Make Christmas Decorations with roll Christmas wrapping paperYes -right under your nose are the most beautiful designs that can be found on holiday wrapping roll papers. The paper texture is the perfect consistency to glue and cut on wood. To make amazing magnets & Christmas tree ornaments use 1/4″ luan or birch wood. For standing decorations use a thickness of at least 1/2″ . You can make a thicker base later and apply to the bottom of the piece to make it stand. DIRECTIONS: Select the image on the wrap you are going to use. Cut around the section of the image. Spray the back of the image with spray adhesive or a diluted solution of white glue. Next: place the glued side down on the wood and smooth out any bubbles. Cut out the image. Lightly sand any rough edges. Paint the face of the cut-out with a water base varnish such Folkart clear satin or gloss for proctection. Let dry. Optional last step: choose an acrylic paint color for the sides of the decoration. For a beautiful effect -choose a shimmering gold or silver acrylic paint. Purchase this paint from the craft paint section of Michaels or AC Moore. When you are finished painting the sides, you can also paint the face of the ornament with sparkle acrylic paints. For example: if there are candy canes in the image or stars in the sky, you can add touches with a small brush with sparkles here and there! Enjoy your new creation!

Santa Christmas Ornaments
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USE 1/4 LUAN OR BIRCH FOR MAGNETS – 1/2″ size pine also works well for magnets as well as making ornaments. (1) First right click oval Christmas image with your mouse and save onto your computer. (2) Next open up ‘Paint’ program -if you have it on your computer. Any other photo editing program will work as well as Photoscape from Google which is free to download. (3) Click -paste- in the EDIT portion of the program to save, size and print the image. (4) Print your image onto your printer. You do not need to use any particular photo paper when printing. Regular 20lb. copy will print and glue well as long as your printer makes good quality prints. NOTE: For quantity and less time wasted- put multiples of the image(s) on one sheet. (5) Cut and glue the back of the copy paper with your image using a spray adhesive (available at craft centers), or evenly spread deluted white glue with a clean wide brush. Elmer’s glue works well for this. (6) Place the glued side of the paper onto the wood. Carefully smooth out any bubbles. To keep the image clean, use soft thin cloth or paper towel on top of the image while smoothing. (7) Cut out the images. (8) Once image is cut, sand any rough edges smooth. Paint the surface of the picture with a water base varnish for protection. A good varnish is Folkart acrylic clear satin. Finishing step – use Folkart acrylic sparkle paints for beautiful accents. This finishing touch will make your ornaments pop. To hang add a gold or silver elastic string in the top and you are finished. You can purchase the string in the jewelry section of any major crafts store.

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Victorian Christmas Ornaments

Create these beautiful vintage Christmas Ornaments in a snap All without painting. Glue color image onto 1/4″ luan or birch for a hanging ornament and cut. You can further protect the surface of the image with a water base varnish. Make standing ornaments by cutting from 3/4″ pine. Glowing ornaments are achieved by adding little dashes of gold, silver or multi color sparkle acrylic paints. More simple how- to’s in the in the collection instructions. Free collection of Christmas patterns to print & cut – start making YOUR gorgeous collection. Make Your Own Vintage Christmas Ornament Collection