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Paper and Tile Tray
A warm and inviting way to decorate your table
5
Skill level:
Hard
Time needed:
1 to 3 hours
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Supplies Needed
- Craft Bond™ Extra Strength Glue Stick
- Craft Bond™ Ultra Stix All
- X-ACTO® Gripster® Knife
- X-ACTO® Rotary Paper Trimmer
- X-ACTO® Self-Healing Cutting Mat
- 14" x 9.75" wooden tray with clear acrylic insert (Demis™)
- Five 12" x 12" blue and orange coordinating stripes and flowers scrapbook papers (Cosmo Cricket™: Hey Sugar Collection)
- Chipboard letters to spell: "welcome"
- Raised inkpad, Mocha Mama Powder Puffs (Quick Quotes®)
- 1" square mosaic tiles in colors to coordinate with paper: thirteen brown, fourteen teal, fifteen light orange and fourteen orange
- Ruler
Instructions
- Plan paper arrangement for inside of tray and for chipboard letters.
- Use X-ACTO® Rotary Trimmer to cut 2" x 12" strips from scrapbook paper for inside border on tray face.
- Similarly, cut three 3 1/2" x 5" pieces from remaining assorted papers.
- Use Craft Bond™ Extra Strength Glue Stick to attach 2" x 12" strips as border around inside of tray face.
- Attach 3 1/2" x 5" pieces side-by-side, in middle of tray face.
- Use Glue Stick to attach chipboard letters to chosen paper for each letter.
- Use X-ACTO® Gripster® Knife and X-ACTO® Self-Healing Cutting Mat to trim excess paper from around letters.
- Use ink pad along edges of letters to stain.
- Center and glue chipboard letters with Craft Bond™ Ultra Stix All to scrapbook papers on tray face.
- Refer to photo to plan pattern of tiles around "welcome" on tray. When desired pattern is placed, use Ultra Stix All to glue tiles down.
- Let dry completely.
- Place acrylic insert over tray face. (Note: Tray is decorative, so do not wash.)
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