Decorating the tree with paper

I love old books and old paper, I get held up in the stationary section of Barnes and Noble and people have even been known to give me their old moldy books, boxes of the them!

So that has led me to start doing a little decoupaging! This years tree has 2 types of decoupage ornaments, one is super easy to make and the other does take some time.

The easy one first! Decoupaged shipping tags! I bought a case ( OK, too many) shipping tags from an online supplier, they are called manila shipping tags and come in all sorts of sizes.

Trial and error, do not use ModPodge for the glueing of the paper, the tags will only curl up and there is no way to iron them back flat, I tried :)

 Christmas carols!

Instead, use your spray adhesive, super fast! First cut the paper to size and shape of your tag, after the glue has dried, hole punch the top and go around the edges with gold leaf pen if you like!

I found the number stamps in a kit at Micheals similar to these, I couldn't find the number stamps on the website, just letters., so maybe the numbers were a lucky in store find. I got the whole set for $9.95, instead of buying the expensive clear mounting blocks, I cut up some scrap wood (that I happened to find in the garage) and glued them on using my Hammerhead glue.

The oval ornaments are a little pricier, given that you have to buy the paper oval form and the Gold Leaf kit. All of which I got a Micheals.

I started by leafing the outer edges and sprayed with clear poly. Then I decoupaged the sheet music to the ornament. I did these last year and was still using ModPodge for all my decoupaging projects.

Hope your holiday season is filled with family, fun and crafts!