Angel Ornaments

I fell in love with the beautiful Build an Angel die set from Paper Trey Ink the moment I saw them.  I know they will make lovely cards, but I wanted them especially to make some paper ornaments for Christmas.  It's something I try to do every year.  

Because these are ornaments, I made them double-sided, so that if I add a thread to hang them with and they swing, it won't matter.  For today's pictures, however, I just perched them among my branches.  Here's what I've made so far.

supplies: ivory cardstock and matte gold metallic cardstock, also to line the filigree hem on her dress

supplies: pink damask design paper and rose gold metallic cardstock

supplies: woodgrain and matte silver metallic cardstock, swiped lightly with silver ink  I made this one for my son.

supplies: music design paper and gold metallic cardstock

supplies: soft pink tone-on-tone design paper and silver metallic cardstock

supplies: pink floral design paper and gold glitter cardstock

And finally, I tried a small-scale floral print and non-metallic wings.

supplies: cream cardstock and a floral design paper

Some observations: you can line the angel's skirt bottom, but on a tree, I think I like it better unlined - the lovely details show better.  

I found it very hard to cut the detailed wings using glitter paper - no matter how many times I swiped through my machine, I couldn't dislodge the tiny pieces.  I finally did find an ancient pad of paper that was adhesive glitter and you pulled off the backing to stick it to white cardstock.  That cut just fine, but today's glitter papers are just too thick.  The wing cuts out, but the details in it are difficult to dislodge.

This set has 2 sizes of angels - I used the largest ones here; they measure about 3 1/2" wide by 4 1/2" long.  I think I'll use the smaller ones on A2 cards.  Each angel has a choice of 3 different wing styles and a halo to cut out separately from the angel.  I haven't used the plainest wing yet.  I also experimented with the wings pointing up or down; I like both ways, and it's nice to have that option!

These would make lovely place-setting cards, too, on your Christmas table, or how about 3 or 4 of them on an indoor wreath?  Or string several of them together for a garland.  And of course, what sweet tags they'd make!