Stinkin' Cute Santa Ornament

A big thank you to the girls at the Cricut With Heart blog.  I pinned this stinkin’ cute ornament last year and it was perfect for my gift to the office girls this year.  Once I cut out everything they came together pretty fast. 

  Here are the details – I tweaked some of the dimensions from their original post. 

• ·        Body -Artiste – Page 53 – 3D Object, size 4 ½ “ – various red B&T paper and Cranberry or Ruby CS
• ·        PomPom - Artiste – page 62 – Accent 2, size 1” – silver glitter paper
• ·        Hat Trim - Artiste – page 62 – Accent 4, size ¾ ” – White Daisy CS
• ·        Mustache - Artiste – page 67 – Shift, Accent 2, size ¾” – White Daisy CS
• ·        Nose - Artiste – page 48 – Card, size .40 cm – Parchment CS (retired), (I changed the settings to reflect centimeters)
• ·        Holly Leaf - Art Philosophy – page 48 - , size 1” – New England Ivy CS
• ·        Face – 1 ¼” x 2”, Parchment CS (retired)
• ·        Beard – 3” x 1 ½”, White Daisy CS (I cut strips of 3” wide CS and ran through embossing folder then cut to 1 ½” strips)
• ·        Other: Bakers twine, glitter gems, Opaques, pink chalk for cheeks.

While the body was still flat I stamped the bottom with B1475 Handmade Stamp (from Seasonal Expressions available December 1st) and initialed and dated it.  Then I did the folds.  Then, while still flat, I adhered the beard, face and hat trim pieces.  Those pieces were trimmed to fit the triangle piece.  The holly leaves, glitter gems, eyes (Opaque gems – retired) were added next.  Bakers twine was doubled, tied in a knot and adhered to the inside top.  Then I applied adhesive to the flaps and formed the triangle box.  The Glitter PomPom was added last.   

PS - that's my cat Yumi in one of the pics.  I was taking the pictures on her perch in front of the window for better lighting and she had to see what was going on.