12 Days of Ornaments Extravaganza - Day 9

This is Susan to show you yet another handmade ornament.  For my ornament today, I chose to do a tag, using metal and Pink Paislee's Father Christmas paper line. Love those vintage images.
So let's get started!

These are the supplies you will need: 

a manilla shipping tag, approx. 3 1/4" x 6 1/4" (from an office supply store or make your own cutting a rectangle of cardstock and snipping off the top corners and punching a hole)

Pink Paislee Father Christmas Trading Cards paper

Girls Paperie Tinsel and Twig stamp set (or any Christmas sentiment stamp)

Ten Seconds Studio art metal, 3 1/4" x 6 1/4" (I used Poison Ivy)

Cuttlebug or Big Shot machine

Cuttlebug or Sizzix embossing folder (I used the Sizzix Tim Holtz music folder - did you know that The Little Blue House is an order station for Sizzix and we can get any Sizzix product for you!)

sanding block

decorative wheel for metal

ivory cardstock - one 4" scalloped oval and a 1" x 3 1/2" strip

"Green with Envy" and black Quick Quotes chalk inks

3 1/2" ivory lace

3 1/2" burgundy ruffled Maya Road velvet ribbon

10" narrow red velvet ribbon

Stickles - Xmas Red and Diamond

silver Krylon pen

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar Scrap Dots

Helmar pop dots

(All supplies listed are available at the LBH except the lace and tag.)

First choose your Father Christmas image from the Trading Cards sheet and cut into a 3 1/2" oval - I used a Creative Memories oval cutting system, but you could use a punch or a template.  Edge with silver Krylon pen and layer on the cardstock scalloped oval.  Using your finger (best tool ever!) lightly pat on Diamond Stickles over the entire image and add dots of red Stickles to each scallop.  Set aside to dry.  (I forgot to take pics of these steps, but you will see this later in the tutorial.)

Stamp a Christmas sentiment on the cardstock strip with black ink, cut ends into a v-shape and edge with red Stickles.  Let dry.

Cover one side of the tag with the reverse patterned side of the Father Christmas paper.  Ink the edges with green ink. Remember to punch the hole before covering both sides!

Place the art metal, color side up, in the embossing folder.  (The metal will be a tad longer - this is ok as it will be covered with trim later.)  Run through your die-cutting machine.  

Sand the metal lightly with the sanding block to reveal the silver metal on the embossed pattern.  (TIP:  Do this on a paper towel and when you finish you can remove the towel and have a clean workspace.) Adhere this to the front of the tag - you can use either Tacky Tape or the Helmar 450 adhesive.  Once the metal is on the tag, trim as necessary and run the decorative wheel along the edges to further secure it and give it a finished look.

Adhere a strip of lace to the bottom of the tag and, above that, a strip of the ruffled velvet ribbon (isn't that gorgeous - I'm in love with that ribbon!).  Trim edges as necessary. Fold the narrow velvet ribbon in half and bring both ends through the tag hole from the back and knot in front.  Add the oval layer to the upper left portion of the tag with pop dots.

  And, finally, curl the little sentiment banner with your fingers to give it some dimension and add it below the Santa image with Scrap Dots.  Have you ever used this?  It's a neat, new product from Helmar that comes in a tube.  You can add as much or as little as you want, depending on the height you want your image to pop up!  It dries clear and fairly quickly (though not instantly).

Can you see how high this blob is?

And here's the finished ornament! 

 I hope this tutorial will inspire you to make one of your own.  Be sure to comment on this post for a chance to win this tag.  Tell us about your favorite family Christmas tradition.  Mine is my husband reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to our children every Christmas eve, just before bed.  I have kept the book in hopes that when they have children of their own they will continue the tradition.

 CONGRATULATIONS to our winner of yesterday's ornament:  LINDA KRATZERT!!  Please claim your ornament at The Little Blue House!  Check back tomorrow for another lovely ornament.

Susan

http://www.susan-artfulmusings.blogspot.com

12 Days of Ornaments Extravaganza: Day 8

 Hello everyone!  Miss Tracy here...I hope you have been inspired by our Ornament tutorials this week.  Here is my hand-crafted ornament for Day 8! Take a look...

