I love making Christmas ornaments, so of course I had to participate in RedLead's Christmas Ornament Swap. We received two, 2-piece chipboard ornaments to alter. For the first ornament, I used white paint, modeling paste, a star stencil and glitter to create the base. The image is from RedLead
Christmas Collage Sheet #27, with a background stamped using the
O Christmas Tree stamp. I embellished the ornament with some
beads and baubles, a
brass snowflake, a
rustic snowflake that I painted and glittered, and some vintage trim. (Please excuse these horrible pictures - I had to take them with my phone because my camera was temporarily out of commission.)
For my second ornament I wanted to create a mercury-glass type of effect. Don't know if I really succeeded but it does sparkle (more than my phone photo can show!).
The images (both in the center and the snowman charm) are from the same collage sheet (#27). For the mercury glass effect I first used white crackle paint, then a layer of pewter rub-on paint, then clear gloss, into which I sprinkled silver glass glitter while it was still wet. Here's the back:
Still not a good picture but maybe you can get the idea. I added some more baubles to the bottom of this one too. Here's the pair:
Can't wait to receive happy mail in return!
