Winter Challenge with Oak House Studio stamps

                             

O' Christmas Tree

Oak House Studio Christnas tree stamp

Products used in the making of this card include 

A5 White Stamping Card

Colour ChemistryAcrylic Ink

Christmas Tree Stamp 

Sentiment from the PEACE and Joy stamp set

a Selection of Colour Chemistry Ink in a Bottle

Forest Green Colour Chemistry  Pigment Ink Pad

And a selection of Glitter Glue for baubles and swags.

Stamp the Tree using the Forest Green ink pad, and in Lemon Yellow for the star. Paint the star using the gold Acrylic Ink, then using the Malachite Acrylic Ink paint the tree using small strokes of a fine paint brush. For the trunk of the tree blend acrylic inks to make brown.

Spray the background of the tree using a choice of the bottled ink colours that you like, you can either mask the tree or use a piece of kitchen roll to take the colour off the tree before it dries. I finally allowed the gold to almost dry and then using downward strokes of the kitchen roll take off the excess ink to leave a sparkly finish in places to the tree.

Finally stamp the sentiment I used a Fired Brick ink pad for this. Then mount onto a piece of card of your choice. When this is done take the glitter glue to decorate your tree.

Thank you for looking

Love Doreen

One Stamp - MDF Hanger

Products Used:

- Christmas Corner unmounted stamp

- Christmas Blessings

- Christmas Wreath Stamp set

- Forest Green and Yummy Chocolate Pigment Ink

This project was really fun to make and came out a lot better than expected!

Here's a 10 step guide of how I did it:
1. Paint a base layer of white acrylic paint on the MDF shape
2. Draw around the shape onto stamping card and cut out, so that you have a card heart
3. Stamp the Christmas Corner unmounted stamp around the edges using Forest Green Pigment Ink
4. Colour the flowers and holly in red. I used a marker but you could easily use some Acrylic Ink.
5. Using brushes lightly take the edge off the white background using Yummy Chocolate Pigment Ink
6. Gold emboss (you could use some of the Gold Embossing Powder) the Christmas Blessings and some of the Holly from the Christmas Wreath Stamp set
7. Using a strong glue attach the stamping card you have just used to the MDF shape.
8. Go over the top of the shape with some gloss to give a protective covering
9. Go around the edges of the shape with some building wax (I used one that is gold with a tinge of green)
10. Punch a hole in the top and attach some ribbon.

And then you're done! Your own handmade christmas decorations. Mini versions could look lovely on your tree or this one is the right size to go on your wall!

I hope you enjoy the rest of the One Stamp event, and look forward to seeing what you make too.

Regards,

Andy