purple balls

in a recent post i showed my DIY balls which i did in plane white ard and it looked quite good so i decided i wanted to make one in purple with some embossing on them and i realised just how long it is going to take me to make these if i want to make them into the trees that i want i better get cracking. this is how i made them. this one is using 8cm diameter circles

• first take plenty of thin card stock in purple.
• set a compass to 4cm (this is the radius of the 8cm circle) and load the pencil.
• draw as many circles that will fit onto a piece of card stock
• repeat until you have 20 circles.
• cut out all the circles and draw in an equilateral triangle where each point touches the edge
• (the angles of the triangle should be 60 degrees each)
• on the side that dosnt have the triangle on it stamp a design using a versa mark ink pad and sprinkle with embossing powder
• using a heat gun heat until the powder is set and place to the side to cool.
• when all circles are finished (or as many are required for the design) fold along the lines of the triangle
• glue together 5 of the circles into a circle for the top and repeat for the bottom
• glue the remainder of the circles to make a straight strip and link the first to the last to make a band
• when the glue is dried stick the top and bottom to the middle band and leave to dry.
• there you have your ball.

i plan on making these as in the previous post about the DIY magazine with the dowling rod in the centre and then fix it in a pot and then make some flowers to pop on them. i am going to have to make these in stages. i want 2 for the sides of our top table so that is 40 large circles, then i want 2 or 3 of the 8 cm ones for the cake table so that will be either 40 or 60 circles, then i want to make some smaller ones for the bar so if i wanted to make 5 that would be a whopping 100 circles, i only have 2 years 2 months and 4 days to go i think i may have to start them soon lol i will have to make the circles and emboss them and store them in a box as i dont think i have that much room to keep them.