There is no question that I am a HUGE fan of the Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board (which I blogged about earlier this season). So . . . I figured, why not share another project idea—just in time for the holidays—that utilizes this easy-to-use, ingenious tool.
For Martha’s Holiday Open House special on Hallmark Channel (which aired on Monday the 6th and will continue to air throughout December), these gorgeous paper medallions were used all over the Maple Avenue house at the Bedford farm to add depth and shine to Martha’s trees and to accent doorways and windows.
Along with the scoring board, all you need is a few readily available tools (ruler, craft knife, edge punches, hot-glue gun) and a pack of really good 12-by-12-inch paper to score and punch and fold these beautiful medallions to your heart’s delight!
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2 The Martha Stewarts photobooks Scoring Board – a must have item for any crafter!
3 For this project I used paper from the “Neutrals” Essential Paper Pad that comes in convenient 12″ by 12″ sheets.
4 I cut four 3″ wide strips from one sheet of paper. Here I used a craft knife and a ruler on a self-healing mat (all Martha Stewart photobooks products)…
5 …or you can use the Martha Stewarts photobooks Paper Trimmer to do the exact same thing.
6 Next, I punched one edge of each of the strips with the “Double Loops” Martha Stewart Crafts Edge Punch.
7 For an added effect on the inner part of the medallion, score the punched strip 1.25″ from the non-punched edge and fold the strip along the score.
8 I inserted the fold into the punch only 2/3 to 3/4 of the way. When punched, a fabulous pattern emerged without separating the paper along the fold.
9 Here, all four strips have been punched along the edge and along the scored fold as described in the previous slide.
10 Next, I scored the paper on the gold side, every 4 loops. (With other punches, I would score in the valleys of the punch, or even just every two inches.)
11 Here is the completely scored strip.
12 I then turned the strip over and scored every four loops, starting two loops in from the first score. This created opposite scores every two loops…
13 …that allowed each strip to be accordion folded as shown above.
14 I then glued all four of the strips together with hot glue to form one long strip.
15 Then I glued the ends of the strip together and turned the completed, folded loop on end.
16 I pushed the upper edges of the folded loop together and downward to create the circular medallion.
17 Applying hot glue in the center and allowing the glue to set completely, I held the medallion’s shape in place.
18 The glued medallion.
19 To cover the glued center of the medallion, and for some extra shimmer and fun, I added small medallions and paper dresdens to the center with hot glue.
Check out this gallery of my favorite medallions from the special. Notice the use of many different kinds of Martha Stewart Crafts edge punches and paper patterns, as well as paper dresdens and spun glass circles that add a special, shimmery touch to the center of each of the already spectacular medallions.
And last but not least, paper crafter Cindy Shattock of Schaumburg, Illinois, sent the folks over at TV crafts a fabulous idea of her own that utilizes the scoring board and paper medallions (or rosettes, as she calls them) to fashion a really impressive holiday tree.
In addition to being a mother of two and the very proud grandmother of a newly arrived little girl, Cindy is a sales associate at Archiver’s in Algonquin, Illinois. When given the task of making a very special gift for a fellow employee, Cindy turned to the scoring board for creative inspiration and this is what she came up with. I gave the project a try and was delighted with the result. You will be, too!
For complete instructions on how to make Cindy’s rosette tree, click here. (Be sure to follow Cindy’s instructions exactly—I messed up a bit and made scores every 1 inch instead of every 1/2 inch and while the tree still turned out pretty nice, I think Cindy’s is much nicer!)
1 Cindy’s gorgeous tree!
2 I prepped all of my medallions in various colors/patterns per Cindy’s specs (see the link above for instructions and a template) and I hot glued all of the medallions together using a circular punched piece of paper between each layer (as instructed).
3 The final result is just stunning! Thank you Cindy!
