Here’s a neat trick for creating some quick Christmas Trees out of your favorite photo corners…or the ones that have been taking up room in your drawer for much too long!
Supplies:
Assorted photo corners – can be self-adhesive or not
Scissors
Cut the photo corner in half by making a straight cut up the center of the corner, as shown.
Shift the two halves slightly so that one of the newly cut edges overlaps the other half of the corner to line up with the far edge. Voila!
Larger photo or page corners, like the larger of the DaisyD’s cardstock stickers shown here, make good card or scrapbook page embellishments. Playing around with fancier photo corners that have shaped edges can yield designer tree shapes. Smaller photo corners, or even triangles treated in the same way as the photo corners, can double as trunks when tucked under the bottom of each tree.
Smaller photo corners, like the Cansons used in the tag project below, are sized for small gift tags or 3”x3” notes. These are the variety of photo corner that have two parts, a decorative front and an attached back that create a ‘pocket’ for inserting a photo. To use this kind, cut the back from the front before beginning and only use the decorative front for your tree. Use a glue runner or other adhesive to attach the two halves to form the tree, and adhere to your project.
Have fun, & enjoy holiday crafting!
