Hello everyone! Nicole on the blog today showing my Christmas decorations and how I put together a simple star garland to finish off my fireplace mantel. You all know my love for book paper and here I used it again to tie my Christmas decor into the rest of our living space.
I trimmed dictionary paper down to (roughly) 1.5 x 1.5 pieces. I inked the edges with a brown ink pad.
Using Helmar Decoupage and Craft Paste I attached all the book paper to a piece of chipboard. It is a piece that was on the back of 12x12 paper pad.
Apply the paste in a small area with a foam brush and lay the pieces overlapping each other.
I filled about 3/4 of my chipboard with the book paper squares.
Wait for the Helmar Decoupage and Craft paste to dry before moving on.
Next I used a star paper punch and punched out a bunch of stars.
I cut a long length of red baker's twine and took two stars and placed quite a bit of Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive on the back of a star and sandwiched baker's twine between two stars.
I held the stars together between my fingers (making sure they are lined up) and held them a bit for the glue to do it's job. Any excess glue that comes out the sides can quickly be whipped away leaving a nice clean edge.
You could measure for the next step, but I just randomly added the rest of the stars down the length of the baker's twine.
I added this simple garland to the length of greenery running across the front of my fireplace mantel.
Simple, but just the little extra touch I was wanting to add.
Thanks for stopping by the Helmar Blog! Happy Crafting,
