The link for the tutorial I followed to make the star ornaments is http://www.scraplovers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6245. Basically you just take a 6" x 6" square of paper, score at 1" intervals, fold accordian style, and put a staple in the middle. Then while it's still folded up you trim both ends to a point. Put a little sticky strip near the staple on both sides, fan it out, and stick it together (my directions don't do it much justice -- visit the tutorial via the link for a much better description).
I tried to add some glimmer by taking my versamarker and highlighting the folds (both the valleys and the hills), sprinkled it with heat and stick powder, heated it, sprinkled it with glitter, and set it again with the heat gun. I don't think I like the glitter in the "valleys". But I do like the shimmer it gives on the outer folds (the "hills"). If I had to do it again, I wouldn't put any in the inner creases. I also adhered a bead in the middle with crystal effects.
I punched a hole in the back and threaded through stitched grosgrain ribbon as a hanger.
I will use these stars as package toppers for my Christmas gifts.
To follow is a link to the ensemble of holiday items I created with the designer paper: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
Thanks for all of the inspiration here at Splitcoast!
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