This pretty Christmas ornament design is my painting of three Christmas ornaments on a wispy look background using lighter shades of the same colors.
The design on the Christmas ornaments is a resemblance of a paint pour. I'll describe that below, under Tips for making paint pour ornaments.
Here it is printed on a greeting card. The greeting card can be purchased as physical cards and or as a downloadable.
I have purchased cards from Zazzle before and have been pleased with my purchases. The colors come out great and card materials are nice quality. There are different materials to choose from for the card stock when you place your order.
A collection of current products is shown below. The link will take you to my CherylsArt store on Zazzle.
Tips for making paint pour ornaments:
I began this painting, using oval shapes, to design three Christmas ornaments. I was inspired to make a similar design that me and my family had created one Christmas. I had purchased clear plastic, see through Christmas balls from a craft store. I already had a variety of acrylic paint that was labeled for all surfaces, on hand. It is the acrylic paint that is made for crafting. I usually buy the Americana brand, but have been known to purchase whatever is available at the time.
We already had a portable clothes drying rack to hang the ornaments from while they dried.
The technique we used was to pour paint over the ornaments, in various colors, and let the paint flow and drip down onto the floor. I had covered the floor with newspaper ahead of time to catch the drippings.
Then you wait and let them dry. You can use regular hooks for hanging ornaments, or you can tie ribbons through the holes for hanging. I would wait until the paint as dried if you want to use ribbons.
I liked that we used a variety of colors that weren't necessarily traditional Christmas colors; which made this activity all the more fun and creative for me and my family.
Will you be making this fun activity part of your holiday activities? If so, do let me know in a comment below.
If you like this pretty paint pour design that I painted, you can check out the items already available in my collection. More items will be added as I design them, and if you have a request for it to be on a particular product that you want to purchase, do let me know that too. I'll be sure to design it and add it to the collection.
May all of your holidays be creative and have happiness in them too.
Cheryl Paton
What a very pretty Christmas card, Cheryl! I've never tried paint pouring, but it sounds like a really fun family craft. Thanks for sharing your technique for paint pour ornaments.
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