Tutorial: Scrapbook Paper Cross

Have your little sprout help you decorate a wooden cross with scrapbook paper.

MATERIALS:

• a wooden cross
• piece of scrapbook paper
• Mod Podge
• sandpaper or nail file
• hot glue gun
• misc. ribbons and trip (optional)
• nail (optional)
• letter stamps (optional)

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1. Trace the shape of the cross using a pencil.

2. Cut around the lines you have just drawn. Important! Do not cut ON the line. You want a little extra all the way around the cross outline.

3. Brush a very thin and every layer of Mod Podge onto the cross. Make sure to cover the entire surface.

4. Smooth on the paper cross.

5. Let it dry completely and then fold/crease the extra paper over the edges of the cross.

6. Take a piece of sand paper or a nail file and sand off the extra paper.

This will leave a perfectly flush edge on the cross. If a little bit tears off...no worries. Make it look intentional and rustic. Also you may need to touch up some of the edges with a bit of Mod Podge if the paper comes a little loose.

7. Now embellish your cross.Enter glue gun (for adults use only, of course). We used some vintage lace and ribbon from my stash. And a rusty old nail. And then I stamped Anne's name on it. A reminder that Jesus died for her.

One for each of my sprouts.

Comments

[ErinL]

SO Great! I love that you placed a nail, and their names on each of them. You are so talented at personalizing our Faith for little sprouts.

[Julie Durham]

Just beautiful!!! You are such an AWESOME MOMMY!!! :)
Thanks for sharing the great idea! :)

[Rebecca Raley]

thank you so much for this information! i make crosses and was always wondering how it was done with scrapbook paper....again thank you so much....love your crosses