The Little Blue House 12 Days of Ornaments: Day #11

Susan Tidwell here to bring you Day #11 of our 12 ornaments this year. Can you believe we are almost finished? This is one of my favorite LBH activities and I hope you, too, are enjoying all the fabulous ornaments the gals have been posting.

CUPCAKE LINER CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT

Supplies Needed for Tree (**means available at LBH)

**piece of green card stock (I used approximately 6" square - size will be determined 

by desired size of tree)

**6-12 cupcake baking liners

**2 gold stars cut from star ribbon

**6" thin red paper twine or other ribbon

**16-20 red sequins (or use mix of red and gold)

**1/4" Scor Tape

**Glossy Accents

**Distress Glitter - Clear Rock Candy

Hot glue

toothpick

Let's begin!

1. First make a cone from the card stock. Round off one corner of a square to make a "triangle with rounded bottom." (The size of the straight edges will be the height of the cone.) Roll into a cone, taping or hot gluing the sides together.

2. Cut the bottoms out of several cupcake baking liners. 

3. Use Scor Tape to add first liner to largest end of cone (open end). Start about 1/2" in from bottom so liner covers the edge. Continue wrapping liners around cone about 1/2" apart until the cone is completely covered.

Tip: depending on size of cone you might need more than one liner for a layer. Just cut another piece to add.

4. Use hot glue for this next step. Fold twine and glue to back of one star, then glue end of toothpick in place. Line up second star and glue together.  Glue the other end of the toothpick and stick into the top of the tree (there should be a small hole at the top of the cone).

Almost finished!  

5. Wipe Glossy Accents on each layer of cupcake liners. You can use a small brush or your fingers like I did. Sprinkle dry Distress Glitter over while wet. Continue for entire tree.

6. Use Glossy Accents to add sequins to the tree.

Hang and admire!

CUPCAKE LINER CONE ORNAMENT

I also made a second version using the cupcake liners. The process is the same for making the cone and adding the cupcake liners. However, the ornament is turned upside down!  You could add candy, a tiny gift or even a gift card inside!

Additional Supplies:

**cardstock in desired color (about 6" square)

**4" baker's twine or paper twine

**chandelier drop

**24" narrow red, green and gold ribbon

**12" gold beaded wire

**Diamond Stickles

Cropadile

**optional - washi tape

1. Make cone and wrap cupcake liners as shown above for tree. I alternated colors for this cone.

2. If desired, wrap washi tape around open edge of cone for a finished look since this will show. (I did not do this on the tree as it is upside down and doesn't show.)

3. Instead of a star, I used a "chandelier drop" to dangle from the pointed end of the cone. 

Tie twine through chandelier drop and make a knot. Thread ends of twine through small hole in cone and glue knot to secure.

4. Punch a hole on opposite sides of top of cone for the hanger. Place ribbon through holes and knot each end. Wrap gold beaded wire around ribbon hanger. Tie bow between bottom of cone and chandelier drop (see photo of finished cone).

5. Add Stickles to edges of all cupcake liners.

I hope you enjoyed these ornaments. It was fun making them! And there are so many colorful cupcake liners available - think of all the possibilities!

Be sure to comment on this post in order to win an ornament! Tell me your Christmas Eve traditions - do you unwrap gifts then, wear Christmas jammies, or are you still assembling toys?  Now our children are grown, our family always attends Midnight Mass. When they were younger, my husband always read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" before bed. It's time now to start this tradition with our grand boys.

Be sure to stop by the LBH to see ALL the lovelies hanging on our tree!

 And check back tomorrow for our last ornament!

Susan

CONGRATULATIONS to the DAY #10 WINNER:

Glenda Lehrmann

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The Little Blue House 12 Days of Ornaments: Day #10

Hello! DeeDee Roe here today...and I'm excited to share my Merry Mason Jar Lid DIY ornament. :) 

I LOVE handmade for the holidays and this one is super cute and easy to recreate. 

Merry Mason Jar Lid Ornaments

Designed by: DeeDee Roe

Check out my tutorial and supply list below. :) 

Start off with two mason jar lids. :) *Pro-tip* Wipe them down with an alcohol wipe so the paint will adhere more easily. 

Separate the inner circle from the outer ring. 

Then paint all sides of the ring with Tattered Rose Distress Crackle paint. (I created two and used Weathered Wood on the second ornament.) Make sure to paint thickly or it won't show well on the silver. Allow to dry. 

I painted the jingle bells with VerDay Brass paint and added the patina spray - just to give it a bit more age and texture. Allow to dry. 

