Saturday, December 3, 2011

Wooden Christmas Ornament

Today's the start of another weekend, and do you realize there are only two more of them before Christmas Eve?   Lots to do before then, but we do have our tree up....thanks to some family help!  This is my second GDT submission for Stämpelkällan, and today we were to make a Christmas ornament.  I had a little help from my DH on this one....... I found the star pattern and he cut it out and carved the lines, then I did the stamping and colouring and he sprayed the final finish.  Team work!



So glad the tree was up, as it really helped for the photos.   Today I've used two stamps, The holly flourish J24, for the front of the ornament........coloured with copics and some red glitter pen for the flourish.  Next time I would use distress ink for the colouring medium, which I have used before on wood....it's a little easier.

For the back, I've used Merry Christmas J10, and this time I heat embossed with gold embossing powder.  There's a first time for everything...and it worked!  I've added some gold paint dabber to create a mottled finish and some Perfect Pearls for a little extra shine.  A little bit of red marker helps to accent the carved lines.

You will find more ideas for Christmas ornaments today, from my teamies over at the Stämpelkällan blog.  Maybe just the one you were looking for.....

A few fun challenges for my project:

Crafty Cardmakers - #57 Heat Embossing
Stamps R Us Challenges - Emboss It
The Pixie Cottage - #98 Holiday Decor
Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges - #17 Anything but a card
ABC Challenge - E is for .....Embossing
Deep Ocean Challenge - #13 "C" as... (Christmas Ornament)
The Stampman Challenges - Make an Ornament
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Stamp and Show Some Stars

Simon Says Stamp! - Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - #140 Anything Christmas
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18 comments:

  1. IuliaDecember 3, 2011 at 3:23 AM

    Gorgeous Christmas ornaments! Those would look great on the Christmas tree!
    PS. I have a blog candy running these days; would love you to enter!
    Hugs, Iulia

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  2. Brenda BrownDecember 3, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    A fabulous ornament Joyce, great that Bruce joined in on this one. Love the stamping and the message on the other side.
    No trees up for us till next weekend, but we have started to put other decorations up.
    Thanks for sharing this at the Stamp Man challenge this time round.
    Take care.
    luv and hugs {brenda xoxox

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  3. AnonymousDecember 3, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Just a lovely job you and DH did on this one. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. TammyDecember 3, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    Beautiful tree ornament Joyce. Lovely idea for a gift tag too!

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  5. Sandra HDecember 3, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Gorgeous Christmas ornaments! Those would look great on the Christmas treeS!:)Sandra H

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  6. Chris (catt871)December 3, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    This is a gorgeous ornament! Love that star and all the sparkle!!! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp!
    Hugs,
    Chris

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  7. JDecember 3, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    Really original ornaments - and they should last for years! Thank you for sharing them with us at Crafty Cardmakers...

    Jackie

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  8. JosephineDecember 3, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    What a beautiful ornament!

    Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this time.

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  9. Mary LouDecember 3, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    STUNNING teamwork indeed!! This is Gorgeous!! Love every detail that you used:) Thanks so much for joining us at The Pixie Cottage!! Wish my DH was a handyman:D
    Hugz

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  10. Candy CDecember 3, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    Hi Joyce! Your Christmas star is so pretty! You did a wonderful job of colorizing the holly with the Copic Markers. Thanks so much for sharing your work with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge. <3 Candy

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  11. Carol LDecember 3, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    What a great ornament, and I love the embossing! Thanks for playing along with Stamps R Us!

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  12. AnonymousDecember 3, 2011 at 10:42 PM

    Great idea! Very pretty ornament. Thanks so much for joining in the Christmas challenge at Stamptacular Sunday
    Hugs Julie P

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  13. StampaliciousDecember 4, 2011 at 2:06 AM

    this is beautiful! I love the shape,thank you for joining our challenge at Stamptacular Sunday this week, hugs, martina

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  14. AnonymousDecember 4, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    Fabulous project and team work to boot ! Thanks for joining us at The Stamp Man. Sue C x

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  15. fionalawlorDecember 5, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Wow this is gorgeous! Great work,what a fab christmas ornament :)
    Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers.
    Fiona x

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  16. KatieDecember 5, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    Super cute ornament!
    Thanks for playing in The Pixie Cottage

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  17. UnknownDecember 6, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    This Christmas ornament is stunning.
    Thank you for playinin at The Pixie Cottage this week.
    Francy

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  18. AnonymousDecember 6, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    oh so pretty! LOVE LOVE to
    see handmade ornaments!

    thanks for posting at ABC!

    Leah

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