I just wanted to share more of the Christmas ornaments I made this year. I made a set of green ornaments using glass spice jars for the base. I just KNEW I’d find a use for all those spice jars I’ve been saving!
For this one I painted the bottom of the spice jar from the inside to cover up the stamped lettering on the bottom of the jar. I used a pretty sparkling teal acrylic paint, which I think goes nicely with the green polymer clay.
Using my leaf shape cutters from my cake decorating set I cut out leaf shapes, rubbed them with green Pearl Ex powder, then stamped them for an interesting texture. Then I layered them over the top of the jar. For the top layer of leaves I used more of a teal blue green Pearl Ex powder. This matches the paint on the inside of the jar nicely (plus I love that color 🙂 )
I picked out several green glass beads and hung them inside the ornament. These ornaments look especially pretty hanging in front of a window with the sunlight shining through.
On the bottom of the ornament I layered squares of green polymer clay which was also rubbed with Pearl Ex powder and stamped.
The second green ornament was made by first painting the glass spice jar with green sparkle paint then completely covering the jar with clay. I rubbed the clay with green Pearl Ex, then cut out Christmas tree and gingerbread man shapes.
I cut out large leaf shapes, dusted them with Pearl Ex, then stamped them with pretty floral designs before layering them over the top of the ornament.
I added stamped leaf shapes, stars, and the cut out Christmas trees along the bottom and sides of the ornament.
Before painting the glass, the very first step was to add a cardboard armature to make the bottom come to a point. Then I was able to cover the bottom with more stamped leaf shapes.
Of course I had my fluffy supervisor to oversee the whole project 😉 Calcifer has to inspect everything I make- it’s his job after all!
Thanks for stopping by to check out my handmade Christmas ornaments!
~Michelle
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