Designing your own Ornaments
I know everyone does not have a family member named Ella. You can change that name to anything you want obviously. You may have an Idea for another design too. There are a few rules to follow when designing a floating ornament and they have mostly to do with color.
Use Bold Colors
First of all, bold colors show up better. You can see this in most of my examples. Red, Black and Dark Blue are good. Anything you make white will not print, but you can use this too. The moose ornament uses this and makes up for the use of not so bold colors. The tree ornament uses the dark blue circles with the white middle to make the tree stand out without overpowering it.
Writing and Small Details
Writing needs to be bold and works better the bigger you make it. Small details don’t show up well. The star ornament actually started with the star being two different colors but that didn’t work well.
My Trials
Some colors show up better than others and some color combinations just work better. Here are some examples of my trials: