I made these cones, also known as paper cornucopias or May Day baskets, for my kids to give to their teachers for Valentine's Day. You can tuck a little wrapped gift inside or put the gift inside wrapped with tissue paper or for a very special presentation you could wrap the gift in a vintage hankie. Another option is to use shredded paper and fill the cone with candy and treats.
The cones were made using 3D Scalloped Cone from Silhouette. I have a Cameo so I was able to cut them from full sheets of 12 x 12 paper for the largest cones. If you have a Silhouette SD they'll be smaller, closer in size to the diamond patterned cone I made. If you don't have electronic die cutting capabilities there are tons of cone templates online, like here and here.
After the cones were cut I glued them together and used a long reach stapler to add a little reinforcement along the back seam, probably not completely necessary but I didn't have to wait as long for the glue to dry. I cut the silhouette girls from Jenni's papers. The older girl is from Be My Guest and the little girl is from Haven. I layered the Haven girl on a JBS oval label sticker to match the other one, as seen on the diamond patterned cone.
I made full, loopy bows with seam binding. For a few of the cones I used two colors on each bow. I added the teachers' initials using JBS alterable alphas in the middle of the bows. I attached ric rac handles and the bows with hot glue.
They look cute on the inside too!
Red/Black Extension IV - School Dress
Other supplies:
Gold oval doily - Martha Stewart Crafts
Alternative ways to get an oval doily via Silhouette: Oval Doily, Doily Border Frame Oval
Vintage seam binding and ric rac - Ebay
These are georgous Briana...I esp love the one with the hankie tucked inside. So clever...
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you are on fire with creativity, briana! these are amazing!!
ReplyDeleteoh my dear gosh! these are just gorgeous briana
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely gorgeous!!! Thank you for sharing them!
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