Today's first post shows some of my decorations that are made with paper. I did several more covered letter words (like I did earlier this year) to place around and I love how they turned out. This first one is what you see when you walk up to my front door. I did the letters for WELCOME in traditional Christmas colors using craft store scrapbook papers and placed them with some artificial greenery and ornaments. I got all of these letters at Michaels. A quick run down on how I did these: glue letters to paper, cut around with an X-Acto knife, smooth with an emery board and sanding block. For these, I sponged my favorite Creamy Caramel ink around the edges for a woodland look, which is what I'm trying for on the front porch. I use this because it's water based and doesn't stay "greasy" feeling like the Distress ink did on the set I did for FALL. I didn't feel like any of these paper needed any sort of embellishements. Here's a full view of this vignette:
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Here's a close-up of part of the letters, showing the papers I used:
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And here are the rest:
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~Recipe~
Stamps: none
Paper: craft store scrapbook papers
Ink: Creamy Caramel (SU!)
Accessories: Resin letters (Michaels), glue stick, X-Acto knife, emery boards, sanding block, sponge
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I love this too! I have some pinecones in a basket on my porch, these would look neat along with them....someday!
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