You know, I’ve seen some clever things done with stamps…but this one takes the cake! Making clay ornaments? Sheree….this is freakin’ brilliant! And now I need to go makes some. Absolutely love!

 

 

 

I decided to do something a little different with the Season’s Greetings and Fa La La stamps and made some stamped clay ornaments! 

I found some white air dry clay at my local craft store.  I rolled the clay out to approximately 3/16ths of an inch with a rolling pin using wax paper underneath so it didn’t stick to my bench.  I used some circle cookie cutters to cut two different sized circles…one 2 ¾ inches and the other 2 ¼ inches.  I then cut two tag shapes using a metal ruler to 3 ¾” x 1 ¾” and two house shapes approximately 3 ¾” x 2 3/8”.  I also cut a small star and heart from the two house shapes using small clay cutters.  I then let the clay shapes dry a little before stamping.

I used stamps from the Season’s Greetings stamp set to stamp into the circle and house shapes.  First I put them onto my acrylic block then gently pushed the stamps into the clay.  Once I lifted the stamps up I could see how far into the clay they’d been imprinted.  If any areas needed a little more depth, I simply took the stamp off the acrylic block, placed it back into the clay and gently pushed down with my fingers in those areas. 

For the tag shapes I used the Fa La La stamps.  I followed the same process using the acrylic block first, then just the stamp for any areas that needed a little more attention.

Once I was happy with the stamping, I let the clay shapes dry for a couple of days then sealed them with some spray varnish before adding some red and white twine and little jingle bells.  These were so much fun to make and I can’t wait to hang them on our Christmas tree this year!  They would also be a fun little addition tied onto gifts for family and friends to add to their trees too.