Tuesday Tutorial - Christmas Angel

Good morning, I am squeezing in a little more Christmas magic for todays tutorial. These little angels are fun to make and can be made to stand on a side or hung on the tree.

First of all find a small circular shape to draw around on some pattern paper. I used an old feeding bowl! Choose the paper you would like to be the 'dress' and draw around on the reverse side before cutting it out. I have used Notebook - With Love paper.

Next cut the circle in half. I did this by folding it in half and cutting down the score line.

Ink the round edge with white pigment ink and heat emboss with gold powder. Next take one half and wrap around to make a cone shape.

Take some of the gingham ribbon and sew a gathering stitch to create a circle, I have used the Coming Home Trims.

Secure this over the neck of the cone.

I then cut out some butterfly wings using the Xcut Decorative Die - Butterflies in the Vintage Shop - French Lace and ink the edges as before. You can use any type of butterfly die or you could freehand cut your own.

I then sandwiched them together as shown below so they were stiffer. You then need to punch out two circles and add them either side of the atenna, don't forget to add the thread for hanging! Don't worry if any bits over hang as these can be trimmed off.

Glue this to the back of one of the cones tucking the tip of the cone on the inside of the two circles. Roll up some of the Notebook - With Love paper to create some little arms and add to the cone.

Add a Christmas greeting and some Vintage Shop 3D roll up flowers along the bottom of the greeting. Punch out some small holly leaves in the Cricket and Lagoon paper and fold in half before adding to the base of the angel. Embellish with some red adhesive stones.