Fall Leaves

Good morning everyone! Today I have to share with you the card I created for the SCCSC89 sketch challenge on Stampin' Connection. Take a look:

Stamps: Gently Falling

Cardstock: Basic Grey, Pool Party, Basic Black, More Mustard, Very Vanilla

DSP: Spice Cake

Ink: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Basic Black

Accessories: Tasteful Trim Die, Paper Snips, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Neutrals Brads, Scallop Square Punch, Postage Stamp Punch, Snow Burst Embossing Folder, Two-Way Glue Pen

Here is the sketch that was created by Susie Nelson:

The card base is Basic Grey cardstock cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4". A piece of Spice Cake DSP was cut at 1 7/8" x 3 3/4". The greeting from Thank You Kindly was stamped onto the DSP in Basic Black ink. This was then adhered to a 2" x 4" piece of Basic Black cardstock. Four strips of Pool Party cardstock were cut at 1/2" x 4" and were run through the Big Shot on the Tasteful Trim die to get the ric-rac shape. These strips were adhered to the card front on the left side. The greeting panel was adhered to the bottom of the card front, covering up the ends of the ric-rac cardstock. The ric-rac cardstock was trimmed to be about 1" away from the top of the card front.

 

Next the Scallop Square punch was used on a scrap of Basic Black cardstock. The Postage Stamp Punch was used on a scrap of Spice Cake DSP. The DSP was adhered to the Basic Black scalloped squre and this layer was adhered to the card front. A piece of More Mustard cardstock was cut at 2 3/8" x 3 1/4". This was run through the Big Shot in the Snow Burst embossing folder before being adhered to the card front in the upper right hand corner.

Now for the leaves. The solid image of the leaves from Gently Falling were stamped onto a Very Vanilla cardstock scrap in Lucky Limeade and Pool Party ink. The acorn solid image was stamped in Soft Suede ink. The outlines for the leaves were stamped in Early Espresso, and the outline for the acorn was stamped in Basic Black. The leaves and acorn were cut out with Paper Snips and were adhered onto the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.  



Not exactly my most favorite card, but it worked for the sketch. Now I have another fall Thank You card to add to my stash!

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Fall Wreath

Good afternoon everyone! Sorry I've been MIA for the last week. I was busy cleaning and cooking preparing for Thanksgiving, and then recuperating the rest of the weekend. I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday! It was absolutely gorgeous on Thanksgiving here in Kansas. About 70 degrees I believe, but now it's feeling much more like the beginning of winter with the highs in the 40's. Anyway...on to a card. Here is a fall Thank You card that I created for sketch challenge SCCSC90 on Stampin' Connection.

Stamps: Warmest of Wishes, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla

DSP: Spice Cake
Ink: Early Espresso
Markers: More Mustard, Pool Party, Early Espresso
Accessories: 2 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Neutrals Brads, Stampin' Sponge, Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Here is the sketch that was created by yours truly:

The card base is Cajun Craze cardstock that was cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", and scored at 4 1/4". The outside edges of the card were sponged with Early Espresso ink. Next six Very Vanilla panels were cut at 1 7/8" x 1 1/2". Then three different patterns of Spice Cake DSP were cut at 1 5/8" x 1 1/4". The edges of the DSP and the Very Vanilla cardstock were all sponged with Early Espresso ink. The DSP was adhered on top of the Very Vanilla panels and these layers were adhered to the card front spaced as evenly as possible.

Next the image from Warmest of Wishes was stamped in Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla cardstock. The leaves were colored in with More Mustard and Pool Party markers, I used the Early Espresso marker to touch up some of the leaves that didn't get stamped as clearly. The center of the wreath was punched out with the 1" Circle punch. A larger punch would have really worked better for this, but I didn't have the right one. So instead I punched several times with the 1" circle punch and trimmed a little bit with my Paper Snips to get a nearly perfect circle in the center of my wreath. Then the entire wreath was punched out with the 2 3/8" Scalloped Cirlce punch. The outside and inside edges of the wreath were sponged with Early Espresso ink.

