So I mentioned a little while ago that Mr Frog spotted an MDF tree in Kaisercraft and suddenly felt that we needed one. I wasn't overly excited, or motivated, but a craft project is a craft project and so I went at it.
It started with a tree, and some paint....
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| I painted the front cream, and the edges dark brown. Easier said than done! |
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| Then I tore up a sheet of scrapbook paper and stuck the pieces over the majority of the limbs and leaves. |
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| Glued, but scrappy... |
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| I then sanded the edges of the over hanging paper, with a nail file; much easier than an actual piece of sand paper. |
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| All sanded and pretty... but the torn edges were white...so... |
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| using a bit of sponge and some cream paint, I dabbed all over the white bits. |
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| Mr Frog wanted Owls, but the ones we bought didn't go with my colour scheme. So I glued some paper onto a cardboard box rescued from the recycling bin... |
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| and cut out little owl shapes. |
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| Some black and white pics of our families (minus a couple that I haven't printed yet) |
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| And voila, Our Family Tree. |
Now, Mr Frog will probably have some helpful "suggestions" to make it better... but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
MC
