Paper – Page 66 – unikatissima's

Self-made Envelopes

Now there lies a lot of gift wrapping paper around at most of our homes and we have to think about what to do with it.
One possibility is to make envelopes from it – if it’s not too Christmassy then there’s no problem and if it is, then it’s great for the next year, after all Christmas always comes completely surprisingly ;-)
For me at least ;-)

Links:
Make your own envelopes.
via: HOW TO – Make Your Own Envelopes from Recycled Paper
via: Google image search result for ‘Recycled Envelopes’

More templates, instructions and inspiration:
Templates
Freebie Templates

Instructions :
Recycled Calendar Envelopes
Recycled Gift Crafts – search for Recycled Envelopes
Recycled Envelopes and Note Cards

Inspiration:
Sonata’s Sent to you Recycled Envelopes
Set of 5 handmade fairy tale envelopes

Iamond Lantern

Links of entry

No, no, ‘iamond’ is no typing error, these things are called like this and are nothing else than shapes composed from equilateral triangles.
Here somebody went the (for me crucial) step further and made nice lantern diagrams from.
I still must find out whether they really can be used as lanterns.

The paper lampshade on the other hand is also made from nearly equilateral triangles.

Links:
Iamond Lantern (iamonds)
The actual folding diagram (GIF file, ca. 16 KB)

About shapes made from equilateral triangles (Polyiamond)

Here at unikatissima:
Paper Lampshade

Tree Ornament

Links of entry

Recently I presented an ornament from mini wool skeins, I like these here, too: made from cardboard and decorated with beautiful paper or fabric.

What do you think? :))

Links:
tree ornaments from scraps with tutorial! (complete w/ photos)
via: Ornament

Seven Flower Pop Up Card

Links of entry

Recently I needed a Birthday card. I wanted to make something with a bunch of flowers and then remembered the Seven Flower Pop Up Card.

It was easily made, it just took a little bit time.
I used some pages from a bedclothes catalogue where the colours matched as paper ;-)
And I suggest to read the instructions thoroughly: First I glued the whole petals together and then the bunch of flowers didn’t open.
Luckily I could take everything apart and then I glued only the tips of the petals together.

unikatissima Seven Flower Pop Up Card With pop up cards I always find it difficult to decide what to make on the front of the card.
But here I didn’t have any problem: I simply made two more flowers that I didn’t cut but glued on the card. Some dashed lines with a felt tip pen – and the card was done.
As well the sender as the receiver are very satisfied with the results ;-))

Links:
Seven Flower Pop Up Card

Wallpaper Gift Wrap

Links of entry

I mean to say that the photo convinced me that wallpaper as gift wrap is eminently suited!
And if you went in cardmaking a little bit, too, you surely still have same wallpaper rests laying around ;-)

Links:
Wallpaper Gift Wrap (bugs and fishes by lupin: Gift Wrap Ideas #7: Wallpaper)

Modular Rectangular Box

Links of entry

I find those rectangular folded boxes absolutely great!

Unfortunately I discovered them too late, but if you haven’t begun yet (oops! ;-)), they are great for an Advent calendar, too ;-)
But take your time, I once made an Advent calendar from similar, but square boxes (instructions from a book) and it took foreeever to finish it.
I use it nearly every year though and it is still beautiful ;-)

And apart from that you can still use them for the Christmas gifts, I think that it would look wonderful, too :)

Links:
Modular Rectangular Box , Version A

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘Advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘box’

Positive-Negative Card

unikatissima Positive-Negative Card

Links of entry

While searching my instructions I found Positive – Negative Pumpkin! back and thought: ‘Yes, that’s exactly right for a snowman’.
It’s cute, isn’t ist??

unikatissima Positive-Negative Card
You need a coloured card for the background, white paper, pencil and scissors (or X-acto knife).
I always need an eraser, too ;-))

unikatissima Positive-Negative Card
First I trimmed the paper to the right size.
I left a small border to the edge of the actual card because I like it better this way.

unikatissima Positive-Negative Card
Then I sketched my snowman.
I made a PDF file (~ 55 KB) from my snowman template, so you can make your own snowman card :))

unikatissima Positive-Negative Card
Here I just layed the elements out – they still have to be glued on.

unikatissima Positive-Negative Card Finally I pricked two holes in the card left and right of the neck and pulled two threads of wool through, that I knotted under the snowman’s ‘chin’.
I still like him everytime I see him ;-))

Links:
Template for snowman PDF file (~ 55 KB)

Positive – Negative Pumpkin! – scroll down to ‘Kid’s Korner’

Rolling Pin Prints II

Links of entry

I wrote already an entry about rolling pin prints, even so I find this instruction interesting, too.
As she says: you can use it easily to design your own gift wrap and it won’t take long until you possibly need some gift wrap ;-))

Links:
Rolling Pin Prints (Fabric Background Rollers – More Play Time)
More Rolling Pin Prints (More Rollers, More New Prints)

Here at unikatissima:
Rolling Pin Prints