O Christmas Tree by Samantha Read

Hello, Samantha here today and I'd like to share with you a wreath, it's made using bits of driftwood so it's a versatile project as it could be a year round home decor item depending on how you decorate, considering it's driftwood the Textured Sea Creatures stamp set would be an excellent project.


Back to Christmas....

I simply lay out my sticks around a paint pot to get the center and adhered using a glue gun. I then flipped it over and had lots of fun, painting and adding sparkly happiness.
I stamped the tree from Textured Christmas Trees and holly from Textured Christmas Green and coloured them using watercolours before cutting and adhering in place.
The snowflakes are parts of a Sizzix die, there are silver, sequin stars, sticky gems, glitter glue, splats of silver paint and glossy accents.

I do hope you like it, thank you for looking.

I've had a great 2020 being a part of the Rubber Dance Design Team and would like to wish you a Happy Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year.

Samantha :)

The stamps I used are:

Textured Christmas Trees

and Textured Christmas Green


 

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