Personalized Holiday Ornaments by Kim Hale

Personalized Holiday Ornaments

Designed by Kim Hale 

Materials:

Christmas ball ornaments 

Makin's Clay® - Grape Leaf, White, Green

                         - Ultimate Clay Machine™

                         - Professional® Tool Kit 

                         - Christmas Cutter Set 

                         - Cutting Mat 

Beacon® Tacky Glue 

Red oil or acrylic paint

Instructions:

Use Ultimate Clay Machine™ to roll Grape Leaf clay to a #5 setting.  Cover entire ball with clay.  You can apply a small amount of Beacon® Tacky Glue to ball before adding clay to assure good adhesion of clay.  Let dry 24 hours. 

Roll white clay in Ultimate Clay Machine™ to setting #5.  

Use stamps to stamp out text onto wet clay.  Use wavy cutter from Professional® Tool Kit to cut around text.  

Add clay with text to clay covered ornaments.  If needed, moisten the back of the clay slightly for easier adherence, or use Tacky Glue. 

To tint the clay and make the lettering pop, apply red paint and wipe off excess, allowing paint to remain in stamped areas.  I used oil paint, and let this dry for two days before proceeding. 

Roll green clay in Ultimate Clay Machine™ to setting #5.  Cut out the leaves using the holly cutter set from the Christmas cutter set, add veins in leaves with tools from Tool Kit.  Mount to ornament around lettering pieces.   If needed, moisten the back of the clay slightly for easier adherence, or use Tacky Glue. 

  

Makin’s Clay® requires no baking, and is so light it makes the perfect medium for covering ornaments.  I hope you will give this project a try!