Heirloom Ornament 2011 die (Spellbinders)
Handmade Holiday 6x6 paper pad (Simple Stories)
Festive Berries distress ink pad (part of the Winter 2011 ink collection) - these are on sale!! :-)
Holly Leaves die (Cheery Lynn Designs)
Anastasia border die (Cheery Lynn Designs)
I started by cutting a piece of the Handmade Holiday paper with the largest
ornament die, and I cut another piece from cardstock. I glued the paper die to
the cardstock die just to give it a little strength. Using a handheld hole
punch, I punched a hole at the top and threaded some seam binding through and
tied it in a knot.
Next, I die cut the letters and the Anastasia border two times from white
cardstock. I adhered the letters to a strip of green cardstock and set it
aside. I cut a strip of white cardstock to layer behind my green strip, but
since I wanted it to be red, I smooshed my Festive Berries ink pad all over the
white cardstock. Once this was dry, I adhered the green strip to my now-red
strip, and then I adhered the white Anastasia borders to the top and bottom
edges behind the entire strip. I placed this strip onto my ornament and cut
away the excess on each side and glued it down onto my ornament.
The last thing I did was die cut the holly leaves, adhered them near the
top of the ornament, and placed a single red pearl in the center of the leaves.
This ornament turned out just like I envisioned it! Love it when that
happens!
It just occurred to me that you could make this same ornament but
personalize it for the person you're giving it to. Put that person's name in
place of "PEACE" or even the last name of the family you're gifting it to -
wouldn't that be a wonderful gift? Happy Holidays!!
What a neat gift idea or for your own tree! Thanks, Holly!
McGill tools are on sale this week! You can see all of the details here.
Thanks for stopping by!!! Until next time...
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