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DIY Snowflakes Bulb Ornament Pallet Wood Sign

Hello everyone! Christmas Day is 4 days away from today! And I am here today with another Christmas project idea that you can create for this Holidays home decor.

I made this Snowflakes Bulb Ornament Pallet Wood Sign using the Bulb Medium DIY Pallet Shape and 6″ Nordic Snowflakes Stencil. I am sharing the tutorial with pictures at Clear Scraps Blog today.

I started with painted the Bulb Medium DIY Pallet Shape with Metallic Antique Gold acrylic paint and foam brush with 2 coats. I let the first coat to dry at least 30 minutes and then I added the second coat. I set it aside to dry completely.

Next, I mixed the Snow Writer paste with extra fine Crystal Diamond glitter on my craft mat with pallet knife to give extra bling to the snow flake.

I put the 6″ Nordic Snowflakes Stencil on top of the painted bulb ornament pallet wood shape. While I held it down, I added the snow glitter paste on it with the pallet knife. I moved it around until the whole wood surface got covered. This texture paste needs about an hour to dry completely, more if you have thicker paste on it.

I made the red bow out of wired ribbon from my stash and Beacon All-Purpose Glue. I added the bow on that painted bulb ornament pallet wood with the same glue. This glue gun. And it is done. 

This project is easy and fun to make for the Holidays home decor. Check out Clear Scraps store for various designs of the DIY pallet wood shape and stencils. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

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A Java Merry Christmas CAS Card

Hello everyone… Christmas is less than a week from today!!! Who’s ready for this Jolly Holidays??? I am sort of ready… I still have some gifts to wrap and will be done by Christmas Eve. To add more cheers to this Holidays, I have this Java Merry Christmas Card to share with you all.

I created this CAS Christmas card using the gorgeous Christmas Mugs Clear Stamp Set from Pink and Main for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Thursday Coffee Break Post.

I stamped one of the mugs on a watercolor paper with VersaFine Clair Nocturne. I dried the ink with craft heater and then colored it with Arteza Watercolor Pencils and waterbrush. I added some gold Stickles Glitter glue on the cup for extra bling. After the paint and glitter glue dried, I fussy cut them with scissors.

I stamped the sentiment on a white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Tulip Red ink pad, dried the ink and then trimmed it into sentiment label.

The plaid patterned paper on the background is from my stash. I got this plaid paper pad from Hobby Lobby. I trimmed it into bit smaller than the card base. I added it on the card with Scrapbook Adhesive E-Z Grand Runner by 3L and then I added both sentiment and the Christmas mug on the card with 3D foam tape.

That’s the card for today… I hope it give you a little Christmas idea to make card in the last minute.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a wonderful jolly Holidays to you all!

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Polka Dot Orchard Collaboration Wednesday | Home For The Holidays

Hello hello hello everyone… Christmas is 7 DAYS AWAY!!! Can’t you all believe that? I know that my kids will have their school break in a couple of days and they will be home for the Holidays!

I am so excited today for being a guest at Polka Dot Orchard Collaboration Wednesday. I wanna give my thanks to Jessica and Esther for inviting me here. I had fun time working with this digital stamp. Esther is sharing a fabulous idea using the same digital stamp set on her blog, too. Check it out!

On my CAS Christmas card today I used this Home For The Holidays Digital Stamp Set from Polka Dot Orchard.

I open the wreath image with an image editing software and adjust the opacity to create a grey image for no-line coloring technique. After that, I printed the wreath and truck on a watercolor paper with inkjet printer.

I heat set the ink before coloring the wreath and truck so the ink on the printed image won’t blend in. Another trick for using watercolor on printed image is that you can print the image the day before and let it dry overnight.

I colored the wreath and the truck with Arteza Real Brush Pens and Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush. After the coloring done, I dried the them all with craft heater and then I fussy cut them with scissors.

I changed the color of the sentiment with the image editing software, and then I printed on a white cardstock. I trimmed the sentiment into a label and added some Vintage Photo Distress ink around the edges. I added it on the back of the wreath with permanent dries-clear adhesive glue. Next, I added the truck on the wreath with the permanent dries-clear adhesive glue.

I used one of plaid patterned papers from my stash as the background on a white card base. I trimmed a piece of another white cardstock into 3″ x 5.5″ and then I scored the lines to give it some texture. I added it on top of the card with permanent dries-clear adhesive glue.

