Monday, December 10, 2012

Oh, Christmas Tree!



I've been dying to do something creative and Christmasy but I haven't come up with any ideas until now. For some reason this popped into my mind in the middle of the night and I couldn't wait to get up and work on it. It is so dark and rainy here in Pittsburgh today so my photos aren't the best.

I recently saw these trees on The Graphics Fairy and wanted to use them for something. I printed the tree in two different sizes and sprayed them with adhesive and covered them in fine glitter from Martha Stewart. I love her glitter!! The adorable little girl is also from The Graphics Fairy. She is too cute!

I cut out a disc of cardboard and made a tab at the bottom of each tree and the girl and glued it to the disc.
I forgot to say that before I glittered the trees I glued toothpicks to the back to make them stronger. I used some seam binding pieces to hold the trees up.

I added some fake snow to the front and stuck small pieces in between the trees.

Then I found a tray and some beads and then added a glass dome. With the size of this dome I probably could have made a bigger tree. 



It was fun to work on! I hope you are having a fun, creative month!

10 comments:

  1. Wonderful, really lovely - have a Merry Christmas.

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  2. Wow this is WONDERFUL! I need to go look at those trees LOL - and putting it all under a glass dome was a perfect idea! Well done...J

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  3. Dear Susan your Christmas dekoration is so sweet and wonderfully made, love what you have made.
    Hugs Anni

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  4. Very creative Susan, and so this idea might keep me up tonight thinking about creating something similar - but I have no dome!
    Joyeux Noël.

    Mary in Oregon

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  5. What a great idea. I love those trees from G.F.

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  6. WOW, when I first saw your trees I thought they were bottle brush ones!
    Beautiful Christmas creation.
    hugs Lynn

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