tim holtz christmas idea-ology: ephemera christmas tree frame

Hi there crafty friends! The rest of this week, I will be sharing all of the projects I created with the Tim Holtz Christmas Idea-ology products. The first one is a super easy and simple home decor piece that anyone can make. I took an Idea-ology Framed Panel and arranged a bunch of different Idea-ology Ephemera elements in the shape of a tree. The panel comes in two parts (the frame and the flat base panel) so it is super easy alter and adhere together.

To begin, I took a Framed Panel and painted the outside frame piece with Candied Apple DIstress Paint. Once the paint was completely dry, I used a soft cloth to rub a bit of the Sizzix Luster Wax over the raised areas of the panel. For the main background piece, I covered it with a piece of Idea-ology Backdrops paper that looks like a real piece of fabric…I adhered the paper to the panel with Distress Collage Medium with a Distress Collage Brush.

Once the paper was dried, I adhered the frame to the panel with the Distress Collage Medium. Now it’s time for the fun part. I took the different ephemera out of the packages that I wanted to use and gave them a little extra distressing with some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink using a foam blending tool. Once my pieces were distressed, I placed them onto the panel to figure out the spacing. For these pieces I used a combination of: Christmas Ephemera, Christmas Mini Flair, Christmas Label Stickers and Christmas Baseboards. 

After I figured out the placement, I adhered each piece of Ephemera/stickers/pins etc to the panel using foam tape. Now I have a fun piece to hang in my home for years to come. It is as simple and easy as that and would even be a great project to create with kids! I hope you will try this out for yourself and I will be back tomorrow to share another project that I created with the Christmas Tim Holtz Idea-ology products.

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