Letter It™ Wood Branch Christmas Ornaments by Anita Houston
By: Ranger Dev Admin
Brushes Project Susan Lenart Kazmer
Hello Everyone! It’s Jenn Shurkus from shurkus.com. As always I am wicked exited to be sharing on the Ranger Blog!
Today I am sharing with you a set of cards where the star of the show is the glittery goodness of Stickles. Do you have a lot of them in your stash? This is a fun and different way to use them!
Let’s get started with today’s tutorial!
- Materials
- Instructions
- Holtz Distress® Paints: Black Soot, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn
- Letter It™ Stamp Sets: Christmas, Encouragement, Greetings
- Ranger Anti-Static Pouch
- Ranger Storage Jars
- Letter It™ Embossing Powders: Bridal Tinsel
- Ranger Embossing Powders: Seafoam White or White
- Letter It™ Embossing Ink Pad
- Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet™
- Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet™
- Ranger Multi-Medium: Matte
- Ranger Artist Brush Set
- Letter It™ Acrylic Stamp Block
- Ranger Heat it™ Craft Tool
- Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Screw Eyes, Boxwood Twine
- Wood Branch Slices (at least 1.5 x 7 inches)
- Piece of paper
Instructions
Adorn your tree, wreath, or presents with these wood branch slice chalkboard looking ornaments. They are so easy and fast to make, and with the many fabulous word stamps from the Letter It line, you will want to make several.
Step 1: You can purchase wood branch slices at a craft store, or cut your own. To create a chalkboard base, paint each wood slice with Black Soot Distress Paint, leaving a tiny border of wood showing, and let these dry naturally or use a heat tool to help them along. Figure out which word stamps will fit on each wood slice. For example, the ‘holiday wishes’ stamp was taller and so I had to use the widest wood slice I had. Don’t forget to figure in the holly leaves stamp as well. For shorter word stamps like believe or ho ho ho, cut off the extra wood with a saw.
Step 2: In a Storage Jar, mix 90% Seafoam White Embossing Powder to 10% Bridal Tinsel Embossing Powder, for more of an opaque look with a tiny bit of sparkle. Have a sheet of paper ready to have under the wood for easier clean up of the embossing powder. Rub each wood slice with an Anti-Static Pouch to help the embossing powder not stick to the parts you don’t want it on. Place the stamps on a block and leaving a little bit of space on each side of the wood, stamp the words and the holly on each wood slice using Clear Embossing Ink, and then pour the powder mixture over the ink. Pour off the extra powder, place it back into the jar, and brush off any extra particles. Heat emboss the powder with a Heatit Craft Tool. You will see the solid matte look of the Seafoam with a tiny bit of sparkle from the Tinsel. Repeat with the other slices using different words. NOTE: I cut apart the ’tis the’ from ‘season’ to allow for straight line stamping. I also cut the ‘lalala’ off to repeat the line. If cutting the stamps bothers you, just ink up the parts you need, but when placed back on a stamping block the stamps print just fine after cutting them. The ‘believe’ is from the Encouragement set, and the ‘HO’ is really an ‘OH’ from the Greetings set, just turned upside down. You can also cut the ‘ho’ from the ‘holiday’ word, but I didn’t have enough width for it on my wood slice.
