home decorating ideas xmas

here's how to make a show stopping garlandentirely out of paper. you will need a cutting mat, vellum and pearlescent cardstock, a pencil,a leaf template, scissors, a scoring template from bhg.com, a bone folder, string, a roundpaper punch, red cardstock, white floral wire and a hot glue gun. trace the leaf templateonto both vellum and cardstock and cut them out. using the scoring template from bhg.com,which has been traced onto cardboard and cut out, score each leaf several times using abone folder. do this on a cushioned surface such as a cutting mat. gently, fold the leafalong the score line. repeat the process to make several more leaves. using a hot gluegun, attach the stems of the leaves to a piece of string, alternating vellum and cardstockleaves. using a paper punch, make several

circles from red cardstock. cut three piecesof white floral wire, fold each strand in half and twist it. sandwich a piece of wirebetween two red circles and hot glue gun together. twist three of the wire strands together tomake a cluster. repeat the process to make several more clusters. using a hot glue gun,attach the berries to the box of every third or fourth leaf on the garland. finally, hangyour garland.