Crafts Unleashed

As we prepare for the 4th of July I am reminded how fortunate I am to live in the USA!  I wanted to create something special for this time of year that would not only be in celebration of this special holiday, but that would reflect the pride I feel for my country by being on display year round.  So I decided to create something more non-traditional for the 4th of July holiday that I could leave up year round.  I also wanted to create that particular product to display another piece of my pride which is being a mom!  My daughter created a mug as part of another post right here on Crafts Unleashed.  Well, imagine displaying my pride for my country and also the pride I feel as a mother and you have the project you see above!  Not only that, but my daughter has a place to call her own to display her special mug and help herself to using it when she is thirsty.  What a great combination, huh?

Supplies
6557-88 3D Rustic Star with hook
KC30-625686 12×12 Specialty paper pad, greenhouse
AMT62131 Glue Runner, permanent

Instructions
1.  First you will need to create a pattern for your star panels.  I laid a piece of copy paper over one side section of my star and bent the edges on all 3 side and then cut it out with my scissors.  I had to cut it slightly smaller since I wanted to see some of the brown around the outside edges of my pattern.
2.  Once I had my pattern, I decided what patterned papers I wanted from my 12×12 specialty Greenhouse pad.  I cut out a total of 10 triangle shapes.
3.  Next I used my adhesive to attach all the shapes to the star.

What a simple project and just look how cute it is!  What an excellent place to hang a mug.  You could actually use this hook to hang a variety of items so go ahead and look past the mug and think of all the possibilities!

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