Can you believe it's September 1st already?? Time is just flying by!!
Anyway for this month's Senior Design Team Challenge Nichole asked us to make Christmas Tree ornaments using Papertrey products. It took me a while to figure what I wanted to make and how - but I finally decided on these:
I made ornaments using 4" lightweight round coasters (cut with a scalloped circle nestability die) and added pictures of the girls. There's a lot more to them tho than that so keep reading.
After cutting the coasters (there are 2 coasters per ornament) I cut scalloped circles from PTI's Aqua Mist cardstock.
I stamped those with White Pigment ink and Dark Chocolate ink using snowflake stamps from the Snowflake Serenade and Holiday Treats stamp sets, then sponged the edges with Dark Chocolate ink.
The pictures of the girls were printed out on my home printer then punched out with a Marvy Circle punch.
It's hard to see it in these pics but I added brown glitter as a "frame" around each picture with a glue pen.
I attached a Heidi Swapp snowflake (they're clear so I painted them white) with a Bazzill Brad (that matches really well with Aqua Mist) to each ornament, then punched a hole at the top with my Crop-a-dile. I added a large eyelet then used some Dark Chocolate Twill to make the hanger.
On the opposite side of each coaster I used a scalloped circle cut from Dark Chocolate CS. I then had the girls color me little pictures that I glued to the insides.
I made an accordion fold out of a strip of Aqua Mist (using my scor pal), adhered those to the coaters then adhered the girl's pictures (Veronica's is the top one and Josie's is the bottom).
I asked the girls to draw Christmas pictures and Veronica drew her and Josie celebrating Christmas this year - out in the snow. Josie scribbled a bit then added purple snow to it (LOL!).
Before I had adhered the Dark Chocolate CS I placed Basic Grey Magnetic Snaps on each coaster that hold them together when they're hanging on the tree!
As a finishing touch I stamped the girl's names on the back of each ornament along with "Christmas 2008" using PTI's Simple Alphabet.
Not only are these quite easy to make (you don't HAVE to use 2 coasters and the accordion fold and whatnot - you could just use one and then on the back include any info or drawings that you like) they would make fabulous gifts for grandparents etc. I plan on making more of these to give as gifts and then make new ones each year.
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I hope y'all enjoyed my ornaments and don't forget to check out what the rest of the Senior DT made!:
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{SUPPLIES}
STAMPS: PTI Simple Alphabet, Snowflake Serenade, Holiday Treats.
CS: Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate, White.
INK: Dark Chocolate, White Pigment Ink (SU!).
ACCESSORIES: 4" Round Lightweight Coasters, Scalloped Circle Nestability Die, Sponge, Dark Chocolate Twill Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Snowflake, Bazzill Brad, White Paint, Large Eyelet, Basic Grey Magnetic Snaps, Art Institute Brown Glitter.
