LBH 12 Days of Ornaments: Day #10

Good Morning once again,

This past week has been crammed with fun events and great 

posts from all of our LBH Gals and their ornaments 

along side the Front Porch Kit reveal.

Today, Day 10 We have a ...
Layered Tag Ornament

By: Rhonda Merry

I thought I would pull all of the little 
punched snowflakes, left over from a
long ago project, and a couple embellishment 
packs from Fancy Pants.

I used the Large Decorative Tags from the

Merry Little Christmas Line. Remove the tag string and

set aside for later use. Since they are not the same color

I pulled colors that would coordinate with the tags.

First step was to ink the edges, one with Biscotti Chalk ink

the other with a pastel green chalk ink. 

I then sprayed the tags with coordinating color 

of Perfect Pearls Mist. One tag got a light misting

 of Heirloom Gold, the other with Forever Green and

then set aside to dry.

  

Next was to change the color of my metal embellishments.

One bottle-cap and both jingle bells got treated with

 Adirondack Alcohol Ink Mixative in Gold.

I did this by placing items into a small

zip top bag and adding a few drops of the Gold Mixative.

I sealed the bag and started squishing the mixative 

around the items.

It looks  messy but the mess is contained rather well.

Then dump them out on a heat resistant craft mat.

If the color didn't get into all the crevices, take a

paint brush to spread the mixative while its still wet.  

Once coated, use a heat gun to dry and set the mixative.

I painted the other bottle-cap.I didn't have the right 

shade of green, so I used a pine green acrylic paint

and lightened it with a pearl white metallic paint to 

get this soft metallic  green color that matched the 

shade of the green on one tag. I like playing with 

colors. For best results, add in your lightening 

color a little at a time.

 Then I painted straight onto the metal. Two coats gave 
it great coverage. Make sure first coat is completely dry
before adding second coat of paint.

I stamped a couple of flourishes in opposite corners 

of the tags and then felt ready to start my layering.

Stickers from the Fancy Pants sticker sheet were

 perfect centers for one snowflake.

A stamped image from Reverse Confetti layered in a circle

 of winter white fleece from my Pass The Egg Nog kit. And a button. And Patina Stickles to circle the embellishments.

This one got a punched image from a 

Merry Little Christmas printed paper. Add a ribbon 

hanger and a bow with twine(Maya Road, Tiramisu)

 holding the jingle bell. This tag I used the Mercury Gold Stickles.

(The green tag got a blue seam binding ribbon and the 

string that was originally on the tag is holding the jingle bell.)

Both tags got one last shot of the coordinating mists.

They are ready to hang.

Leave a comment for your chance to win 
one of my Tag Ornaments!
Merry Crafting,
Rhonda

WINNER for Day #9: Linda Hahn

Congrats Linda! Contact the LBH to claim your ornament and Thank you for commenting!