The wreath was adhered to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. A bow was tied in Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon and the bow was adhered at the top of the wreath with a mini glue dot. Next the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes was stamped onto a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock. The greeting was punched out with the Word Window punch. The Modern Label punch was used on a scrap of Pool Party cardstock. Both labels were sponged around the edges with Early Espresso ink. The greeting label was adhered to the Pool Party modern label. The Paper Piercer and Mat Pack were used to pierce a hole in each end of the label and a bronze brad was added in each hole. The label was adhered to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.

That's it! I think the part that took the longest was all the sponging, but I really wanted the added depth that the sponging provides.

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Chilly Winter Snowflakes

I actually had some time to play in my craft room last night. I probably should have been starting my Christmas cards, or working on making gifts, but I just wanted to play for a bit. So I created this card for the Creating Pretty Cards Challenge 5 on Craft Project Central. You can find the challenge information HERE.

Stamps: Serene Snowflakes

Cardstock: Whisper White

DSP: Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Versamark, Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise

Acessories: Snowflake Die, Northern Flurries Strip Die, Clear Embossing Powder, Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Antique Brad, Stampin' Sponge, Stampin' Dimensional, Hobby Blade

The card base is Whisper White cardstock cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4". Next a piece of Whisper White cardstock was cut at 4" x 5 1/4". The images from Serene Snowflakes were stamped onto the cardstock in Versamark ink. Then Clear Embossing Powder was poured over the stamped images, the excess tapped off, and heated with the Heat Tool. The embossed cardstock was sponged first with Pool Party ink starting from the upper left hand corner and working my way down at an angle.

Tip: When I sponge, I move the sponge in a circular motion while it is on the cardstock. This makes it easier to blend the colors and get a smoother edge. If you want a stippled look dab the sponge, touching it to the cardstock and picking it up.

Then I sponged with Tempting Turqouise ink making sure not to cover the Pool Party ink entirely. This panel was adhered to the card front. To cut the snowflake a piece of Whisper White cardstock was cut at 4" x 4 1/2" and run through the Big Shot on the Snowflake die. I pressed the Versamark pad directly onto the snowflake covering the entire snowflake in ink. The snowflake was then covered with Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder, the excess tapped off, and was heated with the Heat Tool.

A 2" x 2" piece of Silver Glimmer Paper was run through the Big Shot on the Northern Flurries Strip Die. Make sure to place the paper side of the Glimmer Paper onto the blade side of the die so it will cut all the way through. Stack the Glimmer Paper snowflake on top of the white snowflake and use the Paper Piercer to pierce a hole thorugh the center of the two. Insert an Antique Brad into the snowflake and spread the prongs on the back. Place Stampin' Dimensionals onto the back of the snowflake.

I figured out where I wanted my ribbon and my snowflake and used the Hobby Blade to cut into the fold of the card where I wanted the ribbon to go. The ribbon was threaded through the cut in fold of the card and tied into a knot. I removed the liner on the Stampin' Dimensionals on the back of the snowflake and adhered it to the card front. 

I love how this card looks so frosty cold and sparkly.

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Lovely Sunset

Good morning everyone! Today I'm going to share with you a card that I created for a swap some time ago. Lovely as a Tree is my absolute, all time, favorite stamp set! It is so versatile and works for any kind of card. Take a look:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Heard from the Heart

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Ink: Black Stazon, Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Bronze Brad, Simply Score, Needle Tool, Mat Pack

The card base is Cherry Cobbler cardstock cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4". A piece of Whisper White cardstock was cut at 3 5/8" x 4 7/8". The Whisper White cardstock was scored at 1 1/8", 1 1/4", and 1 3/8" just to add a little extra detail. The greeting from Heard from the Heart was stamped in Early Espresso ink on the smaller section of the Whisper White cardstock. This panel was adhered to a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock.

