Christmas Ornament

It's time again for the midway reminder for the

Craft My Life Oct/Nov challenge.

 

The theme as usual is Anything goes.......but not cards.

 

I still had some of the goodies we were given

left over from the last challenge

which was sponsored by Woodware.

There was ribbon and cardboard baubles

plus a plaque in the pile and as Christmas is not

in the too far distant future  I decided

to make a Hanging Ornament  with them.

 

First though I needed to decorate the baubles.

I used a technique that I had learnt at a recent workshop

I had attended.

The cardboard shapes were coloured using Promarkers

then covered with Versamark  before being dipped in

Papermania holographic embossing powder  and heat set.

Once cooled down I laid a stencil over the top.

This one is by Imagination Crafts 'Wisteria '

and makes a pretty pattern when only using

a section of the design.

I stamped over with the versa mark and used

Cosmic shimmer ultra thick embossing crystals

in 'Bronze Lustre'.

Once heat set and allowed to cool the whole bauble was

covered in versa mark and dipped in clear gloss EP.

before being heat set again.

They now have a lovely glassy feel/shine to them.

Sentiment was cut with  a Britannia word die

ad heat embossed with the cosmic shimmer crystals.

I punched a row of holes long the bottom of the plaque

and threaded through with the ribbon and tied the baubles

on at different heights until I got the weights right

in order to hang straight. 

Entering into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion #238 Bright and sparkly.

Divas By Design # Anything goes.

Crafty Catz #253 Anything goes.

Dream Valley #94 Getting ready for Christmas.

Glitter and Sparkle #109 Anything but square.

Buckwells Crafty #2 Use ribbon.

Crafts Galore #11 Anything goes.

Jellypark Friends # Festive creations.

Sparkle 'n' sprinkle # Anything goes.

Imagination Crafts # Anything goes. (used an Imagination Crafts stencil).