Every year, I have fun carrying on a tradition my mother
started decades ago with her two grandchildren:
making ornaments the kids could use through the years, and then take
with them when they moved into their own homes.
Here are this year's ornaments for two of my young grandchildren . . .
The addition of die cutting to a stamper's bag of tricks has
made this effort a whole lot easier to pull off. This year's background reflects my current
rage: gilding flakes! There are scores of great videos showing how
to apply these lovely pieces of light: one
of the easiest is to take double-sided tape, apply it to piece of cardstock, peel
off the remaining release paper and start adding the flakes. Cover completely, burnish with your fingers
to get the major excess off, and then burnish firmly with a stencil brush to
remove the rest of the bits.
A little of these flakes goes a very long ways, and these
collections come tightly packed in the jar, so you'll have enough to play with
for years.
ORNAMENTS:
Cardstock: Wausau Firecracker
Red, Generic Green
Dies: DieNamics Stitched
Mini Scallop Rectangle, DieVersions
Christmas Word Tree, Punch Bunch Star
Doo Dads: Sparkle &
Sprinkle glitter Fantasy Gold, Enchanted Creations
glitter Moondust, Mark Richards
Metals Gold & Silver, Gold
and Silver cords
BOXES:
Dies: Papertreyink Bulk Mail Envelope, Memory Box Alphabet
Soup, Tim Holtz Alphanumeric (numbers)
Doo Dads: Past Time Stamps Ultrafine
Glitter
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