DIY: Rhinestone Christmas Tree Ornaments

Easy Sparkling Rhinestone Christmas Tree Ornaments

Sometimes, when you use crafting items differently from their intended purpose, the result is something unexpectedly beautiful. Embossing powder is generally used for card making. I liked the fine particle sparkle of the powder, and used it in this DIY rhinestone Christmas tree ornament.  Due to its painted pattern, this project is a little more difficult than most of my previous DIY ornaments. However, don’t let the difficulty of it intimidate you as you try to create your own easy pattern.
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For this project I used:

• 1 green ornament
• Metallic Silver acrylic craft paint
• Silver embossing powder
• Peridot 12ss rhinestones
• Paint brush
• Wax tipped tool or tweezers

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​How to Create a Rhinestone Christmas Tree Ornament

Pick out a design you wish to paint on the ornament. It may be useful if you can find a template or pattern to copy.
 
Using the metallic silver paint, paint your design on the ornament once section at a time. While the paint is still wet, sprinkle the embossing powder over the painted areas. Shake off the excess powder. 

Continue painting and sprinkling embossing powder until your design is complete. If possible, hang your ornament to dry.
 
Generally, embossing powder is heated to produce a glossing look. However, I left the power unheated as I liked the grainy look on the shiny ornament. 

​Gluing Rhinestones to the Ornament

Next, I glue Peridot 12ss rhinestones within my design to add extra sparkle. Either E6000 or Gem Tac works well for this project. Because I could use slightly less adhesive and because of the strong bond, I chose to use E6000.  Additionally, Gem Tac tends to leave glue marks once it dries on the ornament.
 
Use a toothpick to apply E6000 to the ornament. Then, using a wax tipped tool or tweezers, pick up a rhinestone and gently press it into the glue. Keep on gluing the bedazzling gems, accentuating the painted/embossed areas. Allow to dry for 24 hours.

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