Joyous & Kiwi Lane Photo Ornament

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Hello again fellow Authentique fans!  Kay here with a Holiday project consisting of Authentique's very merry 'Joyous' papers & templates by Kiwi Lane.

I wanted a way to showcase this year's Christmas family photo--at first I thought of some sort of mini album although I only had one main photo I wanted to showcase.  So then I thought of creating an ornament that would serve as a 'frame' to my photo.  Well after much debating I ended up with a hybrid version of a mini album & ornament--an orna-mini!  However, this ornament is not really meant to hang on the Christmas tree--this little orna-mini looks best sitting on a small photo frame easel right on top of the fireplace mantel--& that's exactly where it is at this very moment. 

All papers used are from Authentique's 'Joyous' collection & the entire ornament was created with the use of the 'Christmas Accessory' templates by Kiwi Lane.

This particular element from the 'Joyous' line spoke the most to me when it came to the family Christmas photo.  Home always means a little bit extra more to me around the Holidays--it's where the heart is & where I'm most at peace.

The Fatulas giving you our best 'Merry Christmas' pose.  :-)  The ornament mat framing my photo was cut out with the smaller ornament Kiwi Lane template.  The holly leaf was also cut with the use of a Kiwi Lane template.  I just inked the holly edges & added a bit of ivory colored acrylic paint dots along the border.

The lovely mulberry poinsettia is by Petaloo.  A combination of tulle & different size ribbons were added to the ring holding my ornament together.

This second colorful ornament was created with the use of acrylic & alcohol inks.  I traced the smaller ornament template onto a piece of clear acrylic & cut it out.  Next I adhered designer paper to what is going to be the back of my acrylic ornament.  Since acrylic is transparent there's no need to place a second piece of designer paper--just use 2-sided paper & both side are instantly complete!

Then to give my ornament some pizzazz I applied several random drops of alcohol ink straight from the bottle onto the acrylic side of the ornament.  Now here's the trick to get that streaky look--before the alcohol inks dry take a can of compressed air (the kind you would find at office stores that are used to clean the dust out of computer keyboards & such) and spritz at the drops of alcohol inks.  This will create all these interesting colorful streaks onto your project.

To complete my ornament I applied some clear dry adhesive along the edges with a thin paint brush & applied some Diamond Dust.  You can make a whole set of ornaments to decorate any tree with this technique & no two would be alike.  

The background of the ornament was created by tracing the large ornament Kiwi Lane template onto medium weight chipboard.  I then cut the chipboard out & adhered papers from the 'Joyous' collection onto both sides.  The edges were inked on the backside & on the front I adhered a bit of Petaloo green trim.

Thanks for stopping by & for those of you that are in the cold season along with me--stay warm!  Enjoy the rest of the week...

Products Used:

Authentique Paper: Joyous Collection 6x6 Bundle
Templates: Kiwi Lane Christmas Accessory

Ribbon: May Arts
Flowers: Petaloo

Other: Alcohol Inks, Chipboard, Clear Scraps Acrylic, Tulle

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