This ornament features a Paper Mache Circle Ornament and the beautiful papers from the Christmas Past Collection by Graphic 45...aren't they lovely? These items are all available at The Little Blue House. I will be showing you how to create this quilted paper technique today as well as a paper rosette. Here is another view... 

Miss Tracy's How To:

You will need the following items to re-create this Ornament...a paper mache circle ornament, several pieces of printed paper cut into 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. rectangles, ink for the edges of your ornament and papers, adhesive, pretty ribbon, a button, a trimmer, and a craft knife.

Let's get started...

 After you have cut your paper into the 1 1/2x 2 1/2 in. pieces, lay each piece in your paper trimmer, lining up each opposite corner on the cutting track like so...

 Cut your paper and this will create 2 triangles out of each piece.  After your pieces are all cut, ink the edges of each triangle with a brown chalk ink like Quick Quotes Amaretto or Mocha Mama...

Grab your liquid adhesive or your tape runner and position 4 of the triangles onto the paper mache ornament.  Be careful to have the points meet in the center of the ornament and trim the tips off ...

 Next, begin adding additional triangles again being careful to have the tips of the triangles pointing to the center of the ornment. Your triangles WILL overlap ...

 Take your scissors and snip off the tips of the triangles so that the middle of the ornament doesn't get to bulky with paper...

 Continue this process until the entire ornament is covered. Be sure to not place the same prints next to each other. It will look something like this when you are finished...

 Now, turn your ornament over and use your craft knife to cut away the excess paper. Be sure to do this step on a cutting mat...

 Turn your ornament over and take a look at your lovely quilted papers...so pretty! Ink the edges all the way around the ornament with the same ink that you used earlier. Now repeat this process to the other side of your ornament.

 Time to make the Paper Rosette. First, cut a piece of paper into a 1 x 12 in. strip. Then take a scallop border punch and punch along one edge of the strip...

 Ink the scallop edge with more chalk ink...

 Now begin making a fold at every valley of the scallop border. Fold the entire strip like so...

 Next, adhere the ends of the strip together with glue and be careful to keep the mountain, valley pattern. It will look like this when you are finished...

 Squeeze the straight edge of the papers together (kinda like a teepee) and then push down into the center and waa laa, you have a beautiful rosette. You will need to apply some glue to the center on both sides to hold the rosette in place. Use a fast grab tacky glue (like Helmar 450) or a hot glue gun for this step.

I trimmed off the gold cord that originally came on the Paper Mache Circle and ran it through a button (tie off with a knot) and adhered it to the center of my rosette. Repeat these steps to create a second rosette for the back of the ornament.

To create the ribbon hanger, simply take a piece of ribbon and create a loop in the center of it. Apply a dab of glue to hold the loop in place like so...

Apply some glue to the top of the ornament and attach the base of the loop and then glue the ribbon around the edges of the ornament. Trim off the excess where the ribbons meet at the bottom of the ornament.

Here is what it will look like when you finish this step...

Now you have another splendid ornament to hang on the tree!

Thanks for following along and if you have any questions about the items used today, please let me know. I encourage you to leave a comment...who knows?!? YOU may be the lucky winner of today's ornament!  Speaking of winners, here is the winner of Day 7's ornament...

LittleLeafLane

Congratulations! Please contact the LBH to claim your ornament.

When you leave your comment today, please share with me memories of your favorite ornament you ever made as a child...For me, it would have to be making Salt Dough Ornaments with my Mom. My brother and I would make such a mess but it sure was FUN!

Enjoy a Creative Christmas this year!

Miss Tracy :)

http://www.luv2cre8joy.blogspot.com/

The 12 Days of Ornaments: Day 7

Hi everyone! Welcome to another ornament tutorial / giveaway from The Little Blue House gals! This is Lolly and I am going to be sharing a super quick and easy ornament using a couple of Sizzix dies combined with felt, paper and fabric!

Let's get started!

I started with one of my very most favorite dies ever...
The Tim Holtz - Sizzix - Scallops!
mmmmm... scallops!
You can check out that die HERE!

Cut a bunch of felt, paper and fabric and pile them all up!
Cut a piece of paper big enough to cover the width and height of the ornament die you will be using.

