IOD decorations - Prima Marketing

Have you been following the "12 Days of Christmas" series in Prima blog? Here's two decorations I did for the 4th Day (link) when the topic was Iron Orchid Design! In the series there's always an ornament, a card and a tag so there's more inspiration in the original post. 

 

I went romantic with these decorations! I used the Paintables as the base and cut off the sweet bird houses from the “Secret Garden” set. Then I used the Oil Pastels to color the images lightly. You just need to add a touch of color in there and the picture looks really good! 

On top I then added the awesome Iron Orchid Design metal embellishments and lightened them up with some White Gesso. To get the decorations even a bit romantic I added some blooms and lace as embellishments. If you wish to see how I made these, please scroll to the bottom of the post as I have a step by step there!

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Materials: 

814175 – Paintables Secret Garden 

583545 – Metals for Wood Plaque 8 

583569 – Metals for Wood Plaque 10 

583552 – Metals for Wood Plaque 9 

961734 – Heavy Gesso White 

961428 – Soft Matte Gel 

814328 – Oil Pastels 

961602 – Glitter Set Ebony and Ivory 

583347 – Royal Menagerie Caroline 

PE – Cream Pink Mulberry Roses 

582326 – Royal Menagerie SIIC 

583026 – Lace Trim Plumeria 

576943 – Sage Jute Trim 

962760 – Brush Set

IOD decorations step by step:

1) Start by coloring the Paintables image with Oil Pastels. Use the Brush Set or a water brush for blending.

2) Cut the images out. Psst: You don't have to be too precise. 

3) Adhere the houses to stencil packaging (or other stiff cardstock) with Soft Matte Gel. Add ribbon and jute trim between the two paper layers as shown.

4) Cut the house outlines out - be careful not to cut the ribbon, nor Jute Trim! Then adhere the metal embellishments in place using 3D Gel.

5) Soften the look of the metal embellishments with White Gesso. Use a "dry brush" technique for shabby-chic results. Just dip your brush in gesso and wipe most off on a piece of paper.

6) Finish the decorations with a piece from the Lace Trim, some flowers and Royal Menagerie crystals. To get a softer look add some Jute Trim and thread in the mix as well.