Christmas Angel Ornament

Thought I would stray from cards for this post and share an angel ornament. These ornaments are a breeze to make and great for use as ornaments, gift package decor or even as a beautiful accent on a bottle of wine or sparkling juice.
To begin, purchase the felt ornaments from Michaels (3 for 1.50). Then create an accordion rosette, for this rosette the Tim Holtz die was used. Layer a plastic glittered snowflake on top and then finish with a word accent in the center. Dec. 25th was punched from printed cardstock and layered in the center of the plastic snowflake. To cover the glued area on the back, punch a 1 1/2-inch cardstock circle and adhere to the back. To assemble most of these pieces together I found the use of a hot glue gun made for a quick fix. This ornament could also double as a card by temporarily attaching to a card front. Hope you like it!
Creatively Yours,
Sharon

Birthday Step Card

Project design ©Sharon M. Reinhart 2012

Thought I would share this little step or staircase card that I made for my daughter's birthday. My favorite part is the medallion/rosette on the front. I just love the Tilda Swirl Memory Box die and for the accordion rosette I used a Tim Holtz die. This combination would also be beautiful for Christmas cards or ornaments. The stamps used are from a variety of companies - Party is from Unity (it has 3 or 4 of the word party stacked on top of each other, I only used one. Birthday Wishes is from Gina K.  Love in the center of the accordion rosette is an old Hero Arts stamp and Lots of Hugs (which is not fully visible) I believe is a Ditto stamp??. I will be sure to share some of the Christmas themed projects that were inspired by this card in a future post. There are many different staircase or step cards out there in the craft world, do a google search and you will find center step cards, etc.
Enjoy!
Creatively Yours,
Sharon