A small bow was tied in Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine. The Needle Tool and Mat Pack were used to pierce a hole in the Whisper White cardstock panel on the right side and on the middle score line. I spread the prongs on the bronze brad really wide and put the knot of the bow between the prongs. The prongs were pushed back together as best as possible and inserted through the hole in the cardstock panel. You have to really push to get the knot of the bow to go into the hole in the cardstock. Spread the prongs of the brad apart on the backside of the panel.

To create the image panel I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock 2" x 4 3/4". The top half of the cardstock was sponged with Bashful Blue ink and then was sponged with Pacific Point ink not covering the Bashful Blue entirely. The bottom half of the cardstock was sponged with Daffodil Delight ink and then was sponged with Peach Parfait ink not covering the Daffodil Delight ink entirely. The trees were stamped in Black Stazon ink in the center of the panel. Then the trees were stamped twice more with Sahara Sand ink to make it look like they are further in the distance.

Next, to create the ground, I swiped across the bottom of the cardstock first with Peach Parfait ink, let the ink dry completely, then swiped across it again with Early Espresso ink. After this was completely dried I adhered the image panel to the top portion of the Whisper White panel.

The Whisper White panel was then adhered to the Cherry Cobbler card base. That's it! It looks complicated and time consuming, but it really wasn't.

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Simple Noel

Good morning everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful Friday! I know I will be busy all weekend cleaning the house and getting everything ready for Thanksgiving. However, I will be taking a break to see the new Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I Saturday night and I can't wait! Anyway...here is the card that I quickly made up for the Christmas Card Swap to correct my mistake.

Stamps: Warmest of Wishes

Cardstock: Basic Grey, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, Real Red

Accessories: Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Decorative Label Punch, Real Red Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Mini Jingle Bells, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sticky Strip.

The card base is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Basic Grey cardstock that was scored at 4 1/4". Another piece of Basic Grey cardstock was cut at 3 7/8" x 5 1/8". This was run through the Big Shot in the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder. Whisper White Craft ink was run directly over the top of the cardstock to lighten up the textured portion and the sides of the cardstock were also swiped across the ink pad to give the panel a lighter edge. After the craft ink dried this panel was adhered to a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Old Olive cardstock. A piece of 5/8" Real Red Satin Ribbon was adhered to the panel and wrapped around to the back at the top. This makes it look like the ribbon is just hanging there. This panel was adhered to the card front.

The greeting from Warmest of Wishes was stamped in Real Red ink onto a scrap of Whisper White cardstock. The label was punched out with the Decorative Label Punch. A small piece of Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine was cut and threaded through a Mini Jingle Bell using a needle threader. The ends of the thread were adhered behind the bottom of the label with Sticky Strip. I just placed the Sticky Strip on top of the thread and did not remove the other liner. So baiscally I used it like regular tape. The label was adhered to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.

This card was super quick and easy to make! A great one for when you're running out of time, like I was, and still need to make Christmas cards to send out!

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Bright Hopes

Today I'm going to share with you the first of the two cards that I created for the Christmas Card Swap! I knew I wanted to use Bright Hopes for one and this is what I came up with:

Stamps: Bright Hopes

Cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Island Indigo

Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo

Accessories: Northern Flurries Die, Silver Brad, Paper Piercer, Mat pack, Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, Simply Score, Dazzling Details, shimmer mist (Shimmer Paint + rubbing alcohol)

The card base is Whisper White cardstock cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and score at 4 1/4". I used the Simply Score to add score lines 1/4" all the way around the card front just to create a subtle frame detail. Next a piece of Whisper White cardstock was cut at 3 1/4" x 4 1/2". The trees in the background were stamped with Pool Party ink by stamping the image twice after inking it only once. This creates lighter and darker images in the same color. Then the tree was stamped again in Island Indigo ink. The greeting was stamped in Island Indigo ink in the upper right hand corner of the cardstock.

