Wine Bottle Cork Apple Stamp

 
The link to the instructions - http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2011/09/wine-cork-stamp-rosh-hashana-cards.html

These cork stamps are simple to make and the end results look really great, I'm going to give it a 5 star rating because I'm just so impressed with how it turned out and you can use the stamps on anything, I decided to make wrapping paper as you can see below, it's such a nice and simple idea to do with your wine bottle corks, I LOVE it.

Potty Paper Pots

Instructions to Make Item - http://www.niftythriftythings.com/2011/02/its-in-news.html

I think this newspaper pot looks brilliant and its eco-friendly. I’m going to give the project a 4 star rating because I love the way it looks, it recycles old newspapers and its really fun to do on a sunny afternoon. However, I’m going to lower the overall rating to a 2 star rating because the items that I made didn’t turn out how it looks above. I found the instruction on the website a bit confusing and not very clear on what to do which is why I attempted the project twice. The first time round I still had the string attached, as it doesn’t say when to take it out. The second time round I didn’t use string and used lots of paperclips, which made the project very tricky, I also did it with extra-long bits of newspaper, attaching two bits with sticky tape and it resulted in it looking like a vase. Below are some pictures of what I made.

This isn’t a great Picture of my first attempt (top right corner) but it’s all I have at the moment.

This is my second attempt

Pop Up Happy Birthday Card

Here is the link to the instructions - http://ohhappyday.com/2011/05/diy-pop-up-cards/

This was a really nice project that me and my partner did it together (he did the cutting, I did the sticking) we found it really enjoyable and the overall result looks brilliant. I’m going to give it a 5 star rating just because of how easy, fun and timeless it was. The only thing I noticed is that the written instructions lack a little depth; however the step-by-step pictures make up for this. Another plus is that the design is really versatile and below you can see how we changed our card.

Picture above is the front of the card

Stellated Dodecahedrons

Link to the instructions- http://www.minieco.co.uk/great-stellated-dodecahedron/#

This looks brilliant and when I was printing the sheets out for the pattern I didn’t think it would be very difficult. Oh how I was wrong, I'm going to give it a star rating of 3 because I think it looks brilliant and even though I have found it difficult I have enjoyed the challenge. For me, the most difficult bit was the sticking of the triangle and then what to do to make it into a sphere of spikes, my first attempt broke, oops, my second attempt is shown below and finally third time lucky, it all came together, as you can see in the picture below. This project was good; it’s nice to challenge yourself once in a while.  

2nd attempt-                                                                                        3rd attempt - 

                                              

Diamonds Are For Ever

These paper diamonds are a nice little time buster. I am going to give it a 4 star rating because I found the sticking the most fiddly bit as the flaps are a little small (but you could always print the pattern out bigger). The last flap was a bit tricky to stick into place because I didn’t want to squish the diamond. You also need access to a printer for the pattern, I was lucky enough to use my partner’s printer. Overall, I like them and have made a few, lets’ face it, it’s the closes I’m gonna get to a diamond for a long while Haha.  

Here’s the link- http://www.minieco.co.uk/3d-paper-diamonds/#

Below are the few that I made. (coming soon)