Homemade Ornaments

The colors seen in this year's ornaments have been a little out
of the ordinary. Blues, greens and even purple tones have been
showing up along side traditional reds and greens. Two crafts that
have been around for years are folk art designs and stained glass
items. You can create the look of stained glass using dimensional
Glaze pens on inexpensive acrylic frames, that you can even personalize
with a loved one's photo! Or, try your hand at making simple
clay covered styrofoam ornaments with Delight air dry clay to
make some always popular folk art ornaments for your special tree.

Materials

STAINED GLASS LOOK ORNAMENTS

Glaze dimensional pens (Sakura) 3 1/2 x 5 acrylic magnet frames
800 grit (very fine) sand paper Small frame patterns (see below)
1/2" - 3/4" Ribbon in matching colors
Brush-on FIMO gloss lacquer-has built-in brush (made for polymer clay)

FOLK ART ORNAMENTS

Delight™ air dry modeling compound (Creative Paperclay)
Strofoam eggs: Goose & Hen sized eggs
Acrylic paint: white, black, school bus yellow, leaf green, barn red
Permopaque paint markers (Sakura)
Brass large screw eye (used as hooks)
Satin clear sealer spray (for acrylic paint)

Sakura Glaze and Permopaque pens can be found at your local craft store or visit them online for addtional ideas and to order, at their 'website'

Delight air-dry clay as well as other fine clays, tools and lots of project instructions can be found on the Creative Paperclay 'website'

Stained Glass Ornaments

1. Lightly sand the surface of the acrylic frame in a soft circular
motion until it has a frosted glass appearance. This helps the pen's
paint to stick to the surface.
2. Print out a pattern (below) to use fo ryour first frame ornament. 3. Wipe away the dust with a cloth, and slide in your chosen pattern. TIP: If you make a mistake with the led lines, simply wipe away
immediately. Or, if they are dry and a line may be too fat, or you
have a blob, simply use the tip of an X-Acto knife blade to lightly
scratch off the mistake, or thin the line. It works great!
Make sure to scratch all black off BEFORE you begin to color in
the lines or the black specs will jump into your wet color.
Trust me on this...yes, it happened to me, once!

Folk Art Cat, Owl & Small Brid