Friday 23 December 2011

Christmas Basket with a Tutorial

Merry Christmas!
Just one day to go - at least here in Norway :)
Today I'll show you a Christmas Basket I made for one of my crafting classes this December.
It has a hexagon shape, and it's quite easy and fun to make, so I thought I'd even give you the tutorial on how to make it your self :)
The basket is of course embellished with beautiful items from Wild Orchid Crafts!




Embellishments from Wild Orchid Crafts:


How to make this Christmas Basket:


This is what you’ll need:
1 Cardstock + 1 strip of size 4,5 x 30 cm
Designer paper
Adhesives
Glue
Ruler
Papercutter/Scoreboard
Scissors
Edge puncher
Spellbinders circle or doily or something similar
Embellishments

Basket:
Cut 6 squares of cardstock in size 10 x 10 cm.
Cut and fold like the template says:
Use the edge puncher on top of each part.


Cut 6 panels of designer paper in size 7 x 7,5 cm.
Cut as the template says:
Glue the pieces of designer paper on the parts of cardstock.
Glue the parts together so they become a hexagon shaped basket.


Bottom:
Construate a hexagon like this: Draw a circle with a radius of 4 cm. Mark a point on the circle, then a new point 4 cm from the first, a new one 4 cm from the second…and so on, until you have 6 points on the circle. Draw straight lines from point to point, until you have a hexagon. Cut out the hexagon, and glue it to the bottom of the baskets inside.

Punch out a Spellbinder shape and glue it underneath the bottom of the basket, as a plate.


Handle:
Cut a strip of cardstock in size 4,5 or 5 x 30 cm.
Use the edge puncher on both sides of the strip.
Cut a strip of designer paper in size 2,5 x 30 cm, and glue it to the strip of cardstock.
Glue the handle to the inside of the basket.

The basket is now ready to be embellished!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Creative New Year!


Christmas hugs from Lena Katrine

4 comments:

  1. hiya sweetie
    thanks for this great tutorial hunni
    it's absoluty gorgeous
    merry christmas and a happy new year to all
    hugs angelique

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  2. These baskets are stunning Lena, thanks for the tutorial.
    Hugs Cheryl

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  3. Absolutely gorgeous basket and thanks so much for the great tutorial too.
    Have a wonderful christmas and a happy new year as well, and hope to see loads more of great things from you in the new year again.

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