Pocket watch Christmas ornament with Santa by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, it's already November so it's time to start a new challenge over at the Country View Challenges. The new challenge theme is Christmas gifting and the lovely Miriam will be your hostess this month. For this challenge, I created a Christmas ornament, of which there is an earlier version. A few years ago, I have made a similar Christmas ornament with Tim's Pocket Watch Movers&Shapers die. You can see it here.

And voilà the new one.

And since I didn't added a tutorial for the earlier decoration, I'm making up for this shortcoming. 

I cut out a pocket watch shape from silver glitter paper. This will be the back side of my watch.

Then I cut out a circle shape from Neenah Solar White paper with one of the Sizzix Framelits dies. From the 657551 set, one almost perfectly fits in the pocket watch. Then I stamped the Santa image with Tsukineko Memento Espresso Truffle ink. I coloured the image and the background with Copic Sketch Markers. 

Then I cut out another pocket watch shape from grey cardstock, but this time I fussy cut the inner circle of the watch with scissors. It was easy because of the score line.

I glued this to the first cut-out.

Then I coloured the edges with brown alcohol ink.

The next step was to glue the image with Santa into the watch.

Then I traced around the line of the used die on an acetate and cut it out with scissors. 

I glued the acetate on the watch covering the coloured image.

Then I added many layers of of the frames only. The next layers were cut out from chipboards.

The last layer was a glitter paper cut-out.

Now it was time to decorate the watch with greens and a star.

The edge of every cut-out was inked with Vintage Photo Archival ink.

The little baubles were attached with hot glue gun. 

And not forgetting the back side where I added a glittery Merry Christmas text.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Vintage Holidays (CMS423)

Sizzix Movers&Shapers die, Pocket Watch Frame (658571)

Sizzix Bigz die, Crescent Moon&Stars (658716)

Sizzix Framelits die, Circle

Sizzix Thinlits die, Holiday Greens (658759)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Pine Branch (664228)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Home For The Holidays (662419)

Idea-Ology Baubles

If you have a Christmas project which is not a card and would be a good gift please don't hesitate jo join our November challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Crafts online shop.

Since it's a gift I think it can fit the SSS Monday Challenge: Thinking of You.

Tim Holtz pocket watch Christmas ornament with Santa

Let me show you my latest make, this pocket watch Christmas ornament. 

What I used:

Sizzix Bigz Die, Pocket Watch by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Bigz Die, Crescent Moon by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Framelits Die, Circles (657551)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Holiday Greens by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Home For The Holidays by Tim Holtz

Stampers Anonymous, Old Fashioned Christmas by Tim Holtz (CMS175)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Talk by Tim Holtz (CMS236)

Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm paper

Glitter paper (silver, black)

chipboard

Ranger Distress markers

silver acrylic paint

Marabu glitter liner

organza ribbon

acetate 

In this picture you can see that I put a transparent plastic /acetate circle in front of the Santa image.

I hope you like it! Happy crafting!

Although there is just a tiny star on my ornament, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Star Light, Star Bright

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