CHRISTMAS FRAME
By Kath Steward

Fiskars® Tools
Personal Surecut Paper Trimmer (9893)
Universal Purpose Scissors (9853)
Everywhere Window Punch™ - Sun (5562)
Continuous Stamping Wheel™ (5568)
Continuous Stamps - Snowflakes (5707)
Continuous Ink - Grey (5580)
Squeeze Punch - Circle (7414)
Squeeze Punch - Scalloped Heart (3777)
Lever Punch - Circle (5472P)
Lever Punch - Star (5441)
Lever Punch - Snowflake (5459)

Materials
Wooden Picture Frame, White Red Green and Kraft Paper
Self Adhesive Pearls, Ribbon, Alphabet Stickers, Sentiment Stamp, Glitter, Black Fine Liner Pen
Double Sided Tape, Glue Pen, 3D Foam Pads

Instructions
Step 1
Stamp white paper using Continuous Stamping Wheel™ and Snowflakes stamp.
Trim to fit the picture frame.
Using Everywhere Window Punch™ create aperture in the top left hand corner. Fix a piece of kraft paper behind on 3D foam pads and decorate with alphabet stickers.

Step 2
Tear two strips of white paper. Ink the edges with brown ink pad to create snow scene. Fix to bottom using Double Sided Tape. Decorate with glitter using glue pen.

Step 3
Punch 3 hearts from green paper using Squeeze Punch to create trees. Cut thin strips of kraft paper to create tree trunks and fix as shown. Fix trees using 3D foam pads to create dimension. Draw a line under each tree with Black Fine Liner pen (this helps to make the trees look grounded). Decorate trees with self adhesive pearls.

Step 4
Cut a rectangle from Kraft paper to create the house. Punch 5 circles from red paper using Squeeze Punch. Ink the edges with brown ink pad and fix to a scrap of white paper with D/S tape. Cut into a triangle shape to create the roof. Fix using 3D foam pads. Decorate with snowflakes punched from white paper using Lever Punch fixing self adhesive in the centres. Create chimney with pieces of kraft and red card and the door from red paper. Use a self adhesive pearl for the door knob.

Step 5
Punch 6 stars from red paper. Ink edges with brown ink pad and fix as shown using 3D foam pads.

Step 6
Punch circle from red paper using Squeeze Punch XL Circle. Stamp sentiment. Decorate with snowflakes punched from white paper using Lever Punch fixing self adhesive in the centres. Punch 4 hearts from kraft paper using Squeeze Punch - Scalloped Heart. Fix to back of circle with Glue Pen. Fix circle to edge of frame as shown.