Thursday, December 20, 2007

Last Ornament Thursday!

I LOVE dimensional paint, especially for creating finger labyrinths. So here's a simple Christmas tree labyrinth, made on cardboard. I mapped it out on graph paper first. I used metallic green paint, followed by green sparkley paint, and then used glittery silver for the labyrinth lines.
And here's another Stephen Colbert ornament, The Retro Ornament of Truthiness:
I had cut it out last week and had not done anything with it and then I saw Alexa's retro-inspired ornaments from last week and had the Ah-ha to do a similar treatment. Thanks, Alexa!

Here are the links for everyone participating:

Christmas cookie - Jennifer Heynen http://www.jenniferjangles.blogspot.com/
Ring in the New Year - Kriss Cramer http://www.art-interrupted.blogspot.com/
Quilty pieced snowman - Linda Augsburg http://cs.makeitminemag.com/mimcs/blogs/makeitmine/
Simply striking sparkling spheres - Margot Potter http://margotpotter.blogspot.com/
Beaded memory wire - Elaine Luther http://www.CreativeTextureTools.com/news
Wire & beaded tree - Lynn Kvigne http://beading.consumerhelpweb.com/blog/
Beaded sun catcher - Debba Haupert http://www.girlfriendologytoo.blogspot.com/
Jolly and yummy ceramic candy - Melanie Brooks Lukacs http://earthenwood-beads.blogspot.com/
Polymer snowflake embedded in resin - Melissa Lee http://www.strandsofbeads.blogspot.com/
Beaded candy canes - Candie Cooper http://candiecooper.typepad.com/savvycrafter/
Polymer clay gift tag/ornament - Heather Powers http://www.polymerclay.craftgossip.com/
Twisted blues - Lampwork Diva aka Cindy Gimbrone http://lampworkdiva.blogspot.com/
Holiday spiral tree & party pixie - Art Bead Scene http://www.artbeadscene.com/
Wire bird's nest - Rebecca Peck http://vintagegirlmodernworld.wordpress.com/
Plush gingerbread doggie - Jenny Harada http://pomly.livejournal.com/
Swell ornament - Alexa Westerfield http://swelldesigner.blogspot.com/
Holiday paper crafting - Brandy Lung Gill http://accesstoexcess.blogspot.com/Shaving cream & chipboard ornament - Michelle McGee http://fromichelle.blogspot.com/
Easy needle-felted orb - Katie Hacker http://www.katiehacker.com/index.htm

P.S. BIG THANKS to Margot for the invitation to participate and Katie & Candie for starting it!

14 comments:

Linda Augsburg said...

I've never seen anything like it. What a cool idea!! Thanks for sharing it.

Melissa J. Lee said...

The Christmas Tree Labyrinth has such a clean, classic design. I love it!!

I hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Katie Hacker said...

This would make such a great, peaceful gift. Combine with a massage therapy G/C and you're good to go!

melanie brooks said...

The labyrinth ornament is really cool! I have a secret love of puffy paint, and this is a great use of it.

But the Ornament of Truthiness. OMG I actually laughed out loud! What a great idea! totally hilarious!

Kriss said...

Pretty tree! And you made me laugh again this week with the retro Steve ornament. Merry Christmas!

Margot Potter said...

Hali

Wonderful! I love these ideas. You ROCK!

I need that massage...must...buy...CD.

xoxo
Margot

Lisa said...

I wish I hadn't let all my puffy paint go dry...that is such a great ornament!

And I'm with Margot on the massage...mmmmm.....nice.

Cindy Gimbrone said...

A perfect use for the dimensional paint! Nicely done! Love the Steven Colbert retro ornament too!

Brandi said...

Both ornaments turned out neato! I am not really sure who wouldn't need a Steven Colbert ornament! BTY-Your green turned out really pretty! What brand(s) of paint did you use?
Merry Christmas!

Alexa said...

that cracks me up! what a clever take on it! I'm honored!

Hali Chambers said...

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by, gals--and I had so much FUN blog-hopping to see all your WONDERFUL creations! If you were here, I'd give massages to everyone--especially in this busy, stressed-out season. Every-body needs some pampering.

Brandi~the green paints I used are by DecoArt. "Dazzling Metallic Elegant Finish" Crystal Green and "Craft Twinkles" Christmas Green. The dimensional paint is Scribbles "Glittering Confetti." These are in the little bottles, which, to me, are easier to write/draw with. All of which I got at Michael's--aaahhh, Michael's...so crafty....I know you all know what I mean. ;-)
Funny how specific I was with directions for the first Ornament Thursday and by yesterday it was sorta slap-dash-paint-post.

So...what are we doing next Thursday for O.T.? :-) H.

Alexa said...

Labyrinth, I think we may make this a monthly thing now. I'm sure Katie H. and Candie C. will send e-mails out, but I'm not sure.

pomly said...

I now need to make a Colbert ornament for my Mom. SO funny! She loves him.

Michelle McGee said...

Hali... love your labyrinth!