Hi there crafty friends! One of my favorite Christmas traditions is making an ornament for my tree. I have a seven foot tree covered in handmade ornaments that I love. Making Christmas ornaments was something I did with my family growing up and I look forward to passing on this tradition with my own family.
This year I decided I wanted to make a nativity ornament. I used the Nativity Mary Joseph Jesus file. ( SVG, Silhouette) and the 3D Poinsettia file (SVG, Silhouette). I also used a DIY ornament, transparency film, pink and green cardstock, gold foil paper, snow filler, and ribbon.
Once I had the nativity image into design space I selected everything and welded the image together.
I then resized the nativity to fit over a 4.25 circle. I wanted the nativity image to fill a lot of the circle without Josephs head hitting the top of the circle.
While the images are stacked together I selected both images and sliced the images. Creating three separate images. I could have skipped this step and just fussy cut the corners off but doing it this way also helped me line up the nativity on the transparency film. I deleted the middle image and the one on the left.
I then added another circle. Duplicated the nativity and flipped the duplicated image horizontally. This way the gold foil paper will be on both sides of the transparency film.
I cut the nativity out of gold foil paper and the circle out of transparency film. I then glued the nativity to transparency film. On my first side I used wet glue. It worked but I could see the glue through the gold paper. I then used a tape runner to attach the second side. Which left no visible marks on the gold paper.
For the assembly I added a little iridescent snow to the bottom half of the ornament, then the nativity, a little more snow, and then closed the ornament together.
To decorate the top I cut two 3D poinsettias. The flowers have three concentric layers, two centers and two leaves. I gently pinched each petal and then stacked and glued the flowers together.
I tied a loop and bow with ribbon and attached the flowers and bow with hot glue.
This ornament looks beautiful hanging on the tree. It would also make a lovely gift.
I hope this ornament inspires you to make an ornament for your tree. Thanks for stopping by and Merry Christmas!
Brandie
My little guy was so excited when I hung the banner he kept asking me to tell him the reindeer names.
For the dimension I cut the main body shape, hat, beak, arms, and oval by hand out of cardboard and covered with paper.
I cut the saying three times out of cardstock then glued them together.
That’s it for me today. I hope you all have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!
The cards needed to be adjusted for the shaker element. The first thing is to remove the score line. (I was careful not move the remaining images because they are aligned perfectly for slicing.) Once the score line was deleted I selected the white top layer and the second black layer and sliced the images.
Now that the two layer have been sliced I have two white images and two black images. I deleted the two black images and the original white image.
I repeated the above steps for the other two cards. I then adjusted the size to be a perfect 5×7. This is now the fronts of my shaker cards.
I created a new card base for each of the cards. I added a 10×7 rectangle and add a score line down the center. I also cut three additional 5×7 rectangles for the bottom layer of the shaker element.
For the shaker bits I created some pockets with a fuse tool and plastic page protectors. When I create shaker pockets I like to use a scrap piece of paper to help me fuse in a straight line. I made three pockets 4 3/4×6. I trimmed the excess plastic and added the sequins and star glitter to my pockets then fused the top closed.
I dry fit my shaker pocket with the front and back 5×7 rectangles then marked where I needed to attach the shaker pocket. I attached the shaker pocket with super sticky double sided tape. Then added two layer of craft foam around the edges of the shaker.
I also added some black and white bakers twine to finish off my cards.
