Materials needed:

• Kreinik #12 Braid 009HL Emerald Hi Lustre
• Four flat-backed red and green cabochons or sequins
• Red and green satin ribbon
• 3" x 3" picture of a Christmas ornament (like from a catalogue, magazine, etc)
• 4" x 6" Treasure Tape?
• Glue stick
• Diamond Beadlets®
• 4" x 4" pink cardstock
• Shallow pan or tray
• Scissors
• Hole punch

Instructions:

1. With the glue stick, attach the ornament picture centered onto your pink cardstock.
2. Cut the Treasure Tape to be 3" x 3". Remove the white backing and lay centered on your ornament image. Remove the red liner to expose the top sticky area.
3. Lay the green and red cabochons on the ornament.
4. Lay the Emerald metallic braid on the ornament in curls, swirls, etc. as desired.
5. Lay the satin ribbon around the edge of the tape area, overlapping, folding and pressing into the tape as you go along.
6. When thread decorating is complete, lay the design in a shallow pan or tray and cover remaining sticky areas with Diamond Beadlets®
7. Punch a hole in the top and run an extra piece of thread through as the ornament hanger.

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