Noel Sled Ornament

Hi everyone,

It’s Frances here today with another tutorial to share with you. I used the Joset Designs Sled and A Way with Words – Noel sentiment to create an ornament that can be used to decorate your tree. The Sled is symmetrical so it was easy to make the ornament double-sided. 

After creating the ornament I thought that these would be fun to give to teachers, friends or family as small gifts so a fun way to present those would be on the front of a card, so I also created a quick card to add the sled to. When you remove the sled from my card the card is blank. If you would prefer you could add another sled under the ornament sled so that when the sled is removed you still have a decorated card. 

Here’s how I created my project:

1. The Ornament –

Using the Sled die set, die cut the following:

• (2) Sleds from White Soft Finish Cardstock that has Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape on the back.
• (1) Sled from Kraft Cardstock.
• (2) Sled Triangle Bar from White Soft Finish Cardstock that has Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape on the back.
• (2) Sled Long Oval from White Soft Finish Cardstock that has Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape on the back.
• (4) Poinsettias from White Soft Finish Cardstock that has Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape on the back.
• (4) Leaves from White Soft Finish Cardstock that has Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape on the back.

• Sponge color onto all the White Soft Finish Sled pieces using Brushed Corduroy distress ink; use Festive Berries distress ink for the poinsettias and Peeled Paint distress ink for the leaves.

• Assemble the sled pieces over the kraft sled for added strength using photo above for guide.
• Adhere the tiniest Gold/Silver Glitter Dots Peel Off Stickers over all the nail holes on the sled.
• Adhere the largest Gold/Silver Glitter Dots Peel Off Stickers to centres of all poinsettias.

• Cut a piece of designer paper that measures 2 7/8 inches x 5 1/8 inches. Adhere to the front of the red rectangle and attach to centre of the card.
• Position the ornament on the front of the card so that it is centred on the decorative panel. Using a pencil make a mark on either side of the centre bar of the sled. 
• Remove the ornament, open up the card and punch holes on the pencil marks so that the holes go through all layers of the front of the card. 
• Thread a piece of red ribbon through the holes and tie the ornament to the front of the card.

• Using the largest rectangle from the Postage Stamp Rectangles die set, die cut one rectangle from Ladybug Red Soft Finish Cardstock.
• Create a skinny rectangle following the directions on how we created a skinny rectangle for the front of the card.
• Cut a piece of White Soft Finish Cardstock that measures  2 7/8 inches x 5 1/8 inches. 
• Using the “Christmas Greetings” sentiment from the Winter Sentiments Clear Stamp set, stamp the sentiment to the centre of the white card using red ink.
• Layer panels together and adhere to the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed my tutorial.