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Monday, December 19, 2011

Day 19 - Christmas Tree Ornament

With my Christmas cards all postal, my creativity turns to tags and packages and ornaments for the tree.  I made an ornament lsat month using Crafter's Companion Christmas Tree stamp set and, believe it or not, empty toilet paper rolls.

This time I had an extra colored image left over from a wreath I had made using the Cute Companions stamp set called Christmas Magic.  So I made an ornament for my tree.  I decided to try my hand at one of those handmade flowers, the ones you make out of patterned paper and a gazillion folds!  Well, my Ultimate Crafter's Companion Tool made short work of scoring my paper (3"x6") at half inch intervals.  I did this to two pieces of leftover Christmas paper.  Then I adhered the fans into two semi-circles, and then adhered them  together, holding them in place with binder clips until the glue dried.

Next I inked the edges of my "fan flower" and adhered it to a paper doily.  Then I had to add some shine, so I Stickled the edges of both my flower and the doily.  Last two steps were to pop on the image, which had already been Copic-colored, Stickled and framed, and to attached some gold cord from which to hang my ornament.  (I also added a white ribbon with pearl embellishments to hide where the cord was tied to the ornament)

And now you see it proudly displayed on myChristmas tree!  I can't wait for hubby and the kids to "discover" the new ornament!  BTW, have you been over to the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog?  This month their challenge is to "make it shine", whether it be cards, layouts or altered art.  Just use a CC image and give it some glow and play for a chance to win an awesome prize!

5 comments:

D said...

Your accordian ornament is lovely Pat :) What a fabulous was to decorate your tree. Thanks for joining us this month at the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog.

Dawnll said...

This ornament is just so beautiful.
So glad you could share with us at
Crafters Companion Challenge

AmyT said...

Great ornament. Thanks for entering the Crafter's Companion challenge

Khristen said...

This ornament is amazing, the accordion rosette is a perfect addition. Thanks for playing at the CCCB!

Stacy H-W said...

Pat, this ornament is precious!! I am picking it for my friday fav this week!! You always do the sweetest projects!! Thanks for joining in again at Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog!!