I selected a tan paper and stamped the leaves with SU Mellow Moss and singled out the flowers with a Warm Red Colorbox Chalk Inks Cat Eye. I sponged on Antique Linen Distress Ink to vary the tone of the paper. Then I made each cone, attaching a bell and embellishing with trim. The Tussie Mussie is finished with a Nestability medallion featuring one of the five wonderful birds. To hang it I fashioned a handle out of wire and added a couple of curlycues. Since I was on the curlycue kick, I made a long dangling curlycue and hung a bell from the end as an ornament - it helped me fill out the tree without taking too much attention off of the Tussie Mussie.
Although the details are listed here, there are additional pictures, closeups, tips and more detail at my blog. The entry for this item is:
Registered: March 20, 2005 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 954
Sun, Nov 02, 2008 @ 10:04 AM
Oh, this is just beautiful! I have a similar holder, and have never been motivated to use it, until now!! Thank you for the wonderful idea, your Tussie Mussies are beautiful.
Thanks for sharing :-)