This stamped panel was adhered to a 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" piece of Pool Party cardstock. Then a piece of Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and adhered to the back. I used the Northern Flurries strip die to cut snowflakes from Island Indigo and Whisper White cardstock.The snowflakes were sprayed with shimmer mist (rubbing alcohol + four drops of shimmer paint in a misting bottle). I stacked two snowflakes together on top of the stamped panel and used the Mat Pack and Paper Piercer to pierce a hole through the layers of cardstock and added a silver brad to hold the snowflakes onto the card.

The stamped panel was adhered to the card front and Dazzling Details was added on top of the Island Indigo tree to give it some sparkle!

That's it! It really was a pretty easy card to put together and other than the drying time for the Dazzling Details it didn't take that long to make!

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Gently Falling Swap Failure

A few months ago I joined a couple of swaps. One was for the Holiday Mini Catalog and the other was a Christmas Card swap. For those of you who don't know a swap is where you make several copies of the same card, send them in the mail to the hostess of the swap, she swaps your cards out with cards from other people. So you get back the same number of cards that you sent all designed by different people. Swaps are a great way to get new ideas for cards.

Anyway...time got away from me and I had to drop out of the Holiday Mini Catalog swap, but I still had the Christmas Card swap to create for. So I went down to my craft room and whipped out 6 of these cards and 6 of another design (to be posted tomorrow). I was totally happy! I loved my cards and I was actually going to be able to mail them out early instead of the day of like I usually do. As I was looking at the swap instructions to find the mailing address. That's when I noticed it.... Not at any point during the couple of hours it took to make all of the cards did I notice it. But I had designed a card just with supplies from the Holiday Mini Catalog when I was supposed to be designing a Christmas card! Oh no!!!!!. 

So I hurried down to my craft room the next day and whipped out 6 Christmas cards to replace the ones I had incorrectly made and was still able to mail out the swap on the post marked date. But now I have 6 of these sitting in a stack at home with no where to go! 

So if you would like to swap one-on-one with me to get one of these cards please just e-mail with your address at amanda.c09@hotmail.com. You mail me a card of your choosing, and I will mail you one of these! There are only 6 of them so don't hesitate!    

Stamps: Gently Falling, En Francais

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Very Vanilla

DSP: Spice Cake DSP

Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Versamark

Accessories: Heat Tool, Gold Embossing Powder, Paper Snips, 5/8" Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Tasteful Trim Die, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge

The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock cut at 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" with a 4 1/4" score. The card front was stamped with the solid image of the leaf in Crumb Cake ink and the line image of the leaf in Early Espresso ink to give the card a background pattern. The edges of the card front where heavily sponged with Early Espresso ink.

Next a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock was cut at 2 3/4" x 3 3/4". This cardstock was stamped with En Francais in Pool Party ink and the edges of the panel were sponged with Early Espresso ink. Then a 3" x 4" piece of Pool Party cardstock was also sponged around the edges with Early Espresso ink. The stamped Very Vanilla panel was adhered to the Pool Party panel.

Then two pieces of DSP were cut at 1" x 2 3/4". These strips were run through the Big Shot on the Tasteful Trim Die to cut out the large scallops. The edge of the scallops were sponged with Early Espresso ink and then they were adhered to the bottom of the Very Vanilla and Pool Party panel. A piece of 5/8" Chocoalte Chip Satin Ribbon was wrapped around the panel where the DSP met the cardstock and the ribbon was adhered to the back. This panel was adhered to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The solid image of the leaf was stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink onto a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock. The line image of the leaf was stamped in Versamark, covered with Gold Embossing powder, the excess powder tapped off, then heated with the heat tool. Then I used the Aqua Painter to add Peach Parfait ink to the leaf just to fill it in. The leaf was cut out with Paper Snips and the leaf was adhered to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.

This was a tad bit time consuming, but not too bad overall. Anyway... let me know if you would like to swap for one of these!

