Waltz Reminder and a How-To

Hi there blog friends!!  Just a reminder, you have a little more time to make it through the Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Waltz and leave your name with the designers to have a chance to win!  In the mean time, I thought I’d pop in really quick with a how-to!!  Imagine that, I haven’t had a how-to in so so long but it just happens that I made extra pictures while I was creating just in case anyone asked.  Well, some of you asked so here it is.  Yesterday I showed you a little gingerbread cottage house that I created into a trinket box to hang on your tree and two were created as tasseled ornaments to hang on your tree.  They were made using Waltzingmouse Stamps set – A Cottage Christmas and A Cottage Home. They’re simple to make – here’s how . . .

For the ornament top or the box top you will need a piece of paper that is 8.5″ x 5.5″.   As shown above, score at 1/2″, 2″, 4.5″, 6″ from left side turn paper 90 degrees and score 1″ from bottom.

The scoremarks will guide you where to stamp each panel.  Start out by stamping the Christmas Cottage in the two larger openings, just like I’ve done above.  Emboss, if you like.

Mask the sides of the Christmas Cottage and stamp with the narrower, peaked roof stamp from A Cottage Home.  (I did the masking second because I was embossing and I didn’t want the residue from my low tack masking tape to interfere.  I masked, stamped, sprinkled embossing powder, then removed tape and applied my heat tool).

This is what the finished stamping will look like.

Cut as shown above — Snip the bottom into flaps that bend at the score line.  Snip from the top down to the “v” between the roofs and snip straight down to the peak of the roof.  Fold diagonally along the roof peak line.

You’ll need to make another score line just like I’ve done above.  On the large Christmas Cottage panels only, score from the valley to valley of the adjacent peaked  piece.

One last score . .  score across the entire piece at a point that will be just above all the peaks.

Does your piece look like mine?  Good, you’re ready to add Scor-tape.  Decorate as you wish, then remove your tape and assemble.  To me it seemed easiest to adhere along the side, adhere along the bottom then tackle the top last by punching a hole at the top and adding adhesive then threading through a ribbon loop for a holder.  Snip the top part of the peak portions if the tabs stickup too far.  To finish the ornament add tassels, loops or lace and velvet embellishment.

Want to make it as a trinket box?  The steps are the same except you’ll fashion a box bottom like this:

For the box bottom you will need a piece of paper that is 8″ x 4 1/4″.  Score at 1/2″, 1 7/8″, 4 1/4″, 5 5/8″ from left side, turn paper 90 degrees and score 1″ from the bottom.

Clip as shown above, apply Scor-Tape and assemble box bottom.
These were a ton of fun to make, I hope you’ll give them a try!!  Happy crafting!!