Hello friends and welcome to my Fairy Stamper Friday share!
If you have been following my blog for a while then you know that my favourite time of the year is Christmas and that I make Christmas cards, and various other Christmas projects through out the year 😀
This is one of those times ...
I've had this set of coasters sitting on my desk for a while now. Yesterday, I decided to turn them into Christmas ornaments.
On this first ornament, I used the Fairy Hugs' Decorating the Tree stamp. I then stamped the star and the little strings with VersaMark ink and gold embossed. The little ornaments were stamped using red ink. I went over them with a Wink of Stella pen to add a little shine. To finish it off, I add a little snow to the ground.
For this ornament I used the Frog Whiskers' Pine Rest stamp set. I coloured in the cardinals using Polychromos. For the berries, I used a red Glaze Pen to add a little dimension. I must admit that I originally thought they were pinecones and would have coloured them in brown, but then I looked at the original pic on the stamps, and they're berries😀 As a final touch, I added a little snow to the branches.
On this last ornament, I used the Frog Whiskers' Winter Chatter stamp set. To colour in the snowman, I used Polychromos and Ultrafine Sharpies. I added a little snow paste to the ground, the little birdhouse and the snowman's hat.
I made all the back of the ornaments pretty much the same by stamping Fairy Hugs' Love at Christmas, and various branches from the Frog's Whiskers stamp sets.
Some general notes:
1. I used StazOn ink for all my stamping on all the ornaments. I find that it is the best ink to stamp on wood, leaving a clear and crisp image.
2. I used Aleene's Glitter Snow paste for all the snow detail. Love this paste as it has just a hint of glitter and it is so easy to work with and clean up.
3. Remember that the Fairy Stamper store has International Stamps sales events every so often. It is during these events that you will be able to buy stamps from companies such as Frog's Whiskers, Marianne Design, and many others. The best way to know about these special sales events is to subscribe to the Fairy Stamper store's newsletter HERE. 4. I used mostly Polychromos to do the colouring. In some areas I used the Ultra Fine Sharpies. For some reason, Sharpies did not run but Copic Markers did. You can still see it a little bit on the Snowman's nose. I used an orange copic marker for that. Need to go over it a few more times with the white pencil.
5. To finish off all the ornaments, I added a small embellishment made with two different types of ribbon, a couple of little gold bells and some gold wired string.
That is all for today folks. I will be making more of these, but I'm going to try wood chips next time. I think it will add a little bit more character😀 Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you will come play along with us. Our challenges go live on the first Thursday of each month on our Facebook group. All you have to do is to create a project using your stamps, and upload the pic to our challenge album. There is a prize drawn for one lucky crafter, at the end of every challenge. 😀 Till next time,
crafty hugs!
