Easy Paper Ornament Craft

Log Cabin Porch

By Sung Kim

Right-click and Print this template on cardstock, or glue the paper print to heavier paper so you can easily trace around it on your special papers with a pencil.

Trace the pattern on to the paper you like, and dont be afraid to try your printed scrapbook papers such as the luxury stack with the old wallpaper prints in it, or anything else you have. I have used linen resume paper because I wanted to try it out on crafts and see if I liked it.  Glue one side of the bow to the middle...

...and add more glue to that. Then, attach the other side of the bow,

and fasten it with a clothespin until the bow is firmly stuck, or you could staple the center with those colored staples available at WalMart in pink, green, blue, gold, etc., or try one of those cute shaped brads such as a pink heart or a blue square.

After that, you can do a number of interesting things, such as outlining the bow with some kind of paint. I used Scribbles or polymer and then dusted it while wet, with glitter, and only outline the front of the object. If the paint sticks in the bottle, use a straight pin to loosen it.

Instructions for dove are simple: attach the wing with the flatter, curved side down, as shown in the picture, so that it matches the other wing. When you outline the bow, draw one side of the ribbon over at a slant so the other looks like it comes from underneath, the way a real ribbon would look, and as I have demonstrated here.

What can be the use of this is more than I can say. Perhaps a package topper, or a tag on a gift. Reduce the pattern to a very small size and make tiny tags for price tags, or use the bow as an ornament. They might work as place settings for a tea party or on top of a gift bag

Try putting the mica type glitter all over it by painting first white glue all over with a brush, and then adding the mica, and see what kind of effect it is. This can also be made with felt, which I hope to show sometime in the future, 

If you prefer to use the bow as a card, you can crease the edges to flatten it for putting inside an envelope.

. I found that the children's construction art paper was really the best, and that is the pink one, above.  I hope you like this easy craft, and will be patient while I invent a few more that are still in my head. I I really must sketch it all out on a planning sheet before the thoughts fly out of my mind ;-)

If you like to relax and look at pretty homes and craft ideas, check out one of these links and go down their own links. People have such tremendous talent, and it really is something when people can make money off a tin can or a jar...maybe that is why our roads are so clean--there are so many shabby chic scavengers about!

Shabby Pink and Pretty

Someplace In Thyme