Snowman Tea Light Ornament

Are you all sick of these ornaments yet?

If not, today I have made a Snowman Tea Light Ornament.

 

 

He didn't come out exactly as planned but he is cute non-the-less.

I think  it has something to do with his eyes being white on

a white background. To remedy this, I went back

and modified my original file to include an optional

black shadow layer for around eyes. 

After he was put together I wished I had run a black

Sharpie marker around them. It would have made them

stand out a little more. 

 

Being that there isn't a lot of color to him I tried to give

some dimension to the ornament where I could.

To start with I used glitter cardstock for the band on his hat.

It's flat looking in this picture but really does stand out.

 

 

I had planned on embossing his hat pieces but got so engrossed

in putting him together I forgot.  I think that would have been real cute.

To add more dimension I used foam dots to make the brim of

his had stand out along the top rim.

 



If your going to add the foam dots, like I did, color the edges of the dots

before you adhere the brim of the hat to the template.  I wasn't thinking

about the dots being white and they stuck out like a sore thumb when

you looked at the ornament from the top.  I was able to sqeeze a

Sharpie marker in there and get them colored but was afraid the whole

time I was coloring them that I was going to get the

 black permanent ink on the red glitter paper.

 

I used an orange Sharpie marker to color his nose.

I didn't snip the tip of the candle flame off this 

time and it looks just like a tiny carrot nose!  So cute!

 

To finish him off I added a corncob pipe to his mouth

and a snowflake to the hat band that I had glittered up

with fingernail polish. 

 

If you haven't tried it, glitter nail polish works great for

craft projects.  On this snowflake I used a clear polish with

iridescent flakes.  It not only shines and sparkes but it gives

the paper body (stiffness) which you can then shape.  I also

bought some red and gold glitter polish at the dollar store

which I use to coat the heads of brads, etc. 

Works wonders!

 

Your going to want to make sure to read the notes section of the

 MTC file as the full instructions with optional assembly

ideas and tips are included.

 

You can download the MTC file here:

Snowman Tea Light Ornament

 

 



Until next time,