Clear Scraps Project Post

Hi Craft Friends!

December has arrived and the Christmas season is upon us. Have you started your decorating yet? I have a Home Decor project to share today, just in time for the holidays! We will be creating some Clear Scraps Chipboard 3D Christmas trees. Click here I think they are going to be one of my favorite decor pieces to display year after year! I hope you  think so too!  They'd also make a great gift idea!

I chose to use Prima Frank Garcia's Christmas Sparkle collection from last year, since I love the Shabby vintage look!

To begin our project, I took some acrylic paint in light blue Desert Sky and Folkart Conch Shell and applied on both sides of each bottom base on the medium and large tree shapes. I also painted all sides of each star on both trees.

The large tree base I applied some Versamark Clear ink and sprinkled some Stardust glitter over top. Shake off your excess embossing powder and heat with your heat tool. 

On the smallest tree, I painted the base with the same Folkart Conch Shell paint. For the star, I applied some Martha Stewart Sterling silver glitter. Then I traced all 3 tree shapes onto patterned papers, covering both sides of each size tree. I recommend Beacon glue when adhering your papers to the chipboard. 

Next trace coordinating patterned papers to all sides of your tree. Trim away any excess paper using a x-acto knife. Then using my Distress tool, I smoothed any rough edges. Repeat this process for each tree. Be sure to cut the slot in the middle of each tree. 

Here's some photos so far:

Smallest tree:

Medium Tree: on one side I did cover with Crafters Companion silver glitter cardstock:

Large Tree Front side:

Large tree backside:

Now we can start decorating our 3D Christmas trees! This is my favorite part! I love to use different embellishments such as glitter, flowers chipboard stickers and more. Just decorate to match your own style. I wanted a more Shabby vintage look to my trees. But you could create with traditional Christmas colors if you desire.

Small tree: I glued some tiny Pastel pom pom's to the ends of some of my tree branches, using my hot glue gun. I also added some chipboard stickers, and sentiments on all sides of my tree. I applied some Aleene's Fake snow onto some branches. Here's a photo!

Medium Tree: I took some silver bells and with the wire I twisted around each branch of my tree so they dangle off each branch. Then trimmed off any excess wire. I applied some Chipboard stickers, sentiment and Prima flowers. Then applied the fake snow on the branches as we did before with the small tree. Here's a photo:

Large Tree: I glued a variety of ephemera, chipboard stickers/and hearts and sentiments. For the chipboard wreath with the little girl and puppy, I glued some Sparkle tinsel around the outside edge of my wreath. This adds some Sparkle! Here's some closeups!

I applied some Stickles Stardust and Diamond glitter to some of my imagesand glued a small white pom pom to Santa's hat!

Now we're done! Your trees are ready to display and enjoy! Here's my finished photo:

I hope you found my project helpful and inspiring! Be sure to visit the Clear Scraps website Click here for all your crafting supplies and be sure to check out what's new!

Thanks for visiting our Clear Scraps blog! I'll be back soon to share another project with you. 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Folkart Conch Shell acrylic paint, Desert Sky acrylic paint, Martha Stewart Sterling silver glitter, white small pom pom, Stickles Glitter Stardust and Diamond, Beacon glue, Stardust embossing powder, heat tool, x-acto knife, Distress tool, Aleene's Fake snow, silver Christmas bells