Christmas Day Ornaments

Hello!  Welcome to Kristie Kreates!

The last few years I've hosted Christmas dinner

for my immediate family and have a tradition

that I make an ornament for each person that

comes to dinner.

This year we changed to brunch at
Jaryd and Sara's, but I continued my tradition 

of ornaments.

I picked up a puzzle at the Dollar Tree that

had larger pieces.

I peeled the picture off the pieces of the puzzle.

I put the puzzle back together and used

Gel Medium to "glue" a napkin to one side

of the puzzle.

To do this, I took the napkin apart, it was a 3 ply

napkin, I simply peeled off the top layer with the

picture on it.

I made sure it was flat on the puzzle and 

added another layer of the Gel Medium to seal it.

Using a sharp blade, I carefully cut the pieces apart.

On the back of the pieces I used

Firebird Art Alchemy Metallique Wax

and wrote each persons name on the back

along with the year, using a Sharpie.

I punched a hole in each piece and added a

ribbon for hanging.

When I gave these out, I explained that the group of us

are just like this puzzle and we fit together to make

a whole as a family.
Every person is an important part of that puzzle.

I was  very happy with the way these turned out

and hopefully everyone will hang them on their trees for

years to come.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have been inspired in some way

and will come again soon.

Until next time,

enjoy all the pieces of your puzzle!

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Deli Paper and Alcohol Inks

Hi crafty friends!

Last month I spent some time visiting a friend,

we had some crafty time and I learned this technique

using deli paper and alcohol inks.

These are the supplies I used.

Alcohol inks, Blending Solution (you can use alcohol)

a coffee stir stick and a sheet of deli paper.

The colors are Lettuce, Caramel and Ginger.

Drip the alcohol ink onto the deli paper.

Put the various colors around the paper.

Now spread the ink around with a coffee stirrer. 

(You can also use a straw.)

Continue moving the ink until it is spread out and dries.

You can add Blending Solution or alcohol

to 're-wet' the ink so you can spread it more

if you like.

Add more ink if you like and continue "playing" 

with it until you get a look that you like.

I chose not to cover the entire sheet of deli paper

with this one.  I like the colors as they were.

When I originally learned this technique,

we made many sheets with different color combinations.

It was great fun to just sit and play with the different 

combinations and see what we got.

To use this for a project cover a piece of card stock 

or a manila tag with an adhesive.  

Here I am using a glue stick.

You can also use products like Glue and Seal,  

Gel Medium, Mod Podge or whatever wet adhesive you prefer.

I chose to use Kraft card stock for this piece.

Be sure to press the deli paper down onto the surface

to be sure it is sticking all over.

Once it is dried, trim around your card stock and you have a 

beautiful background piece that you can use

on a card or even a scrapbook layout.

This time I chose to use a flat piece of deli paper,

I have also done this technique using deli paper that

has been crumpled and then flattened.

The folds and creases give the piece another 

bit of interest.

When I post some cards that I made with those

papers, you will see some of those creases.

I'm glad you stopped by today,

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and

will give this technique a try.

Be sure to come again soon,

I will be posting some cards I made with 

some of my deli sheets.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!