Magical Ornaments

• Dies
  • Tonic – Acorn Swirl
  • Little B – Labels
• Vintage Photos
• Ranger Distress Collage Medium – Crazing
• Tim Holtz idea-ology
  • Alpha cards
  • Mirrored stars
  • Tinsel Twine – Autumn
  • Tissue Tape
• Sierra Pacific Crafts tinsel trim (green)
• Cork Tape
• Metal adhesive dots – Mark Richards and Colorbox
• Metallic cardstock – Paper Accents (silver and red)
• Cardstock – Bazzill
• Ranger Distress Ink – Walnut Stain

I created three ornaments for three magician friends who have been mentors for Trenton since January 2009 (nearly 8 years), since he was 10 years old. He was the charter member of Salem’s Society of Young Magicians and performing magic effects has been a large part of young life. Now that he is 18, as the bylaws of the Society of Young Magicians state, he must move up to the Society of American Magicians (the adult group). So this weekend, Trenton attended his last meeting and performed in his last show with the group. As a thank you, our family gave Glen, Tom and John (the mentors) each a gift basket and each included a personalized ornament shown above.

I took a vintage image of a magician and collaged it with some die-cuts and other ephemera. I applied collage medium that gave the image an antiqued quality, including a crazing (crackle) effect. Then I added some walnut stain Distress Ink to the edges of the image and to the crazed texture to show it off a bit more. I created a different composition for each ornament that included an Alpha card (playing off the tricks they all do with cards) that is an initial of either their first or last name, and other embellishments for visual interest. It was a fun project to do and hopefully provided them with a small memento that will make them think of Trenton when they decorate their trees.

I am including this in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge “Christmas Gifts.”

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