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Tuesday 22 December 2009

Christmas Decorations

A while ago I bought some blank chipboard tags with the intention of making some sort of decoration with them. In the end, I decided to keep it very simple (something to do with running out of time...........!)

I painted each tag with two coats of acrylic craft paint on each side, 5 tags in burgundy, 5 in green. Then I stamped and embossed using a Hero Arts cling background stamp and a gold embossing powder. Next a protective coat of acrylic varnish, again on each side. The letters are Basic Grey monograms, I coloured them gold with a Krylon leafing pen, then stuck on jewels in wine or green. To fix the letters, I used strong double sided tape.
They are now hanging above the bay window in my living room and I am really pleased with them :-)




4 comments:

  1. WOW! Love what you did witht he tags, they look so lush!!

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  2. ooo yumm, they look fantastic. Love the background stamp

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  3. They look fabulous!
    Have a wonderful Christmas and a Very Happy New Year X

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  4. Hullo!!

    Sorry I didn't comment earlier- I was chatting to you on MSN! :)

    Hey, here's a baking blog I found....
    http://mylittlebatchofsky.blogspot.com/

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