Sunday 7 November 2021

Crafting Retreat Making Christmas Ornaments

Hi Everyone, Loll and Susan spent a few days at my house making Christmas Ornaments during a mini retreat we had for three days while my Hubby was visiting his family back East. 
It was so much fun to craft and not have to clean up the craft room at the end of each day.

We've all posted our makes on a little blog hop so I hope you head over to 
and
and check out all the ornaments.

Here is a picture of the ones I made.
We had a selection of wooden ornaments, bells, baubles and wood slices which we decorated.


You may need to prime the wood with gesso before painting or the paint may run the risk of bleeding outside of the stamped lines on the wood, I used clear gesso on some of my slices. When colouring you can also use pencils and odorless mineral spirit to colour 

The first one is a wood sliced from Arteza, the slices come in Small, Medium and Large. These are the small. I painted and stamped the ornament then decorated with ta die cut.
The second was Balsa wood ornament (From Ali express) covered in acrylic paint and the covered in crackle paint, and then die cuts were used to decorate it.


The next two ornaments have Designer paper glued to them with Matt Medium and then decorated with die cuts.


For my final two, the one on the left I used tissue paper decoupaged to the wood and then decorated with die cuts, the two on the right I used clear gesso then stamped in Ranger Archival and coloured with Posca pens. I added some clear pearl pen on the buttons and the hats.





We had lots of fun making the ornaments which will be sold by Susan at her annual Christmas Card and this year Ornament sale for STaRS -Southlands Therapeutic Riding Society.

I meant to have linked to Snippets with Di's challenge but dog walking etc got in the way and I totally forgot, so rushed over today to do it 😅. As you can see there are too many snippets to mention on the ornaments.



Card Recipe
Stamps: 
Paper:
Ink:
Accessories: Wood Ornaments
Techniques: Mixed Media, Posca pens, Stamping, Die cutting

26 comments:

Loll said...

Loving your ornaments, Christine. It's was so great to get together. Thank you again so much for hosting! xx

Susan said...

Love the variety in your ornaments, Christine! Great whimsical coloured images on the stamped ones, and beautiful die cuts on the others - the bell-shaped one is truly stunning and probably my favourite! Thanks so much for hosting us - it really was fun!

Pat said...

These are fabulous Christine and they are all beautifully made and hope the sale makes lots of money. x

Darnell said...

Picture me with my face all green with envy, Christine! How great that you were able to plan a get-together while hubby was away and how productive you all were! You each made designs unique from the others, which is very cool. I love all of these ~ impossible to pick a favorite! Hugs, Darnell

aussie aNNie said...

Wow these are just gorgeous, made with sheer delight and colours....xx

Susan Joyce said...

Your ornaments are all gorgeous, hope the sale day goes well and you raise lots for your charity.

nancy littrell said...

LOVE your 7 beautiful and very creative ornaments, Christine:-) Such fun Ornament projects for your mini retreat with Lolly and Susan. I loved how all your different designs turned out. TFS your descriptions of all your layering, etc. and products used. What a very special mini retreat, my friend. Love and Hugs...Nancy

Ros Crawford said...

Now that sounds like fun! And what an array of spectacular ornaments too!

Marcia Hill said...

These are ALL soooo pretty Christine!! What a great way to craft together with friends and have something at the end that will go for a good cause!! I hope every last one sells!! :0)

I Card Everyone said...

So wonderful - all these darling ornaments, and THREE days with all this fabulous talent under one roof!!
We all want to come next year!!
=]

Bonnie said...

I can tell you had lots of fun creating these ornaments and I believe they will sell quickly! Beautiful designs, Christine!

Brenda in IN said...

Wow, these are awesome. I like the different styles you all used and everyone is a work of art. I love that bird nest ornament so much. How nice of you and Loll to make these for Susan and I know you all had fun doing it.

ahlers5 said...

Oh my goodness, these are all so wonderful! My favorite is the robin.

BożenA said...

Such amazing Christmas decorations will be extremely valuable to their buyer. Wonderful and unique, and above all made with the heart. I love all your ornaments, unique and so amazing. I can already see how great decoration they will be for Christmas
hugs,
BożenA

HilaryJane said...

What a lovely idea to make ornaments for sale. they are all great. Thanks for the tip about using gesso first. I shall try to remember it. It appears you all had a great and productive time. It can be very useful when husbands go away for a few days, wish mine would! xx

nwilliams6 said...

Great ornaments and ideas here, Christine. I am so jealous you got to craft with Susan and Loll - sounds and looks like a wonderful time! Hugz

Mac Mable said...

Christine, what fun the three of you had and a fabulous way to spend the three days whilst DH was away x. Your ornaments are unique, fabulous and all are wonderfully coloured and designed x.

Bobby said...

Your ornaments are fantastic, Christine, and so different from Loll's and Susan's. What fun to spend time together while also helping raise funds for STaRS.

Di said...

Hi Christine - I just had to hop over for a peek after Loll and Susan posted their results from your wonderful get together in the Snippets Playground. All three of your have such distinctive styles - I would buy the lot if I lived on the other side of the pond. Beautiful work - the little chorister tickled me!

Remember, you're always more than welcome to come and join in the Snippets Playground!

Hugs

Di xx

Leslie Miller said...

Just the thought of your retreat sounds so wonderful! Maybe 3 days is just right. Loving all the ornaments. These are very special! Going back and forth between them... really drawn to the wreath with bird (big surprise), and the little caroling bear. Who will be able to resist them at the fundraiser?

Trina P. said...

You must be enjoying retirement! Sounded like a fun and productive get together. All your ornaments are beautiful with a few cute ones tossed in.

Sarn said...

Really gorgeous collection of mini works of art here. Love them all and terrific use of snippets.
Hugs, Sarn xxx

Papercraft Boutique said...

Sounds like you had lots of fun having a mini retreat with Loll and Susan! I love the variety of the decorations of the ornaments. They are all different and fabulous! I'm sure they'll sell quickly.
Hideko xx

Nstiz said...

These are amazing and look so fun to do with friends! Love all of them and the wonderful dimension you always add. Painting on wood can be challenging but you managed beautifully! What fun you must have had.

Di said...

Hooray - delighted you linked in!

Hugs

Di xx

Julia Aston said...

How fun you three got together AND that you crafted these beautiful ornaments! xx