Clear Ornament Tutorial

The TJ Holiday Blogstravaganza continues! Today, I have a tutorial for the ornament above -- and a challenge for you, too! Although this idea for ornaments is not new, it is always nice to remember old favorites! All stamps: Artistic Outpost
Supplies

*Acetate or Transparency

*Clear Glass Ornament

*Circle Cutter or Circle Punch Larger than Image

*Stamp with Image smaller than ornament

*Sharpies, Copic Markers, Gel Glaze Pen or Watercolor Crayons

*StazOn Ink

*Glitter

Step One:

Stamp the image with StazOn ink over the acetate or transparency. I use Inkjet transparencies, and I stamp the image on the smooth size.

Step Two:
Turn the image to the back and color with copic markers, sharpies, watercolor crayons, acrylic paints or Gel Glaze Pens.











Step Three:
Use the Circle cutter or punch to cut the image out.












Step Four:
Roll the image into a tube, with the colored area on the inside of the image. Make the roll slightly smaller than the whole in the tops of the ornament. Slide the acetate into the ornament. NOTE: If the image does not drop into the ornament straight, use an eraser from the end of a pencil to move the acetate into place.






Step Five:
Place a teaspoon of glitter into the ornament.













Step Six:
Replace the top and tie a ribbon around it.

Easy, right? Okay then, here is the challenge:
Create an ornament by Monday, November 17th. You can create any style ornament using any technique or idea of your choice (just use rubber stamps and/or paper crafting supplies). Then send it to me via email, post it to the TJ group OR place it on your blog or gallery elsewhere and leave the link in a message on this post.

I will collect all of the images and I will place them in a post next week -- and will pick a winner from them randomly. The winner will receive a $10.00 gift certificate from Technique Junkies, to be used on any TJ product of your choice. Come play!

Today, I also have several of the TJ Designers who have posted for the Blogstravaganza:
Lisa Somerville at Splendiferous Creations
Deb Lovett on the TJ Design Team Blog
Jane at Jane's Addiction

Check back every day for the TJ Blogstravaganza - right through Christmas!

BC #44: Color Combination Kaleidascope Card!

I Love experimenting with color, don't you? This week's Blogger's Challenge was to create a card or item using the following Stampin' Up! colors: Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue, Certainly Celery and So Saffron. What a great Combination!



I had to make a Kaleidoscope card. I just had to. These cards look so hard, but are so easy to make -- this one even earned a "OH, HOW AWESOME!" from a 14 year old boy (and believe me, he normally does NOT think anything I do is awesome!). Kaleidoscope cards are the online bonus for the Technique Junkie Newsletter for the current April issue. If you are a current subscriber, you know how I made this -- if not, you could have access to this and the other 71 techniques that will be published in 2008 online for only $9.99! Sorry, even I am allowed a commercial now and then...

I took a couple of shots so that you could visualize the depth of this card. I took one closed, one head-on, and one from the top, so that you can see that it is very dimensional.

Okay Technique Junkies, I have a challenge. I am ONLY posting it here.

Make a kaleidoscope card by midnight Saturday May 10th and send it to me via email. I will RANDOMLY select one card as the winner, and you will receive the NEXT CD -- CD 6 -- absolutely free when it is released at the end of the summer. That is a $14.95 value, just for making a card. I will post ALL the cards in a slide show, but the winning card will be posted separately.







So what are you waiting for?

Blogger's Challenge Week 9 "Get Punchy"- With a how-to

This Friday's Blogger's Challenge was to use Punches on our creations. I had been tossing ideas around in my head all week for this and had several ideas, then I received a RAK from Kelly Mahoney that inspired my card. Using a tag punch to create a flower was new to me; since I received the card I have seen several on the net. I suspect, though, that this idea may be new to some of you, too, so I have included the "how-to" directions below. I hope you enjoy!
I also couldn't just make ONE card. I made two this week! The one above uses a small tag punch for the flower and a Key-tag punch for the word window. I love double-sided paper! So many options. I used Stampin' Up!'s Priceless set, Sanded Background Stamp, designer paper and cardstock for this one. I also used my Scor-It board for making the ridge around the top panel.
This is the second card I made:

The paper for the flowers was originally cream and brown; I brayered turquoise ink all over it to change it to the colors I wanted. This is not my original idea, it was an idea was introduced to me by Lisa Somerville.
Teal, Red,Brown and Gold (looks like cream, but it is gold)! I am certainly working hard at expanding my color palette, don't you think?

The background and "friendship" are both from SU's Tres Chic Background -- the doodles are from SU's Priceless set. I also used a ticket punch in some of the corners, too.



Here is Kelly Mahoney's card to me that inspired this adventure:
I love the rhinestone brad in the center of Kelly's flower.

















Want to know how to make these tag-flowers? Here is how:
- Start by punching a 8 small (or 7 large) tags from double-sided paper.

- Fold the bottom left corner up to meet the opposite edge, from straight edge to straight edge, as shown.

- Fold the top right corner of the triangle to meet the fold on the left side. You just made your first "petal!" Repeat with remaining tags.

- To assemble, find the center point on your prepared background and adhere the tag-petals around it in a circle, butting edges against each other to create the flower. Add a brad, button, bead, chipboard or glitter in the center and you are done!

Here is a challenge for YOU -- try the punch flower and email me your creations. I will post them next Wednesday and mail my cards to two randomly drawn entrants.
My email address is:
phuntoon@optonline.net

If you prefer, send me the URL of where I can find your posting in the comments and I will post it from there. Hope you will play along!

Make sure to check out the other Blogger's Challenge players listed in the left column. I am always amazed at the creativity and sheer variety of talent on this great challenge group!