Christmas Special #3 Poinsettia 6-Point Star Tutorial

Ok, so I'm just a teeny bit behind in posting these specials...(family priorities do take precedence...so hopefully you understand).  Hang in there with me and I'll get these all out to you sooner or later! Thank you for your patience! I don't think I'll get to all the specials by December 14, which is tomorrow? so...I'll just keep going with these until I get all 12 specials to you! I'll also make available all my kits WHILE SUPPLIES LAST...fair enough?

One other note-don't forget that I'm offering 10% off any Retiring sets or accessories thru Friday December 14!

Ok-on to the 3rd Christmas Special project....a 6-POINT STAR!

This idea originally came from a PaperCrafts magazine...I thought it was pretty cool and it seemed easy enough to do, so I gave it a try when I made a 6-point star ornament for an ornament swap with my demonstrator downline group-the S.O.S. Team (stands for S.aving O.verwhelmed S.tamper!) in November using Stampin' Up!'s Dashing Designer Series paper (which is still available for purchase till the end of December, but it is on the retired list!) and it came out really nice. Demonstrators don't have to come up with all their ideas on their own-we pick a theme, or a stamp set or product and we each come up with one idea and make enough for all demos participating...then SWAP our cards at our monthly downline meetings, group events, Stampin' Up! Convention, Leadership Conferences and so on...it's so cool to come back from a Convention or large gathering of demonstrators, with hundreds of card samples-all different! But each of us has to come up with only one design....With a brand new year just around the corner, January is a fantastic time to become a demonstrator! (to learn more about becoming a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, check out the links on the left to my Stampin' Up! website!) Be sure to let me know if you decide to give it a try-I'll be happy to answer any questions you have-just e-mail me!

Ok...sorry to digress! Back to our star...

I just LOVE this paper and will really miss it! I'm still creating with what I have left though... here is what this star ornament looks like:

I used circle punches for the dangling greeting, Crop-O-Dile and red eyelet, Dashing Paper and of course, red gingham ribbon! (love using that ribbon for holiday things...)

I was playing around with the star and wondered how it would look to turn the star around the other way and then it came to me-my next ornament.....

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

a POINSETTIA! Fire Circle Rhinestone brads are what make this ornament and finish it off nicely....

Of course these stars should not be limited to ornaments...get creative with them and attach them to presents, make cards with them, and see what other ideas you can come up with! If you have other ideas for these stars, please post them in the comments section! I'd love to hear what ideas you can come up with for these!

I made a bunch of these projects for the craft fairs, and knew I should have made more...a few folks bought one and a couple there, then one lady came back and bought ALL of them! I bet she was giving them as office gifts to her friends...as she was naming them one by one-and finally just said-"I'll take them all!" Gotta love it when that happens! Next time I'll have to make alot more of these!

These are surprisingly easy and fun to make!

I've created a tutorial to show you how these are made, and you can take your pick-purchase the supplies to make your own or the finished product kit! Just click on the tutorial to learn how to make these cool stars;

6-point Star Poinsettia Tutorial

Enjoy the snow! Thanks for stopping by,

Debbie