Mixed Media Collage Ornaments With Ali | Starting Place

Earlier this year I participated in the Fodder Challenge out on by Willa Wanders and Fodder School (you can see some of the things I made here). It was a super fun, very inspiring adventure into more mixed media crafting and I loved it so much. 

As I was thinking about what kinds of crafting I might like to do this holiday season (in addition to December Daily®), I started getting excited about the ornament shape you'll find throughout this year's December Daily® collection. There are stitched pocket ornaments in the Main Kit, this particular ornament shape in the stencil set, and a couple ornaments in the Variety Die Cut Bundle, What I decided sounded fun to me this year was to make myself a whole bunch of these paper collaged ornaments using that shape as the jumping off point. My goal is to make at least 100 and then display them altogether in some kind of a wall hanging (still figuring that part out). I'm not personally planning to put these on a tree mainly because I am only working on one side but I can imagine an entire tree of handmade ornaments would be amazing.

Maybe you'll decide to join me on this adventure do collaged tags or hearts or circles or trees or some other shape entirely! This kind of project is such a fun way to play and use pieces from your stash along with items from our 2023 collection. 

You can make yours as simple or as complex as you want. Maybe you love the idea but just want to work with already made patterns + embellishments from your stash: DO IT! Or maybe it sounds fun to dive into the messy, imperfect play of making collage ornaments like the ones below: 

I'm using a variety of papers as the foundations for my ornaments including pattern papers, cardstock, old book pages, cork paper, textured papers, watercolor paper, felt, etc. 

My next layer is often paint or papers I've created using the paints. On top of that I'm adding stickers, felt, transparencies, vellum and other embellishments from my stash + this year's December Daily® collection. 

One of the biggest things I love about projects like this is it isn't at all about making anything perfect - it's really just a chance to play with paints and inks and patterns and all the fun stuff. 

Let's dive into my starting place video: 

I'll be back next week to share some of the processes of building with these fun layers! 

SUPPLIES

• December Daily® Stencils
  
• December Daily® Paints
  
• December Daily® Silkscreens
• December Daily® Stamps
• Watercolor Paper (originally offered with One Little Word®)
• Watercolor Paper from a notebook (140lb)
• Dylusions Star Flurry Stencil (this is the one I called a poinsettia)
• Tim Holtz Rub Ons (similar)
• Tim Holtz Christmas Sticker Book (similar to the one from my stash)
• Embossing Powders
• Versamark Embossing Ink
• We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch
• Texture Paste
• Deli Sheets
• Paint Brushes
• Matte Medium or Gel Medium (use either as an adhesive)
• POSCA Paint Pens 
• Gold Eyelets
• Crop A Dile Eyelet Setter
• Embroidery Floss
• Sewing Machine
• Sequin Mixes
• Felt
• Plastic Pots for Paints