Cheri: Kristin’s ornament was so awesome that I have to admit I was a tad bit intimidated by this challenge. Actually, this type of challenge really brings out the best in both of us.
My ornament was made with scrapbook paper too.
I cut about 35 strips of paper and pushed a hole in all of them on both ends. I then took some floral wire that I had and made a loop in one end, and fed all the strips onto the wire. I then took the very last strip and threaded it on to the other end of the wire and continued to do this until all of them had been put on.
I fanned them out into a ball, and made a loop in the other end. I really like to use scrapbook paper that has stripes on it because the pattern seems to flow better. So one down 7 more to go.
the crafty sisters 
This is totally awesome. Gotta try one! Gotta get rid of some of that scrapbook paper somehow and this looks like a great idea!!
cool deal here thanks
I have done this by using all of my old Christmas cards. I also use gemmed brads instead of the floral wire to hold them together.
What a great idea. I will have to try that.
These are really pretty!
Thank you.
What a neat idea
I saw this & thought it would be a great idea to use a picture for my sister whos off at college 🙂 I love them!!
What size are the strips for this?
i think this is a neat idea. but the directions did not say what size the scrapbook paper or how wide the strips. thanks for sharing.
The strips on these are 1/2 inch wide and around 6 inches long. What is so cool about this project is all you really need to make sure is that they are all the same length, and that all the strips are the same width. When you put all the strips on the wire, you can experiment with how round you want it by moving the strips up and down the wire.
These are so pretty!!!! How many strips are used for each ball?
Hi Beth,
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I believe I used about 15 strips for each one of these ornaments. I have made some with more strips, but it gets a little hard to work with so many. I just cut a bunch of strips and start putting them on. I stop when it is nice and rounded.
I’m glad you like them.
Cheri
What a wonderful idea. Will be trying this; but how long and wide are the strips of paper. Thinkong about stringing together to make a garland and add to it each year with cards. Thanks for the idea.
You will probably never see this because I see that this this post is from quite a number of years ago. But, wow, what awful directions! First you said it was 35 strips of paper and then I look down in the comments to find out that it was only like 15. You never say anything about how long the wire should be or how long and how wide the strips should be. I’m very good at building things and I have spent over 2 hours on this and still cannot get this to fan out properly. I’m so disgusted at this point. I can only hope that sometime between 2012 and 2023 you have gotten better at directions. What a waste of time! I would love to know if anybody actually made any ornaments from this post.