Connie Babbert shared these cute Christmas Trees. You take half of a circle and fold it back and forth to form the tree. I decided to use the idea on these gift tags from my last Hands-On class. I used the Holly Berry Bouquet Designer Series paper for these trees. Cut a 3-1/2″ circle from each pattern and then cut each circle in half. We made 12 trees and put them on 12 tags – 3″ circles in Wild Wasabi and Real Red.
The card stock circles for the tags are stamped with the snowflake and to/from images from the Winter Post stamp set – I used Wild Wasabi ink on both colors. Then glue on the folded tree – I used the multipurpose liquid glue. I added a strip of Early Espresso as the trunk of the tree. Then punched a flower from Boho Blossoms to add to the top with a mini brad. Tie some Baker’s Twine at the top to hang your tag.
We made 12 tags and put them in a tin that was tied with a strip of the Holly Berry Bouquet Fabric (it matches the paper that I used on the trees).
Once you get the folding down these are quick to make. And since the Big Shot cuts all the circles you can cut several at a time and be done in no time.
And the next Christmas Activity – Dec. 21st – Take a drive and look at Christmas lights. Ryan wants to know why we don’t have any lights outside. I told him it was because no one will help me put them up or take them down so I decided not to do it this year. He said I needed to talk to dad about that. Hmph. I was hoping he would say he would help me. So instead we get to enjoy the lights around us and we will have to take a drive through the neighborhood ourselves.
We are baking tomorrow and I’m going to try to make peppermint bark. I already made my almond chicken cheese balls. And some snickerdoodle cookies – with the snowflake Sweet Pressed Cookie stamps. I used store bought dough and I don’t think it was as good as the recipe I make. Oh well….