On Monday this week, I started a set of coasters. I’ve been wanting to make something new to hang on my plate rack, and the SCS Try a New Technique Challenge on Monday was perfect to get me going. I finished them up last night and thought I would share them with you today.
At first I thought I would stamp different trees on them all using different sets. However the more I thought about it, I stayed with Christmas in the City by Lizzie Anne Designs. Using the different images did make for a cute decoration. They will at least serve my purpose for a decoration this year.

On this one, I colored the images with Copic Markers and royalled messed up the mug. That is why you see those blue Stickles to cover up my mistakes. I stamped the skates on white, colored with Copics, trimmed them out and then ran embroidery floss through the skates to resemble shoe strings.

To add some sparkle to the coaster, I colored the body of the snowman with a white paint pen and while it was still wet I sprinkled Ultra Fine Glitter on the paint. The sentiment was stamped and then punched out with the small oval punch. To add some highlight, I sponged the edges in distress ink and then mounted on Old Olive cardstock.

For the window and wreath, I colored the image with Copics and then added Crystal Stickles on the window panes. Hope it looks frosty. The sentiment was stamped, trimmed down and the edges were sponged in distress ink.

Someone said they would like to see them all together hanging in the rack. Well, here’s a close up in the rack

And here is the final picture of the wall where the rack hangs.