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I am super excited about this lantern! It turned out so cute and it was so quick and easy to make! You could bust out a couple of these and some fishing wire and you have instant decorations for your next outdoor party! Here's a close up:
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Ok, on to the tutorial:
The first step is to cut a 12x12 piece of Designer Series Paper in half. This paper is key because you will be able to see inside your lantern, and it is always great when there is a coordinating color and pattern on the other side.
Then you are going to cut strips that are 1 1/2" wide, but make sure that you don't cut all the way through to the bottom of the paper. Leave about an inch at the bottom. Here's a picture of what I mean:
Continue cutting until you reach the end of your paper.
Then you will unfold your paper and pull the sides together. The next step is to glue the two overlapping strips to make your lantern. I added some fun strips of coordinating card stock to finish off the look. Here's one more picture of the finished project:
These are soooo cute! I love using craft papers for crafting not just scrapbooking (which I am so far quite lazy about!) Now following, please stop by and say hi when you have time :)
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I am inviting you to come and share this in my Show Your Stuff blog hop:
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Beautiful! I remember making lanterns similar to this at school - but never so pretty!
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Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/
Super cool! Thanks for sharing on Marvelous Mondays!
ReplyDeleteJulie
This is absolutely great. What a fun idea. Thanks for sharing. I also love the paper you chose. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com
ReplyDeleteI love this - so simple, yet so cute. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteSo adorable! I'm so glad you linked up at Romance on a dime's TIOT party!!
ReplyDeleteI used to spend hours making these as a kid using construction paper. I love this grown-up take on it.
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That's really cute!!
ReplyDeleteThose are very pretty and so simple! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAshley,
ReplyDeleteLove this lantern! So cute. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday each week. I appreciate YOU! Can't wait to see what you link up next :)
Michelle
adorable Lantern AShley!
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Too cute! I remember making lanterns as a child but they were not as pretty as this!! Thank you so much for sharing this at my Throwback Thursday party and I hope to see you again this week! :)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. Thanks for joining the party at One Creative Weekend!
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