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Christmas Wreath

I created this quick and easy card for a sketch challenge on Stampin' Connection. I know it's been so long since I've posted a sketch card, but you're going to see a bunch of them real soon. Here is the most recent one:

Stamps: Bright Hopes

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White

DSP: Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, 5/8" Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Basic Pearls Jewel Accents, Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive, Stampin' dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge

Here is the sketch that was created by yours truly:

This card was super quick and simple! The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 5 1/2". The card front was stamped with the snowflake image in Crumb Cake ink. The bottom corners were punched with the Corner Rounder punch and then the sides of the card front were sponged with Early Espresso ink. The greeting was stamped in the bottom right hand corner of the card front.

The wreath image was stamped in Real Red ink on a 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock. The edges were sponged with Early Espresso ink before the cardstock was adhered to a 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" piece of Silver Glimmer Paper with Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive. Small pearls were added to some of the dots on the wreath. This panel was adhered to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. To finish it off I wrapped a piece of 5/8" Old Olive Satin Ribbon around the card front and tied it into a bow.

That's it! Super easy and quick Christmas card, with a little sparkle of course!

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Owl Punch Rose Box

You would never believe that you can turn an owl into a rose would you? Well there is a fabulous tutorial (link can be found below) that will show you how to make the rose. Here is the final project from the Owl Punch Class. We made a simple 2-4-7-10 box. You can find the tutorial for the basic 2-4-7-10 box HERE. Take a look:

Stamps: Very Vintage Wheel

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Old Olive

Ink: Melon Mambo

Accessories: Simply Score, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Owl Punch, Oval Punch, Crimper, 2 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive, Sticky Strip

The only difference between this box and the one in the tutorial is that the cardstock for this one is cut at 6 1/2" x 11". Score along the 11" side at 2", 4", 7", and 10". Rotate the cardstock 90 degrees and score at 1 1/2". The 1 1/2" side will be the flaps for the bottom of the box.

Punch the side without the flaps with the Scallop Edge Border Punch. Stamp the bottom section of the box with the Very Vintage Wheel in Melon Mambo ink. Assemble the box as indicated in the tutorial. Pinch the sides in the same way as in the tutorial. Pinch the box closed at the top and use a 1/2" Circle Punch to punch a hole for the ribbon. Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon was cut at 20" and tied through the hole in the box and into a bow.

Next we made the rose with the Owl Punch, Pink Pirouette cardstock, and the 2 3/8" Scalloped Circle Punch. You can find the tutorial for the rose HERE (Scroll down until you get to the video). The leaves were made by punching Old Olive cardstock with the oval punch, folding it in half, and running it through the crimper at an angle. Unfold the oval and you have a pretty little leaf for your rose.

After the layers of petals are adhered together, before the center is adhered, I adhered the leaves to the back and then applied about three pieces of Sticky Strip to the back of the rose. That way your rose is ready to adhere later. You have to use lots and lots of Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive to hold the center of the flower in, so once the center of the flower was added I told my guests to carefully take the flower and the box home, let the flower dry overnight so the glue is completely set before removing the liner on the sticky strip and adhering it to the box.

That's it for this project. Lots of drying time and some time assembling the rose, but other than that its pretty easy! I hope you give it a try sometime!

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New Decor

You may have noticed that I've got my blog all decked out for Christmas! Even my little owl is dressed for the holidays! Since I've been working away on Christmas presents latley I've really gotten into the holiday mood. I've even been listening to Christmas music in my craft room. I know, many of you are saying it's too early for Christmas stuff yet. But I've been in the mood and I wanted to get my blog decorating done before it became way too busy and hectic to get it done. I hope you like it!

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Lattice Ornament

Tis the season to craft for Christmas fa la la la la, la la la la.......

Last week I saw THIS fabulous tutorial over on Splitcoast Stampers. I knew I just HAD to make this! However, I don't have that particular non SU die and I wanted to make something similar using SU materials. So here is what I came up with.

