Deck the Halls Blog Hop

Welcome to my little spot in The Angel Company’s Deck the Halls Blog Hop.   I made a coaster set using this adorable stamp set Perky Penguins.

These are the first two in the set.  I stamped the images with black Staz-On ink onto ceramic tiles.  I also stamped snowflakes from Ornamental Snowflakes with Brilliance ink.  I then baked them in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.  After they cooled, I colored them with Bic Mark-It permanent markers.  I really like using these for tiles as the colors stay so vibrant.  You could probably use Copic markers, but I haven’t tried them for this yet.  I guess I am more comfortable sticking with what I have used successfully in the past.  After coloring them, I baked them again for about 15 minutes.  I then sprayed them with two coats of clear gloss acrylic spray.  I usually use a matte spray on my coaster tiles, but I wanted a little shine to them and this worked perfectly.

Here are the other two coasters in the set.  You can see the snowflakes a little better in this picture.  For the snowflakes, I used Brilliance Platinum Planet and Moonlight White ink.   I then added some felt to the bottom of the tiles so they would not scratch any surfaces.  It also adds a really nice finished look to them.

Here they are all bundled up ready for gift giving.  I just wrapped some Baker’s twine a couple times around them and tied it in a little bow.  I love how cute they turned out.

Be sure to stop by The Savvy Projects Blog to see the full list of participants.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

~Karen