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| Magazine Art - Paper Tree |
Hi friends sharing a recycling craft - a desktop Paper Christmas tree made by recycling a magazine!
Nothing gives me a kick more than a recycling craft! Here is the humble magazine I recycled.
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| Paper Tree Tutorial |
There are so many tutorials on magazine folding and I tweaked a tutorial by
Innova crafts to make this Paper Tree. This one is pretty straightforward and very easy to get it right at your first go!
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| Paper Tree Tutorial |
Take 2 pages of your magazine and fold the top and bottom corners as shown above.Keep folding every 2 pages of your magazine until you have folded all the pages. |
| Paper Tree Tutorial |
Once you have folded all the pages of your magazine, take out your glue gun and apply a generous line of glue along the central part of your magazine. Take a folded page and roll it inwards and stick it . |
| Paper Tree Tutorial |
In this step take care you follow a roll and stick motion and not a folding motion.Do the same for all your pages and your tree will take shape! |
| Paper Tree Tutorial |
In case you want to paint your tree, the easiest way is to use spray paints. I prefer Bosny acrylic paints as they dry so much quicker and give more vibrant colors compared to cheaper brands but the disadvantage is that these are not exactly kid safe and are best used outdoors. This particular tree was spray painted by my hubby!!
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| Altering a Magazine |
After the spray paint had dried, I gave it a nice spray with E6000 spray adhesive and sprinkled a little bit of lovely "sparkling dust" which was also used in the Sparkling Snowman project.
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| Magazine Folding Paper Tree |
Love the gentle shimmer the glitter gave our tree!
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| Paper Tree Tutorial |
Added a few swirls of silver balls and glittery Spellbinders ornaments and silver floam stars and the transformation of the humble magazine to a gorgeous tree was complete!!
What do you say my friends ?
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