Good Morning Helmar Fans!
Homemade ornaments are all the rage and today I am going to show you how Core’dinations Cardstock and Helmar make it look amazing! So, are you ready to pull out the craft supplies and get ready for the holidays? This would be a great low cost gift idea too! Lets call this one a Decorating on a Dollar project... you see the foam ornament I used as a base was found at the $1 store. They were not just 2/$1 but 2/$0.50. This entire ornament cost me about $0.78 to make. Not to shabby if I do say so myself.
Supplies:
Helmar Craft and Hobby PVA Glue
1 12x12 sheet of Core’dinaions Cardstock - I used the Vintage Collection
Box of straight pins
1 Styrofoam ball (mine are not white or green, they are $1 store ornaments that are foam)
Ribbon of choice 8”
Holiday embellishments to top it off
Shimmer Mist (Bronze and Red)
Snow Writer or white puff paint
Jingle bells
Step 1: Take 1 12x12 sheet of Core'dinations Cardstock and cut it into twelve 1" wide strips. Then cut those strips into 2" long pieces. You should have a lot of 1"x 2" pieces of Core'dinations Cardstock.
Step 2: Take one piece of the cardstock and fold the upper right corner to the bottom middle. then the upper left to the bottom middle. Your piece should look like the middle one below. Then distress the front edges with the Core'dinations Sand It Gadget.
Step 3: Take 4 of the triangles and pin them in each corner at the bottom center of the ball as in the photo below.
Step 4: Pin (only on two corners) another 4 triangles over the outside corners of the new square you formed in the image above. Should look like the one below when you are done. Keep adding row after row of these triangles making sure to use enough to cover all of the ball. TIP: to secure your ribbon cut it 8" long and pin it in place with one side pinned to the left of the ball and the other side to the right. Cover all ribbon pieces that are pinned to the ball with cardstock triangles to hide it. This should leave a loop at the top when your done (see photo on step 6).
Step 5: Once you are done with the entire ball it should look like the image below. Spritz it with any shimmer mist of your choice and add puff paint/snow writer to create the snow. Let Dry. Look at that colored core of the Core'dinations Cardstock.
Step 6: Once dry it is time to embellish the top. I added two bows, front and back, of twine. Added some holy leaves behind the bows using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. Tie on bells and glue in place to secure with Helmar 450 Quick Dry. Let dry completely.
Step 7: Using the Helmar Craft & Hobby PVA Glue adhere the styrofoam berries to the top of the pine cone and the tops of the bells.
There you have it... A beautiful easily distressed and assembled pine cone ornament. Thanks to Core'dinations Cardstock and Helmar.
Have a Happy Helmar Holiday!
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