By: Miss Tracy :)
Hello everyone! Miss Tracy here today and I wanted to share a beautiful embossed metal ornament with you during our wonderful 12 Days of Ornaments Extravaganza! Here's a closer look...
Hello everyone! Miss Tracy here today and I wanted to share a beautiful embossed metal ornament with you during our wonderful 12 Days of Ornaments Extravaganza! Here's a closer look... 
These are simple paper mache ornaments that you can find at the Little Blue House or your local craft store. I have covered them with pieces of embossed art metal (Ten Seconds Studio).Here is a look at what you will need to re-create these fabulous embossed metal ornaments...
Miss Tracy's How To:
Miss Tracy's How To:First, you will need to make a template of the area that you are wanting to cover on your ornament. Use thin paper such as, copy paper or notebook paper and simply press around the area with your finger to give you a cut line. Then, trace that piece onto a sturdier background such as chipboard or a heavy weight cardstock.
Now, trace the templates onto the back side (silver side) of the art metal and cut them out...
Grab your favorite Cuttlebug or Sizzix Embossing Folders and run the metal pieces through your Cuttlebug or Big Shot...
After your pieces are embossed, you can begin sanding. Use a lightweight sander over the embossed designs to expose the silver core of the metal...so easy and so beautiful! 
You are now ready to tape your metal pieces. I prefer to use tape sheets for this step but if you do not have access to those, you can use your tacky tape roll. Just be sure to get the adhesive as close to the edges as possible to ensure that you don't get flippy corners.
Carefully, remove the backing from your tape and put into place on your ornament. Be sure to burnish down all the sidess so you don't have any sharp edges.
When you have completely covered your ornament, consider adding some ribbon or decorative brads or jewels to further embellish them!
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial! Don't forget to post a comment...remember, one lucky commenter will recieve the ornament shown today! How about sharing your favorite Christmas song with me...I'm a big fan of Christmas music...just puts me in such a merry mood!
Now, trace the templates onto the back side (silver side) of the art metal and cut them out...
Grab your favorite Cuttlebug or Sizzix Embossing Folders and run the metal pieces through your Cuttlebug or Big Shot...
After your pieces are embossed, you can begin sanding. Use a lightweight sander over the embossed designs to expose the silver core of the metal...so easy and so beautiful! 
You are now ready to tape your metal pieces. I prefer to use tape sheets for this step but if you do not have access to those, you can use your tacky tape roll. Just be sure to get the adhesive as close to the edges as possible to ensure that you don't get flippy corners.
Carefully, remove the backing from your tape and put into place on your ornament. Be sure to burnish down all the sidess so you don't have any sharp edges. When you have completely covered your ornament, consider adding some ribbon or decorative brads or jewels to further embellish them!
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial! Don't forget to post a comment...remember, one lucky commenter will recieve the ornament shown today! How about sharing your favorite Christmas song with me...I'm a big fan of Christmas music...just puts me in such a merry mood! Keep watching the LBH blog for more inspiring, hand-made ornament tutorials!
Congratulations to our Day 1 Lucky Commenter...
CARLA
She is the winner of the LBH Day 1 Ornament designed by LollyChops! Please give us a call to claim your ornament.
Congratulations to our Day 1 Lucky Commenter...
CARLA
She is the winner of the LBH Day 1 Ornament designed by LollyChops! Please give us a call to claim your ornament.
Stay true to your Passion -- Keep Creating!
Happy Holidays!
Miss Tracy :)
I just love this Tracy! My favorite song is Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. I don't even know if that's the name of the song but it's on the CD I left there over the weekend!
ReplyDeleteOMG! TRACY!! you have just made my day.....as you know I recently just started benig able to come to scrapstashers and classes...so I missed the metal works....thank you , thank you, thank you for this one....I love the metals...well I love all y'alls work totally, really wanted to learn this one...Happy Holidays.
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty! They look like very expensive designer ornaments! My favorite Christmas Song is "Jingle Bells" sung by Ella Fitzgerald! Her version just totally gets me in the best mood for Christmas, and I love dancing around the house with my two little boys to that one!! Here's the YouTube video link for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59xvZhJFQRQ
ReplyDeleteLove the ornaments Tracy!!!!! Need to stop by and pick up supplies!
ReplyDeleteOh Yeah was so excited I for got my favorite song.....mine is Little Drummer Boy....my little brother used to play this on his drum set and I loved it...I miss is lots now..Happy Holidays
ReplyDeleteOh my favorite Christmas song is "Mary, Did You Know?" sung by Kathy Mattea on an old old album called Good News.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my all time favorite projects!! So elegant! I LOVE pretty much ALL Christmas music and have been listening to it for a couple of weeks now! I think my top 2 favs are Silent Night and The Hallelujah Chorus!
ReplyDeleteI love these escpecially the red star! So rich! Wish I lived closer to the LBH! cjdempsey9 at msn dot com
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous ornament! Definitely a must do on my holiday list. My favorite Christmas song... How do I send thee and We Three Kings ... but I love them all!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! Great instructions - I can't wait to try the red star!
ReplyDeleteThank for sharing the idea for this pretty ornament! Unfortunately, this one is going to take a great deal of improvising, as I have no LSS for supplies, nor an embossing machine. Gotta put on my thinking cap! Meanwhile, I'll pop in my compilation Christmas CD and enjoy Go Tell it on the Mountain, with Vanessa Williams, and many more favorites!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tracy. I have done this in paper, but love the metal. I have two of the ornaments done from yesterday, so I guess I need to get busy on this one.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have this ornament! I having gotten into the metal embossing. Yet. Just give me time! LOL
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ReplyDeleteI could never do that! Its so elegant! I like Santa Baby.
