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Hi everyone! Is there anything better than Christmas and Sizzix? They go hand-and-hand like hot chocolate and marshmallows!! :) I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE crafting for Christmas, I seriously could create for the Holidays every day of the year and Sizzix makes it so simple! For those of you that don't know me, I love making ornaments, I always have. I'm forever looking for new ways to create vintage-y goodness for my Christmas tree and Sizzix has the perfect dies to create such projects. For the one I made below, I used "5" different dies and I'll show you how I made the base for my ornament. I hope you enjoy! :)
And be sure to scroll all the way down, the links to the other Designers projects are listed and you'll want to be sure to click on each one!! :)
and here are a couple of close ups...
some more detail...
Okay let me show you how I made the base for this ornament. From Sizzix you will need the following dies to make this....
Additional supplies needed: Chipboard, pattern paper, rusty metal snowflake, alphabet stamps, brown ink, distressing ink, silver tinsel, snow glitter, silver pipe cleaner, spray adhesive and hot glue.
Let's get started:
Using the scallop framelit squares, cut about 20 squares from old sheet music and set aside. Next cut the largest circle from you framelit circle collection, from chipboard, (this will be the base).
To make the mini cones....roll the 2 opposite edges together and secure with a little hot glue. That's it!! Super simple. Do the same for all the pieces.
Then it's as simple as hot gluing the mini-cones to the chipboard. Create the first layer by going all the way around, then with your extras, glue them on top of the first layer for added texture.
Your base is now complete. To finish, die cut a 3-D Star and adhere to the center. Then adhere a rusty snowflake to the center of the star, adhere some tinsel underneath, then diecut a snowflake rosette, spray with an adhesive and sprinkle with glitter and adhere to the center of the rusty snowflake.
Finally, diecut a tattered banner and stamp "Peace" to the center and adhere it to the center of the rosette.
Adhere silver pipe cleaner to the back of the ornament using hot glue.
Welcome to the Sizzix Festive Blog Hop - for one day only! It's great to be a part of it! Firstly because it's the first time the European and US bloggers have come together for an event like this, and secondly because it's the countdown to Christmas!
Here's the line up for the day, make sure you check them all out to get some truly festive inspiration...
Tammy Tutterow
Paula Pascual
Amy Friend
Elina Strömberg
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Loredana Bucaria
Gretchen Schmidt
Jan Hobbins
Jeanne Streiff
Tammy Roberts
Tiffany Johnson
Thankyou so much for stopping by and I hope you have a creative Christmas with Sizzix.
Beautiful!
Posted by: Sharon Young | December 01, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Wow Hilary, such a gorgeous project and a wonderful idea. Love the music paper cones and all the wonderful layers.
Posted by: Anna-Karin | December 01, 2012 at 11:39 AM
How beautiful for Christmas - really good use of dies
Posted by: bea | December 01, 2012 at 01:52 PM
I die!!! This is incredible! I've always loved every single thing you've made!!! This is up there with my faves!
Posted by: Tiffany johnson | December 01, 2012 at 04:57 PM
Wonbderful, can't wait to make and use these little cones
Posted by: Cass | December 01, 2012 at 05:00 PM
gonna try this, love it!
Posted by: Teresa | December 01, 2012 at 07:23 PM
Seriously?!!! I'm floored....What a beautiful ornament!! Now, you have me wanting to make ornaments, for my tree! LOVE it! :)
Posted by: Shelly Kurth | December 01, 2012 at 07:55 PM
Lovely but looks like I may need more dies than I have. Lol.
Posted by: Beneta | December 01, 2012 at 07:57 PM
So clever! I love it!
Posted by: ytet | December 01, 2012 at 08:09 PM
Beautiful ornament! I love the papers and colors, and that 3-D star is amazing!
DeniseB
Posted by: Denise Bryant | December 01, 2012 at 09:37 PM
Very creative idea! I love the use of the sheet music.
Posted by: Amy | December 01, 2012 at 09:58 PM
I love the sheet music cones.
Posted by: Noreen | December 01, 2012 at 11:26 PM
This went straight into my Christmas folder.I wanted a project for this weekend and here it is.Thank you so much for such delightful innspiration.
Posted by: Beth W | December 01, 2012 at 11:56 PM
beautiful, love it and the pictures of its creation. really like your choice of colors and how you crated the star and textures. thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Kim H | December 02, 2012 at 01:56 AM
Love this ornament but I can see making it much bigger and using it for a wall or door decoration. Beautiful!
Posted by: Katina | December 02, 2012 at 06:17 AM
So pretty! What a beautiful ornament, I agree it would look great in a large size too!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | December 02, 2012 at 07:42 AM
oh my GORGEOUS Hilary!
Posted by: Diana Waite | December 02, 2012 at 10:36 AM
A gorgeous ornament!!!!
Posted by: Wanda Hentges | December 02, 2012 at 02:34 PM
Fabulous ornament, and thanks for the wonderful step by step!
Posted by: kathy/NorthCarolina | December 02, 2012 at 03:30 PM
This is gorgeous! As soon as I saw it, I wanted to sit down and make one!
Posted by: Jan Hobbins | December 02, 2012 at 07:55 PM
I love this! Bigger would look good even on the door!
Posted by: Silv.etta | December 03, 2012 at 03:11 AM
Fabulous! I want to make some of these and give some to my friends!
Posted by: Suzanne | December 03, 2012 at 07:27 PM
very pretty - thank you for the inspiration - this is so flexible - can be made in various sizes - wonderful!
Sandra ltb
Posted by: Sandra ltb | December 04, 2012 at 07:47 AM
The layers make this so unique and vintage looking. I even Pinned it!
Posted by: Susan McMenamin | December 04, 2012 at 08:20 AM
So Beautiful! Love it! You make it look so easy.
Posted by: Ruby C | December 04, 2012 at 05:30 PM
What a lovely ornament. I have all the dies, but where does one get rusty snowflakes?:)
Posted by: Tina | December 22, 2012 at 09:30 PM
Very nice site!
Posted by: Pharmc835 | January 30, 2013 at 11:28 PM