Paint the spool with leafy green paint. Cut "24" from the patterned paper. Adhere and wrap around spool. Cover paper with Glossy Accents and coat in Iridescent glitter. Okay, I know. You're either a glitter person or you're not. I see glitter and my brain just says YES, girl, this project obviously calls for sparkle. Bring it.. 

Use the lid insert to trace a front and back for the ornament. Try to pay attention to which part of the design you're tracing. Like, don't accidentally trace the logo at the bottom. 

I used Glossy Accents to adhere the patterned paper to the jar lid on both sides. 

Sand the edges down so the paper fits easily into the lid ring. 

Then ink the edges of both sides with Antique Linen Distress ink. I used Glossy Accents around the inside of the rim to adhere the inner circle. Easy peasy. 

Next, fill the lids with Glossy Accents using a small paintbrush (to be totally honest I used my pinky) and then pour in Mica flakes. Shake off excess. Allow to dry. 

Trace the inner rim with Platinum Stickles. 

Using sharp detail scissors cut the "partridge in a pear tree" from the patterned paper. 

Coat the rectangles with words in Glossy Accents and set aside to dry. 

Once dry put the phrase on adhesive foam squares overlapping the left side of the rim. 

Tie a bow with the brown burlap ribbon and adhere to the top left side of the rim using hot glue. 

String the jingle bells with the twine and knot around the base of the tree. Attach the tree to the lid using hot glue. 

String the remaining twine through the back of the bow and tie a knot at the top for hanging. Attach button to center of bow using hot glue. :) 

Use hot glue to attach the wooden spool to the bottom of the ring. 

Pat yourself on the back because you're creative and amazing and have a new handmade ornament for your Christmas tree.

Here's my second version of the same basic ornament. So cute right?! :) 

Front and back view. 

Thanks for checking out my tutorial and ornament. I hope you make a couple for yourself! :) 
Be sure to leave a comment today and you could be chosen to WIN one of my Ornaments! Share with me when you open presents....Christmas Eve or Christmas Morning?

DeeDee

CONGRATULATIONS to the DAY #9 WINNER:

PAM M

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12 Days of Ornaments:Day#9

 Welcome to Day # 9 , Lynette Chiles here today sharing another handmade ornament. Miss Tracy designed this amazing "Junk Tree" for her latest Picker's Retreat. I assisted her on the retreat and made one of my own too. These beauties inspired my ornament creation featured today!

Designed by: Tracy Pounds

Designed by: Lynette Chiles
                     

I love miniature things! After Miss Tracy created the Shutter Angels last year it came to mind that you could use a miniature shutter from a dollhouse and create miniature Shutter Angels....So we did. Again, I thought we could miniaturize the Junk Trees. Smaller surface and smaller junk.

Here are my Miniature Tree Ornaments...

Now for a surface...Small wooden plaque, paper mache rectangular ornament (available at LBH) or even a small canvas. We have recently gotten in small "junk" ...fun little trinkets and treasures at The Little Blue House. These trinkets are perfect to create this ornament!

Don.t you just love them? Let's get started.

Supplies:

Surface - small wooden plaque, paper mache' rectangular ornament, or small canvas.

Acrylic Paint - The metallic paints such as Espresso and Champagne look great.

Printed paper, text, music paper, etc. if you choose to add paper to your surface

Mod Podge if you are using paper

Eye Screw if using wooden plaque Paper Mache' Ornament already has a hanger

AND Junk ---- Lots of Junk

E6000 for attaching metal

Scotch Quick Dry Glue for attaching wood.

Changing the color of your metal pieces. : metallic acrylic paint, Distress Paint, or alcohol inks.

Paint your surface the color of your choice. Add paper with mod podge if you choose. Lay all of your "junk" pieces out. Start at the bottom with a piece that resembles a tree trunk. Then start with your longest piece and graduate to shorter pieces until you reach the top. Top your tree with a star, gears, flowers, etc.

Note : E6000 needs to dry 24 hours. Also it tends to slide, so keep a check on it for the first few hours.



 Hope you have fun creating your own
 "JUNK" TREE ORNAMENTS!

 Be sure to comment so you can be entereed into our drawing to WIN one of my JUNK TREE Ornaments. Share with us today what you top your tree with? I have an angel that came from Hallmark many, many years ago.

Thanks for reading!

Lynette

CONGRATULATIONS to the DAY #8 WINNER:

Ashley Hansen

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The Little Blue House 12 Days of Ornaments: Day #8

Hello and Welcome to Day #8 of the Little Blue House feature...

Rhonda Merry here to tell you about my ornament.

 Bell Jars are fun way to make your collectibles and special items
stand out when decorating for the holidays.  I used a beautiful glass bell
ornament from Melissa Frances to display a cute little paper snowman.

