Home Made Christmas Cards-- Card 1-- Star

Last winter - I guess it was in February- I saw some Christmas Cards that were originally priced for $12.00 for $1.50.  The only problem is they were for inserting photos to the front.  I have decided to be creative and to try a few different ways of doing them.  So far, I have done only 3-- how many days until Christmas??  Anyway, as I do new designs, I will post them.

The first uses a technique called Iris Folding.  There are many free patterns for this on-line, but the one I used was Circleofcrafters.com.   This was what I started with:

Pattern
Card Stock Paper
Ribbon
Scotch Tape
Utility Knife
Scissors

 

I took the pattern and placed it on top of the red card stock and I used a pencil to trace around the lines of the perimeter of the pattern.   This left a dent in the card stock that I was able to see and cut out the star shape.  

This is the pattern.  I taped the card stock to the top of the pattern so that I could follow the lines.  I also cut the pattern guide off so that I could see the numbers that I had to cover with each color.  The side of the card stock viewed is the back.

I began taping the ribbon over the spaces following the pattern guide.

When I had covered the last one- the Iris- I turned it over and this is what I had.

I then put it in the card.