*warning, this post has a lot of photos*
Good Morning my friends!! I hope your weekend has started off right. Yesterday I didn't have school or work and it felt great to not do much. I was in the mood to snuggle on the couch and watch a Christmas movie and the only thing I could find on "watch now" on Netflix is the remake of Miracle on 34th Street. I enjoyed it. :-)
Well on to the fun stuff. So earlier this week I stopped in my LSS and they had this super cool paper ornament. They told me it was from a Basic Grey ornament kit. The kit had die cut circles that were already scored, basically all you had to do was assemble it. As awesome an idea that was, I couldn't pull myself to buy the kit so I went home and decided I was going to use papers from the November kit to make an ornament. Now, Tony is a Math whiz so I asked him to use a mathematical equation to figure out where the score lines were to go and of course he was able to figure it out. LOL!!
Now I am a little rusty at trying to give "directions" clearly in writing but I am going to give it a try. I hope I don't confuse you. LOL!!
Don't be intimidated by making this ornament for yourself. Once you mark off the "score spot" the rest is super easy. So let's begin.
First thing you want to do is chose your papers. I chose 5 papers from the November kit.
Now I chose to use my Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle Dies, but I think next time to make it faster I will use my Cricut. I had to cut 20 circles out. It didn't take a long time but I think I could have saved a little more time (read: I won't get a cramp in my hand from cranking the Cuttlebug 20 times, lol) with my Cricut.

I used the 3" circle die. With the measurements I give you, you need to make sure the circles are 3".



Next is the "tricky" part. Grab your score board, whether it's the Martha Stewart Score Board or Scor-Pal, doesn't matter. Grab some masking tape or easily removable tape and a ruler.


Keep sliding your circle over until they line up like the photo below. Just until the "edges" match the bottom right corner of the tape. Does that make sense?




Keep working your way around until you have created a scored triangle.



I chose some of my favorite photos and lined the circle die on the photo where I wanted it cut. (I don't have photos of that step)

After you cut the circles and score the triangle you will cut out the triangle. Make sure you cut to the inside of the score lines. You want your triangle to lie inside the score lines on your patterned paper circles. Are you with me so far??

Adhere the photos to random circles. I chose to adhere them to mostly the solid colors. That is really your chose though.
Ok, so if you have stayed with me this long then we are in the home stretch. Now I made several of these ornaments so I could figure out the best way to assemble the dome. I really had no idea how to tackle this. I will show you the way I figured out how I could best assemble and explain. If you try and make one of these and find an easier way to assemble it then by all means use it. I must say I was a bit frustrated until I assembled it this last way that I am going to explain.
Here we go: First you will take 5 random circles. That is why I chose 5 different pattern papers. Now if you can think of this dome having a cluster of 5 circles for the "top", 5 for the "bottom" and 5 for each "side" that may help in visualizing how to put the together.









It may seem like a lot but once I figured out how to assemble the dome it really came together pretty quick. Probably took me no longer to make this ornament than it would have to make a card or LO. No longer than an hour and I would say most of that was cutting the circles. I will be making more over the next few weeks and I will be hanging them on my tree. With my lil ones I am not able to have fragile ornaments, last year they broke them all.
Well that's all for today. Stop by tomorrow for more inspiration. I am also hoping to have the December kit reveal a little early this month. With the 25th falling on "Black Friday" and the day after a holiday, I am not sure many of you will be around that weekend.
Don't forget to play along with this month's sketch. :-)

9 comments:
That's one awesome project and a really easy tutorial. Love the idea of adding the photographs to them! I laughed when you said your kids broke the ornaments, sorry. I remember that time. Finally out of it now that the boys are old enough to leave well alone but still have to be careful with the dog's tail! So happy to see that you had a bit of time for you and you made this fabulous project!
Okay...so I am a bit scared to try this...but the end result is gorgeous!
Hmmm...seems like a challenge. I would give it a try. Usually sounds worse than it is...lol. But the finished project is really cute. I love adding the photos!
That is soooooooooooooooo COOL!!! I will have to see if I can do this!! LOVE IT! :):):):):):):):):):):)
Awesome idea! So cute!
I thought your directions were very clear! Very impressed that you were able to figure it out instead of buying the kit....I probably would have caved. Gonna have to try this myself! Thanks for sharing!
Such a beautiful ornament!!! Love that you added the pictures. Makes it so much more special! Glad you had some crafty time!!
This is sooo pretty, Leeanne! And the directions are very easy to follow. What a wonderful project, thank you for sharing with us!
SOOOO pretty! I love it! I definitely think I will be trying this!
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