OH CHRISTMAS TREE....

I've just finished the Christmas card substitute for my hairdresser. Took a few days because I had no idea what I was going to do, it just sort of came together.

I bought a papier mache box which measures about 7"x5"x3" and began by sticking 3 grungeboard snowflakes to the inside back wall. I then covered all the inside with white gesso. Tim's snowflake stamp and a blue Brilliance pad added more little flakes just to take the bareness away. I also used a paintbrush to paint the Brilliance over the 3 grunge snowflakes. I then covered all of the outside with various patterned papers and edged every join with tissue tape.

I cut the lace border from some white card and the picket fence from grungepaper. The baubles were from my grunge stash, I just used paint dabbers on those and then stamped tiny stars all over them. They are glued to the top of the box simply by bending the grunge at  a right angle and sticking with Cosmic Shimmer glue. Infact, I used Cosmic Shimmer to stick everything except the feet to the box when I used E6000. I bought a length of batting, only cost £1.49 for a mtr and used that for snow at the bottom. the tree was from a pack of 4 which cost £1.99. DH cut me 5 tiny blocks of wood which I painstakingly covered with paper and tied that with string. boy was that difficult!
I cut the 2 mini snowflake rossettes and managed to make the larger one quite easily but the small one kept coming apart so there is rather a lot of glue on that one. Can you see the Red Cardinal? Had to have a little bird on the fence. I glued the parcels to each other and to the side wall for strength and then dribbled some distress stickles over them.

The top has a banner cut with the strip die and a mini poinsettia. I used some Prima leaves which I've had for yonks. The little feet are made from a large pearl bead and a flat silver charm.
I'm pleased with how this turned out and considering it cost around £1.50, I reckon it's a bargain too.