3-D Christmas Tree Card

This fun tea bag folded tree was the second project at our November classes. It's a quick and easy fold and adds some dimension to your card. (Thanks to my friend Sheryl Luttringer for the idea -- she showed us how to make these little trees at our September Front Range Stampers meeting.)

Materials:

Stamp Set:
* Bells & Boughs (120831-w $19.95; 121142-c $14.95; set of 4)

Paper:
* Cherry Cobbler card stock (119685, 8-1/2” x 11”, 24 sheets, $6.95) - need 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" for card; about 2" x 3" for punch
* Very Vanilla card stock (101650, 8-1/2” x 11”, 40 sheets, $8.50) (5-1/4” x 4”; less than 1/4 sheet for punches)
* Wild Wasabi card stock (108641, 8-1/2” x 11”, 24 sheets, $6.95) (5” x 3-3/4”)
**Holly Berry Bouquet Specialty Designer Series Paper (124004, 12” x 12”, 12 sheets, $12.95) (3 squares in contrast designs: 2” x 2”; 2-1/2” x 2-1/2”, 3” x 3”)
**(Coordinating colors: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Very Vanilla)

Ink:
* Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad (100908, $5.95; refill 101065, $2.95)

Accessories:
* Big Shot Die Cutting Machine (113439, $99.95)
* Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (123128, $7.95)
**Mini Jingle Bells (124116, 48 pcs., $2.95)
**Cherry Cobbler 3/8” Quilted Satin Ribbon (124105, 10 yds., $7.95)
* Lace Ribbon Border Punch (122362, $19.95)
* Decorative Label Punch (120907, $16.95)
* Stampin' Sponges (101610, 3 pieces, $3.50)
* SNAIL Adhesive (104332, 472”, $6.95; refill 104331, $4.50)
* Stampin’ Dimensionals 104430, 300 pcs., $3.95)
* Crystal Effects (101055, $6.25)

** 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog (available through January 3, 2012)

Tea Bag Folded Tree Instructions

There is no way I could possibly write out the instructions for the fold for this tree, so instead, I've placed a link here to a You Tube video. The card this lady is making is also very cute!!!!


Instructions:
(SNAIL Adhesive used to assemble unless otherwise noted.)

1. Score 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Cherry Cobbler card stock at 4-1/4"; fold away from scoreline to create card.

2. Use Lace Ribbon Border Punch and Very Vanilla card stock to make a strip of lace 3-3/4" long. Stamp greeting on Very Vanilla card stock with Chocolate Chip ink; punch out with on Decorative Label punch. Use Stampin' Sponge to sponge Chocolate Chip ink around edges of all Very Vanilla pieces (Lace Ribbon, Decorative Label, and 5-1/4" x 4").

3. Adhere 5-1/4" x 4" Very Vanilla card stock to front of card.

4. Use Big Shot and Stripes embossing folder to emboss stripes on Wild Wasabi card stock. Use Two-Way Glue Pen to adhere Lace Ribbon about 1" from right side of card stock. Wrap Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin ribbon over Lace Ribbon and adhere on back of card stock. Punch Decorative Label from Cherry Cobbler, cut in half lengthwise, and adhere to back of Very Vanilla Decorative Label so about 1/8" of Cherry Cobbler shows at top and bottom of label. Adhere over ribbon with Stampin' Dimensionals.

5. Follow directions in You Tube video above to fold Designer Series Paper, and adhere to front of card as shown. Use Crystal Effects to adhere Jingle Bell at top of tree.

I hope you enjoy this fun little project! (Yes, it's beginning to look a LOT like Christmas . . . .)

Cathy ;D