2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

Stamping' Up! has a amazing product called Simply Pressed Clay and after a string of workshops with my customers making beautiful Christmas tree ornaments of their own, I thought it time for Ben and I to make our own.

These are some of the examples made in class...

A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

The above features Stampin' Up! "Bright and Beautiful" WM135026/CM135029 where as below features Stampin' Up! "Endless Wishes" 136829 - words are from Endless Wishes


A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

This uses stamps from Stampin' Up! "Endless Wishes" and "Cheerful Christmas"


A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

FYI we made 18 ornaments in total, (not all shown) from one packet of clay, that equates to less than $1.00each! Not bad at all I say...

A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

 Ben and I painted these straight from the reinker as a contrast to straight white...we literally just ran the tip of the reinker (Baja Breeze) over the ornament and little fingers coloured with his finger over them ...


A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

 We coloured some clay as show below and we stamped inked images too (Cherry Cobbler - Christmas tree tinsel from "Festival of Trees")


A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

 Endless Wishes...


A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

 Endless Wishes and Festival of Trees...


A Crafty Cat: 2014 Christmas Stampin' Up! Simply Pressed Clay, Christmas tree ornament

Hints and Tips

• If your clay is sticky, roll into palm size balls and sit for 5 minutes before using.
• Roll out on silicon mat and use acrylic blocks to flatten out shape
• It may help to dust down work area with anti static pillow to prevent clay sticking to surfaces.
• Continually turn clay from side to side/over and over, so that you work both sides and minimise sticking, when pressing out with acrylic block
• Once the shape you desire is obtained, leave sit for a few minutes again to let it cure a little more.
• When stamping, some say dust stamp with anti static pillow, but if left long enough to dry the stickiness out, the stamp will not stick.
• When stamping use with even pressure and press only enough to produce an imprint.  Press too firmly and the stamp will stick.
• Layers do stick on one another if added before clay is dry and remember to add your hole within in the first hour of drying, I found the embossing too the most useful /successful.
• Have fun with it and don't get upset when you re roll your project because the stamping went horribly wrong LOL, something better will come and this definitely took me some practice.

What fun we had today, I hope you enjoyed this ornament creation post, Ben's will be in his own post tomorrow.

Yours in paper craft and clay,