This weekend I got a chance to make a glass ornament for our Christmas tree. I showed it to my son and the first thing he said was, "Wow! Is this going to hang on our tree this year?" To which my husband replied, "Yes, but first it will hang on your mother's blog." I got a big chuckle out that. So here's my ornament...hanging on my blog.
I stamped my snowmen on a transparency (you can buy them at any office supply store) in Stazon ink. Once the ink was dry, I turned it over and colored all over the back of the snowmen with my versamarker. Next I dumped white embossing powder on the versamarked images, shook off the excess powder and then embossed it.
Once that was done, I cut out the snowmen with my coluzzle. By not cutting it out first, I had more of the transparency to hold on to when I embossed so my fingers didn't get burnt. I was also able to see where the snowmen were as I cut them out so I could make sure they were centered.
After I cut the snowmen out, I colored the front of my image with Sharpie markers. Once it was dry, I rolled up the transparency and dropped it down inside my ornament. I made a funnel and added my fake snow, put the top of the ornament back on, and added the ribbon.
I think later this week I'm going to try another glass ornament. This time instead of using white embossing powder I'm going to use glitter instead. Of course I'll be sure to post a picture.
Stamps: Flaky Friends
Paper: Transparency
Ink: Black Stazon
Accessories: Sharpies, White Embossing Powder, Versamarker, Ornament, Snow Flakes, Red Grosgrain
This is positively precious...you are very talented...
Posted by: Velta | November 19, 2007 at 09:27 AM
Love your ornament. Looks great. I have been shying away from making these. Should try it though.
Posted by: Rosella | November 19, 2007 at 09:38 AM
Sorry, about all these repeat comments. Don't know how that happened. I really do like your ornament LOL!
Posted by: Rosella | November 19, 2007 at 09:39 AM
Super cute! Can't wait to see more of them - glitter would be awesome!
Posted by: Kerry J. | November 19, 2007 at 09:45 AM
I'm having issues with the fake snow and static. It all sticks to the transparency. Any recommendations?
Posted by: Kris Smith | November 19, 2007 at 10:46 AM
Thanks SO much for all your wonderful SU ideas!! I love reading blogs, but run into so much non-SU stuff, and I'm a demo, so I want to use SU stuff!! Thanks again! Keep up the great work!
Susan, aka Soozie4Him on SCS
Posted by: Susan | November 19, 2007 at 10:53 AM
great ornament. What a wonderful project for the holidays. thanks for sharing with us
Posted by: Lorraine | November 19, 2007 at 12:17 PM
This is beautiful! Thanks for telling us how you did it. Great job!
Posted by: Christi | November 19, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Too cute! Thanks for sharing all these great projects on your blog!
Posted by: Meredith C | November 19, 2007 at 01:40 PM
Totally adorable!! Love that set!! :)
Posted by: ~Carla~ | November 19, 2007 at 02:05 PM
You are so talented. I love your ideas--and your tenacity. That didn't look very easy to make. But it sure turned out adorable!
Posted by: Alana Lee | November 19, 2007 at 07:59 PM
How cute!!!! WOW!
Posted by: Vanessa | November 19, 2007 at 09:38 PM
Just love your flakey friends ornament! Following your directions above I am going to try to make one. Just wondering though if you anchored the snowmen to the bottom of the inside of the ornament?
Posted by: Lynne | November 20, 2007 at 05:25 PM
Dannie, your ornament came out adorable!! I wouldn't have thought to use versamark & EP on the back... that would be so much faster than the white gel pen!
Posted by: Mary Brautigam | November 20, 2007 at 08:42 PM