Layered Paper Christmas Tree Cards
Paper Garland Decorated Tree Card
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Sparkling Tree Card
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Materials Required:
1. Layered paper. Click here for instructions on how to make the layered paper
2. Small strips of matching papers.
3. Sizzix Big Shot die cut machine
4. Sizzix Bigz Die: Tree, Christmas #2 (657370) and Sizzix Originals Die: Stars #2
5. Water based dye ink pad (I used Stampin UP's Classic Stampin' pad - Chocolate Chip)
6. "Merry Christmas" Stamp. I used a stamp from "Paper Craft Expressions Clear Cling Stamps - Christmas Clear Stamps J6412.04)
7. Self adhesive rhinestones
8. Double sided Sticky Tape
9. Card bases - gold / mocha (To make a card base take a piece of card 21cm x 15cm, score and fold in half). The Mocha card is Kaisercard weave "Mocha" (CD 110). The Gold card is from the Coredinations "Gemstones" pack.
10. Foam sticky dot
11. White craft glue
1. Layered paper. Click here for instructions on how to make the layered paper
2. Small strips of matching papers.
3. Sizzix Big Shot die cut machine
4. Sizzix Bigz Die: Tree, Christmas #2 (657370) and Sizzix Originals Die: Stars #2
5. Water based dye ink pad (I used Stampin UP's Classic Stampin' pad - Chocolate Chip)
6. "Merry Christmas" Stamp. I used a stamp from "Paper Craft Expressions Clear Cling Stamps - Christmas Clear Stamps J6412.04)
7. Self adhesive rhinestones
8. Double sided Sticky Tape
9. Card bases - gold / mocha (To make a card base take a piece of card 21cm x 15cm, score and fold in half). The Mocha card is Kaisercard weave "Mocha" (CD 110). The Gold card is from the Coredinations "Gemstones" pack.
10. Foam sticky dot
11. White craft glue
Layered Paper
Sparkling Tree Instructions
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1. Ink the edges of the gold card base.
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2. Die cut a christmas tree and star from your layered paper using the Sizzix Big Shot Machine (or similar) and the dies. If you do not have a die-cut machine, design your own tree and star shapes and cut them out of the layered card.
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3. Ink the edges of the die cut tree and star.
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4. Adhere the tree and star to the gold base card using double-sided sticky tape (for the tree) and a foam dot (for the star).
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5. Stamp "Merry Christmas" onto the tree using your stamp and ink
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6. Adhere self-adhesive Rhinestones to the boughs of the tree.
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Paper Garland Tree Instructions
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1. Ink the edges of your Mocha base card.
2. Die cut a Christmas Tree and star from your layered paper and ink the edges. (as shown above) |
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3. Make two paper garlands
To make a garland: Tape two thin (3-4mm wide, 360mm long) pieces of paper together at right-angles. |
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4. Trim off the excess tape.
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5. Fold the pieces, as shown, to create your garland. You need to repeat the four steps over and over to create the garland (to enlarge a picture, click on it).
Finished Garland.
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6. Tape the garlands to the tree (as shown)
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7. Using white glue, adhere the garlands to the tree on the front, using a dot of white glue underneath the centre of the garland. Allow to dry. You may need to use something to hold the garland in place while the glue dries)
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8. Adhere the star and tree to the base card, as shown.
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