It’s a Christmas tree ornament!  No, it’s a magnet! Actually it can be either, depending on whether you add a hanger or a magnet…

I’m planning to put these on the fridge, so I made them to go with our  kitchen — it’s mostly white, but then we have Fiesta dishes in ALL colors — a teal platter, red cream + sugar set, lime vase — well, you get the idea.  I was going for kind of a retro/modern look so I added touches of pink — I was giggling while I made ‘em, hee hee — what do you think?  You could easily change out the colors for a more traditional feel if you like.

Peace & Love Deer

1. Using Celadon ink, stamp the DesignBlock Holiday Words on a Pool rectangle.  Stamp deer with black.  Cut a hill from white cardstock for the deer to stand on.  Position where you would like it, but do not adhere in place just yet.   Draw pencil lines where the legs go, then stamp deer on the hill.  (Use a scrap of paper to protect your work surface — I use copy paper that’s been printed on.)  Adhere hill in place.
2. Cut another hill from white cardstock and adhere with foam tape.  Outline both hills with liquid pearls.  Add more liquid pearls where the deer is standing to add a little extra depth.  Set aside to dry.
3. Layer piece to a Crimson rectangle.
4. Stamp “peace & love” on a pink strip and round the right corners with a corner punch.  Layer to Crimson and round those corners too.  Adhere in place.
5. Add pom pom ribbon + polka dot ribbon with glue dots.
6. Now add bling!  A red gemstone to the deer’s nose + glitter glue to the scarf.

Bright Birdhouse

1. Stamp birdhouse on white cardstock and color with pencils.  Cut out.  Add liquid pearls to the roof and let dry.
2. Download ornament template HERE, then print, cut, and trace it onto a Lime notecard.  Cut out, then and stamp it with the DesignBlock Stunning Snowflakes using olive pastel chalk ink.  Emboss a White notecard with a Cuttlebug + swiss dots embossing folder, then punch out a circle and adhere it to the Lime piece.  Use glue dots to adhere the pipe cleaner.  Tip: I shaped the pipe cleaner into a rough circle before I glued it down.  Add glitter to the snowflake centers + dots and let dry.
3. Stamp bird on a white scrap with black, color with pencils and cut out.  Add to birdhouse with foam tape.
4. Add Red Gemstones to the holly and a Teal gemstone to the bird’s hat.
5. Thread a heavy duty needle with twine, then poke a hole at the top of the ornament.  Tie twine so that it looks like the birdhouse is hanging from it.  Tie on more twine for the hanger.  Add ribbon bow with a glue dot.

Tip: I traced a cookie cutter to create the ornament.  I love using cookie cutters for things like this, + hearts, flowers, etc.  Plus making cookies, too.

Be Merry Froggy

1. Punch out a red circle from a Crimson notecard.  Stamp it with red ink and the DesignBlock Holly Flourish.
2. Cut a hanger cap out of  Chocolate and adhere in place.  Add a strip of cardstock to the back to strengthen it.
3. Punch an oval from white cardstock.  Stamp all over with snowflakes from the Clear Design Jolly Christmas + Sparkle Clear Birdhouse tag using VersaColor Celadon, Lime and Petal Pink pigment inks.  Adhere in place, then out line it with clear glitter glue and set aside to dry.
4. Stamp frog on a Lime scrap and cut out.  Stamp again on a white scrap, color the scarf, cut it out and adhere it in place.  Add to the ornament with foam tape.
5. Stamp “be merry” with black on a pinks strip.  Use a corner rounder to round the edges.  Adhere in place.
6. Add Light Pink gemstones.
7. Make a snowdrift for the frog to sit on with liquid pearls and let dry.
8. Adhere a hanger made from a loop of pipe cleaner with a glue dot.

Supplies For All Three Projects:

• Clear Design Jolly Christmas
• Sparkle Clear Birdhouse Tag
• DesignBlock Stunning Snowflakes
• DesignBlock Big Holiday Words
• DesignBlock Holly Flourish
• Green Apple, Crimson, Pool, Chocolate, Pink Notecards
• Christmas Chalk Queue
• Red, Light Pink, Teal Gemstones
• Memories Black, Cherry Red
• VersaColor Celadon, Lime and Petal Pink pigment inks
• Other: liquid pearls (Ranger) or white dimensional fabric paint, cording, magnets, colored pencils, pink + green striped ribbon (Strano), red polka dot ribbon (May Arts), pom pom ribbon (Marcel Schurman), clear glitter glue (Ranger), silver pipe cleaners, various punches (EK Success + Marvy Uchida), Cuttlebug (swiss dots embossing folder), glue dots, foam tape, cookie cutter (traced to create the birdhouse ornament)

Tip: These ornament/magnets also make a fun, easy-to-mail gift!  Just pop them on a card front with repositionable glue dots and write a little message inside so that the recipient knows what to do.  I mail mine in a bubble wrap envelope.

Another tip: Cover the backs of your ornaments with felt.

One more tip:  ALL of the stamps from yesterday + today’s projects are now HERE in the Hero Store!  WOO HOO!

One last tip: The yummy embossing powder giveaway is still going on, too! Details HERE.

I’m looking forward to our chat from 6-7 pm PST today!  That’s 6 pm PST, 7 pm MST, 8 pm CST and 9 pm EST.  If you have any questions about this project or yesterday’s — or any other stamping questions — just leave me a comment and I will answer them. You can leave the questions before the chat too if you like.   [Update:  Thanks for chatting everyone -- that was fun!]  

Tomorrow I’ll have a “shabby chic” project + a video to share — can’t wait!

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