Photo Ornament

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Now that it's August, I'm hoping I can get away with posting a Christmas project :) I know some of you organized types have been working on Christmas stuff all year - I'm not one of those! So ... ta da -- my first Christmas project for 2009! I love adding photo ornaments to my tree, one for each child each year. They love their ornaments, too! When I saw this Holly Berry House Round Medallion Ornament stamp, I knew it would be perfect for this year's photo ornaments.

The image is so easy to work with. Here, I stamped it onto various different patterns from Basic Grey's 6x6 Wassail Paper Pad in Versafine Onyx Black and clear embossed. Then I just cut the different patterns apart and layered them using foam adhesive for dimension. To make it extra sturdy, I adhered the Wassail dp to heavy card stock before stamping and trimming.

For accents, I added some branches punched with the Martha Stewart branch punch, Dew Drops, and some tiny white self-adhesive pearls.

Another look at the complete ornament:

I have so many more ideas churning for this image - can't wait to make more ornaments!



Stamp: Round Medallion Ornament (Holly Berry House)
Paper: 6x6 Wassail Paper Pad (Basic Grey), Neenah 80lb cardstock
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: branch punch (Martha Stewart), Poinsettia Drew Drops (The Robin's Nest), white self-adhesive pearls (Kaiser Craft), gold cord and vanilla taffeta ribbon (Stampin' Up)