thursday...toothpick flags tutorial

Flags and banners are big in the scrapbooking world right now so I thought it would be fun to have a step-by-step on how to make toothpick flags with your scraps!


Step 1. Trim three coordinating pieces of paper to about 2"x1" and gather 3 toothpicks from your kitchen.


Step 2. Cut a V on each pattern paper.


Step 3. Wrap a piece of the paper around the toothpick and hold it tight until the glue dries.


Step 4. Add embellies: stars, flowers, butterflies, circles, stamped sentiments, buttons-anything you want. You now have three small flags to use in your project!

Here is the birthday card that I made with my flags:

Supplies-
cardstock: Bazzill;
patterned paper: My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Two 6x6 designer paper pad-Breeze;
ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Vintage Photo), StazOn Archival Ink (Jet Black);
stamp: Basic Grey Delta Series Acrylic Stamps Birthday Hat;
tools: Tim Holtz Paper Distresser;
other: buttons from my stash, sewing machine 

and a close up of  my embellies:

I hope that you enjoyed this embellie step by step tutorial and can make good use of those scraps! I used Sketch Support's Bonus Sketch #9.