If you are
visiting from The Scrap Shoppe thank you for stopping by my blog for
Workshop Wednesdays. Today I will be sharing a great gift idea that can be
personalized for those special people in your lives. They will think you spent
hours making this gift but once you get an assembly line going you can make
these fairly quickly.
For this project
you will need:
Clear Glass
Ornaments – size 2 5/8” Pledge Floor Care – Tile and Vinyl Floor Finish
Fine glitter – I found Martha Stewart glitter works best
Coffee Filters
PK Glitz Wonderfilm or any strong double-sided adhesive paper
Coordinating ribbon
Start by coating
the inside of a glass ornament with the Pledge floor care adding enough to coat
the inside then turn the ornament upside down on top of the bottle to allow the
liquid to drain. This will also ensure the neck of the ornament is coated.
Once all excess
liquid has drained fill the ornament with the glitter of your choice. Roll the
glitter around the inside of the ornament to ensure it is completely coated and
dump excess glitter into a coffee filter. I used a different filter for each
color of glitter I was working with – they make cleanup so much easier. I do
recommend a fine glitter as I experimented with larger glitter and even Martha
Stewart microbeads but they had a tendency to clump up.
Now that your
ornaments are filled with glitter you can set the Pledge aside and get your creativiT
ready. Now it is time to personalize your ornaments. I used PK Glitz Wonderfilm
to make my monograms. I used my Silhouette to cut the letters using the
Silhouette rhinestone setting as my media and my letters are 2” Lucida
Handwriting font but you can use whatever cutter you have available.
With each of your
monograms cut you will want to remove the back from the adhesive and place it
on your ornament. To help keep your ornament from rolling away I used a candleholder
to hold my ornament while I was decorating them.
After placing the
monogram on your ornament remove the top protective sheet to expose your
adhesive and cover with coordinating glitter. You can also follow these steps
to add designs to the ornament as well – each of my ornaments have a monogram on
one side and a design such as candy canes, snowflakes, Christmas trees, etc. on the
opposite side. Use a small amount of clear glue to hold the top on the ornament
and use coordinating ribbon to finish off your ornament design. Here are a few of the ornaments I made.
Now you have
created a personalized gift! But wait – why not create a gift box for your ornament.
To make your gift
box you will need:
- 8x8 square from Kraft paper to
make the lid
- Score the square at 2” and 6 1/8”
– turn it 90 degrees and score at 2” and 6” making sure your scored lines
cross.
- I then used ornament stamps for
the top design and an ornament boarder to go around the lid
- Fold your scored lines and cut
the scored lines to each corner to make a flap for your lid (see below)
- For the box use 12x12 Kraft
paper
- Score the square at 4” and 8” –
turn it 90 degrees and score it at 4” and 8” making sure the lines cross
- Fold the scored lines and cut
the corners to make flaps for your box
You now have a
great gift box for the personalized ornament you created.
Thanks again for stopping by my blog. Make sure you dash on over to see what Bev from FlamingoToes has created for you today for our Workshop Wednesday blog hop.
Tracey
