll be making christmas garlands with this too! Thanks :0)

[susan]

ive made these a bit smaller using those little circle stickers intended for garage sale labels, and rubber stamps to add a pattern.

[Katie]

This is such a sweet tutorial! Thankyou!

[polwig]

I love this garland... so classy.. for any home decoration or holidays (any holiday)

[LollyChops]

Love this garland! How fun and easy too!