Birds and More Christmas Ornaments

Hello festive crafters - this is Katie Pulham with some creative Christmas inspiration for you! Today I'd like to share this trio of Christmas ornaments I made using the Birds & Branches stamps (158281) and Birds & More dies (152721), the Christmas to Remember stamps (156300), and the layering circles dies (151770).

First I used the Birds & More die to create a delicate, branching detail around the edge of a 2 7/8" circle. To glue this delicate piece of paper I put it front down on a silicone craft sheet (127853), and with a sponge dauber (133773) I dabbed multipurpose liquid glue (110755). On the red and green ornament, I also added an extra branch from the Birds & More dies. 

After gluing the layers of the circle together, I added a bird and a sentiment, using dimensionals (144108) to add depth and interest; for some of the sentiments, I simply used my Snips (103579) to cut them out. To poke the hole through the top of the ornament for the ribbon I used my Take Your Pick (144107). Also, on each of the ornaments, I used heat embossing which requires Versa mark (102283), embossing powders, and a heat tool (129053). 

Below each image is a list of the other tools and supplies used for the ornament.

• crumb cake (120953), soft suede (115318), and early espresso (119686) cardstock
• Tasteful Textile embossing folder (152718)
• crumb cake (147116), soft suede (147115), and early espresso (147114) ink
• gold metallic embossing powder (155555)
• gold foil sheets (132622)
• gold shimmer ribbon (152156)

• evening evergreen (155574) and soft succulent (155776) cardstock
• vellum (101856)
• evening evergreen (155576), real red (147084), and cherry cobbler (147083) inks
• clear embossing powder (155554)
• Seasonal Label Dies (156299)
• cherry cobbler and gold ribbon (156312)

• basic white (159276), misty moonlight (153081), and night of navy (100867) cardstock
• snowy white velvet sheets (156405)
• mirrored foil finish silver foil (156457)
• silver metallic embossing powder (155555)
• white crinkled ribbon (151326)

Thanks for joining me here at Kelly Pulham's Creative Cafe. I hope you enjoyed seeing how the Birds & More dies could be used to make a Christmas ornament. I had originally planned to make these into gift tags, but the circular shape made me change my mind and want to hang these beautiful creations on a Christmas tree instead. Do you think I made the right choice? Perhaps by Christmas, I will be ready to give these beauties away as tags!

Happy crafting,

Katie