Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Design of the Week - Party Hats

Free Silhouette Design of the Week.  Party hats by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog

I had a ball with this week's free party hat design from Silhouette. I made a hat for my niece Elle's 2nd birthday, plus some extra ones for her teddies and she loved them!

What you’ll need: 

  • Silhouette CAMEO
  • Paper / Card
  • Free Silhouette cut file

STEP ONE: Prepare and Cut the Design

For the teddy hats, I kept the design size unadjusted and cut two per A4 sheet.  For Elle's hat, I rotated by 90 degrees and resized to 19cm x 29cm so it would fit the A4 page.

STEP TWO: Assemble

Roll the card into a cone shape and stick edges using the adhesive of your choice - I used double-sided tape.

Free Silhouette Design of the Week.  Party hats by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog

Free Silhouette Design of the Week.  Party hats by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog

 

STEP THREE: Decorate

The design comes with rings, polka dots and a tassel.  I used a shiny silver sticker paper for the polka dots and rings.  Instead of the tassel, I decided to go retro and have pom-poms instead.  I matched this with mini pom-pom trim along the bottom.  On one of the teddy hats I added rhinestones long the centre of some ruffled ribbon.

I also made accordian rosettes, with the help of my Silhouette to cut the rectangle and then score all the fold lines.  Adhere the ends together to make a ring, then gather and press flat, as shown below.  Glue a circle either side to hold the rosette in place.

Rosette embellishment for  Party hats.  Free Silhouette Design of the Week project by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog

Rosette embellishment for  Party hats.  Free Silhouette Design of the Week project by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog

I used some soft fold-over elastic for Elle's hat - kids are spoilt these days, as I remember the pingy elastic cord that used to snap against your chin still from childhood days!

THE FINISHED PRODUCT

Finished small and large party hats.  Free Silhouette Design of the Week project by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog
Pink pom-pom party hat with accordian rosette embellishment.  Free Silhouette Design of the Week project by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog

Party hat with pompom and ribbon ruffle.  Free Silhouette Design of the Week project by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog
Party hat with accordian embellishment and pompoms.  Free Silhouette Design of the Week project by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog
Toys wearing party hats.  Free Silhouette Design of the Week project by Nadine Muir for UK Silhouette Blog




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Light hold cutting mat for Cameo

2 comments:

  1. Wow - these are so cute and girly - perfect for a little one's birthday.

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  2. That just shows how a very simple design can be taken to a new dimension with a bit of imagination!

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