The holiday season is the perfect time for papercrafters, as there are decorations and gifts to make, packages to decorate and cards to create. Spirelli is an easy technique to use for all of these crafts. It is quick and easy, and looks extremely impressive. Spirelli is a Dutch word for string art and it has become very popular for paper crafters. Today we are making a spirelli ornament for the Christmas tree. Changing the colors will also make a beautiful ornament to hang in your window. Making only the front 2 sections of the ornament results in a very impressive design to put on the front of a card or decorate a package with. You will need:
Spirelli punches, 2 different sizes – I used Spirelli Flower Punch Small and Medium
Cardstock – I used green glitter, solid red
Threads- I used Kreinek Metallics #8 Fine Braids 002 Gold and 001 Silver
Glue Dot Mini and Pop
Scissors
1. Punch 2 red circles with the medium punch, and 2 green discs with the smaller punch.
2. Pick up one of the red discs and apply a mini glue dot to the back. Adhere the silver thread to the back with the glue dot, and bring the thread up and over to the front of the disc. Wrap the thread across the front of the disc and pass it thru the valley between the 6th and 7th petal. Bring the thread across the back of the disc and pass it to the front one valley to the left of the starting spot. Cross over the front and pass the thread thru the valley one spot to the right of the first spot.
Continue in this manner, rotating the disc counter clockwise and keeping the thread taunt. When you have come back to the starting point, secure the thread with a mini glue dot on the back and cut the thread. Set this piece aside, and repeat with the second red disc.
3. Take a green punched disc and use the gold thread to make your design. For the green discs, pass the thread over 8 petals instead of 6. This will make a smaller opening in the center of your disc. Repeat with the second green disc.
4. Secure the green discs to the front of each red disc with a pop dot glue dot.
5. Cut an 8” piece of thread, and secure both cut ends to the back of one of the red shapes with a mini glue dot. Use additional glue dots to secure the red shapes back to back, with the hanging thread sandwiched between.
6. Proudly hang your finished ornament on the tree.
