Craft Focus - Dec 2017/Jan 2018 (Issue 64)

106 craft focus STEPS TOMAKE 1 2 3 4 5 PINECONES A quick festive make from Julia Gailes using the Sara Signature Traditional Christmas collection from Crafter’s Companion MATERIALS NEEDED • Sara Signature Traditional Christmas collection • Digi stamps from the CD • Printable light card • Silver glitter cardstock • Silver mirror cardstock • Polystyrene eggs • Sequin pins • Metallic thread • Sara Signature Traditional Christmas collection • Festive Greeting die • Border punch (optional) • Snowflake & circle dies • Ribbons, twine, flowers and beads • White copy paper • White tissue paper • Candle • Spectrum Noir markers • Greaseproof paper • Sakura Quickie Glue Pen • Glitter • 10in Cake Drum (these are the thicker-style boards) • Red Liner Tape • Collall Tacky Glue • Stick & Spray adhesive • Pearl Diamond Crafter’s Companion Spray & Sparkle TOOLS • Gemini die-cutting machine • Heat tool • Computer and printer • Hot glue gun • Paper piercing tool • Stapler 1. Print a patterned paper from the Sara Signature Traditional Christmas collection from the CD onto a sheet of printable light card. Cut the sheet up into 1in squares using a guillotine, punch or die. One sheet will create enough squares to create one pine cone. 2. Take one of the squares you’ve cut out and place it with the reverse white side facing you. Bring two adjacent corners towards the centre and fold them to create a point. Repeat this step with the remaining squares. 3. Pin four of the folded squares around the narrowest end of the polystyrene egg, ensuring that the points are placed together. Secure the folded squares by inserting a pin in the point and the top corners as shown. 4. Continue to pin more folded squares by working up from the previously pinned pieces up to the top to cover the polystyrene egg. Secure them in place with a pin in the top corners and leave the points free to dangle as they create the pine cone effect. 5. Die-cut a snowflake from silver glitter cardstock, thread a length of metallic thread through the centre and knot the ends together. Create a hole in the top of the polystyrene egg and push the knotted end into it, securing it with a touch of hot glue. 6 6. Push the die-cut snowflake down to the top of the polystyrene egg and embellish it as desired to add the perfect finishing touch to your pinecone! Julia Gailes has been crafting ever since she can remember and became addicted to cardmaking and papercraft six years ago. Her dreams came true when she started working in the Crafter’s Companion store at Newton Aycliffe. Thanks to Crafter’s Companion for this project. To find more projects visit the company’s website crafterscompanion. co.uk , and for trade enquires visit crafterscompaniontrade.co.uk .