Snowman Bell Ornament By: Rhonda Merry

Supplies:

One Bell Jar Ornament by Melissa Frances.

White Cardstock, 

Christmas Greens Pipe Cleaner, 

Bakers Twine

Tiny Jingle Bells, 

Pruners, Small twigs for arms

Gold Metallic Paint(Dazzling Metallic Champagne Gold)

Artificial Snow, 

Perfect Pearls Mist

Gold cording, 

Hot Glue gun, Hot Glue sticks, 

Glossy Accents, 

E6000

Wire cutters, 

¾” circle Punch 

1-1/4” Circle Punch

First, paint the base of your ornament.  I used
Dazzling Metallics Champagne Gold.  Set aside to dry.


Then, dry brush a 3” section of the Christmas Greens Pipe Cleaner with

 the gold paint. We want to add the gold highlights to soften the green color.
Allow to dry. We will use this to make a small wreath.

Next, punch TEN 1-1/4” circles. One circle will
be a base for the snowman to stand level,  the rest are folded
 in half to make lower part of  body. 

And NINE 3/4" circles for the head.

Using Glossy Accents, glue circles together keeping
the fold to the inside middle as shown.

Glue body to base with the hot glue and hold level until glue hardens.
 Repeat step for head  and  adhere to body using hot glue.

Next, cut the painted 3 inch piece of the Christmas Greens Pipe cleaner
 and form into circle for a  wreath. Bend to make ends meet and secure
 with hot glue. Make a bow with the twine. (I used a Pinterest trick using a fork
 to make this tiny bow.  Worked like a charm). Top the bow with the tiny jingle bell.

HINT: I turned my jingle bells red, using Red Pepper Alcohol Ink,
by placing bells in a zip top with a few drops of the alcohol ink. Shake,
remove and let dry. But a silver or gold jingle bell will work beautifully here too.

Cut about a 6” length of twine for scarf.  Wrap around neck twice and
 tie to hide glue. Leave ends loose until we get the arms on and situated. 

Use pruners to cut two twigs for arms.  Twigs should be about 1” long.
We may need to trim more to fit in bell glass.

Once arms are in place, see how the scarf falls. If it will drape naturally
 in a place touching the snowman or the twig, place a dot of glue
 there to hold for when we add the snow. Trim ends of scarf.

Once the arms are secure, position wreath on arm opposite

 of your scarf tails and secure with a small dot of hot glue.

Now to test before sealing!

Before securing Snowman to bell base, check to make sure
arms are short enough for bell to cover. Prune as needed.
Center Bell on base and see where snowman sets. Glue
snowman in that spot for best fit using the E6000.

Using about a tablespoon of snow, place in top of bell. 

Check to see if level is right by placing
snowman base over bell and...


 flip right side up.

Remember, this is not yet glued down.

Add or remove snow if the amount doesn't look right.
But, if all looks good...

flip bell again and add a line of E6000
 around the bottom of glass bell.

HINT: Have a rag or paper towel handy in case the E6000 wants
to blob out of tube. Mine usually does.  I did not have my rag handy
so my blobs went onto the back of my hand until I was done.
That's the Rhonda Merry way!

Now to cover snowman with the bell, this is not a test.
Position the snowman over bell as in test and center.
Close and Flip right side up, give a slow twist of the bell to have the
loop hanger at top of bell positioned in a way that our hanger will allow
snowman to face forward when hanging on the tree.

Remember, do not lift bell from base. You can
 turn slowly and still have a good adhesion.  The E6000 takes
few hours to dry so you have time to position glass.

Once the glass is in place, run your finger around the glass bottom
to smooth out any bubbles of glue that are on the outside of bell.


Add a hanger and let dry completely
before hanging on your tree.

Playing with the Faux Snow is more my speed. But Snow Days
can be so beautiful. It's always fun to see the kids building snowman during a
snow day.  Leave a comment and tell me about your favorite snow day game?
You will have a chance to win my Bell Jar Snowman.

Thank you for following along.

Rhonda Merry

CONGRATULATIONS to the DAY #7 WINNER:

BlessedinTexas

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The Little Blue House 12 Days of Christmas Ornaments: Day #7

Good morning and Happy Friday!!  Cat here with Ornament #7 in our series.  I had so much fun creating my ornament. Being a part of the LBH , surrounded by so much talent and inspiration is a blast!  I love seeing all of the ornaments that the other ladies have created and shared and plan on adding several (or all!!) to my very tree soon. 

