Blockheads' Naughty Christmas Mice - Wood Ornament featuring Sharpie Coloured Game Pieces by Leigh S-B!

Happy Friday Everyone!

Last week I shared my tradition of making Sharpie coloured porcelain Christmas tree ornaments on my blog and now I'm here today with another two-sided Christmas ornament but this one is a lazor-cut wooden one with a two sided Sharpie coloured game tile center piece!

I'm sharing the altered game tile part of this tutorial here on DominoART and if you'd like to see how I made the wood ornament too then please pop on over to Leigh S-B Designs for the full tutorial!

 The two naughty mice causing havoc on the Christmas tree from Blockheads Paper Arts' Figgy Pudding stamp sheet are the featured images on the Lexigo game tiles.  If you're crazy about altering game pieces like me then you're probably familiar with the Chekit game!  The cream coloured game tiles are now hard to come by so I was particularly excited to find the Lexigo game that has the same shape pieces but are just slightly smaller and have letters on the back instead of patterns!

 I used the following supplies to create this wonderfully fun but still elegant Christmas tree ornament!

I call this a Christmas tree ornament but you could totally hang this on a display stand as a featured ornament in your home too!

Blockheads' Figgy Pudding Mice stamp sheet (the top left one)

 2 x Lexigo game pieces

Lazer cut wood ornament from Michaels

Black StazOn ink

Distress Stains:  Bundled Sage and Fired Brick

Fireworks Ink Spray:  Lilac Posies

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla

Sharpie Markers:  Ultra Fine points - Black, Green, Lime, Rose, Pink Lemonade, Red, Brown, Coconut and Almond

Judikins Diamond Glaze

Delta Ceramcoat Gloss varnish

Metallic Gold Paint pens (broad and fine tip)

Yellow Glitter Glue

Gold wire

Gold jump ring and jewelry pliers/wire cutter

K and Company Poinsettia and Holly embellishments

Heat It embossing gun

Start off by colouring the inner edge with a broad point metallic gold paint pen, the side with the letters is the back so that edge is the inner edge.  It's important to do this step first because you won't be able to colour the sides of the game pieces when they're glued together!  Apply a small amount of Judikins Diamond Glaze to the back of one of the pieces and adhere them together.

Stamp the mice onto the game tiles with black StazOn ink and either heat set with a heat gun or leave overnight for the ink to dry.  Colour the images with Sharpie markers using my Sharpie Domino Queen technique and then edge and colour the sides with a broad point metallic gold paint pen.

Cut a length of gold wire and wrap it around the game tiles so that it sits in the groove between them.  Form a loop on one side and then wire wrap the other end around it to form the hanger.  Apply Judikins Diamond Glaze to the gold sides of the altered game piece with your finger or brush and then apply glaze to one side of the game tile directly from the bottle and let it dry.

Apply glaze to the other side once everything is dry.  Start on the wood ornament while you're waiting for the glaze to dry.  Please pop on over to my Blog to see how I made the wood ornament too!

 Attach the altered game tile center piece to the inside of the ornament with a jump ring and you're done!

I love the way this ornament turned out!  It's fun and playful with the use of the mice images but still very elegant and beautiful because of the detailed scroll work of the wood!

I hope I've inspired you to create your own ornaments this year!  They make wonderful gifts but don't forget to treat yourself to one too ;0)

Happy Holidays!

 
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