I was able to get the Stampin’ Up! Pop-Up Tree Bigz die for only $10!  You can too with a $250 workshop (individual or group of orders).  You will need to email it to me rather than order online because online orders aren’t eligible.  This Hostess Promotion ends Nov. 30th – so gather some orders from your friends or gather an order for yourself (Christmas is right around the corner!).  Anyway I have been playing with this die and once you see how to put the tree together it gets easier and faster each time – it is one of those things where the first time you do it you might need some time but once you “get it” then you “get it!”.

We made these as part of my Big Shot class – everyone made a Garden Green Pop-Up Tree and then we decorated them using the Tree Decorations Sizzlits Die.  I created a cutting guide so you know how to cut the card stock to make your tree – one 12″ x 12″ piece of card stock is what you need to create one pop-up tree.

First cut a 12″ x 6″ piece and run it through the die – cutting the large slotted piece, the large notched piece, one medium, one small and the base piece.  Then you need three 4″ x 4″ pieces of card stock to cut three more of the medium tree shapes.  Then you need three 2″ x 3″ pieces to cut three more of the small notched shapes.  There are several demos who have created videos and the creator of the die itself also has a video on how to assemble the tree – I’ll try to find some of those links and add them to this post later.  There are instructions with the die also.  And probably everyone does it a little bit differently too.

These are the trees we made for the class.  Using the sizzlet die cut 2 of each star and those get sandwiched at the top.  I put the star with the short notch on first – setting it down into the notched part of the tree.  Then add the start with the long notch in the opposite direction.  The tip of the tree pieces are sandwiched between each of the two stars.  The other little ornaments, bulbs, and dots were cut in various colors and glued to the tree.  I tried two different approaches with the tree. The one on the right I used gold cord and poked a hole in the top of each ornament with my paper piercer and strung them on the gold cord and then wound it around the tree.  I went back and glued down some of those ornaments to help hold it in place.  The tree on the left I tried something different – I just glued all the decorations on and the I took the gold cord and pulled it through all the slots around the tree.  It is a little harder to see in this picture – I’ll try to take another one later.  I think I liked this better in the end and it was easier.

And then I did one more thing – I used the Snowfall Printed Window Sheets to make a tree – this one looks so pretty – but I need to buy more window sheets so I can make more.  The window sheets work great for this die because they are flexible so the tabs pop right back into place once you connect the pieces.  I’m going to use some of these for my table decorations.

I’ve had fun playing with this die.  Another thing you can do is save the piece that you cut out and use it as a stencil – this works great with the window sheet also because you can sponge your ink and then white the template clean and save it.  Oh you know what would be pretty is to use the shimmer paint and the stencil to create a tree.  Hmmm, something else I’ll have to try.

Have a great day!

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