I love Christmas, and nothing makes me happier to do a x-mas page. I find I use Christmas Tree’s an awful lot. Buying these stickers over and over can become expensive. So I sat down and came up with my own way of making Christmas Tree’s. I hope you find it useful!
Step 1: Making the Tree
Punch out some green hearts (Hint: This is a great way to use up some of your smaller scraps running around). You can see in the picture that I’ve turned all the green hearts upside down, and started glueing them in row’s. The rows get slightly smaller as you get to the top of your tree, finishing with one heart. I recommend that you glue these heart to some card stock, then cut around the final produt to create a christmas tree you can move around, until your page is set up exactly how you want it. This way tends to cut down on mistakes in the long run. Versus getting your page set up and glueing it directly (if you make a mistake, it’s impossible to rip up and start again).
Step 2: Decorating your Christmas Tree
There are so many different ways to decorate your X-mas tree. Here are 2 examples I’ve done:
a) To create the garland I used glue (that dries clear) or crystal laquer then dusted it with some glitter. (Hint: Ensure that your tree has completly dried before using glitter. If you don’t glitter will stick all over your tree as well as where the garland sits) To create the x-mas balls on the tree I simply used a punch on different coloured paper.
b) On the next tree I used 3D paint to create both the garland and the balls. I found I was able to control the paint easier than the glitter (it took me several tries and many ruined x-mas trees before I manage to have a good garland with glitter). Using the paint was also faster for the balls then punching and glueing circlar paper. (Hint: If your not concerned with ensuring everything is acid free you can pick up cheap 3D paint that is usually used on T-Shirts)
Here is how I used these 2 Christmas Trees in a Page:
I hope you find this useful in scrapbooking.
