Welcome to the Layers of Color Ornament Blog Hop!

This is the place to discover the newest creative paper ornament ideas, be inspired by talented designers, and get showered with gifts! Layers of Color is giving away:

FREE Ornament Template,

FREE Vintage Roses Ornament Tutorial, and

6 drawings for a $20 Layers of Color Gift Certificate!

First, some Ornament inspiration!…

Rosy Cherub Christmas Ball Ornament made by Laura Campbell using Vintage Roses and

Angelic art stamp sets, beads, wire VersaFine Inks, Prismacolor pencil and Stickles glitter.

Vintage Roses Ornament made by Laura Campbell made with Angelic and

Vintage Roses art stamp sets, VersaFine ink, Prismacolor pencil, Feather Twine and a bead.

Vintage Roses Ornament is easy to make with Spellbinders Grand Circles and Nestabilities Circles dies.

A tutorial for this ornament is our gift to you!

Come get your FREE Vintage Roses Ornament tutorial and we’ll announce the drawing WINNERS…

tomorrow, October 27th on Layers of Color blog!

Vertical Reindeer Banner by Laura Campbell using Reindeer Waltz, Glad Tidings art stamp sets and VersaFine inks.

The Reindeer Banner tags are tied together with Feather Twine.

Layers of Color boutique will exclusively offer this unique soft twine very soon!

Darling gift tags can be made using Spellbinders Labels Sixteen, Reindeer Waltz, VersaFine inks and Feather Twine!

Add wire, beads and a bell to make this joyous Hallelujah! ornament!

A FREE TEMPLATE FOR YOU!…

Laura’s gift cone is decorated with Holly Angel, Glad Tidings and Sentimental Banners art stamp sets.

She created this FREE Cone Template for you to make your own creative cone! Enjoy!

Another GIFT FOR YOU!…

…With every online purchase from Layers of Color boutique you will get a FREE Vintage Ornament Template designed exclusively for you! Laura made this sample using Glad Tidings art stamp set and Feather Twine. Your gift will be printed on cardstock ready for you to add your creative ideas with stamps and ink! Limited time only!

You are invited to visit the brand new Layers of Color Ornaments art gallery where you will have 24/7 access to dozens of ornament ideas to jazz up your holidays!  Hundreds of unique projects in Layers of Color art galleries created just for you…and new ones added often!

And the Layers of Color Ornament Blog Hop has just begun! Yay! Let’s get hopping to discover lots of gorgeous ornament projects to add sparkle to your Christmas preparations! There are 6 drawings for $20 Layers of Color Gift Certificates as surprise gifts for you along the way, so be sure to visit each designer blog!…

Diana Queen * Gini Cagle * Grace Nywening * Holly Simoni

Jennie Harper * Jessica Fick * Keri Lee Sereika * Linda Beeson

Linda Lucas * Melisa Waldorf * Nina Brackett * Rae Barthel * Savannah O’Gwynn

Christmas Blessings,

Welcome to our

New Release Party and Blog Hop!

Today we’re revealing our new Christmas Collection

designed by Nina Brackett and Laura Kirste Campbell!

These special designs are created from the artist’s hearts in celebration of Christ’s birth. In our new Christmas Collection we are offering Spellbinders die coordinating stamps, images for Christmas cards, quick ‘n easy gift tags, and timeless card verses. There are  lovely classic designs that are wonderful beyond the Christmas season too! Here are some beautiful samples…

Spellbinders Coordinating Stamps

Card by Laura Kirste Campbell

This Joy & Peace stamp from Christmas Blessings is designed to fit into Spellbinders Labels Eighteen. Notice the special detail of the stamp image…a dove with holly, (doves often symbolize the Holy Spirit), background script is from scripture announcing Christ’s birth, a  postal cancellation from the City of David where He was born, angel postage stamps and calligraphy complete this vintage-styled celebration of the gifts Christ brings to the world!

Card by Melisa Waldorf

Also coordinating with Spellbinders popular Ribbon Banner die template is Sentimental Banners. This versatile stamp set can be used with or without the die to create classic ribbon banners with a large variety of sayings that fit many occasions. In Melisa’s feminine Christmas card she used Holly Angel and the Merry Christmas sentiment.

