12 Days of Christmas Rolled Paper Tree Embellishment

12 Days of Christmas - Day 12 - Rolled Paper Tree Embellishment

I hope that you have enjoyed the 12 Days of Christmas projects. Today is the final posting. I thought it fitting that we use up all those scraps of wrapping paper that I know you have lying around the house.

The quick version...

• Collect your wrapping paper scraps (I know, you hated to throw it away anyway)
• You can cut them into different lengths, or roll them longer and cut them down when you stack them
• Tip: If you are impatient, use some of that tape that you cannot see and tape the rolled paper, it is really much quicker, lol
• Glue them onto something that makes it look like a tree... I used a piece of scrapbook paper I had that looked like wood. My friend Ann, at AnnsSnapEditScrap.blogspot.com made one that she posted earlier this month and used a Popsicle stick. She is on my bloglist, you should definitely pay her a visit.
• Add some "ornaments," I added some sequins, for a little sparkle

Alternative ways to use this:

• Punch a hole in the top and transform it into a gift tag. 
• If you make it sturdy enough, you could turn it into an ornament
• Use it to top your gift card holder

Wishing you and your family a Safe, Happy, and Healthy Christmas Eve!

12 Days of Christmas Tree Ornament Quilled

12 Days of Christmas - Day 5 - Quilled Christmas Tree Ornament

Everyone should have a Christmas Tree, and this 3D Scroll Tree is just the thing. Lots of paper strips of various sizes, create some v-scrolls and assemble.

I used the 1/8 in (.3 cm) wide quilling paper. This photo shows green, but it looks nice in a multitude of colors like blue, turquoise, white, purple, pink, you name it.

Create the base of the tree by rolling a wider strip, approximately 3/4 in to 1 in wide

For the Branches (lol)

• Cut 2 strips at various lengths (I cut about 4 different lengths) 3 in, 2-1/2 in, 2 in, 1 in
• Note: These lengths are estimates, I did not measure them
• Make V-Scrolls
• Starting at the bottom, glue the v-scrolls starting with your trunk
• Alternate which side they face so that as you move upward and build your tree moving you fill in the empty spots
• Attach a hanger and you have an ornament
• Tip: This can also If you make it smaller you can 

Tips / Hints / Ideas:

• You can also wear this as a necklace, you can make it smaller or really small and wear them as dangly earrings too
• If you are looking for something more festive, you can decorate the tree by adding a garland and some tiny paper ornaments or lights

How do you select your tree each year? I was talking with a friend about her journey to get their tree this year and thought I'd share.  This was the first time they were going to pick a tree from a tree farm, as luck would have it, it had rained all day the day prior, so the ground was very muddy. They were not deterred, she and her sister picked a tree, then waited for their tree, and waited, and waited... When they got the tree home, it was a little bigger than they thought it was going to be.  As we chuckled over the story, I told her that I should have warned her about being careful about how big the tree really is, they don't look quite so large among the other trees.  Do you have a Christmas Tree story?

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I hope you have a wonderful day!