12 Days of Gift Giving - blog hop with Faber-Castell & Xyron!

Good morning! Welcome to day five of our 12 days of gift-giving with Faber Castell and Xyron!  In addition to sharing our ideas for quick and easy gifts, we will be randomly giving away product on all three blogs! Just post a comment on our blog about our projects, product or share one of your handmade gift ideas!  We will be selecting names and giving away prizes over the next twelve days! Look for our first prize giveaway tomorrow!  Be sure to pop over to the Xyron Blog and the Faber Castell Design Memory Craft for more projects and a chance to win some of their products! 

Now, here is what dt member, Lynn Kopas with her beautiful project!

 

For my Holiday Gift project I created a trio of Holiday paper ornaments. I used Creative Imaginations Winter Song Collection. The gorgeous collection consists of purples, greens and silver which is great for all winter and can stay up even after the Christmas Holiday.

I created three ornaments in the traditional paper ornament fashion...

1. I chose three different shapes - 2.5" circle (I used a circle punch for which was so easy), a bulb shape and a smaller circle with a decorative end - both of which I handcut from a free downloaded template (easy, but time-consuming ... a great "in front of the T.V." project)  

2. Each shape was cut 16 times. Adhere the backs of each consecutive folded circle to another folded circle, making sure that you glue the sides together that you don't want to be seen). I used the Xyron Mega Runner which was so easy and not messy like liquid glues!

3. Before gluing the final halves, I added some ribbon to the top so the ornament can hang and I used a sitck pin for a little detail at the bottom each ornament.

4. Now for some finishing touches. I scrapped some Metallic Purple Gelato on a craft sheet, added some water and mixed it together. I dabbed the mixture on the edges of each ornament.

5. To top one of the ornaments I used some leaves from the Winter Song die-cut shapes and edged them with the metallic gelatos. I added some gems from the Winter song gem pack...

For another topper I simply added some gems to the top that matched the stick pin...

For the third topper I grabbed some silver ribbon from my stash and added some pearl gems around the top...

6. The final Touch was an overall spritzing with Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist in Ice - my all time FAV!!

Supplies Used:

Creative Imaginations:

• 28748 Winter Song - Peaceful
• 28745 Winter Song - Songbird
• 28743 Winter Song - Silver Evening
• 28751 Winter song DC Shapes
• 28753 Winter Song Gem Pack

Luminarte:

 29044 Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist - Ice

Faber Castell:

Metallic Gelatos - 770115

Xyron

Mega Runner

Thanks for stopping by and check back next week as the 12 Days of holiday Gift Giving continues with Creative Imaginations, Faber-Castell and Xyron.

Comments

[Alicia]

I love these, Lynn! They are so gorgeous!

[Dana Tatar]

Stunning ornaments! Thanks for the inspiration! =)

[Mary Werner]

Such an old craft that still looks amazing when done with so much creative artistry! I will be adding these to my handmade ornaments used on my tree. Beautiful work.

[Miriam Prantner]

These are beautiful! Love the purples and the pearl accents are lovely.

[MaryLouH]

Beautiful colors and designs. Getting so many good ideas from this blog hop. Thanks.

[barbara lassiter]

These are beautiful and what a great look with a little updating. Thanks for sharing the little tutorial!

[jpscraps]

These are so pretty!

[sandeeNC]

I love the color of the ornaments, and really love how you finished then off with the gems, looks so pretty!

[Robin B.]

I love these ornaments, they are so pretty!

[Marilyn Nimmo]

Beautiful ornaments. Love the pearl accents.

[Sue D]

Very pretty colors and shapes.

[Kim H]

love these, great color. just beautiful and can be customized for any decor Thank you for sharing.

[Teresa Igo]

beautiful ornaments!

[Dorina D]

Gorgeous color for ornaments and I love how you did each hanger. So fun and waht a fun project to share

[Maureen]

Wow, I don't even know where to start, the paper is beyond gorgeous, I love the use of the Gelatos and the Radiant Rain Mist. The ornaments are so pretty I would replace my glass ones with these! The designers are blowing me away with what they are creating at all three blogs. I want to thank Faber Castell, Xyron and Creative Imaginations for coordinating this, I have gotten so much inspiration and so many wonderful ideas. Please keep the projects and ideas coming!

[Katie B.]

Really pretty ornaments! I love the pearls. Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

[LynneF]

Lynn.....ABSOLUTELY and TOTALLY STUNNING!!!

[beatrice lawson]

Amazing how much beauty you can create with a lot of talent and a bit of paper and glue. I am pinning these gorgeous ornaments!

[Donna Bryant]

love these lynn.

[Ann Jobes]

These are lovely, especially in the non-traditional purple. Truly elegant!

[MaryLouH]

I just found gelato's at Joann's. Can't wait to try them out. Love the ornaments.

[Denise Bryant]

These are beautiful! They look fun to make too!
DeniseB

[Carla Hundley]

Such pretty ornaments. The colors are great!

Carla from Utah

[Carol B]

Great ornament ideas!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

[Tanya P.]

So pretty!!