Glittering Bell Ornament

Inspiration

Here's a Christmas ornament that is really easy to make! It's a quick stamp, color, glitter project that creates a really pretty little trim for the tree.

Ingredients

Paper

Clear cardstock

Inks

Black pigment ink (Colorbox)

Stamps

HCPC 3423: Scenic Christmas Bells PreCut Set (Heartfelt Creations)

Accessories

Shell Microfine Glitter

Sticky Tape Sheets

Clear embossing powder

Heat gun

Sharpie pens

Frosted Lace Stickles (Ranger)

Scissors

1/8" circle punch (Fiskars)

Embroidery floss

Instructions

Stamp the bell image on clear cardstock in black pigment ink, and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.

Turn the image over, and color the image on the BACK of the image using Sharpie pens.

Adhere the image to the sticky tape sheet, and cut it out with scissors, leaving a tab at the top of the bell. Peel off the back of the tape sheet, and cover the adhesive with microfine glitter.

Turn the ornament back over, and use Stickles to add sparkle to the sky.

Finish by punching a small hole in the tab at the top of the bell, and thread some embroidery floss through for hanging.

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Embossed Acetate

Inspiration

I found a neat technique on a video in You Tube for embossing acetate with ultrathick embossing powder. For this one, I used summery colors that really work well with the coppery colored powder. The only thing you have to be careful of is heating the acetate when you emboss the image - keep the heat gun moving, or the transparency will melt!

I really like the method - you'll definitely see another one from me using this technique!

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Paper

Basic Black (SU!)	4 1/4" x 11"; scored at 5 1/2"
Barely Banana (SU!)	4 1/8" x 5 1/8"
Transparency (3M)	4" x 5"

Inks

Versamark (Tsukineko)

Stamps

Sun (Judikins)

Birthday Whimsey (Stampendous)

Accessories

Alcohol Inks & felt applicator (Ranger)

Ultra-Thick Embossing Powder (Ranger)

Black Embossing Powder (CTMH)

Heat Gun

ATG (Scotch)

Scor-Pal

Rotary Trimmer

Instructions

TRANSPARENCY LAYER

Stamp the sun image with the embossing ink in the lower right corner of the transparency, and cover in ultra-thick embossing powder, and shake off the excess. Heat with heat gun to emboss, constantly moving the heat so the transparency does not melt.

Apply a few drops of alcohol ink to a felt applicator and pounce onto the transparency. I used the colors Butterscotch, Terra Cotta, and Copper metallic additive. I "pounced" color over the sun, too.

Stamp the sentiment in embossing ink centered in the upper area of the transparency. Use the ink pad to sponge ink around the edges of the acetate sheet, with a little more in each corner. Cover in black embossing powder, and shake off the excess. Heat the acetate again with heat gun to emboss, constantly moving the heat so the transparency does not melt.

ASSEMBLY

Mount the yellow cardstock onto the black card front, followed by the transparency. I used small pieces of double-sided tape in the corners, under the black embossing so the adhesive doesn't show.

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