Fluffy tree dilemma? Dot-cake solution! (Challenge progress update)

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Just popping in with a quick update - I’ve worked out a solution for turning the flat 2D leaves on the Sunshine Town tree into fat, fluffy 3D leaves! Sharing in case it’s useful.

After a little trial and error with different kinds of glue and approaches to fluff application, here’s what I’ve settled on:

Step 1: frost with a thick layer of PVA glue or the white glue that the kit came with.

Step 2: pour fluffy leaf pile into paper.

Step 3: flip glue-side down into the leaf pile and press and hold.

Step 4: flip right way up, and let it think about things for a while.

Step 5: pretend to be raking leaves and reform the fluffy leaf pile while the glue dries a bit.

Step 6: give the leaves a little shimmy to knock off the loose fluff.

Step 7: identify any gaps that need a thicker coating and dot glue into those gaps.

Step 8: flip glue side down into the pile, press and hold.

Repeat 4-8 until the fluff factor is satisfactory.

A little tedious working in layers but look how full-bodied this tree is now! This is exactly what I had in mind :heart_eyes:

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wow. so beautiful. You did awesome

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Wow! This look super duper great! I really love how it turned out​:heart: And you found it all by yourself :100::fire::fire: Respect! You are doing great :heart::heart:

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I love it!!! Thanks for sharing!

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The tree is looking very nice @Melinda

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Thank you so much! I am very happy with how it turned out :heart_eyes:

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You are my welcome :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Thank you so much! Your encouraging words mean a lot to me :folded_hands::face_holding_back_tears:. I’m learning a lot through this challenge!

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Thank you so much! :blush: :heart:

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Thank you, Tricia! I tried a few things until I found an approach that gave me the effect I wanted.

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It looks really good, so fluffy and full :sparkles: thanks for sharing @Melinda :blush:

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Thank you so much, you’re most welcome! The flat leaves have always bothered me with Sunshine Town, so it was very satisfying to fill them out :heart_eyes:

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@Melinda great tips hun its looking great !:heart_eyes:

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Thank you so much, Jo!

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Awesome work!! I really love that idea.

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@Melinda fantastic tips!! That’s how I usually do my greenery on my kits. Thanks !

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That’s a wonderful idea. It looks great.

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enjoy @Melinda . I am sure you will do a brilliant job with it. looking forward to your next update.

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this looks great! I have some mini autumn trees I was going to use but This is more diy. I may even try to cut some wood with my cricut and make a tree and use this,

Thanks for a great explanation of how to do.

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I love this! Thanks for sharing how you did it. It’s really so much nicer when it’s a little fuller :blush:

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