Monday, November 16, 2009

Happy Monday!

I've been working on a little Christmas tree ornament using an image from The Graphics Fairy. I appreciate Karen for finding all this vintage wonderfulness and then sharing it with the masses. I found this charming Poinsettia girl and thought she would make a lovely vintage decoration.


 
This ornament is a 3" layered circle. I stamped the top part with Hero Arts Poinsettia Circle Cling in Fired Brick Distress ink, and on the bottom I stamped Old Letter Writing in Vintage Photo. Then I distressed around the edges with Vintage Photo, added the thin brown ribbon and then attached the circle to the scalloped circle. I re-sized the image in Microsoft Publisher and reduced the brightness a bit. After printing on white cardstock and cutting it out I covered the image with VersaMark watermark ink and clear embossed 3 times to give it a shiny finish. Then it was adhered to the ornament base. I punched a hole in the top and used gold thread for a hanger. The final finishing touch was a little Gold Stickles on the poinsettia centers.
The paper that I used as a background in the photo was custom made using images from The Graphics Fairy.
 


Thought for the Day:
Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person; the old life is gone, a new life has begun!
2 Corinthians 5:17

16 comments:

  1. This image seems to be the number one for today. I have seen a beautiful card, a framed print and now this beautiful ornament! I love the stamping, inking and layering-love it all!

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  2. That's beautiful! This poinsettia girl picture was quite popular this week!

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  3. Beautiful! I love the backgrounds you created on the ornament. They are so lovely together!

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  4. Hi Nancy,
    This is wonderful!! What a pretty ornament, this would be so pretty to use on a package too. I love the scalloped edge and the stamped handwriting especially! Thanks so much for playing along for another "Brag Monday".

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  5. This would make a wonderful tree ornament or gift tag! Love the vintagey feel with the ink distressing!

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  6. Beautiful scallop ornament and tag Nancy! Really love the colors you used, deep and warm, so inviting!

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  7. This is so beautiful! Love this image on the poinsettia background!

    Hugs,
    Vanessa

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  8. Lovely ornament. I like the colors you have been using! Great idea to mix the background stamps!!!

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  9. Great idea to make a Christmas ornament, it could even be a gift tag - lovely colors!

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  10. This is a wonderful ornament. It has such a lovely vintagey feel to it. Petra.

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  11. Happy Tuesday Nancy!
    Check out our Thanksgiving giveaway :)

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  12. I LOVE THIS! The vintage image looks great with your stamping- you've done a beautiful job of incorporating everything together. Simply beautiful!!!

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  13. Wow, beautiful! Very pretty! And I like your thought of the day!

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  14. Congrats, Nancy! You were featured on The Graphics Fairy at: http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2009/11/brag-monday-christmas-tags-ornament.html!

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