Quick & Easy Christmas Gift Tags

Christmas Gift Tags by Laura Kirste Campbell

Grab some Spellbinders die templates, VersaFine inks & Layers of Color stamps and whip out custom gift tags that are a gift in themselves! These quick and easy tags are made with Labels Eighteen die, Vintage Postcard, Glad Tidings,  and Holly Angel art stamps. The bird and postcard images are great for any season too!

Before you enjoy viewing the entire Layers of Color Christmas Collection…first enter the Grand Prize Drawing where you have the chance of winning all seven new release art stamps! To enter simply ‘like’ Layers of Color Art Stamps on Facebook and comment on this blog post. It’s that easy!  (You may want to bring your friends too because as soon as we reach 300 on our new Facebook page, we’re having another drawing!) The winner will be announced here and on Facebook tomorrow, September 20th.

AND…since you LOVE fresh, new ideas and inspiration for your stamping projects, you’ll want to visit our designer art galleries that have been recently updated with the talented Layers of Color design team’s newest projects! Now let’s hop to their blogs for more Layers of Color Christmas Collection creations and GIVEAWAYS!

Diana * Janice * Jennie * Jessica * Linda * Melisa * Nina

Layers of Color May Guest Designer

Nina Brackett

has created two lovely cards to share today…

“Thinking of You”  incorporates a hip color combo of yellow and purple.

Layers of Color stamp set, Butterfly Collector stacked, cut out and accented with pearls.

“Happiness is Having a Friend Like You”

Butterfly Collector art stamp flutters off the card in three cheerful colors and yet they are delicately grounded with pearl accents. The sunny yellow vines are Layers of Color Nature Walk art stamps.

Thank you, Nina for sharing these fresh Spring cards with us! Now we’re inspired to fly away into our studios to see what emerges from our creative cocoons!

May God bless your day with layers of color,

Reindeer Prance Card

The inspiration for this card started with Tsukineko’s tri-color Christmas themed ink pad called, Noel. It has red, gold and green on one pad! Then I was excited to discover how to create a Poinsettia with a flower stamp and a silhouette from a clear stamp!

Card Detail

I used Layers of Color Nature Walk art stamp with Noel ink to create the designer paper, I ran it through Swiss Dots dry embossing folder, and then lightly dragged the Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink pad over the top of the raised dots. I dry embossed vellum and enhanced it with the gold as well. The black/white ribbon is 7 Gypsies Gaffer tape.

To create the silhouette, I stamped Layers of Color Reindeer Waltz art stamp onto black paper, cut it out and turned it over so that it becomes a silhouette. I placed it on an oval of brown paper that was dry embossed with dots and inked over with black ink on the raised dots and along the edge.

Flower Detail

The flowers were made with Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink on red paper using Layers of Color Nature Walk art stamp. I cut them out, bent the petals and stacked them so that they created Poinsettias. The center is black Fun Flock.

Close Up

The snowflake is a cuttlebug die and the center is an upholstery tack with the nail cut off the back. I used Martha Stewart’s edge punch on black paper for the lacy edging.

I enjoyed making this card and sharing it with you today! I hope you’ve learned how to add Layers of Color to your cards!

May God bless you and your creativity this week!

“He has risen!” and the receiver responds with “He has risen indeed!”

Easter is coming and as we know, it’s not all about the bunny and his eggs, but about our Lord and Savior, who rose from His tomb on the third day. A family tradition of ours is have an egg exchange. Together we spend the day sitting around the table and dying and decorating eggs. When we’ve finished, we hand our personalized egg to our secret someone (who’s name we pulled from a hat), we state: “He has risen!”, and the receiver responds with, “He has risen indeed!”

This paper-mache egg was honestly made with myself in mind. It is all my favorite colors and textures, wrapped in copper paint, ribbons, flowers and feathers. I created a leaf nest for the egg to rest and decorated an old candlestick with paint, glitter and ribbons. The end result turned out to be an eggcellent Easter display (LOL – I had to say it!)

This would be a wonderful project to do with family or friends. If you decorate hard boiled eggs you can use the stands to display them each year, or you can decorate paper-mache eggs and can add to your collection every Easter.

Have a blessed Easter and remember: He has Risen! …. (now it’s your turn.)