This year for my 13 team members at work I decided to make ornaments. I used a different image for each of them. These are my favorites:
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| 3 Snowmen from Dustin Pike's DoodleDragonStudios.com |
(These are Pure Innocence, Meijen, and Pink Cat Studios digital images)
I printed out my images on 24 lb. paper and colored with Copics. It took a few tries to get the hang of not overinking as the thin paper bled much more than the smooth cardstocks I’ve been using for Copics coloring. Then I chose some DCWV papers for backers and glued the fussy-cut images down. I glittered with Stardust Stickles in most cases and some have twine or ribbon and snowflake positives from the Martha Stewart Aspen punch-around-the-page punches. I created sentiments for the backs on the computer:
I created a sandwich of these between two 2x3 plain microscope slides. (I saw ornaments made with Memory Glass, but microscope slides are much cheaper!) I used Scor-Tape around all the edges and dipped it in embossing powder. I chose some ultrasparkly powders - Blue Blaze by Recollections and Red Dragon by Stamp-N Stuff. On some not pictured I also used an opaque white with silver sparkle called Winter Wonderland by Stamp-N Stuff. Then I heated the powder to melt and set aside on a craft sheet to cool. I had originally intended to put the hanging wire in the sandwich and to seal it in, but the wire made too much of a gap, so I fudged it a bit by using some Glossy Accents to glue it to the outer edge.
When that dried, I added some more glue and dipped in embossing powder, heat and set aside to cool. It’s a little bumpy, but not too noticeable, especially when it’s hanging on a tree. =)
I did add the ornaments to a card as “gift wrap”:
These cards were simply a Penny Black stamp, Pine Silhouettes, stamped in Evergreen Bough distress inks on a parchment cardstock. I handwrote a Merry Christmas in red pen on each one as you see and tied the ornament on with red and white twine.
I fell in love with a couple of them, so I am going to have to take what I learned and make more… for ME! LOL
Challenges…
The Dustin Pike images only for Pike’s Playground challenge - Anything But a Card
Digital Tuesday – #141 Winter Wonderland
Crafting For All Seasons – #16 Christmas Projects
Glitter Geeks – #28 Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away – #35 Snowmen
Hiding in My Craft Room – #25 Embossing
One Stop Crafting – #162 Christmas Sparkle
Paper Crafting Journey – Christmas Challenge
Well, I’m off to get ready for work. Fun times. Will be back with a couple last-minute cards and some other Christmas gifts! =)
Happy Crafting and Happiest of Holidays!
Christy
Christy
