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Family Silhouette Ornaments On A Whim

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And the winners are: Some Lucky Dog, Megan R, and talisha sturms! Congrats!

Some of you may think that I’m pretty creative when it comes to my digital works, but when it comes to the physical art of crafting, I am pretty impaired. I’m pretty familiar with paper, popcicle sticks, beads, color pencils, and the hot glue gun. As for fancy stuff like cricket cutters and X-ACTO tools? Pfft. It wasn’t until I went here that I discovered X-ACTO tools. I was asked to pass the X-ACTO and I was like huh?

Anyway.

Elmer’s and X-ACTO challenged me to craft something that fits the theme of my blog. They sent me a HUGE box of craft supplies for inspiration. And after a few days of being completely overwhelmed just by the sight of all the supplies, I got to work.

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Family life is a big deal here, so I decided to craft something that represents us. What was initially supposed to be fall themed decorations turned into family silhouette ornaments – hey, I did use pumpkin shapes!

In Photoshop, I turned side profile shots of us into silhouettes to be printed, cut, and colored with a black sharpie – I had no paint!

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Prior to that, I printed closeup photos of our table cloths for a DIY pattern paper. I used a pumpkin cookie cutter as a stencil and traced the shape on to both patterned and turquoise construction paper. I then, cut them out. Additionally, I cut my patterned paper shapes in half to be glued on the sides of the construction paper shapes, making ornaments. Somewhere in between, I had a bowl of chili.

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The back of the ornaments looked like eye sores so I glued construction paper to the backs and cut around the shape. Then, I glued our silhouettes in the center of the ornaments, punched holes, strung them, and attached them to a paper lantern. I wanted to go for the mobile look, but the strings were tangling all willy nilly. And that bugged me, so I did some twisting and tying.

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I am VERY pleased at the outcome! I literally winged the entire project and I was totally expecting a disaster! I picked up some new skills and I am oh so inspired.

Materials Used:
Pencil
Hemp String
Elmer’s Glue Pen
Elmer’s Glue Stick
Black Sharpie Marker
X-ACTO Self Healing Mat
X-ACTO Craft Swivel Knife
X-ACTO 8″ Scissors
X-ACTO Precision Scissors
Pumpkin Cookie Cutter
1 Sheet Printer Paper
2 12×12 Sheets of Construction Paper
2 8×11 Sheets of Photo Paper for DIY Pattern Paper

All Elmer’s and X-ACTO products can be found at Walmart!

Elmer’s and X-ACTO want to give THREE Sophistishe readers a prize pack stuffed with the following:

  • 4-pack X-ACTO Decorative Edge Scissors
  • X-ACTO Self Healing Mat
  • X-ACTO Retractable Craft Knife
  • X-ACTO Craft Swivel Knife
  • Craft Bond Scrapbooking Tape: Repositionable
  • Craft Bond Extra Strength Glue Stick
  • Craft Bond Wet & Dry Dual Tip Glue Pen
  • Craft Bond Permanent Tape Runner

For A Chance To Win:

Leave a comment letting me know what you’d craft with your new supplies!

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This giveaway will close October 14th, 2010 at 7PM CST. You may want to take a look at my basic giveaway rules. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. Good luck!

Miranda Ward

Thursday 14th of October 2010

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Miranda Ward

Thursday 14th of October 2010

I would use while scrapbooking

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maryann

Thursday 14th of October 2010

start a scrapbook of my children

tina r

Thursday 14th of October 2010

i voted for you

dorothy l

Thursday 14th of October 2010

I think I would make some book markers

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