Hello! Sabrina here today to share a favorite family tradition - making ornaments for the Christmas tree! This year we cut some shapes from a scented salt dough recipe (shared below) and while the kids did a little bit of painting and glittering, I went to work with the new Crafter's Ink pads, bottles and newest shades of Smooch Glitz.
There might only be a few days left before the holiday but this would be a great project for Christmas break as well - sip some hot cocoa after playing out in the snow and warm up while making some pretty things.
This is such a simple process and the amount of detail you add is really up to you!
1. Prepare dough, cut, bake and allow to cool.
2. Add a base coat of Colorbox Crafter's Ink. You can color the ornament with the pad itself or transfer the color with a paint sponge - the pads are super juicy!
3. Allow color to fully dry before adding your glitter layer with Smooch Glitz. Speed up the process by setting with a heat gun or simply put the ornament back in a warm oven.
4. Now add your details with the Colorbox Crafter's Ink Mini Bottles. The container already has a fine tipped paint brush.
5. Allow to dry again before adding in some extras like more glitter and gems. I recommend using a heavy duty glue to make sure the gems stay attached for years to come.
Salt Dough Ornaments Recipe
4 C. flour
1 C salt
1 Tbsp. Cinnamon
1 1/2 C warm water
Mix water into dry ingredients (flour, salt, cinnamon) until all of the flour mixture is absorbed. Knead with hands until dough is smooth. Roll out dough to 1/2" thick. Cut shapes with cookie cutters. Bake at 250* for 1 hour 30 minutes. Allow to cool and decorate. Yield - 25 ornaments
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Colorbox Crafter's Ink - Sweet Pea, Snow, Aruba, Fire, Bark, Wave, Spiced Plum
Colorbox Crafter's Ink Mini Bottles - Snow, Aruba, Bark, Limon
Smooch Glitz - Shamrock, Magestic
And that's all for today! Wishing you the happiest of holidays!!
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