I’ve been collecting ornaments for most of my adult life. Some of the ones I love the most are the old hand made ones.

Yesterday I helped a friend of mine with a display she was creating for her church. She had most of it done already, but we made tags and ornaments to add to it. It got me thinking how easy it would be to make some new Christmas ornaments for my collection. So I started playing, and here’s the first one I came up with.

These are the two sides of the same ornament. 

Stamp & Emboss – The largest stamp from the Bright & Beautiful stamp set is practically an ornament itself. I heat embossed it twice – once in Cherry Cobbler on a piece of All Abloom DSP and once in Pool Party on Cherry Cobbler card stock – for a positive/negative look.

Cut & Paste – I cut out both stars with the corresponding Stars Framelits die, so they fit perfectly together. To attach them, I put a little Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of one star, then used a scrap piece of paper to smear it around to all the edges. The glue gives you a couple seconds to get it lined up just right. The two pieces glued together make a much sturdier ornament that if I’d only used one piece.

Hang – Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine makes the perfect hanger for this color combo. The white in the twine helps bring out the delicate white designs in the DSP. I thought about adhering the twine between the star layers, but I thought it might make a lump. So I ran it through a 1/16″ hole that you can hardly see. (I hesitated buying the handheld circle punches, but now that I have them, I use them all the time! They come in 1/16″, 1/8″ and 1/4″.)

Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!