Finally, I got my Christmas Ornaments Kit in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection made! I’ve kept the box out ever since it arrived weeks and weeks ago, and yet it didn’t get made until the pressure was on here at the last Christmas minute! The kit makes nine ornaments, three each of three designs, which I posted in the photo above. Unfortunately, the kit is “currently not available” in the Online Store, but maybe you already have the kit and haven’t made it. This is your reminder to get out that kit and sit down and enjoy making the ornaments! Or if you are too busy, get it out right after Christmas when you have more free time and make the kit. Then you’ll have them ready for next year!
The kit is called Christmas Ornaments, but you could use these for fancy gift tags on packages! If you were hand-delivering a card or mailing a card inside a package, maybe you could use this ornament as a card front! Then the recipient can take it off the card and use it themselves as an ornament or decoration.
Someone suggested jazzing up these ornaments a little bit! I plan to do that this afternoon in my “spare time”! Just as with the Paper Pumpkin Kits, people always think of other creative ways to use the kit and make “alternate” projects with the contents. So even though you are given directions and a video, you can still make your project differently, however you want to make it! Some of the suggestions I saw were adding a bit of gold or maybe some Wink of Stella glimmer. Paint on a bit of white for a snowy look on the pinecones. Add a greeting or another Christmas image on the ornaments. Six red bows are included in the kit but you can add your own bows to the other three ornaments if you wish. Just play around with the kit and do what pops into your head to make it your own!
The only difficult part of this kit is tying on the gold thread onto the gold hoop. The hoops are very nice, by the way. Strong and good quality. Use the included glue dots to put glue dots where the gold thread is going to go. You will see a little bump on each hoop, some barely noticeable, so you might want to wrap the thread around those areas if you can. Be sure to watch Sara’s video assembling the kit to see how she does it. You can watch it again and again or pause it to follow along with each step. Or just go wild and crazy and do it however you like, as I’ve said!
Watch the video below about the kit. As I said, if you have the kit but haven’t made it yet, now is the time!
Here is the kit in the Online Store that you can check out and keep an eye on in case they get more in stock.
While you are there, check out the other Kits in the Kits Collection! You can purchase a kit for yourself or get an extra one to make with a friend or loved one (I hear lots of grandmas do this for their grandchildren!). Maybe you just want to purchase a kit as a gift for a friend! Lots of variety to choose from! Enjoy!!
