Glittered Ribbon Candle Holder

Today Carrie is sharing with you what can be done with ribbon, votives, Art Glitter and Designer Dries Clear Adhesive into a fun decorative piece!
Supplies:

1. At least 6 feet of grosgrain ribbon that's about 1 3/4" wide
2. 5 round glass candle votives (don't get any that flare out!) - 1 3/4" in diameter and 2 1/8" tall - You can usually find these by the box in the bridal section of Michael's. (You can always adjust the ribbon-holder size if you get bigger candles)
3. #358 - Jungle Green - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
4. #156 - Chartreuse Green - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
5. #232 - Michigan Moss Green - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
6. #46 - Summertree Green - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
7. #71 - White Gold - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
8. #124 - Jet Eye - Chunky Opaque Hologram Glitter

I used Designer Dries Clear Art Glitter Adhesive and the ultrafine glue tips for the finer detailed open dots.
First, cut your ribbon into two 3' strips. Then, fold one in half to create a crease. You are going to use a ball-point pen to mark lines every 2 3/4" to create 5 little "pockets" that the candles will sit in. Start in the middle and work your way out.
Flip your ribbon over so the ball point marks are on the back and start gluing little polka dots...
Start glittering with your favorite color... I started with Jet Eye...

Add the other polka dots and apply the other colors of glitter. I used the ultrafine tip attached to the glue bottle to do the final open polka dots... These tips are fantastic to give you glue flow control and add fine detail! (I always clean the tips immediately after use by soaking in hot soapy water!)
Let the polka dots all dry and then flip over, put down a thick stripe of glue on the ball point lines you made earlier and place it carefully on the other ribbon, non-decorated side to non-decorated side... Don't move, slide or smear it! Let this dry... (You could also sew these lines if you want... you do have to pull on this a bit to tie the knots etc).
After an evening of glue drying, slide in the candles, tie knots on each end, trim the ends and you're done! You can also "fake" a bow, like I did here, but folding two loops in. Since the design is one-sided, it's hard to actually tie a bow that shows off the glitter. You could glue this down, if you'd like.


This would be super cute with flower designs, stripes, sew on other ribbon scraps etc.  Be creative! Makes a great centerpiece!

To see more projects and art by Carrie, check out her blog Violet Cottage.

All You Need is Love by Carrie

  I'm getting into the Valentine's Day spirit with a little hanging art piece. Here are my "ingredients":
Supplies:

1. Sheet music - I found this by googling "All You Need is Love sheet music" and I sized it to fit inside the rhinestone border that I picked out
2. A sheet of black paper
3. Black rhinestone frame from Want 2 Scrap
4. "L-O-V-E" printed out in circus font, with some little red triangles for the pennant
5. #349 - Garnet Red - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
6. #79 - Black - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
7. #83 Silver- Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
8. 2 grommets
9. 12 small rhinestones, in your choice of color
10. Some thin ribbon, embroidery floss or thin tinsel
11. Ribbon to hang the sign

And I used Designer dries clear adhesive. I started by cutting around the largest rhinestone frame, which is conveniently clear and easy to cut. This way, I'll have a template that I can trace... Like so... Then I traced the outside of that template onto the sheet music, centering the title up above. Cut the sheet music out and place onto a piece of black paper that you are going to use as your background... Before I glued this down, I glittered the edge of the sheet music piece... A little glue around the edge, cover in glitter (Love this red glitter and the contrast against the black paper)... After the red border dried, I put down the black rhinestone Want 2 Scrap frame, then glued the whole thing down to the black paper. I free handed some fern squiggles around the border and added the silver glitter. I put two grommets on the top of the black paper and lastly, I glittered up the L-O-V-E and put the banners together by free handing the black glitter letters and adding a rhinestone to the bottom of each triangle ... And now all I need to do is add a ribbon and hang it up... I decided to hang it inside a wreath that hangs over my mantel...




I sort of went crazy on my Valentine's display this year :) I was bored with just red, pink, black and gray, so I added a pop of Tiffany blue to the equation. Here's to lots of love this year!

To see more projects and art by Carrie, check out her blog Violet Cottage.

Glittered Rainbow Baby Shoes Ornament

It's my friends' little girl's first Christmas. They are into rainbows, so I thought I would transform a pink porcelain baby shoes ornament into a snazzy rainbow pair.
I used a LOT of glitter. I made a mess. Embrace it. The results are worth it! The glitter I used, from red to purple:

1. #7 - Red Rose - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
2. #349 - Garnet Red - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
3. #56 - Pumpkin Orange - - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
4. #350 - Butterscotch - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
5. #361 - Cat Eyes Yellow - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
6. #280 - Lime Rind Green - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
7. #109 - Cavalado Green - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
8. #234 - Turquoise Blue/Green - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
9. #113 - Sky Blue - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
10. #270 - Chesapeake Blue - Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
11. #24 - Royal Wink Blue - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter
12. #13 - Plum Pink (Purple) - Ultrafine Opaque Glitter

And I used 3D Embossit Art Glitter Adhesive to give the areas I glittered a little bit of a lift. Here are the shoes prior to starting... (if you happen to want these shoes, I sell them on my website, too!) First, I removed the bows from the shoes... Then I smothered one shoe in glue using a paintbrush... I then started slowly adding glitter in the red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple order... I did the same thing to shoe #2 and voila... here they are all finished:



With the leftover glitter (isn't it gorgeous?!), I made a few gift tags. I smothered each tag in glue using my finger and pressed it into the glitter, like so:

To see more projects and art by Carrie, check out her blog Violet Cottage.