Here is what you will need to create this beauty:

Cardstock: Textured Whisper White

Ink: Marina Mist

Acessories: Lattice Die, Brayer, Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive, Mini Glue Dots, 1/8" Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon, Dazzling Details, shimmer mist (Shimmer Paint + rubbing alcohol in a misting bottle), Sticky Strip, Bone Folder

 1. Cut your textured Whisper White cardstock into 4" x 4" pieces. You will need 18 of these. Two 12 x 12 sheets work perfectly. I do suggest only using textured cardstock or designer series paper. For this technique to work properly you need a paper that is more flexible than standard cardstock. The textured cardstock worked fabulously so that is what I highly recommend.

2. Brayer one side of the cardstock with Marina Mist ink. If you brayer on the back side of the textured cardstock you will get a more even coverage like the one on the right below. If you brayer on the front of the textured cardstock you will get one like the one of the left where you can see white spots from the texture. Either works, it is just a matter of preference.

3. Run all 18 pieces of cardstock through the Big Shot on the Lattice Die. This is the perfect project for when your Big Shot is feeling neglected because by the time you've cut out all 18 of these babies you will have spent some quality time cranking the Big Shot.

4. Fold the lattice pieces in half as shown below.

Imporant note: The color that you want to be primarily seen is the one that needs to be on the inside of the fold. The color that you want peeking out needs to be on the outside of the fold.

I wanted the white to be the primary color that shows so I folded my lattice pieces with the white on the inside and used a bone folder to get a nice crisp fold.

5. Add a teeny tiny spot of Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive in the locations shown with the black circles. It is very important to put the glue in the correct location on each layer!  Fold the lattice over and press down in the spots where the glue is. Hold it there for 10 seconds or so and then continue on to the next step.

6. Here you have the same lattice that you glue together above. Apply more teeny tiny spots of glue in the locations shown below with the black circles.

7. Place a second lattice on top of the first one lining it up as best you can. Put glue in the locations shown below with the black circles. It is the same three locations that you used above in step 5. Fold the bottom section up and press down in the locations where the glue is for about 10 seconds.  

8. Now you have two lattices folded in half stacked on top of one another. Set this stack of 2 aside and repeat steps 5 - 8 on the remaining lattices. You will now have 9 stacks of two lattices all glued and ready to go.

9. Take one stack of two and place glue in the locations shown below with the black circles. Line up another stack of two on top and press down in the locations where the glue is for about 10 seconds or so. Repeat until you have all of your lattices glued up in one tall stack.

10. Place sticky strip in the locations shown below. I ran out of my 1/4" wide SU sticky strip and used an 1/8" wide from another brand. Either one will work. You just want sticky strip in all the locations where the folds of the lattice are stacked together.

11. I fanned out my layers a bit and just left it set for about 20 minutes or so just to let the glue completely dry before forming the ornament. When you form the ornament you are going to be pulling on those glue joints to create the shape and you want the glue really dry before pulling too hard.

12. Cut a 20" piece of 1/8" Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon and adhere it to the sticky strip in the middle so that the ribbon is folded in half and will create a loop for the ornament to hang on. Using a Hobby Blade fold a Mini Glue Dot in half and place a mini glue dot in the four locations shown below with the black circles.  

 13. Pull one side of the lattice around to meet the other side and pinch down really well where the glue dots are. This will form your ornament and hold it closed.

Now I'm a bit insane and think that anything on the tree should sparkle. So I sprayed my ornament with my shimmer mist which is just four drops of shimmer paint mixed with rubbing alcohol in a travel size hair spray bottle. This gives the ornament a subtle sparkle, but I wanted it MORE sparkly! So I used some Dazzling Details and spread it on all of the little pointy petals in the middle and the sections where the blue is showing at the top and bottom. So most all of the blue sections that you see are sparkly!

I would say that all in all this puppy probably took about 2 hours to make. Granted that is counting about 30 minutes just spreading on the Dazzling Details. But you end up with a pretty ornament. Below is one that I made using Holly Berry Bouquet DSP. I think it is pretty, but the pattern makes it so you can't see as much of the lattice detail as easily.

I personally prefer the simpler white and blue one. But whatever your taste I hope you get a chance to try one of these. It really isn't too hard, you just have to pay attention to where you're putting the glue.



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