December Daily® 2024 | Ali's Mixed Media Trees | Part 02

Man I love this playful, handmade project!

I wrapped up my mixed media tree project yesterday and got them all added to my Christmas tree that I put up this past week. We do still have some cardstock die cut tree packs in stock if you'd like to make something similar. I think this could be a fun craft project to do with kids too! As you'll see below I played around with using the trees to make a garland but ultimately decided to add them to my tree this year and then string them together as a garland for future seasons.

You can see Part 01 of my mixed media trees here.

Let's dive in to the video that shows more of the second half of my process:

Here's a bunch of the newer ones:

I added wood stars in between each group of five trees.

I thought about hanging them as a garland but then decided I could do that next year and pivoted back to my original idea which was to add them to my tree to create a tree of frees.

Before I took them off the string and added them to the tree I used Posca Paint Pens to create simple patterns on the back (dots, stripes, etc).

I also decided to add some of the wood veneer stars. I used a Crop A Dile to punch holes and then an ornament hanger to add them to the tree.

I also cut a bunch of trees using the tree metal die. These ones are double sided:

For these I used the metal die and a manual die cutting machine. I used papers I painted along with papers from a past Tim Holtz Christmas release (those were double sided and made this even easier). To attach them together I run them through my sewing machine.

Side Two:

I decided to hang these on the tree too. I love how they look on there and I might do a few more. I punched a hole in the top tree and then used an ornament hanger to place them around the tree.

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