I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

I've got a pile of chipboard shapes and other items that I've bought with an intention to decorate, but all they seem to do is get stashed away in a cupboard, and I forget about them.  Until I buy another one (or two) and open the cupboard again to find I already have one very similar.  Hmm!

Well today I've decided to decorate an oval hanger, and have created a really simple Christmas decoration.  I typed the sentiment, then printed it on cream paper, stuck it onto the hanger and cut around the edges.  I created tiny red card 'reinforcers' for around the holes where the ribbon is threaded but using two tiny red circle dies to create a polo or ring shape for each hole.

The little birdies are from Purple Onion Designs, and the snowflake stamps are from Card-io.  Finally I popped some stickles around the whole edge of the hanger for some sparkle.

This project is to support the H for Home challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge which starts today.

Project Recipe:

• Images - Perch and Star & Sky from Purple Onion Designs
• Typed Sentiment
• Colouring - Copics
• Stazon ink pad
• Card-io Winter Flurry snowflake stamps
• Versa Color ink pads in various colours
• Ribbon (recycled from a box of Thornton's chocolates!)
• Liquid Pearls
• Black pen (faux stitching)
• Circle nesting dies (to make red 'reinforcers' to outline the holes)
• Chipboard hanger
• Stickles

I've been inspired by:

• Crafty Catz - Animals
• My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx