Christmas Tree Cards
Paper Garland Decorated Tree Card
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Sparkling Tree Card
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Materials
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Hand-made layered paper
Sparkling Tree Instructions
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1. Ink the edges of the 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 hand-made paper.
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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 the 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.
Finished Garland.
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6. Tape the garlands to the tree (as shown)
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7. Using craft glue, adhere the garlands to the tree on the front, using a dot of 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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