New Year's cards 2019

For this year I decided to create a card and gift in one.

I started by making the pendant (I made this so that it can be put on a necklace or a keyring at a later date). I bought some blue polymer clay and then used an arrow stamp I had bought from Santiago to make an arrow impression in it (scallop shell rubber ink stamps can be found more easily or simply cut a design into the polymer clay)

Then I cut around the design in a rectangular shape.

I then placed a finding in each so that they can be made into jewellery later and baked the pieces as per the instructions on the packet.

Once they had cooled I painted the arrows yellow.

The images on the card come from the calendars you can buy for 4-5 Euros at the Tourist Information Office in Santiago - I have bought one of these every year and have saved them knowing that I would use them at some point.

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The Camino Primitivo

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Camino Mascot

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On the Camino

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