I don’t discriminate when it comes to ornaments on my tree---there is no theme or rhyme or reason.  I love all ornaments & Christmas baubles and my tree is always chock full of plenty.  Cary (my DH) and I have a holiday tradition of putting on The Santa Claus with Tim Allen and putting up the tree together.  I like unwrapping my ornaments and remembering the story or memory for each one.  I have homemade ornaments from my nieces, pretty little baubles that I was gifted from friends, festive ones we’ve picked up in our travels and some that just remind me of a friend or loved one.  The ornament I created for you gals today is just that type of ornament…

I created this one with my Bestie Nat in mind.  Every morning she calls me on her way to work and we talk and talk and talk.  The only break in conversation is when she stops at Starbucks for her morning fix…venti White Mocha, extra hot.  I am always on speaker, so sometimes I try and add to her order or say something to embarrass her.  She loves when I do that!! 

Let’s get started with the tutorial, shall we? 

First we need to gather some supplies:

Basics

**Mini espresso cup

**Patterned paper (I used Simple Stories Cozy Christmas)

**¾” x 6 ¾” strip of corrugated cardboard

**Simple Stories Insta-Squares (I used the Cozy Christmas to coordinate)

**Reverse Confetti Let It Snow dies

**Reverse Confetti stamp set: Seasonal Sentiments

Acrylic block

Brown ink (or one that coordinates with the paper you chose)

**Chalk ink to coordinate (I used Biscotti & Coal Miner)

Small jingle bell

**Paper straw (any color, we are going to cover it)

**Coordinating washi tape (I used Queen & Co.)

**Scor tape

**Twine

**Silver/Gold Ribbon

**Perfect Pearls mist in Heirloom Gold

**Stickles in Xmas Red

Items marked ** I got at The Little Blue House. 

I know the list looks long, but don’t be scared.  This ornament goes together really fast and isn’t hard at all. 

First thing I did was cut apart one these adorable little espresso cups and make a template so that I could cover the cup in patterned paper.  (No need for you to cut up a cup though, I made copies of the template and you can pick them up at LBH when you purchase the cups.)  I traced the template on my patterned paper and then cut right on or just inside the lines to get the best fit. 

I adhered the paper to the cup using Scor tape.

Next, we are going to add some sparkle to our corrugated strip…because everything is better with a little sparkle.  I made 2 versions of this ornament.  On one I misted the corrugated with Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold mist and on the other I smeared a little red Stickles.  I just love how both turned out.

To dress up the cup, I stamped a sentiment from the Reverse Confetti stamps set: Seasonal Sentiments using a coordinating brown ink and then punched around it with a 1 ½” scallop circle punch.  I cut a snowflake with the Reverse Confetti Let It Snow die set and used a piece of the salvage from one of my papers to adorn the scallop.  It’s starting to look pretty spiffy ladies!

Now it’s time to turn our attention to the lid.  I used another 2x2” Insta Square.  (You can choose one with an icon or sentiment, I did one of each).  Using a 1 ½” circle punch to cut out the part I wanted for my lid.  I cut the bottom third off of the circle (approx. ½”) and it fit perfect into the little inset on the lid.  

I cut a paper straw in half and wrapped it in Queen & Co. washi in the Kraft & snowflake pattern.  If you have a straw that matches your papers, you could skip this step, but I just fell in love with the Kraft washi and the snowflake pattern went with the Reverse Confetti die so well, how could I resist? 

Next I used my scissors to make small snips on each side of the ‘sipper’ opening.  It’s hard to see in the pic, but if you look close you will see my little cuts.

While we have our scissors, go ahead and use the tip of your blade to make the ‘steam’ hole just a wee bit bigger.   

Take about 8” of thick twine in a coordinating color and run it through the ‘steam’ hole in the lid.  It should be snug so it won’t fall off, but if needed you can tie a little knot or add a dot of adhesive on the underside to secure it.  Finally I used a second color of twine to thread on a little jingle bell and tie a bow to the hanger.  

And just to add more sparkle and shine, I adhered a 6 ¾” piece of gold & silver ribbon about the edge of the cup.  Metallics are everywhere right now and I just can’t get enough!  Just a little side note: I bought LOTS of this ribbon and plan on using it to tie up little packages of cookies for my hubbies co-workers.  It’s going to look darling with a little red & green tag attached. 

Ta-Da!!

There you have it.  I think it’s pretty cute if I do say so myself!!  It’s the perfect little ornament to remind you of the coffee (or hot cocoa) drinker in your life!  Miss Tracy has plenty of cups in stock at The Little Blue House for you to recreate them on your own.  And don’t forget to leave a comment below for your chance to win one of the cups I created.  

Share with us today what your favorite Holiday Beverage is....The WINNER will be drawn and posted tomorrow morning along with another Fabulous Ornament tutorial!!!!

Merry Crafting,
Cat

CONGRATULATIONS to the DAY #6 WINNER:

Denise Foor

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