Ugly Christmas Sweaters Galore!
Hello! I'm here today to share something a little bit different. Since I am chairing an annual Christmas Tree Boutique for MS here in California, I have been hunting around for new ideas all year. A bell went off when someone was talking about ugly Christmas sweaters! I hunted through my dies and found the matching Frame Cuts from the Ooh La La stamp set, which includes a t-shirt die! It was the closest I could come for making sweater ornaments for my little tree.
I dug into my stack of felt, then cut two pieces and stitched them together. Then the fun begins! How many buttons, charms, beads, etc do YOU have? I betcha I have more! I just had so much fun creating that I couldn’t stop. I used dies to decorate some of the shirts as well, including Santa Frame Cuts as well as the smaller Infinity Dies (hearts, circles, trees).
To hang these on my little tree, I made some hangers from our Hipster Icon Dies as well as some others from paper clips (search YouTube and you'll find instructions for how to make them). Our little clothes pins worked great, too!
And I didn't end the shirt making there - I made a card for turkey day with the "let's get stuffed" message from our Off-Beat Holiday Messages set. I was laughing all afternoon. Think about this concept. This can be used ALL YEAR for kids birthdays (number dies), monogram notes (alphabet dies), holidays - all with our thousands of dies. So, I hope I have inspired you to craft a little something other than cards! Put a pin on it and wear it on top of your ugly sweater!!
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27 Responses
Kirsten
What a super cute idea, Sally. All of the shirts are awesome. However, I have to say the cute little turkey shirt is the best. It is absolutely adorable! Thanks for sharing.
Hero Arts
Henriëtte, we love your Christmas sweater card. So cute! Thank you for sharing!
Lori-Ann aka @Stampingtherapy
I ❤️ this. So creative!!!
Dolores Holloman
These are so cute! Wished u had of put the hanger title for You Tube…So very nice to give as a gift too.
Marjorie Dumontier
These are so adorable !! The one with the glasses and the Santa’s beard !!!!
Lisa
This is an amazing, clever, totally out of box idea!!!
Carolyn Servais
What a creative idea. Totally love it. Cute, cute, cute!
Henriëtte
Love al your shirts, what a great idea for the Christmas tree.
I just posted a card with a Christmas Sweater on my blog, I made that one specialy for a friend who owns a sweater like that. If you want to see it, https://creativelyhappyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/oh-deer/
paperpicnic
These are Brilliant, Sally! So adorable! I especially adore the turkey tee!
RobiW
How adorable are these “sweaters”? Great card, too.
janet
How blooming marvelous – these are hilarious. Well done Sally, your tree will be a huge hit :-)
BeverlyBL
Sorry, but you lose the Ugly Sweater Contest. Yours are all waaaay too cute. This is so clever. Fun idea.
Celeste Goff
Love these adorably sweet felt sweaters! Ugly or not…they are super cute!
Michele K. Henderson
I absolutely LOVE this fun idea! There are so many things you can do with these little sweaters!
Jackie Price
What a fun idea!! Some cute little t-shirts. And your turkey day card is wonderful. Love it!!
Jessica Nicholson
Adorable Ideas
Terrie
These are so fun! What a great idea :)
Barbara-Jean
Love the tees and the let’s get stuffed, too!
Karen Hale
These “ugly sweaters” are so very very cute. Love your turkey day card. What a fun idea!
renee milner
These are so doggone cute! I can see sticking a candy cane or pencil or something thru the shirt too. Thanks so much for sharing this fun project :)
josmary
Omg they are adorable
Helen Gullett
those are the most adorable ugly sweaters ornaments!!! LOVE them!!!
kathy wade
Genius! Love all the little sweaters and that turkey card is a riot!
Cindy C.
Super fun and super cute!
Lagene
Too cute! love that turkey get stuffed sweeater!
Karthikha Uday
Oh wow! These are super cute!!
Laura Whelan
This is such a fab idea!! I have a friend who’s obsessed with “ugly” Christmas jumpers…she would love this! Thanks for the inspiration!
Sally Traidman
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