**Altered Christmas Frame/Wreath Class!**

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Renee wrote:Oh, ok! I have both lying around here somewhere! I was thinking it was a special kind of frame. Awesome :-D

Nah, just a cheapy from the thrift store is perfect!
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I could see a beautiful one for Thanksgiving too.
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Next is the part that will take you a while... the book print circles. You may question why you wanted to do this project in the first place when you're doing this part but I promise it really isn't that bad!

I'm just going to show you how I did this before we move on to the "scrappy" part.

I cut my circles on one night in front of the tv and crumpled them the next night. It is boring and repetitive but very easy.

First, rip out the pages of your book. I pulled sections out rather than one page at a time. Then cut your pages in half so you have a pile like this:

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Here is when you would use your 3" punch to punch your circles if you have one. I am sure this step would be faster if you did it this way but I didn't want to shell out the money for a new punch so I did it the old fashioned way! My circle cutter, Cricut and Slice ALL shredded the edges of my book pages but if you can get any of those to work more power to you!

Cut yourself a 3" circle from any old piece of scrap paper.

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Fold a few sheets of your book pages in quarters... I did about four sheets at a time. Then fold your circle template in quarters and lay it on top:

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Where will the finished ones be posted! I would love to see everyones creativity!!
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Cut the book pages using the template as a guide:

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hey - very clever to fold it!
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LoreenC wrote:Where will the finished ones be posted! I would love to see everyones creativity!!

At the end of the class I will open up a gallery spot just for these... I also want to see them! :)
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writerlady wrote:hey - very clever to fold it!

Yeah, right!? At first I was overwhelmed until I realized I could do multiples at once. It goes pretty fast!
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After unfolding them you should have a stack of circles. They do NOT have to be perfect! You will never see imperfections when they get crumpled and added to the frame.

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About how many did you cut?
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To crumple the papers use the blunt end of any pen and push it into the center of each circle. Crush the paper around the pen:

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I actually cut a ton of circles out ahead of time. Mine probably aren't 3in., since I used a Cuttlebug scallop-y flower die to cut mine. I knew my wrist would be screaming at me if I tried to hand cut the circles, even the way Jess did them.
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oops, posted in the wrong post:)
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Whew! thanks for the shortcut to cutting all these circles!
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Sweyo wrote:About how many did you cut?

I really can't tell you! I can say I used every single page of my book and barely made it. It will totally depend upon the size of your frame. I cut maybe 3/4 of my book and did the rest of the steps till I ran out... then just did more to finish it.
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I was hoping you were following along Mandi! This is just your type of project:)
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You will be left with a giant pile of these:

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