ReplyDeletethat ornament is beautiful!!! I've done a bit of embossing but nothing compared to this!
ReplyDeletethanks for the tutorial for this amazing ornament. i just love all the texture & sure will be making some for my tree
ReplyDeleteTracy, Thanks for sharing a beautiful and elegant ornament and the how-to! SO glad to see this celebration :)! I love Christmas music of all sorts but I'll say, Silent Night, because I used to be able to sing it as a lullaby for my son. I guess it calmed us both. TFS! Paula
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazingly beautiful ornament!!! Thank you for the wonderful tutorial. What's not to love about all Christmas music (except maybe that Grandma got ran over by a reindeer song) Never was bothered by that one too much in the past, but since I'm going to be a grandma come January!!!! I think my all time fave, though, is Carol of the Bells.
ReplyDeleteThe metal makes such a beautiful ornament. I saw these hanging in the shop Saturday and they are even more beautiful in person...can't wait to try them out. Suggestion: Offer the template for each ornament when you purchase them from your shop...that would be awsome!!!!
ReplyDeleteI will be happy to offer the templates and we can kit these ornaments for you if you would like to purchase them at the LBH. HoHoHo!
ReplyDeleteMiss Tracy :)
I love these ornaments. They look so pretty and can be so elegant with some embellishments. I will be making these for sure. My favorite song is The Christmas song. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire just makes you feel so warm and puts you in the holiday spirit.
ReplyDeleteTracy, I love these too - I bought some at the Open House. I was going to do them in all glitter but now I think I'll try an alternating pattern - 1 section glitter, 1 section embossed metal! I'll bring them in to show you how they turn out. My favorite Christmas song is The Holly & the IVy.
ReplyDeleteI remember when Leslie and Cinnamon got to make these at Hot Metal Mamas and I didn't make it that month. Thanks for letting me know how to make it.
ReplyDeleteI love all Christmas music.
Yeah, time to do Christmas Ornaments again. Metal is great to work with and it amazes me how many different uses it has. I could listen to Christmas music all year...Mary Did You Know by Kenny Rogers comes to mind as one of my fav's.
ReplyDeleteThese are just gorgeous!!
ReplyDelete<3Love...<3Love...<3Love those ornaments!! Every year I buy 3 similar ornaments to add to my Christmas tree. I see this year I'll just have to come to the LBH and make my own. Always wanted to delve into the world of Hot Metal Mama's...watch out, here I come :O)
ReplyDeleteTracy, this ornament is gorgeous! My favorite Christmas song is the 12 Days of Christmas sung by The Muppets and John Denver. I've loved it since I was little and I'll love it when I'm old :)
ReplyDeleteLove this! I need to stock up on supplies. My favorite Christmas song is any of the ones my daughter sang when she was in high school. It wasn't his child pops into my head.
ReplyDeleteABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!! You sure did do a great job and the tutorial is fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be a great project for my 9 yr old son & I to do together. He loves working with the metal & I love the outcome. A win win!!! I will be using these beautiful ornaments for accessorizing my gifts. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Thanks for the great ideas & such easy instructions.
ReplyDeleteTracy....those are beautiful. I have the star ornament that I have never done anything with, now I know what to try on it. One of my favorite Christmas songs would be Silent Night.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial.
Wow what a beautiful ornament! I thanks for sharing how you made it because I was worried I was going to have to get a welder or soldering iron to make one of those :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song is "Baby it's cold outside"
Hugs,
Kristina
Love the ornaments so far. My favorite Christmas song is "I'll be home for Christmas"
ReplyDelete"Oh Holy Night" is my favorite Christmas song. Your ornament is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ornaments! My favorite Christmas song is "White Christmas"
ReplyDeleteLove these! I need to find me some art metal. My favorite Christmas song is a three-way tie between "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" "All I Want For Christmas is You" and "Baby It's Cold Outside."
ReplyDeleteI love this and you make it look so easy. I am going to give this a try. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteLove the look of metal on the ornaments! This is goofy but I love the Chipmunk Christmas Song.
ReplyDeleteI really want a Sizzix for Christmas, really and for true! My favorite Christmas song is Christmas Time Is Here, or any song from Charlie Brown Christmas. I love the whole Vince Guialdi CB Christmas CD
ReplyDeleteI love it, can't wait to make it!
ReplyDeleteFavorite Christmas song today is "Snow" from the movie White Christmas.
Oh I have never worked with metal, but it sure looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteCheryl
Super fabulous effects; great technique! I'm imagining one winging it's way to Australia for a hot Christmas holiday.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! The ornaments are gorgeous and you can make them in any color combination that you want with all of the different metal colors. (And, yes, Judy, I think glitter would really put them over the top!)
ReplyDeleteI have so many favorite Christmas songs it's hard to pick, but the one I'm thinking of now is "Carol of the Bells".
Wow! So pretty! I may have to improvise to make these. I don't have a lss to find those ornments. LOVE the metal embossing!!
ReplyDeleteOh, my favorite Christmas song is Silent Night -- just started listening to my Christmas CDs yesterday :-)
ReplyDeleteSo excited to have won the ornament from yesterday's post! Wow!!
So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas song is I'm Dreaming of a White Chritmas
Karen
This is beautiful. Thank you for the tutorial.
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