OH, KITCHEN CHRISTMAS TREE!

Christmas Tree for my Kitchen!

 

Using a file from the CHRISTMAS COOKIE PARTY COLLECTION,

I turned it into a 3D tree!  

The tree is planted in a mixing bowl made from the 3D acorn

from the ACORN AUTUMN KIT.

Sugar cookies, kitchen utensils, and gingerbread men adorn this

Christmas tree that will sit on my kitchen counter!

All files, as always, are from http://svgcuts.com/

 

The file I used is tree_bottom.svg. 

 I cut 6 of these in white resized at W 8.26 x H 11.056

I cut 6 in green resized at W 8.415 x H 11.228

(the green pieces I just changed the style to Shadow [rounded] 1.50)

Start gluing the pieces together branches to branches, forming a circle. 

Only glue the branches.  Let completely dry before you continue on, or you

will mess up the next step.  Once  they are all dry and glued in a circle, you

have a tree!!!  To support the tree, I took an 8 x 11 piece of paper, rolled it

into a tight tube and placed into the center of my tree.  Once released, it springs

open and your tree will become very strong.  That is why you have to let

the branches dry before doing this step.  Now just play and decorate. 

I left the piece expand on top.  And curled my pieces, as you see on the top. 

You can put a shorter tube inside if you don't want it to show.

You do what you like.  This is just what I did.  Place the tree in your

bowl and secure however you like, I used aquarium rocks in a plastic

bag dumped around my tree, then placed in the bowl and glued down.

It weighs it down really well.  Place poly stuffing on top for snow, and that's it!

You can gently offset the center branches from the top and bottom branches

by bending.

  

The mixing bowl is acutally the 3D acorn from the

ACORN AUTUMN KIT.  I just added 2 extra panels to make it rounder. 

I resized one of the pieces you would use to make the bottom

part of the acorn at W 1.734 x H 3.733.  You glue together just as

you would the acorn, but do not worry about gluing the tip.  Once the

whole piece is glued together, the tips just lay there on each other

and you will cut a circle to fit the open on the bottom.  Then cut a length

of paper to go around the top for the lip of the bowl.  Glue 3 pieces together

for depth.  Bend these as you glue so they start holding a circular shape. 

I wrapped mine around a jar to dry.  If I have confused any newbies

 about this, watch Mary's video for the HIPPITY HOPPITY KIT here:

http://tinyurl.com/brqloxx    at svgcuts.com

When she is making the basket handle, she explains how to bend while gluing

several pieces together. My bowl was made with a heavy craft cardstock, then 

I inked the whole think with Tim Holtz Brick Red Ink. You can make it and use

 the extra panels to cover it,just like in the acorn, and give it some crazy designs,

but you will have to resize your own panels!

 

My ornaments are from

CHRISTMAS COOKIE PARTY COLLECTION and

AN AFTERNOON AT AUNTIE ELAINE'S

I just love the string of gingerbread men, the rolling pin,

and the wooden mixing spoon!  And the knife, fork, and

spoon are so detailed and so tiny, but cut out just perfect

on the Eclips!  And the sugar cookies are just too cute!

There are many others, you just don't see them!!!!

And my favorite of all, the cardinal bird chef!

Isn't he just adorable!!!! 

 The christmas topper is the snowflaker from

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS KIT.

Thanks for dropping by!  Hope you enjoyed my project!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

 

MORE MEASUREMENTS!!!

The tree, itself is 11 inches tall.  In the bowl surrounded by whatever you weigh it down with, it raised mine up to 12.5 inches tall without the topper.

Wooden spoon               W 2.000 x H 0.439

Spoon, fork, & knife      W 2.409 x H 1.24

Rolling pin                      W 2.500 x H 0.341

Gingerbread  garland is  W 7.250 x H 1.352 

All the other ornaments are on the average between 1.0 & 1.5 inches.  Just size down to your liking! 

I cut 2 pieces of white, just the base for layering in the middle then 2 sets of the colored pieces, one for each side, so they look the same no matter where you look at the tree.  

I hope these help.  If I missed anything, just let me know!!  Hugs to all, Debra