Wooden Christmas Tree and
Christmas Layout
by Sue Smyth
Hi Bloggers
Merry Christmas
Remember in my last post I mentioned the left over
wooden kids blocks.
Well this is what I did with them.
I have made a wooden Christmas tree.
You will need
1 set of blocks
1 small cake board
I old ribbon spool
Gel medium
Graphic 45 scrap papers
lots of Imaginarium chipboard.
Some blocks I have left and some I have covered.
Down the side I have left the word Christmas
When I arranged the blocks I made sure
to spell out the word as it spiraled around .
I have gold embossed stars, numbers and words
to place on the sides.
I have used a punch to punch out
squares of old Graphic 45 Christmas papers.
This is a neat way to use up all
of those postage stamp images they always have.
Add resin shapes and other Christmas elements
Paint one of the chipboard baubles with
white gesso. When dry cover with Dimensional magic
and sprinkle with white glitter.
Then add rhinestones and a
gingerbread man button
With the other bauble I have painted it red, then sprinkled
with white glitter. Then added a gold embossed
star and red rhinestone.
The small bracket frame, is gold embossed and
backed with a Christmas image.
The Star is gold embossed and I have added a
sunburst behind it and layered over another star.
Then add a large gold plastic gem.
This is how it started off, I have glued it all
together with lots of gel medium and allowed to dry
for a few days.
Then paint thoroughly with white gesso.
When dry spray with green dylusions and dry
brush over gold paint
To make the gold ring around the spool.
Simply die cut the centre from the fancy circles
and then gold emboss.
If the die does not cut through entirely it
is easy to use a blade to cut around the
almost cut shape to finish off.
This can easily slip over the centre of the
ribbon spool. I have lifted the top off the spool
to slip this on. But if you cannot do this
cut a small slit in one side and slip around the center that way.
Imaginarium Chipboard
and
Beautiful Layout
I love the look of snow on a layout, I wanted a good
contrast with my candlelight photo.
Here are some of my favourite ways of
creating a snowy feel.
For the trees, I have painted them with a thin coat of
gesso, allow to dry.
Then paint with thicker coat of gesso and
dry with the heat gun until it blisters and
bubbles.
When dry, adhere small pearl sequins across them.
Add pearls and blue rhinestones for shine and bling.
Under the rosette I have added a bunch of white cotton
to add to the layered look.
My Favourite way to treat Chipboard
Paint with white gesso
Then cover with Dimensional magic
Cover with white glitter and shake off excess.
The glitter sinks down into the Dimensional Magic
and gets soaked up.
The two advantages are that it drys quickly,
and you get very little glitter shed when it is dry.
Make your own Snowy Frame
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Paint Chipboard frame with white
gesso
Cover frame with Distress Crackle and
set aside to dry.
Spray with turquoise glimmer mist
and quickly wipe off excess with a
wet wipe. Leaving colour in the cracks.
Make your own Snow.
1 Tablespoon of Diamond Dust (or coarse Glitter)
1 Teaspoon of gesso
1/2 teaspoon of Dimensional magic.
Mix all together and store in
an air tight container until needed.
Use a paddle pop stick to pat snow onto
chipboard frame.
If you have a little trouble with it adhering,
just add a little Dimensional magic to the frame first
then pat down the snow.
Set aside to dry thoroughly(this may take a while)
I have made my layout on a corrugated card panel,
to begin I have peeled off the top layers.
Paint with 2 coats of gesso and
sprinkle with a little white glitter.
Then layer over papers as desired.
Imaginarium Chipboard
A Little Bonus
This is a little Christmas peg, decorated simply with
Imaginarium chip and coated with glitter
Hot glue onto a silver peg and this can
go on parcels, hold cards or even on the edges
of wine glasses.
Happy Crafting
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