BeeBee Stamps!: Christmas Ornament

Hope House Home for Boys

The cards that I sell here in Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico benefit the dental program for the boys at Hope House in the nearby village of Ixlahuacan. There are close to 30 boys at the home and many of them come to the home having received no dental treatment. If you live here at Lakeside and would like to order a quality, hand crafted card for a special occasion and help me contribute to this worthy cause, please e-mail me at bettyinchapala@yahoo.com Card price is 50 pesos; the entire sales price is donated to Hope House.

I am excited about my post today! This is a Christmas ornament I made for the Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday challenge. We are to make a Christmas ornament or a card that features a Christmas ornament. The lucky winner will receive their entire October release!

I was up in the wee hours this morning and saw the Flourishes' post along with one from Top Tip Tuesday with a tutorial for a zig zag flower. I had first seen this type of embellishment at Splitcoast Stampers (theirs was called a Fan Fold Flower) and I was so grateful to TTT for bringing it to mind, because I knew it would make a great base for my Christmas ornament!

I used Flourishes' stamp set, All That Glitters, to make my ornament. Embossed the ornament with Winter Wonderland Opaque powder so it has a glittery look to it. This is such a beautiful set -- has lovely vintage looking Christmas ornaments.

All That Glitters by Flourishes

Now, you know how ornaments sometimes tend to turn when they are on the tree -- well, I decided to decorate the back of my ornament as well so that if it gets turned, it will still be pretty. So, here's a picture of the back

It's not quite as pretty because it's missing the decorative paper on the fanfold base, but if it gets turned around at least it won't be completely plain!

Did you notice that I hung my ornament on a poinsettia to take the photo? We (actually, our gardener) just recently planted three poinsettias and I'm wondering if they will turn red this year -- if so, I'll post another picture!

Wonderful day wishes to all!
Betty

18 comments:

craftieodmae said...: fantastic ornament, can't wait to see if they turn red, keep us posted!; October 11, 2011 at 11:38 AM
Patti J said...: Betty, this is fabulous!!!! FABULOUS! Thanks for sharing :) Can't wait to hear about your plants! Keep us posted...hugs!; October 11, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Janice M said...: Very pretty ornament Betty!!; October 11, 2011 at 12:37 PM
The Other Patti Sue said...: You should be excited! This is magnificent... so pretty!; October 11, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Colleen said...: Betty,
This is another fantastic creation I love it!; October 11, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Rosemary said...: oh wow... what a beautiful ornament!!; October 11, 2011 at 5:40 PM
redwasher1 said...: WOW!!! That is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!; October 11, 2011 at 6:07 PM
Kerrie said...: Stunning ornament, love how you have decorated the back, will look really pretty spinning around in the breeze... also would like to see photos when the poinsettia flowers... kerrie x; October 11, 2011 at 6:36 PM
Cindy Haffner said...: Just STUNNING!~; October 11, 2011 at 7:28 PM
Cheryl said...: Gorgeous! I love the embossing. Good luck with the challenge.; October 11, 2011 at 7:49 PM
Luanne said...: very beautiful! ornament.; October 12, 2011 at 1:20 AM
Flutterby Trina said...: Beautiful! thanks for playing along with us this week at Top Tip Tuesday this week with our DP challenge! Good Luck and hope to see you again soon xx; October 12, 2011 at 3:28 PM
Anonymous said...: LOVE this hunny! so cute and great way to use a rosette too! thanks for the nudge email too! Thanks 4 joining us this week @ Top Tip Tuesday for our use Designer Papers with the Optional Extra to make your own Flowers, Don't forget you can enter our challenges up to 3 times, and if you make your own Flowers add GD for a chance to win a GD spot! I hope you can come and play again soon, Hugs Samantha; October 13, 2011 at 3:53 AM
Heather Rogers said...: What a pretty ornament you made. Thanks so much for playing at FTTC. :); October 13, 2011 at 10:59 PM
Maggie's Crafts said...: Simply stunning!

Thank you so much for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday in the 'USE DESIGNER PAPERS' challenge this week. :)

Maggie
x; October 14, 2011 at 1:01 PM
LaJanette said...: This is just really pretty on both sides! Thanks for catching my boo boo.

Thanks for playing along with us this week at TTT:0)

Hugs;
Janette; October 14, 2011 at 6:53 PM
Deneen said...: Very pretty, I'm going to have to try one! Thanks for playing along with us at TTT:); October 15, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Silke Ledlow said...: Betty, your ornament is beautiful! Thank you for playing the FTTC with us..hugs ~S~; October 16, 2011 at 6:32 PM