Taking a regular piece of card stock, start from the bottom and glue one strip of scallop down at a time on to the card stock...
I used Helmar's 450 Fabric Glue!
(which just so happens to be available at The Little Blue House)

Alternate between felt, paper, fabric and work your way up the piece of paper...

Once you have covered the paper in delicious scallopy strips...

Bust our your die cutting machine...
I have a Sizzix Big Shot Express (seen HERE)

Run your scallop covered paper through that puppy and...

You end up with a fabulous ornament!
(peep... I used the Sizzix ornament die found similar to the one seen HERE)

Go ahead and create two of these little fellas...

...and then...

Make yourself an ornament sammich!
Glue the two pieces back to back and you'll have a pretty ornament on both sides!

Ta da!

That's all for today! Thanks so much for joining us for another fun ornament!

The big winner from yesterday's post is LINDA HAHN! Congrats Linda! Please contact the gals at The Little Blue House to learn how to claim your ornament!

Holiday HUGS from Little Blue Gal - Lolly

P.S.S.T. Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win this ornament too! We'll be back tomorrow with another ornament share and giveaway!

The 12 Days of Ornaments: Day 6



Scalloped Tree

 





Circle Tree

  

Hi everyone--This is Elaine and I am very excited to have Day 6 - the halfway point.  These ornaments are paper trees made from the beautiful papers from Pink Paislee and The Girls Paperie.  The first tree is Father Christmas - Stockings  and the next one is Tinsel & Twig - Festive Brocade.  Below are the supplies that you will need to create the trees.  You can use a plain circle or you can use a scalloped circle - I did both.  Cut your circles so that each one is 1/2" larger than the previous one.  I cut mine at 3"  3 1/2" & 4".  I used the Accent Essentials Cricut cartridge to cut the scallops.  My trees have 3 tiers - feel free to add more.

Paint your wooden skewer with paint that coordinates with your paper.

If you use a scallop and it has an odd number of scallops you will need to find the center point and fold each "valley" of the scallop to the center point.  Do this all the way around. 

If you use a plain circle you will fold the circle in half.  Make sure you crease well ( a bone folder is a great tool for this).

Fold in half again.

The next fold is not tricky - just fold in half again but fold to the outside.  You do this because the thickness of the paper will not allow a good fold if you go the other way.

When you are done with this step your paper should look like a "W"

Give the center a good squeeze or if you know Miss Tracy a good "peeench"

Open the circle and now you are going to fold along the crease lines you have made.  You are going to pinch them to form peaks.  Do this all the way around.

 

When you are finished this is the way they should look.  The tighter you pinch the top and press the folds, the narrower your tree will be - I liked mine a little fluffier  :) I also inked the edges - I used Quick Quotes chalk ink colors Bloody Mary and Green with Envy. Hmmm - Love the names...and they are available at the LBH

  

Poke a hole in the center of each circle with a paper piercer.  This is the Tim Holtz Retractable Craft Pick from Tonic Studios.  We carry them at the Little Bue House.

Take your painted wooden skewer and put it through the hole - start with the largest folded circle.  Be careful you do not want to tear your paper.

 

  

Now place a little dab of glue around the skewer where it meets the paper. I used Helmar 450 - I like it because it sets fast and is thick enough that it stays in place.

Trim skewer so it is just above the bottom circle - leave just a little poking through the top to attach the star 

Notice the sparkle.  I love glimmer - First I sprayed with Shimmerz and touched with Stickles. On the black & cream paper I used Concrete Shimmerz and Platinum Stickles.  On the red and cream I used Rolling in the Hay Shimmerz and Diamond Stickles. We carry all these products at the LBH 

Here is a picture of the Lotions and Potions on this project.

Hang in there (no pun intended) we are almost done.  Attach a star (I used 3/4" Fiskars punch) to either end of ribbon hanger.  Put adhesive on stars and press to either side of top skewer.

Thanks for creating with me!  And by the way... these would make great placecard holders on a table and then you could let each guest have a tree as a favor. 

Don't forget to leave a comment about my ornament and share with me your favorite Christmas Cookie.

 We are picking winners every day....and speaking of winners, here is the winner of Day 5's Ornament......

Lynn Trussell

Congratrulations Lynn! Please contact the LBH to claim your ornament!

Keep crafting and Merry Christmas!

Elaine