Well it was confirmed that it was a tornado that came through here Monday afternoon.  1/4 mile wide and made a 25 mile path through our county.  I found out yesterday that the street just past ours had trees down and maybe even one on a house – that is what a neighbor told us.  There was a huge crane there late yesterday – I could see it from my sunroom.  They said 400 homes were damaged, most of them right here near us.  Luckily no one was seriously hurt.

Today I have another mini card – it is a pinwheel card and I’m going to try to show and explain how to make the pinwheel.  I have actually made them two different ways so I’ll try to describe both.  But first here is the finished card.

I used the Big Top DSP – the base is Real Red, then a layer of Whisper White with a little strip of punched Tempting Turquoise.  The happy birthday is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  The stars on the envelope are from Extreme Elements set – I used them because the paper had stars.

So here is how you made the pinwheel.  Start with a square piece of paper.  Fold one point to the opposite so you get a triangle – do this in both directions and you end up with a cross through the paper.  On the fold lines you will cut from the outside corner toward the center and stop about 1/4″ from the center of the square.

Now what you will be doing is taking all points from the same side and folding them in to the center – you need to slightly cross over the center.  Do this one at a time. To help them stay in place put a little bit of adhesive on each point.

fold first point across the center

fold the point in to the center - overlap the first point

now the third point comes across

and the fourth point comes across

Once all four points are across the center you will use the paper piercer to poke a hole through all four points and the center of the square.  Then put a brad through – I put a small turquoise circle on the brad before poking it through.

Another method to get to this point is to punch a hole through each point and thread them on the brad and then through the center of the square.  This can be trickier for some people but then you are sure to have a hole in each point, you don’t need to use adhesive and you don’t need to overlap the points quite as much.

I put this on my card with  a Stampin’ Dimensional.  Mine is a tiny one but you could make them any size you want by adjusting the size of the square that you are starting with.

Since this one had so many pictures I’ll wait and finish the mini cards tomorrow.  Have a great day!