Hello, friends! It’s Tania here with you today to show you to how make a simple overstated pinwheel embellishment to add whimsical touch to your next layout. Once you see how simple it really is, you’ll be adjusting the size of your beginning square to make them smaller or larger to suit your embellishing needs. While, I love the look of this oversized pinwheel, the mini ones really capture my heart.
Tutorial:
To get started, you’ll need to start with a square of patterned paper measuring 4” x 4”. Then, use a pencil to place a small dot in the middle of your square. Next, use a pair of scissors to cut from each point of your square in toward the middle dot, but stopping approximately ¼” from the dot. I eyeball the path of my cut, but if you want a perfectly straight cut you can use a ruler to draw faint lines from corner to opposing corner as a guideline prior to cutting.
Then, take the same point on all four sides and fold it in toward the center and adhere the point to the center pencil dot. I always fold in the left corner, rotate my square 90 degrees, fold in the left corner, rotate my square, etc. Glue dots are best for holding these in place.
Lastly, embellish the center of your pinwheel with a brad, rhinestone or stack of buttons. If you want to take it even a step further for a more finished look, you can use a bamboo skewer, or paper straw for larger pinwheels and toothpicks for smaller ones to help anchor it to your project.
Supply List:
White Cardstock (Carta Bella)
Turquiose Cardstock (Bazzill Basics Paper)
SS61014 Splendid Sunshine Element Stickers (Echo Park Paper)
SS61009 Pretty Pinwheels (Echo Park Paper)
SS61012 Flitter Flutter
SS61008 Terrific Triangles
SS61013 Cheerful Cherries
Medium & XL Cloud Punches (Fiskars)
Paper Straw
Buttons
Silver Mini Brads
Baker’s Twine (The Twinery)
You can find a similar tutorial inside our new FREE Idea book, which you can download HERE!
