DIY 3D Christmas Tree Holiday Card

Family and friends will appreciate the extra effort and love you put into making these unique Christmas cards. Simple materials like cut paper and glue are embellished with glossy embossing powders that give these cards that holiday bling. Plus, with more and more people giving gift cards instead of wrapped presents, they also make creative gift card holders with a personal touch.

• Goof Proof Greeting Card Kit or Cardmaker Cards & Envelope Set plus your choice of 4" x 6" Watercolor Paper Sheets
• Green Apple Cardmaker Cardstock
• Red Hot Cardmaker Cardstock ?
• Cold Blue Cardmaker Cardstock ?
• Ranger Red Embossing Powder ?
• Ranger Gold Embossing Powder ?

• Ranger Emboss It Pen ?
• Heat Gun ?
  
• Stick-It-To-'Em ATG Adhesive Strips
• Hole Punch
• Scissors
• Glue ?
• Printed out tree and star template

Create the Tree:

1. Using the print-out tree template, trace the 3 tree shapes onto the Green Apple Cardstock and cut them out. To trace, you can either coat the back of the print-out with graphite from a pencil or graphite stick, use transfer paper face down under the print-out, or cut out each tree template and trace around it.

2. Assemble the tree using Stick-it-to-'em adhesive strips along the glue line, as shown on the template. Stack the biggest tree on the bottom, the middle size on top of that, and the smallest on top of that.

Create the Ornaments:

3. Using the Ranger Emboss It Pen, draw the dots for the ornaments and trace the star outline onto white paper. Then use the pen to write a holiday greeting. 

4. Sprinkle the Ranger Embossing Powder onto the pen-marked areas, then pour the excess powder back into the jar. Apply heat with the heat gun until the powder becomes glossy and sets. 

5. Punch out the ornaments with a hole punch, and cut out the star with scissors.

Create the Sky:

6. Cut out a sky background shape using the Cold Blue Cardstock.

Assemble the Card:

7. Using the Stick-it-to-'em adhesive strips, adhere the sky shape and tree onto your Kilimanjaro watercolor card that has been trimmed down to 4" x 4".?

8. Glue the ornaments to the tree, top it off with the star, and add any other festive embellishments you may create.

9. Adhere the Christmas Tree to the Red Hot Cardstock, leaving room at the bottom for your holiday greeting.

10. Using Stick-it-to-'em strips, adhere your completed artwork to the front of a 5" x 7" Goof Proof Greeting Card.