Friday 1 November 2013

Christmas Ornaments

It's time for the launch of a new challenge on the Claritystamp Challenge Blog. This month's theme is "Christmas".


I thought it would be fun to make some tree ornaments. The plain baubles are 99p each from The Range and are perfect for jazzing up. I've seen a lot of them decorated with vinyl by Silhouette Cameo owners but I thought they'd also be ideal for stamping.

Making them is really quick and simple - the design is actually inside them on acetate.


I cut a 78mm circle (after some trial and error this was the size that worked best) with a tab on it out of some heat resistant acetate. As I said before, I used my Cameo for this but you could use a compass to make a template out of card and draw round it.

To get a lovely solid black design I heat embossed the stamped image with Versamark ink and black detail embossing powder. Make sure you dust it with an anti-static bag first so you don't get too many stray flecks of powder. Then brush away as many as you can before heating it.

To get it into the bauble you take off the top and roll up the acetate as tight as you can before posting it through the hole. You may need to use some tweezers to curl the edges back the other way slightly once it opens up. It was the first time I'd embossed on acetate and I was worried that the melted powder would crack off when I did this but it didn't.

Then you can decorate them as simply or as elaborately as you want.


For this simple text one I've just added a black bow (sticking it on with my hot glue gun).


For the nativity scene I added some cut up raffia for straw and some rustic looking gingham ribbon.


For the reindeer I've added some Polar White Flower Soft for snow and some sparkly silver threads.

That's just three ideas but there are so many Clarity stamps that would fit in perfectly. 

I must say "thank you" to all of my FB friends who helped me nag my reluctant husband into getting the Christmas tree down from the loft for the photos last month. See Hubby, it was necessary!

Congratulations to the winner and Top 5 of last month's challenge. I really look forward to seeing all of the entries for this month's. There's a £50 Claritystamp voucher for the winner and it's chosen at random so everyone has a fair chance of winning, regardless of experience.

Stamps Used

Lynne
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21 comments:

  1. Wow what a fabulously clever idea x

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  2. absolutely fabulous , such a clever idea ... hence the Christmas tree debacle... thanks for getting down the tree, Jason it wouldn't have been the same without it!! :)
    Just reminded me I have got a whole box full of clear, empty baubles I bought from C&C years ago when I thought I needed everything they showed us !! xx

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  3. Absolutely beautiful Lynne, and wonderful inspiration.

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  4. These look beautiful Lynne! I love it when the tree comes out and the decorations are on it...Just magical somehow! And yes Jason it was worth the effort of getting the tree down so they could be shown off in all their glory! xx

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  5. Fantastic inspiration and thanks to Jason they are presented beautifully :-) xx

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  6. WOW, i love this project! Thank you for sharing the technique too! I'm giving this a go!!

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  7. Lovely Lynne. Wonderful Idea.....xxx

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  8. These are lovely Lynne. Thanks for showing us how X

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  9. great project Lynne very clever and adding those bits in the bottom? I never would have thought to do that but it certainly gives a finishing touch . beautiful x

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  10. You are a genius!!! Brilliant idea xx

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  11. Brilliant idea Lynne.....I need to have a go at making these....thanks for the Inspiration ...looking forward to seeing what you have made for the Claroty weekend...hugs....Jo. X

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  12. Oh ....my spelling....I mean...Clarity Weekend.......lol...x

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  13. love these Lynne. been wondering about baubles and how to decorate them now i know.. love what you did with them xx

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  14. These are truly delightful Lynne and solves my problem of what to make friends for Christmas this year. Just need to get myself off to The Range now to buy the baubles. Thanks for sharing x

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  15. Thank you so much for sharing these lovely ideas. Your ornaments are fabulous and you have explained it so well. Much appreciated. Lynn.x

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  16. Absolutely beautiful, Lynne. What a great idea. :-)

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  17. wow lovely, stunning and seems so simple Thank you x

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