I love this time of year . . . the summer picnics on a brightly colored, patchwork quilt, the parades and patriotism, the warm weather and get-togethers with friends and family. The inspiration for my page today came from all three of these things.
First, I wanted to create the look of a patchwork quilt on my background. I cut a series of hexagon shapes out of several Pink Paislee patterned papers on my Cricut Expression.
I arranged them on my page to find a combination that was pleasing to the eye, and then before adhering them down, I stitched around the edges.
Next, I wanted to add some sort of star embellishment to my page. In my son’s room he has three barnwood 3-dimensional stars. I loved the look of the worn black finish and wanted to duplicate that on my page. The Honeycomb paper from the Queen Bee Collection was the perfect choice. I cut out two 2.5″ stars, one 3.5″ star, and one 4.5″ star.
Now it’s time to make the star 3-dimensional . . . you will be surprised at how simple this is! All you need to do is score the star from each tip to the opposite indent of the star, like this.
Continue around the star, scoring each tip until you have done all of them.
Next, pinch and fold each star tip, as shown.
The result is a beautiful, 3-dimensional star accent.
Adhere a few foam dots together, add them to the underside of your star, and you are ready to adhere it to your page.
Here is the final project with a few detail shots.
Patterned Papers: Cream Ledger & Red Star (Shine - Starlight Collection), Black Solid (Honeycomb - Queen Bee Collection), Red Solid (Postcards – Amber Road), Black Houndstooth (Front Porch - Bayberry Cottage Collection), Stripe and Blue Ledger (Santa’s Workshop - Mistletoe & Co. Collection), Starburst and Dark Red Ledger (Glow - Starlight Collection), Blue Polka Dot (Gazebo – Bayberry Cottage Collection), Blue Floral Pattern (Daydream – 365 Degrees Collection), Red Polka Dot (Naughty or Nice – Mistletoe & Co. Collection), Blue Houndstooth (Trellis – Bayberry Cottage Collection), Black Floral Paper (Flower Garden – Bayberry Cottage Collection). Alphabet: Artisan Elements – Alphabets.
Thanks for coming by today! I hope you are enjoying your family this summer!
Stunning! I LOVE the patchwork and the stars! Thanks for the tutorial and the inspiration! Also, the Artisan Elements Alphas are gorgeous, my new must have for sure. TFS!
This is beautiful, Jana!
This is fabulous! The patchwork is terrific. Those stars are just awesome. And the alphas are just plain ol’ WOW. I didn’t realize how incredible they were!
Beautiful layout! What a clever tips for the stars, I wouldn’t have believed they were so easy if I hadn’t seen it.
This is gorgeous! Those stars are amazing, can’t wait to try that!
Love how the stars were made:-) really cool technique.. adore todays layout!
Gorgeous LO!!!
This page is gorgeous! I LOVE the hexagonal patchwork of papers, and those stars are fabulous. I never would have believed they could be so easy to make. I’m totally in the mood to go make some now. Thanks so much for the tutorial and the wonderful inspiration.
love this!! you captured the tone of the season perfectly!
Wow, Jana, this is really awesome! Thanks for the tutorials!
Beautiful – a scraplift for sure!!
This is how I wanted to make stars till I settled on pin-wheels, thanks!
Wow. Totally. Wow. The patchwork looks fab and thanks so much for the 3d star details – definitely got to give them a go.