Christmas Tree Decoration album
Christmas is almost upon us again and it's time to start making our xmas cards
and mini album gifts for our friends and family.
I made this
cute little tree ornament the other day and just had to turn it
into a mini album . I wasn't too sure how it would work out and if I would like
the end result but I must admit it turned out a lot better than I expected. I am
heading to NZ for xmas with my daughter this year and I wanted to make a groovy
ornament for the tree since I missed the big family xmas last year where each
family member was asked to provide 1 ornament each to hang on the tree. My
partner won't be joining us for xmas this year so it will be good to have him
hanging on the tree.
Christmas tree ornament album instructions
Christmas
ornament template (PDF)
| print of the pdf template and cut out the desired size.
Of course you can use your own shape if you wish. just make sure it is
symetrical shape like a tree or a round bauble, maybe even a snowman....
Use the template to cut two shapes from some stiff card, (I actually used
bazzill which isn't that thick at all but it turned out ok - I did use basic
grey patterned card which lent the end product a bit of firmness)
Take the template and cut four shapes from your selected patterned paper.
We will use these four panels to cover the the entire ornament. |
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| Make a cut on the first shape through line A to create the
top slot on the first shape and through line B to create the bottom slot on
the second shape. |
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| Take the second shape and slip it over the first shape to
create our xmas decoration. |
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| Lie the ornament down flat and glue the first panel to the
ornament being careful to make sure that the edges meet. Flip the ornament
over and glue the 2nd panel on the opposite side. |
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| Reposition the ornament to glue the third panel down. place
a short length of ribbon at the top between the ornament and the third panel
and glue down. fold the ribbon over to the opposite side and glue the last
panel on to the ornament securing the ribbon loop at the same time. |
| Decorate each panel with small photos, rubons, stickers
etc. |
I really hope these instructions made sense. have fun.
Check
out the completed album
Return from
christmas tree decoration Album instructions to see more album instructions
Check
out a quick and easy christmas gift idea - a
2008 calendar
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