ABC Friday~Oh, Christmas Tree…
I love the spirit of Christmas and all the inspiration I get from it. Over the Thanksgiving weekend I scribbled down tons of ideas in my notebook. This lil’ Christmas tree is one of them. It’s created from 4 triangles {explanation below}, along with some silver cording, crystals and gorgeous satin ribbon {from Taylored Expressions}.
One shot of the top view…
Another top view, showing how I the cording through the top and the glued on bow…
Detail shot of the 2 kinds of crystals I used. Can you see the itty bitty green ones?…
To create this you will need:
4 pieces of patterned paper {I used K & Co.} cut to 3″x4.25″
Ribbon
Silver Cording
Glue
Scallop Edge Punch {SU!}
Scoring Tool
Instructions:
1. Mark the center {1.5″} of one of the 3″ sides.
2. From that mark cut diagonally to each of the corners, creating a triangle.
3. Scallop edges of long sides.
4. On each of the scalloped sides, score just on the inside of the scalloped edge.
5. Glue together the scalloped edges to create the tree.
6. Before gluing the last 2 sides together, create a loop with the silver cording and place knot on the inside of the tree.
7. Attach ribbon to top of the tree. I hot glued mine on, but you can always tie it around the cording.
8. Embellish as desired 
December 5, 2008, 8:37 am
What a great project! Love the scallop edges. TFS
December 5, 2008, 9:03 am
This is adorable. I love the scallop edges. I’ll have to give this a try!
December 5, 2008, 10:59 am
This is so cute and looks easy enough for me to do too - thanks so much for sharing how to do it!
December 5, 2008, 11:24 am
Yikes….this is adorable!! Thank you for the directions!!
December 5, 2008, 11:38 am
How cute!! Thanks for sharing the directions!! I was going to try and figure out some “trees” to make for my Christmas Eve dinner table, but now that you’ve done all the figuring, I should be able to “whip” out 9 of these fairly quick!! Gotta luv that time saver!!
December 5, 2008, 12:25 pm
Wow that looks adorable I would love to see a template or flat plan though if at all possible it’s so cute I would even be willing to pay for it. Hugs Crystal xx
December 5, 2008, 12:32 pm
This is a great project!!! Thanks for sharing.
December 5, 2008, 1:45 pm
I also love creating fun things for Christmas. This is very cute. Thanks for sharing the instructions. One more reason to get that scalloped punch.
December 5, 2008, 2:22 pm
This is adorable Jen! Thanks for the simple tutorial.
December 5, 2008, 5:05 pm
Jen this is just super! What a fun little project!
December 5, 2008, 5:10 pm
How cute is that! I definitely will be trying this. Thanks for sharing the tutorial!
December 5, 2008, 10:01 pm
This is adorable, Jen! I love the paper you used and the bling! I will have to give this a try! I love seeing your ABC friday projects!
December 5, 2008, 11:43 pm
This is so cute Jen!!
December 6, 2008, 11:40 am
Jen!
Oh to have your talent for inspiration such as this! Love it and can’t wait to try it out.
Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!
Connie in north Florida
December 7, 2008, 11:51 am
wow.. what a great idea for lil treats. ty for sharing.
lablady2007@juno.com
December 7, 2008, 9:52 pm
This little tree is SO cute! I love little boxes shaped in unexpected ways….and I love filling them with homemade goodies too. Thanks for sharing!
December 30, 2008, 1:14 pm
Great tutorial Jen. I just made one side, I mean 1 triangle. But how wide should be the scoring?, looks very narrow to me. Thanks for sharing such beautiful projects.
December 30, 2008, 5:18 pm
O .K. I made it, it came out great! but I have a doubt: no bottom? is it open?Thank you. I’m asking because Sharon Rivera, I love her projects too, said to love filling those little boxes with home made goodies.