Tuesday 25 November 2014

DIY Christmas Ornament

This year I made a few interesting easter eggs. I've decided to translate the same technique to the christmas ornaments (more or less).

Materials:

  • Styrofoam balls (at leats 8 cm in diameter)
  • Thin marker
  • Beads
  • Glue
  • Snow Liner/ 3D liner (anything that dries in 3D)
  • White paper towels
  • Glue for napkins
  • Acrylic paint ( I used Brilliant silver, Venetian gold, Ivory and Alabaster white)
  • Brushes
  • Clear varnish (shining)
  • Half-pearls
  • Glue
  • Ribbon
  • (napkins with different prints)

Firstly, I sketched the design on the ball with a marker, then I used beads and half-pearls to add dimensions (they simply make better circles than I'm capable of doing) and then I traced the pattern with 3D liner.
When that dried, I went over it again. after that I coverd whole ball with layer of paper towels.
I mixed together white, ivory and silver paints (I wanted pearly base - you can use any colour you want) and painted the ornament. When the paint dried, I sprayed the ornament with two layers of clear varnish. At the end, I painted the 3D parts with golden paint, added few details and voilà - finished ornament!


Here is finished ornament and also some of the easter eggs:
NOTE: If you use napkins with prints, add print you like before painting it with gold (or any other accent colour you like)