DIY Light-Up Christmas Ornament - A Fun Layered Papercraft!

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This gorgeous multi-layered paper Christmas ornament will add some sparkle to your holiday decor. This year the big trend in papercrafting has been layered designs. So I'm super excited to teach you how to make this gorgeous multi-layered paper Christmas ornament that will add some sparkle to your holiday tree and home decor. The ornament is shaped like a snow globe and it shows Santa and a reindeer flying over a snowy scene ... see how cute this is? The ornament also makes a great gift, but I won't judge if you just keep it for yourself!

To make these layered paper ornaments, you'll need a variety of " x 11" 65 lb. cardstock in whatever colors you want -- I used yellow, gray, blue ombre, white diamond glitter, and a metallic silver foil. The links to the exact papers I used are in step-by-step photo tutorial on my blog at Jennifer Maker dot com.

You also want some adhesive foam dots -- those are the secret to getting the cool dimensional look with your layers.

And if you'd like your ornament to light up as mine does, you just need a strand of LED fairy lights that are battery operated. Be sure to get the MICRO size so they fit in your ornament and not bulk it up. I also recommend you get LED lights with warm white color, as I have here, as I think it really makes the ornament magical.

And, of course, you'll want some ribbon or string to hold up your ornament once it is all done! I'm using a one quarter inch wide double-sided red satin here.

I cut these ornaments on my Cricut Cutting Machine using a green cutting mat and my fine point blade. Other useful tools include a pair of scissors and a weeding tool for getting the intricate bits of the paper out of your cut design.

Ready to make this fun ornament? Let me show you where to get my free ornament design and then how to assemble your awesome layered, light-up ornament!

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MATERIALS LIST (contains my affiliate links):

See the exact items I used for this project in my Amazon shopping list here:

* One (1) sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" Metallic Silver Foil Board -
* One (1) sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" 65 lb. Yellow Cardstock -
* One (1) sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" 65 lb. Blue Ombre Cardstock -
* One (1) sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" 65 lb. Gray Cardstock -
* One (1) sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" White Diamond Glitter Cardstock -
* 1 package of Adhesive Foam Dots (various sizes) -
* 12" of Red Ribbon (1/4" Satin Double-sided) -
* 1 strand of LED fairy lights (battery operated) -
* A few pieces of tape -
* Scissors -
* Cricut StandardGrip Cutting Mat -
* Weeding Tool -
* A way to cut the project (I used the amazing Cricut -- see )
* Design #254 - My free Santa Ornament pattern and SVG cut file (available in my free resource library at )

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Credits:
Introduction: PixelBytes (my child!)
Music: Cute by Bensound (licensed, royalty and copyright free)
Videography: Jennifer Marx on a Panasonic Lumix FZ-1000 DSLR 4K camera
Design: A Jennifer Maker original!