Bunting

Mini bunting

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Trying to empty my scrap paper folder so made two mini bunting strings that will be named once the recipient is decided upon

This is simple triangle cutting (2 inches across the top and 3 inches from top to tip) from past Papercraft society folios and magazine free papers.

Once four stacks have been created (I glued two sheets of the flimsy magazine paper together so I had double sided prettiness to create patterns 3&4), I used a hole punch and threaded the triangles on ribbon to create my strings.

Minimum number of triangles to spell -eventually- ‘happy birthday’ is 19.

I am storing each string in a quick made envelope using a single sheet of craft magazine paper folded and stuck to make an A5 envelope, decoration is another string of bunting ready for the recipients name.

Mini envelopes

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I made a stack of these for advent ‘calendar’ bunting. I used squares of 15 cm lightweight paper (and half A4 sheets of magazine papers), scissors and glue. That’s it.

With pretty side face down fold 1 cm in from the right, then 1 cm in from the bottom then bring the left side over to the (folded) right edge and crease, then finally fold down 3 cm from the top.

Unfold and cut along the crease lines. Chamfer (angle off) the edges as shown.

Glue the pretty sides of the two 1cm remaining tabs. this leaves the top flap open until filled when it can be stuck down or tucked in

These pockets are great for little gifts or gift cards and can hung on a tree or sewn into bunting. Halloween versions are fast and an advent series could be hand numbered and pegged on a string.