GSF July Blog Hop Home Decor

Welcome to the Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop for July. This month we are exploring Home Décor ideas to help you with your projects. You may have just visited Lisa's wonderful blog or perhaps you are starting your blog hop journey with me. I hope you will enjoy the creations we have to share with you.

For my projects, I chose to decorate two ceramic ornaments that I had left over from last Christmas. I love to create a special ornament for each family member to hang on the tree at Christmas. With Christmas in July in full swing, I thought this would be the perfect project to share with you. 

It's wonderful that the new 2018-2019 Annual Catalog has stamp sets for the holidays and I used several of these to decorate my ornaments, both front and back. 

My first ornament features the reindeer image from the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set (item #142043) and I stamped it onto the ornament using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the reindeer with my Stampin' Blend Markers using Light and Dark Crumb Cake and Bronze. I gently used the narrow tip to lightly add color onto the ornament, to prevent bleeding and to not damage the tip of the marker. The pine needles and holly berries were stamped using images from the new Mistletoe Season stamp set (item #146768). I used Granny Apple Green, Pear Pizzazz and Real Red inks to stamp these images.

For the back of the ornament, I stamped the sentiment in the new Shaded Spruce Classic ink and repeated the pine needles and holly berries that I used on the front. I used the new Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels (item #146924) to embellish the holly berries on both the front and back of the ornament.

My second ornament features the cute Eskimo image and I once again stamped it using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it using Pool Party Light and Dark, Bermuda Light and Bronze Stampin' Blend Markers. The snowflakes were stamped using an image from the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set (item #144820). I added the small Basic Rhinestones to the center of the snowflakes for a little bling.

For the back of the ornament, I stamped the sentiment from the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set in Bermuda Bay Classic ink as well as the small snowflake images. The large snowflakes were stamped using Pool Party Classic ink. The snowflake stamps are from the Colorful Seasons stamp set (item #143726). I used Basic Rhinestones to decorate the center of the snowflakes to match the front.

These ornaments are a fun project to create for the holidays and give as gifts for people to decorate their homes. Each ornament is a memory that will live on each Christmas to remind them of their loved ones. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that you enjoyed my projects and I hope that it inspires you to explore the world of Home Décor. Now it's time to visit Narelle's blog and see what she has created this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog.

Narelle

BLOG ROLL CALL
HOME DECOR

1. Lisa Ann Bernard
2. Tricia Butts

3. Narelle Fasulo 

4. Amber Thompson

5. Karie Beglau
6. Anja Reuss
7. Anastasia Radloff
8. Amanda Bates
9. Susan Simpson
10. Angelique Stempelkeuken
11. Libby Dyson
12. Marieke Bart
13. Mary Ann Kay Rossiter
14. Kimberley Anne Morris
15. Rebecca Urban
16.Jenn Curtis Charles
17. Sarah McDermott

Until Next Time.
Happy Stampin',

Tricia Butts
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Creative Holiday Ideas: Create your own Holiday Ornaments

Hi Everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I don't know about you, but it is about this time of the year that I realize how close Christmas is (just 27 days away, yikes!) and how much I still have to do to get ready.
The good news is that there is still time to add your own personal touch to the holidays with the cards, gifts and decorations you can create for family and friends. It is also a wonderful way to spend time with your family and create special memories.

Today I wanted to share with you how simple it is to create your own Christmas ornaments to give to family and friends. I love the vintage look created by the watercolored stamped images on the ceramic ornaments.
The images were stamped with Stazon Jet Black Ink and I "watercolored" them using Classic Inks and a Blender Pen to create an heirloom feel. The above ornaments were stamped with images from the Bells & Boughs stamp set, that is currently on sale as part of the ABC Holiday Bundle Sale.  It is a part of the Vintage Christmas Card Bundle and is available in either traditional Wood Mount or the new Clear Mount stamp sets. You can learn more about this wonderful sale here.

The second set of ornaments I want to share with you are stamped with the Merry Crittermas stamp set available in the Holiday Mini Catalog. I love this whimsical stamp set and it reminds me of the joys of childhood at Christmas. Imagine creating personalized ornaments for your children and/or grandchildren that they can treasure and use from year to year to decorate the tree. This beautiful stamp set is also available in wood mount or clear mount and can be found here.

I hope you have enjoyed today's holiday share and I hope that it will inspire you to create your own family heirlooms to treasure for years to come. Please contact me if you have any questions or you would like to place an order. You can also place an order through my Stampin' Up! Online store. Don't forget to check out the wonderful Online Spectacular Sale that runs now through November 30th for great savings of 20-50% off. Click here to visit my Online Store.

Until Next Time.

Happy Stampin',

Tricia Butts

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Supplies Used:

Blender Pen Item # 102845 (set of 3) $9.95

Assorted Classic ink pads

Stazon Jet Black Ink Pad Item # 101406 $7.95