I picked up the adorable Inkadinkado Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Stamp Set<\/a><\/span>\u00a0last year AFTER Christmas and I’ve been itching to use it ever since. Although I haven’t had time to pick up wreaths for the front and side doors of our home, my plan is to add these to some pine branch wreaths as embellishments. I have until this Friday when our doors need to be holiday party ready for the 3 parties we are hosting!<\/p>\n

<\/a>Because the stamps are acrylic (not photopolymer) each image needed to be stamped out 4 times to get clean crisp images. This was made possible with my Mini MISTI<\/a><\/span> (which is a lifesaver for less-than perfect stamping). With the top of a bow from the Lawn Fawn Baaah Humbug Stamp Set<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0I was even able to add a Clarice to the ensemble of characters (see video for how-to details)!<\/p>\n

I used the following Copic colors to color up all the characters:
\nRudolph<\/span>: Nose: R05, R24 and R27; Lighter areas: E50 and E51; Brown hide and hooves: E35, E23 and E87
\nClarice<\/span>:\u00a0Lighter areas: E50 and E51; Brown hide and hooves: E35, E23 and E87; Polka dot red bow: R05, R24 and R27\u00a0with Uniball Signo White Gel Pen<\/a><\/span>
\nSam the Snowman<\/span>: Snowman: C0, C1 and W3; Umbrella: G24 and YG63; Hat band: Y00 and Y15; Vest: G17, G29, B39 with stitching details added with dot coloring and faux stitching using a\u00a0Uniball Signo White Gel Pen<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/a>Yukon Cornelius<\/span>: Skin: E50 and E51; Ear muffs: Y15 and YR24; Hat:\u00a0R05, R24 and R27; Wood handles and satchel: E23 and E37; Beard and mustache: E99 and E07; Blue coveralls: B93, B95 and B97; Hammer head: C3
\nBumble the Abominable Snowman<\/span>: Reds:\u00a0R05, R24 and R27; Blue face and hands: B93 and B95; Yellows: Y00 and Y15; Fur: W0 and W3
\nHermey the Elf<\/span>: Skin:\u00a0E50, E51 and R30; Hair: Y00, Y15 and YR24; Reds:\u00a0R05, R24 and R27; Blues:\u00a0B93, B95 and B97; and Book: E23 and E37 and C1<\/p>\n

I fussy cut each image with my favorite Fiskars Spring Loaded Scissors<\/a><\/span> and inked the edge of the cut images with a Momento Tuxedo Black Marker<\/a><\/span> and glued them around a couple of Celebrate It acrylic mirrored word ornaments that I had picked up in some after-Christmas Michaels grab bags last year. The silver “CHEER” and gold “NOEL” mirrored words are so sparkly (although the pictures don’t seem to capture it). I used my favorite Art Glitter Glue<\/a><\/span> with Fine Tip Nozzle<\/a><\/span>, but I suspect the Beacon 3-in-1 Glue<\/a><\/span> would work well with these nonporous word ornaments too.<\/p>\n

The following is a video share of the tweaks I made to the stamps and the overall project description:<\/p>\n