Ornaments

Oh no, Christmas is drawing so scarily near, I really wish I had time to concentrate on presents and Christmas cards.
It is definitely going to have to be bought Christmas cards this year, and I really hope I get time to make my friend's presents, I have a lovely idea in the pipeline, I just need the time to change that from an idea to reality!!

Anyway, I know some are really looking forward to Christmas, James is. He cannot wait for us to start opening the advent calendar tomorrow, that marks the beginning of Christmas for him and I can guarantee I'll be dragged out of bed as soon as he's woken up to open it. We're sharing this year, we've bought a lovely Lindt Calendar and we've decided I'm opening odds, and he'll do the evens. He's got the best deal as the 24th is a lovely great big door!! :D

So, with Christmas drawing nearer, the challenge blogs start to get Christmassy. So, today I'm here to share this weeks TPV challenge.

Today is the beginning of another challenge at TPV, and we're asking you to

Now, instead of including an ornament on a LO or card this week, I fancied trying something a little different. So I made some Christmas ornaments using card and paper. We have a red and white theme to our Christmas decorations, so I found some good paper and card, a couple of tutorials and sat down to make. I hope you like the results. Here's a close up.

Circle ornament
I used this tutorial to make these. It was an easy tutorial to follow and I like the results. I first tried it with book paper, and I think this one is my favourite. It works really well with paper, and I love the honeycomb affect that is achieved by the selective sticking of the sheets. The red and white bauble is made using the same tutorial, but this time with card (slightly embossed and shiny, although the photo doesn't really show that). This is a lot harder, and I would probably recommend sticking to just using paper as the card doesn't hold as well, and very strong glue is required to hold it in shape at all.

Teardrop ornament
I have used this tutorial to make these. This one is slightly more tricky to follow as the instructions are not altogether that clear, but I found looking at this picture helped me to work our the instructions and how it should look. I love this, an additional element that you can make once you've mastered these teardrop shapes.

So, I hope you like the ornaments, and please do leave a comment and link up if you have a go at these yourself.

I hope you decide to play along with this TPV challenge, we have another great prize up for grabs.
Our sponsor this week is the lovely Tessa with Precocious Paper

I love Tessa's embellishments, they are so gorgeous. Look at the two kits you can choose between if you are the winner of the ornament challenge.

So yummy :) The colours and appearance of these embellishments are fab, I really wish I lived in America, I'd have every single one of her sets, I just cannot afford the shipping and risk of customs :( I did however find digital versions of her gorgeous flowers and rosettes at the brilliant digi store The Lilypad the other day and they were straight in my basket :D

So, pop over to TPV and join in with the new challenge :)

We are also having a DT call at TPV at the moment. My time with them is drawing to a close with only one project left, and now it is the time for all of you to try for a place on the DT!! It's a great team, Suzanne and Abby are lovely, and it's a great experience. Thanks ladies, I've had a great time with you.

Both James and I are off school today because of the strike. I know I'm probably quite unique in saying this, but I wish we were at school today, it's quite a critical time for year 11's, 12's and 13's at the moment, so time of school is a ridiculous waste.

Bye for now, and thanks for all of your lovely comments on my recent post, I'm so excited and looking forward to the experience, and it means a lot to have all of your support too :D

Thanks, bye,
Hannah :)