Designer and craft demonstrator Vivian Peritts explains how to make two unique paper lampshades using decorative punches, paper edgers and paper-layering techniques. Blue Snowflake Lampshade Materials:
18" x 24" sheet of blue bark paper
Large sheet of plain paper for pattern
White chalk pencil
McGill Craft PunchesB.: Giant Snowflake and Long-Reach Snowflake
McGill UniquedgeB. scissors and super-large designs straight-edged scissors
White lampshade
Clothespins
White glue
- Make a pattern for the lampshade by laying it down on its side on top of a large sheet of paper. Line up the seam with one of the paper's edges. As you roll the shade, mark with a pencil along the top and bottom. Roll the shade until you reach the seam. Mark the second line 1/2" beyond the first measurement so you have an overlap at the seam for gluing. Cut out the pattern with straight-edged scissors.
- Lay the pattern on the wrong side of the blue bark paper. Use the white chalk pencil to mark the shade all around (figure A). Use straight-edged scissors to cut the ends and decorative-edged scissors to cut the top and bottom. The decorative edging should not go above the white line on the bottom of the shade or below the white line on the top of the shade (figure B).
- This pliable paper may be folded once (not creased) so you can stamp giant snowflakes near the center of the shade (figure C).
- The long-reach snowflake may be punched many times to fill in.
- When you've finished the design, glue the seam, and place it over the white shade. Hold in place with clothespins (figure D).
Leaf Lampshade Materials:
12" x 24" piece of two-sided brown/tan bark paper
16" x 18" piece of pale yellow paper for shade
McGill Giant Punch: Oak Leaf and Maple Leaf
McGill Giant Pinking Uniquedge scissors and Small Pinking Uniquedge scissors
McGill PunchlineB. craft punch, 1/8" hole, square
One 8 1/2" x 11" sheet Keep a MemoryB. mounting adhesive by Therm O Web
1 yard white cotton cording
2 1/4"-long twigs, one for each square hole
Tacky GlueB.
Crochet hook
Clothespins
- Make a lampshade pattern (see snowflake shade instructions above).
- With a pencil, lightly draw the shade pattern on the back side of the paper.
- Trim the top of the shade with small pinking scissors just above the top line of the shade. Trim the bottom edge with large pinking scissors so that the longest points are 1" below the bottom outline. It helps to lightly draw a 1" guideline below the bottom outline (figure E).
- Use the square punch to make a row of punches just below the lower outlines of the shade and approximately 3/4" apart. Erase all pencil guidelines (figure F).
- Punch a 1/8" circle in the center of each of the down points at the bottom edge of the shade (figure G).
- Cut the bark paper into two pieces. Cut the mounting adhesive sheet in half. Remove the paper backing from the adhesive, and place one piece on the brown side of the half-sheet of bark paper and the other on the tan side of the second half-sheet. Punch about 15 oak leaves from the brown paper and the same number of maple leaves from the tan. Remove the paper backing, and apply the leaves to the shade (figure H).
- Use a crochet hook to pull a loop of the cord through the first square hole. Push one twig through the loop. Put a little glue behind the twig, and pull the loop tight. Move on to the next square, and pull up a loop. Continue across the shade (figure I).
- Glue back the seam of the shade. Glue the ends of string neatly inside the shade. Place the shade over a purchased shade (figure J).
RESOURCES :
Vivian Peritts, author, designer and demonstrator
Paper punches and decorative-edged scissors
McGill Inc. / Craftivity
Marengo, IL 60152
Phone: 815-568-7244
Fax: 815-568-6860
Email: sales@mcgillinc.com
Website: www.mcgillinc.com
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