Making poinsettia from bills

Poinsettia, made out of bills: Every year, as a participant in a sports group that has existed for many years, we can not resist the temptation to give our trainer a gift at the end of the year.

Gradually, however, we ran out of ideas ... Now this time had to make a voucher in the form of nicely packaged banknotes - not particularly original, but the result was then see!

materials

  • Banknotes - 10 pieces of the same format
  • Cardboard as a solid surface
  • Fabric or foil to glue the box, so that the star has a hard "background" and at the same time a festive background
  • Narrow double-sided adhesive film (here the Styelix mentioned by me, with which one can really fix work)
  • Iron
  • Scissors (n)
  • cutter
  • Glue ...
  • cutting mat
  • Patchwork ruler for faster determination of the right angles and dimensions of the cardboard underlay (see picture K3).

A great guide to Folding the bills as part of a star you can find under //www.geldgeschenke-basteln.de/geldgeschenke-weihnachten/zierlicher-weihnachtsstern/.


Action

  1. Proving a note to fold, two bills laid out together give the minimum length and width of the cardboard backing, which is obtained and on which the bills are glued in the form of a star.
  2. All banknotes fold, and as finished? Just put on the box: Step back several steps and visually determine the size of the box when standing - maybe 2-3 cm larger on all sides than the star, but that's ultimately a matter of taste.
  3. Bring the cardboard into the desired shape (brave ones could also cut a 10-cornered box, which with its slightly larger but identical shape would underline the star ?!)

Cut craft foil / cover fabric

  1. Crafting foil ... first roughly cut as one (!) part (see picture K5).
  2. For the cut in detail I have a suggestion schematic made, on which the fabric is to look from its left side = back. Please cut the surfaces A and B in the original as a single = contiguous surface (unfortunately did not get that clear in the drawing) (see picture sketch).
  3. Normally one would cut a larger piece of cover fabric / film and turn over at all edges to the back and stick. However, the material would be especially at the corners twice, possibly slip and make the thing may look ugly. My presented cut prevents this by the cut out of the cover material especially at the corners something: These surfaces are colored orange.
  4. If you want to proceed according to this sketch, is certain: Even a pretty (cardboard) back can delight!
  5. I have named the edges of the cover material with small letters and the areas with large letters.
  6. So that no hint of glue gets stuck somewhere on the beautiful foil and could diminish the overall impression, I also have the liquid glue here Stylefix used and the thick brown carrier material with a pin can lift wonderful (see picture K10)

Cardboard with fabric / craft foil / aluminum foil ... refer

  1. Foil, if creased, iron before use (level 2, go equally well from both sides!)
  2. Place the cardboard on the back side of the cover fabric / foil and cut out the corners (orange) (see picture K8).
  3. Stylefix (in the sketch light green) stick along the edge a1 on the cardboard (see picture K9), pull off the brown composite strip, then fold edge a1 towards the back of the cardboard and press firmly - always working from the middle of the strip to both sides there are no waves (see picture K12).
  4. Also proceed with the opposite edge a2 and last with the edge a3.
  5. Phew, now three edges are wonderfully wrapped (see picture K14).
  6. Finally, the fourth edge (horizontal edge at the bottom of A) should now be turned over to the opposite edge a3. In order for them to be fixed as well, first - as described above - apply the three outer edges of surface A with Stylefix or apply the Stylelix to the three edges of the box (I spontaneously decided on the first solution, see picture K15).
  7. No matter how: Now take the area A in the hand, gently away from the body beat around the horizontal edge of the cardboard and pull slightly towards the edge a3. Gradually press the surface A carefully on the right and left edge of the box, while the film is always slightly edit from its center to the edges. Last press on a3.
  8. If you have worked exactly before, you should see nothing of the edges a1 to a3: It gives the impression of a completely flat surface - just like on the front side (see picture K16).
  9. Now carefully stick the bills and give the center a contrasting little star or ...
  10. So that the recipient does not accidentally "destroy" this arrangement of the bills when unpacking the gift, I wrapped (contrary to other efforts to protect the environment) the poinsettia with transparent wrapping paper and pushed it into a thick used cardboard envelope in A4 format. This sheath I have previously fogged with the back of the aluminum foil used and marked the procedure. Because I'm working. jumped on the stamp "train", I've tried here my new Christmas acrylic stamp set - emphasis on "acrylic" - these stamps are indeed cheaper than the conventional, but better to store and clean and make a clear impression!

TIP Stern may also work on the passe-partout in a picture frame ...

Note under FragMuddis:

Anyone who has no way to save especially the sketch on their own computer, can be very happy to contact me by mail - will then send this as a pdf file, so you can use it when you use it ...

Another note: When sorting my pin boards on PINTEREST I noticed that there are pictures of TheFruitAndFlowerBasket? Pinning? can? awesome, I think? Is this really new ?!

All a wonderful Advent season with viiiiel crafts!

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