Pootles Advent Countdown 2018 #7 Hanging Orb Christmas Decoration

#1 Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Pootles Advent Countdown 2018 #7 Hanging Orb Christmas Decoration

Oh I am so excited to bring you today’s Advent Countdown Project!

I was literally playing with cardstock with the hopes of a sort of 4 sided reverse pillow box and I think I got it about right! There were a few prototypes before getting to this one, but I love how it ended up and I have no problem with the wasted cardstock. I make the mistakes so you don’t have to!

And while I adore the red one (which I made first) it was a little tricky to tie the ribbon around it as the sides do want to keep opening, but the hanging version is just as lovely. Unless, like on the video, you don’t tie your knot big enough and it pops out. Seriously, me making mistakes and having bloopers saves you!

I wanted to keep the decoration minimal for a couple of reasons. The red one needed nothing extra other than that lush silver edged ribbon. And then the hanging ones, I felt were great for a tree with the pattern doing the work. I have a minimalist tree (well, 4 actually!) in my house, and tend to err away from lots of colour, and that was my thinking.

But of course, now I’ve given you the instructions, you can do as you want with yours. And I’d love to see what you come up with.

S xx

IMPERIAL INSTRUCTIONS

• Cardstock – 10.5 x 5.5″
• Score on the LONG side at 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10″
• Score on the SHORT side at 1, 4.5″
• MARK on the SHORT side at 2.25, 3.25″ and flip OVER the paper to repeat the same marks
• Score on the LONG side to the first score line at .75, 1.75, 3.25, 4.25, 5.75, 6.75, 8.25, 9.25″
• Note, when you’re marking on the long side, please keep the slim score line on the right hand side.
• Flip and repeat the scoring on the long side again.

METRIC

• Cardstock – 26 x 13
• Score on the LONG side at 6, 12, 18, 24
• Score on the SHORT side at 2, 11
• MARK on the SHORT side at 5.5, 7.5 and flip OVER the paper to repeat the same marks
• Score on the LONG side to the first score line at 2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 22
• Note, when you’re marking on the long side, please keep the slim score line on the right hand side.
• Flip and repeat the scoring on the long side again.

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Sam Hammond Donald

#1 Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator

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