Document your child's first Christmas with this homemade baby's first Christmas album. Make it for yourself or for friends or grandparents, everyone will love this beautiful keepsake.
Materials:
- Paper Perfect
- PP04 - Sea Mist
- PP06 - Soft Lilac
- PP07 - White
- Palette Knife
- Paper Effects
- PE08 - Pink Pearl
- PE11 - Peacock Gold
- PE12 - Black Pearl
- Americana Acrylics
- Plastic sheet protectors
- Chenille stem
- Snowflake punches
- Water container
- Paper towels
- Pencil
- Cellulose sponge
- Scissors
- Craft knife
- Thick craft glue
- Low-temp hot glue gun
- Glue sticks
- Photo album
- Wooden wheel
- Wooden furniture plug
Steps:
Preparation:
Make paper sheets as follows: Spread Paper Perfect onto sheet protector with palette knife. Use cellulose sponge to dab off excess moisture. Allow to dry. Peel paper from sheet for use.
Needed: one small sheet of Sea Mist; one sheet of White; one sheet of White tinted with several drops of Base Flesh.
- 1Basecoat wheel and furniture plug Gooseberry Pink. Let dry.
- Use palette knife to apply Soft Lilac onto album front cover. Use cellulose sponge to dab off excess moisture.
- Use snowflake punches and white sheet of Paper Perfect to cut out variety of snowflakes. Position and press flakes into wet Soft Lilac on cover.
- Use scissors to cut holly leaf shapes from Sea Mist sheet and large circle from White/Base Flesh sheet. Position and press these into wet Soft Lilac or wait until album is dry and adhere with glue.
- Dot Gooseberry Pink next to holly leaves to create berries.
- Use Paper Effects to create face, hair, lettering and outline details: Black Pearl for facial features and top knot on baby's head; Peacock Gold for detailing holly leaves, and Pink Pearl for lettering ("Baby's 1st Christmas") and outline of berries.
- Adhere wheel and furniture plug to form a pacifier. Wrap and twist chenille stem into a loop on pacifier.
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