Where has this week gone?! It has been a crazy one and I apologize for the lack of posts. Today is Fabulous Friday on the Sisters in Stamping blog so you knew I would have something for you today, right?! This week we are featuring handmade Christmas ornaments using Stampin' Up! products. I decided to pull out an old favorite technique and stamped a tile to create mine. I used the small 2" octagonal tiles you can purchase at a home store and with StazOn jet black ink used the small snowman from A Cute Christmas (#121133, $18.95 clear mount) in the Holiday Mini catalog. I colored the hat and scarf using a blender pen and my basic black and real red craft inks - this is an important point... classic ink will never dry on a tile. I then baked it at 350 degrees in my toaster oven for about 5 minutes to help it set the ink - make sure you stay close by, my toaster oven started smoking!
Once cooled, I added some bling to the snow area under the snowman by applying a thick layer of Tombow multipurpose liquid glue (#110755. $3.95) and sprinkled dazzling diamonds on top (#102023, $4.50). I let that dry completely, then took a long piece of real red 1/4" grosgrain ribbon (#109034, $4.95) and wrapped the raw edge of the tile using sticky strip (#104294, $6.95) to adhere it, starting and ending at the bottom. When I got to the top, I just created a small loop, which I embellished with a knot of clear tinsel trim from the Holiday Mini (#120993, $7.95). The snowman's buttons are the smallest basic pearls (#119247, $4.95) colored with a basic black marker once attached. There you go - fast and fabulous! The waiting was what took the longest, first for the tile to cool and then for the glue to set with the dazzling diamonds. I hope you give this a try - I plan to make a few more to sell at the Winter Market Christmas craft show I'm participating in this weekend.
Thanks for stopping by - I hope you take a minute to visit the Sisters in Stamping blog today after Noon EST to see the other great ornament ideas my fellow Sisters created for you this week.
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