Christmas Baubles by Sheila Weaver
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These baubles are made from Woodware heat resistant 125 microns clear film available from the JS online shop. They are delicate but easy to make.
Materials
JS/ Christine Coleman Christmas Rubber Stamps – Holly – Snowflake design.
JS Christmas Decorations Rubber Stamps – Goodwill – baubles.
JS Christmas Decorations Rubber Stamps – Holly – baubles.
Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad.
Sparkle N’ Sprinkle Embossing Powder – Vanilla Ice, Firecracker Red, Irish Spring.
Woodware 125 microns clear film Heat Resistant – available from JS (Do not use ordinary acetate).
Anti-static Pad.
Screw Punch.
Teflon Baking Sheet.
7mm Organza ribbon.
Step One
Cut a piece of the Woodware heat resistant acetate allowing approximately 2cms leeway outside the size of the rubber stamp. Wipe the anti-static pad across the top of the piece of acetate. Ink the stamp up using the Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad and stamp carefully avoiding sliding the stamp on the acetate. Cover with Sprinkle N’ Sparkle embossing powder and tap off the excess powder.
Place the image on the Teflon sheet and emboss gently. I hold the edges down with a metal ruler and emboss partly from the top and partly from the underneath holding the image with a pair of tweezers. If the edge of the acetate starts to curl, switch off the heat gun. Providing the embossing is done gently, you will get a good image. Once you’ve used heat resistant acetate and realise how it reacts, subsequent embossing is easy. The red snowflake in pic shows the clarity of the embossed image. It is perfectly clear, but I did have a slight problem with photographic flare from the lighting. Emboss a second identical image.
Cut round the images. Do not cut right up to the embossed line, leave a small margin, this stops the embossing flaking away as the scissors cut. On one of the images as you cut out, leave a small tab at the top of the image sufficient to allow a hole to be made for the ribbon to be threaded through. Make the hole using the Japanese screw punch. (See image A).
Place your two images one on top of the other and using a piercing tool mark the centre point as shown by the red dots in pic. On the image with the tab (A) cut from the centre bottom point up to the centre pieced point (red dot), as shown by the green line. (See Pic {A}). On the image (B) cut from the centre top point down to the centre pierced point (red dot), as shown by the green line. (See Pic {B}).
Slot pieces A & B together and if necessary anchor into a cross shape using a small piece of clear sellotape. Thread the ribbon through the hole in the tab.
Step Two
Picture shows an alternative cutting line (in green) for the baubles. The cut at the neck of baubles B is threaded through the slot at the top of the neck in baubles A. This provides extra stability but is not obligatory, and a small piece of sellotape will suffice as with the snowflake.
