Materials:

Arbee Paper Magiclay, Cardstock & Papers, Kaisercraft – Blank Cards (White), Kaisercraft – 6″ Paper Pad – Be Merry.
Embellishments: Kaisercraft – Be Merry – Clear Stamps, Kaisercraft – Be Merry – Rubons, Kaisercraft – Organza Ribbon (Various), Kaisercraft – Pearls (Various), Kaisercraft – Rhinestones (Various), Zing embossing powder – Metallic finish, Stazon – black ink pad, Brilliance – gold ink pad, Derivan Kindyglitz – Chrystalina.

Instructions:

Have you checked out the latest stamps from the Be Merry collection from Kaisercraft.  I just love the little tree that is included so I thought I would share a technique that is simple, adaptable and quick (if you don’t include the drying time!).

I have used paper magiclay for these trees which is a modeling clay that dries like paper.

1.    Press out or roll out the clay to a suitable thickness for your project.

2.    Use a clean stamp and stamp the image into the clay and carefully release the clay from the stamp.

3.    Use scissors to trim the edges and allows to dry.  You can trim more once the clay is dry.

4.    For this one I have left the clay in its natural white state and have used various colours of the Kaisercraft rhinestones to add colour and bling. The rhinestones and pearls are the perfect size for the little holes created by the stamp. Add Kindy Glitz to finish.

5. For this one I have stamped the clay using Stazon Black after the image was dry and added Kaisercraft black pearls and a touch of Kindyglitz to finish.

6.    Another option is to emboss to get a metallic finish or similar like this.

7.    Or use a gold stamp to stamp the base of a card before inking the stamped paper clay image with gold and adding various Kaisercraft pearls to finish.

So next time you want to add an embellishment to your project grab your clay and stamps and stamp away.  This technique works fabulously to make tiles and buttons as well – but your options are wide open with the variety of stamps available in the Kaisercraft range.