I told DH this morning that I was in the Christmas spirit, and ready to start decorating the house. I think he believes I'm a little insane because it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but he's really good at keeping those thoughts to himself :)) He put on a Christmas CD, and I started on some ornaments. In an effort to avoid cleaning, I thought I'd post a little tutorial on how I made my ornament.
I started by inking the edges of a Tattered Angels tile with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Because it's a water-soluble ink, I then sealed it with PYMII. You could also use a fixative. This will keep the ink from bleeding when I add embossing ink.
I mixed up some ultra-fine clear embossing powder (UTEE would work great, I just didn't have any on hand), and glitter. I then inked my tile with clear embossing ink, sprinkled it with the embossing powder and glitter mixture, tapped off the excess, and heated it with a heat gun. To get it nice and glossy, while it was still hot I sprinkled it again, tapped off the excess, and heated it. I repeated this step twice. If I were using UTEE I could have done this in less steps and had the same glossy effect.
Ridiculously easy, right?!?
I added a photo (of Christin and me), and decorated it with trim and flowers.
I hung it over the fireplace while it waits for tree to go up.
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Oh so pretty!
xoxo Karen Lee
So creative and inspirational!
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– The Tablescaper
What a lovely frame to go around a child’s picture. Thank-you!
Love this look Melissa! Would you mind giving the definitions for PYMII and UTEE? Thanks! Off to try my own (instead of cleaning the bathrooms!)
So sweet! The photo of your ornament in it’s place is beautiful! Jacqueline
I love it! Must try this
What a clever idea! I love your little ornament frame!
Pretty, but hold off with that “C word for a while please!
So pretty!
Very interesting. I’ll tell that to my wife. She’ll love it
That is SUCH a fun tutorial!
I bet you did keep of the cleaning, with such fun things to post. Love your work, melissa! 
the ornament is BEAUTIFUL…
hugs,
Viola
Hi Melissa
I love your beautiful ornament..fab tutorial TFS:)
Thanks for linking up to PA Blog..
always a pleasure
Terrie
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Oh so lovely!!!
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How absolutely beautiful!
so cute!
I love this project!!
I have a whole package of these butterflies downstairs just waiting for me to do this!!
Thanks!!
=)
This is a beautiful ornament. You are very talented and have fabulous ideas. I would love to be able to subscribe to your blog by email but I did not find that option. Is that possible? It is the only way I can keep up with the blogs I really, really, like and yours would be one of them.
Great idea
Wooowwwwwwwwww….really massive work melisa. Beautiful ornament!!! http://www.winterizemyavsystem.com/ I wish i could get that ornament….
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