Great Foliage for Flower Gardens
Living in England for over thirty years, I am well acquainted with the chocolate box images of an English cottage garden. Memories of towering delphiniums against a
Mexico is home to so many talented metal artists who create amazing embossed metal art, works out of tin, and some stunning jewelry too. In honor of the upcoming cinco de mayo, I thought I’d share a Mexican inspired project with you today.
I will show you how you can easily make beautiful Tin-Like Stars using aluminium embossing foil.
I know that some of you are not interested in using metal for crafting. No worries. These same steps can be used to create these stars using metallic paper or a thin piece of cardboard from a cereal box that you can spray paint.
Note: If you are using paper or cardboard, the score lines shown in these pictures are just fold lines. There is no need to score a line – just fold.
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ToggleThese were fun to make and they look great. Add a string to hang them, attach them to a board and frame, or just display like I did.
If you enjoyed this project, we’d appreciate if you’d pin it. Thanks for sharing!
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