Next, I added the whole wreath on the card with 3D foam adhesive.

That’s my card for their Collaboration Wednesday. Check out Polka Dot Orchard Blog for more inspiration.

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today. Have a fabulous day!

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International Tea Day | Christmas Tea Card

Hello everyone! Happy International Tea Day to you all, my Tea Lover friends! And to celebrate it, here’s my card for today is a Christmas Tea card for you.

Come and join us also for the 2019 International Tea Day at Coffee Lovers Cardmaking blog. You can see all the Tea theme projects from design team members. Here’s the full list of all the projects –> Click here.

On my card I use Graciellie Digital – Christmas Digital Stamp Sets. The tea mug is from Tea-lightful Mini Digital Stamp Bundle, the wreath is from the Festive Poinsettia Digital Stamp Bundle, and the sentiment is from the Cheery Christmas Digital Stamp.

I printed all the images on watercolor paper with laser jet printer. Before coloring, I dried the ink with craft heater. If you want, you can print the images the a day before and let the ink dry overnight.

For sentiment, I positioned it at the bottom right corner where I know I want it to go and then printed it on the cardstock. I trimmed the cardstock and fold it into an A2 card base.

I colored the wreath and mug with Arteza Woodless Watercolor Pencils and waterbrush. After that, I used Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Brush to add glitter shine on them. I dries them with crafter heater and then fussy cut them with scissors.

I added the wreath on the side of the card with dries-clear permanent adhesive glue and then I trimmed off the extra with scissors. I added the mug image on the card with 3D foam tape.

I hope this card give you an idea to create something with joy today. Let’s spread the cheers of this joyful Holidays with handmade cards.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a tea-lightful say!

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Handmade Christmas Card and Ornament

Hello hello hello… Today, I would like to share couple handmade gift ideas with you.

Today, I am sharing these watercolored ornament card and ornament slice at Joy Clair Blog. They can be gift ideas that you can make.

I use the Vintage Christmas Ornaments stamp set to create this CAS Christmas card. I stamped the ornaments with Antique Linen Distress Ink on a watercolor paper 140 lbs. I did not use any masks to create that stacked ornaments becuase when I painted them with watercolor paper, the Distress ink reacted with the water and blended in. But if you use non reacted dye inks or pigment inks, you will need the masks.

I painted the ornaments with Shimmerz Inklingz Watercolors (I’m Not Limon, Blue My Mind, and Good As Gold). These watercolor paints have the shimmering, metallic look. I dried the paints with craft heater, and then I sprayed it with some water using the Distress Sprayer. I dabbed the water off with paper towel to get more distressed, vintage look on them.

I added some extra gold splatters on the background with the Good As Gold Shimmerz Inklingz. After that, I dried it again with craft heater and cut it with Double Stitched Rectangles Dies.

I stamped the ornament again three times (just the top of the ornament) on a white cardstock with VersaMark Ink Pad and then I added some silver embossing powder. I heat set the embossing powder with craft heater and then fussy cut them with scissors. I added them on the ornaments with dries-clear permanent glue. I drew the stings with Posca Metallic Silver Paint Marker.

I stamped the sentiment on one of the ornament using MISTI with Delicata Silver Ink Pad, and then I stamped it again with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink Pad. I dried ink with craft heater. I added this finished background on top of a green card base with 3D foam tape for extra dimension to all the ornament caps.

Second handmade gift than you can make with Joy Clair Stamps is this chalkboard wood slice Christmas ornament. On this wood, I used The Reason Stamp Set and Snowy Greetings Stamp Set.

First, to paint the base color. I used Chalk Paint for the base. The paint dries fairy quickly. I usually paint the base twice, but if once is enough for you and that is okay, too.

To give the white chalk look on the background, I dibbed my finger in a white paint and lightly painted on the chalkboard. I had wet (not too wet) paper towel to remove the paint so not too much on the background.

I stamped the images and sentiment on both side with white acrylic paint, too. I put the stamp on acrylic stamping block and I added the paint with mini brayer. I put the stamp directly in a bowl with warm water so the paint won’t dried on the stamp and will be easy to clean.

I tied up the twine and done. You have a handmade Christmas ornament that you can also mass-produce this ornament as gifts.

I hope these projects give you some ideas to get crafty this Holidays. What would you make for this Holidays?