a stamped holiday ornament…a bit early…

Hi friends!  I know it’s still October, but I had to share this fun little holiday project I made this morning:

I have my Pandora Christmas music playing and a storm is rolling in – it’s making me SO happy today!

Aren’t those little paper strips fun?  I created them using a sweet holiday stamp set.   It’s from Technique Tuesday, as a part of the Studio AE Club  -  and it’s only available through October 31st…so If you like it, click on the image to see how you can purchase it – hurry though!!

I think it’s darling and I’m going to be using it on some pages and cards in the near future…so keep an eye out – but remember if you like the stamps, order them asap!  For today’s project, I wanted to create something a little bit non-traditional, as far as color scheme, so I chose some pretty papers from the Pebbles – The Front Porch Collection.

I stamped the label image several times on each of the papers and cut them out:

And added sentiments to them:

Next, I punched holes in the ends of every strip:

Then I stacked them up and attached them all together with a jewel brad from American Crafts:

After both ends were connected, I started spreading out the strips:

And ended up with this:

I think it turned out really sweet and I’ll be making more to add to my décor for the holidays:

Thanks for stopping by my blog today – I hope you’re having a happy day too!  If you’re not, turn on some holiday music and craft something fun – it’s sure to boost your mood! :)