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Maybe you need a few last-minute Christmas ornaments or gifts for your friends and family. I thought this beautiful cardinal would be perfect! And the best part.... this stamp is part of the FREEBIE series from Art Impressions. There are several FREEBIES available ... you can select one free stamp with a $30 purchase! I'll show you all of the FREEBIES in this video. You will definitely have a hard time choosing one... but don't wait too long if you are interested because these FREEBIES choices are only available for a limited time!
Let's go ahead and stamp and color the cardinal image using some alcohol markers. I'll be using the Spectrum Noir Tri-blend markers. I'm using these because this will allow the coloring to be fade-proof and permanent and this is especially important on an ornament that we will want to last a long time!
I will be decorating a round paper mâché ornament that I purchased at my local craft store. We will add a little ink to this using the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink in Ground Espresso. I want this circle to look like a slice of wood....so we will add some woodgrain paper from the Ai Christmas S2 Paper Pack (5812).
We will die cut the woodgrain paper from the largest circle in the Ai Nested Circle Dies (5726) set. Let's also grab a few more papers from this same paper pack and die cut some pretty hearts using the Ai Nested Heart Dies (5721) set.
Now we can stamp and color a few of the little holly and berries from the Ai Christmas Mice Set (5459) and use the coordinating die to cut these out. We will add a bit of glaze to each of the berries for some added dimension!
Let's create a sentiment for the back of the ornament by recreating the same stack of woodgrain and hearts and then die cut a smaller heart out of some white cardstock. We can stamp the sentiment with some red ink using the sentiment that says, "Winter Kisses and Christmas Wishes" from the Ai Chubby Snowmen Set (5351) set.
Finally, lets assemble the ornament and add a few matte gold gems to complete the look!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!!!
1 comment:
A pretty ornament. I like the idea of making ornaments and tags using the freebie stamps
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