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November 13, 2020

Pop up Christmas Tree

Fold green card in half. Make a cut parallel to the bottom edge.
Fold a triangle inward, reverse fold inside the card.
Inside the card.
Fold the card out again to cut in strips decreasing in length. Then alternately fold in and out.
Pop inside another folded card and you have a pop up Christmas tree, which you can decorate.
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Simple Pop up card.

You need stiff card, you can use scissors but I prefer craft knife and cutting board.
Fold card in half.
Make equal parallel cuts across the fold.
Push the cut piece inward to make a reverse fold. You could leave it like that or make further steps to pop up.
Here there is a smaller upper pop out.
Here a Christmas tree has been attached to the pop up.
The card on its side, showing the pop up tree. You can add lots of bits to this to finish your card.
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Silhouette Card 2

Two more cards from one piece of card. These were made using a craft knife and cutting board.
I always try out an idea on scrap paper first. Just because it looks simple doesn’t mean it works first time.
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Silhouette Christmas Card.

Usually when we make Christmas cards, I provide a box of glittery sumptuous bits. This year we are meeting on Zoom so that wasn’t going to happen.

I set out to use recycled materials this time. A piece of newspaper.

I folded this piece of paper, drew half a Christmas tree .

I used scissors to cut out the tree very carefully.

I then had two images to make two cards.

Put the open silhouette on top of a coloured background. I had been quilting so my example is a scrap of quilting.

I used a piece of card from an old chocolate box behind.

The inner tree goes on a separate card and I decorated it with Sharpie pens.

Simple but effective Christmas cards for very little cost. You can glam them up if you have extra bits. I will add ribbons to mine.

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