Hipster Ornaments 🦌⛄️🎅🏻

Hi again! Hope you are feeling the holiday cheer in the air 😁🎁 Thought I’d share some cute playing-card size paper ornaments I made for my work-in-progress Tim Holtz tree 🎄

I was messing around painting and embossing some mixed media heavystock pieces and this cool set came together (I actually didn’t mean for them to coordinate but I’m in love with how they all compliment each other! 😍)

I cut my guys from the Cool Yule die set…

I was debating what shapes to use for the bases, but landed on medium Stitched Rectangles (could easily have substituted playing cards ♦️)

Once I had my papers glued on my rectangle bases (and a circle for my snowman), I added Walnut Stain crayon to the seams for extra definition and glooped on some collage medium around the edges to hide the layers…

Next I shaped, inked the edges, and assembled my characters, then glued them on their backgrounds

Also used my Crop-o-dile tool to add eyelets to the top corners

(I thought the insides of the deer’s glasses would make cute coal for the snowman ✨)

Finishing Touches…

Cut my greenery from the Holiday Greens set (wish I made some red holly berries to go with, but still cute!) 

Lastly, added a few remnant rubs for sentiments and ephemera pieces to give a bit more detail to each before staining twine and tying on my hangers

Hope you like them, I sure do! Thanks so much for visiting! Get some holiday crafting in too, won’t you?

x Erin 🤗

Products used…

Dies… Cool Yule, Holiday Greens, Stitched Rectangles

Surfaces… Mixed media heavystock paper

Distress Paints… Picket Fence, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Barn Door, Black Soot, Antique Linen

Distress stain… walnut stain

Distress Glazes… Picket Fence, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Barn Door, Black Soot, Antique Linen

Stamps… Tapestry

Other Distress… collage matte medium, walnut stain crayon

Idealogy… remnant rubs, holiday 2023 ephemera

Tools… Big Shot, glass mat, Crop-o-dile 

Other… twine, eyelets

Noel Deer ornament 🦌

Hello hello! Hope you’re staying cozy (and crafty!) on these chilly days 🥶 Sharing a little wintery ‘cloche’ ornament I created, packed with crackly Tim Holtz goodness 🤤 

Was feeling in the groove on this one and didn't capture a ton of my process, but here's a few random snaps along the way ⤵️ Hope you like it!

Not me crafting while the kids watch Bluey! Win-win I say 🥰

Adding washi tape to the edges to hide the inner layers

Here's what the "final" edges (kind of) look like...

Obsessed that it's see-through… my vision came to life! 

And that's that on that!

Thanks so much for checking out my project! Get in touch if you're curious about anything specific, always love hearing from this wonderful community!

Happy crafting!

xErin

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Tim Holtz products used…

Dies... Birch Trees, Darling Deer, Tiny Type Lower, mini snowflakes, Village Christmastime (mini wreath)

Surfaces... Heavystock paper, arched baseboard frames (x2), Bracket Trim pieces (x3), clear acetate sheet, medium thickboard tag reinforcer (for the top of the cloche)

Mediums... Rock Candy clear crackle, collage medium, 

Distress Paint... Walnut Stain (bracket trim + top circle), Antique Linen (trees), Rustic Wilderness (wreath), Speckled Egg (frames), Vintage Photo (deer)

Other Distress... Walnut Stain crayon, clear embossing ink, white embossing powder

Ideaology... mini hardware heads, washi tape, clear snowflakes, icicles

Tools... Big Shot, glass mat, heat gun, blending brush

Random bits... cheesecloth for the snow, twine for the hanger

Fall At Last framed hanger 🍂

Hi again! I’m always so happy for fall every year — school’s back, the weather is gorgy-porgy after the summer heat, it’s football time again — so I thought I’d create a crackly little fall decor piece, inspired by the leaves and pumpkins in my area these days 🍁 the best!

Let me take you through a few more details about how I created this hanger ⤵️

The Background…

Started with a mini framed panel, Ran mixed media heavystock through the Cracked 3D embossing folder, glued down on the panel and painted with Scorched Timber

Next, used Antiqued Linen paint to go over the raised texture with my finger, followed by a thin watery wash of Caramel alcohol ink

Also cut a few embossed strips for the sides of the panel

 For the top hanger, I assembled a few jump rings, hook chains (minus the hooks) and screw eyes

The Pumpkins…

Cut from the colorize Pumpkin Duo, glued all layers together and painted with Antique linen + Scorched Timber stems

Added a top coat of clear crackle, then once it was dry, I rubbed on some scorched timber and rusty hinge distress crayon into the cracks and layer grooves

The Leaves…

Cut a bunch of leaves from the Funky Foliage die set

Painted branches with scorched timber, leaves with different reds and oranges and greens (Forest Moss, Rustic Wilderness)

Glued the leaves on the branches and coated all with clear crackle

Once dry, added Scorched Timber crayon on top with a brush, then wiped away the extra with a paper towel

The “FALL” Frame + “At Last” Banner…

Painted the small Ideaology frame (I forget what set this is from) with scorched timber to match the rest, then caramel ink

Next, I added mounting dots before cutting a piece of clear acetate to size and gluing behind the frame

Then coated with clear crackle…

Cut FALL letters from the Bold die set, painted with Antiqued Linen, then a coat of clear crackle, then scorched timber crayon, wipe away extra, painted letter edges with scorched timber to give extra definition

The banner is from the Tattered Banners set (folded on the one side to shorten it up), painted with Antique linen and Scorched Timber edges

The “at last” letters are from the Tiny type lower set, painted with Scorched timber and glued down on the banner, then all coated with a thin layer of clear crackle

The Finishing Touches…

Inked a couple of wooden rulers and added to the top and bottom of my panel

Then glued down the small frame, banner, pumpkins (with leaves) + a few other Ideaology bits before adding excelsior shavings (inked with walnut stain) and tucking in the foliage

Ok, well that is my project, thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you are enjoying this fall season and are able to cozy up with loved ones☺️🧣🍁

Happy crafting! x Erin

The Products…

Surfaces… mini Framed Panel, mixed media heavystock

Dies… Colorize Pumkin Duo, Funky Foliage, Tiny Type lower, Alphanumeric Bold, Tattered Banners

3D Embossing Folders… Cracked

Distress Mediums… rock Candy clear crackle, collage matte 

Distress Paint… Scorched Timber, Antiqued Linen, Forest Moss, Rustic Wilderness

Distress Crayon… Scorched Timber, Rusty Hinge

Alcohol Ink… Caramel

Ideaology… small frame, mini key, eye hooks + chains, hardware heads, clock face, flare pin

Other… mounting dots, excelsior shavings, Big Shot, glass mat, heat gun