Christmas Wishes

 

image created with A Christmas Carol digi bundle by

Kimeric Kreations

Christmas Cat Scrapbook Pages

I spent the better part of the day making

 these two scrapbook pages. 

I overthink them and it takes me so long

to make detailed pages,

but I do like them sometimes. 

The lighting wasn't the best when I took

the photos so you can't see the details well.

The bottom of the journaling area has rubber stamped

and iridescent heat embossed snowflakes that I

brushed a water color wash over.

I added rubber stamped and cut out images

attached with dimensionals over

a shimmery paper snow covered ground.

The shimmery details don't show in the photo.

The stamps were colored with markers

to get the dual colors on the trees.

I also used markers on the snowman

image after it was stamped.

The top of the journaling area has a shimmery paper

scalloped edge sewn to the white card stock 

with die cut numbers and baker's twine

stacked over a polka dot grosgrain ribbon.

The layout  above is similar to a Page Maps sketch

This is the second page, my own creation. 

 I've decided I am going to replace the "dec"
image with something else. It looks funny to me.

Some supplies are from Stampin' Up!,

others are unknown. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Diecut Poinsettia

This is a poinsettia cut file from the 

Brother Canvas Workspace

that I used in the new to me

but previously owned 

Design N Cut machine

I found at a yard sale.

This is the second thing I cut with it,

the first being the "crackers" 

that I shared previously. 

I lightly brushed gold acrylic

craft paint along the edges of the 

red petals. I lightly water colored

a slightly darker shade of green

on the green petals and added

red glitter to the "dots" on the swirls.

All of the petals were slightly curved.

I used this as a gift topper

rather than a bow for Christmas.

Thanks for looking,

Happy New Year a bit early ! 

Christmas Crackers

Here are a couple of Christmas "crackers" I made with my

new to me but used Design N Cut machine.
I found it at a yardsale and bought it for my daughter
who was wanting a Cricut Explore Air.
I hoped this would work for her, but she said it
wouldn't so there it sat in a box -
until this past week.

There is a learning curve for sure,
but it is a pretty neat machine.
I may find some projects to make with it ;)

The name tags on the top were created with

paper punches my mom bought for me.

They had cash rolled up in them.

The "cracker" pattern came from Brother Canvas Workspace.

Thanks for looking, 

I hope you had a Merry Christmas !

Happy New Year !

Krafty Snowman Tag

Today's share is perfect for the 

First Day of Winter.

This little snowman is nearly 

buried under a blizzard of snowflakes ! 

Sometimes it's tough to know when to

call it quits on adding more and more

things to our projects ;) 

It kind of reminds me of all of the 

HUGE snowflakes

that were falling here earlier in the week

when we had a significant snow event.

It sure was pretty,

but caused many problems.

An early White Christmas for us

that will be gone by Christmas

when will see temperatures near 60 degrees.

That is not normal for us here 

this time of year. Crazy. 

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!,

(except the snowflake print ribbon)

all of which are now retired.

The embossed background has white craft ink

sponged over it.

The snowman image was water colored with

inks from my ink pads and an aquapainter.

Happy Holidays ! 

Merry Framed Vintage Christmas Lightbulbs

Today I am happy to share with you

my final creation as a design team member

for Love To Craft Challenge.
I've been with them since the beginning
and will miss creating projects for them,
but it's been a tough year,
I need to concentrate on personal things.
I have a never ending list,
always lengthening, of things I want to make
so I'll still craft and share as time allows :)

Anyway, we are a month long anything crafty goes challenge.
We ask that you keep your projects family friendly, please.

We'd love to see what you've created this
final month of 2019!





This months project was made with some items
that I found at a church rummage sale I
attended with my Mom this past Spring:
a bag of vintage glass Christmas light bulbs
and a slightly worn wooden multi opening frame.

I disassembled the frame then chalk painted
and lightly sanded it.

I hand painted letters on each light bulb.

I tied on stitched grosgrain ribbon bows.

The bulbs are attached with little screw eyes and wire.



Now to come up with something else to make
with all of those extra vintage light bulbs.....

Thanks for looking, have a great day !

Organdy Box Bags With Chipboard Ornaments

I whipped up three of these to give chocolates in.
I didn't get a photo of the third, a different shape :(

The chipboard ornaments were made with old items

from Stampin' Up!, glitter glue, ribbon,
a snowflake border punch and scoring board.

The organdy box bags were bought at a dollar store years ago.

Thanks for looking =) 

Repurposed CD Tin

Remember the days of receiving compact discs in the mail from

 internet providers trying to get you to sign up for their service ?

Sometimes they came in metal tins.

I saved those tins!

This is the most recent reuse of two of them.

I painted the edges with gloss acrylic craft paint,

covered the tops and bottoms with

gift wrap paper then added die cuts to the top.

Fun way to reuse "trash" and to give cash.

 I was having fun finding more uses for the
roll of plaid gift wrap I bought this year.
I still have a lot of it left,
I'll probably be using it for years to come!

Thanks for looking ;)

Repurposed Mini Boxes

My son has been ordering car parts left and right .

A recent order contained these two small boxes.

As I was going to crush them to recycle, 

I had the thought to recover them with 

wrapping paper to use a containers for

Christmas gifts for the nephews.
Sure, it would have been easier just to wrap
the boxes as a small gift box,
but I have a tendency to make more work
for myself. I try to create something that
I hope is a bit more special to the recipient.

I opened up the boxes, laid them out on the gift wrap,

traced them, cut out the paper then glued it to the boxes.

Die cut felt deer were added to the tops. 

They were then filled with candy - and cash!

Thanks for looking =) 

Simple Die Cut Felt Ornaments

I bought a container of die cut felt pieces quite some time ago and never really knew what to do with them. They have a brass eyelet in the centers of them.

This year I dug them out and had the thought to turn them into these simple ornaments (in addition to some Christmas cards I shared previously).

I hot glued two of them together then added a piece of thin twine run through a button,  hot glued to the center over a scrap of fabric. Hot glued another looped piece of twine to the back for a hanger = a dozen of them done!

I thought about adding other things to them to dress them up even more, but in the end decided to keep them super simple. Maybe I will adhere a piece of card stock to the back to cover up the eyelet backs anyway since I didn't think to flip them over, having the nice front of the eyelet showing on the back side to make it more finished. Doing that can also allow them to be written on, making them a sort of gift tag. Maybe next year. For now they are sitting in my completed crafts boxes since I got them done too late to do anything with this year.

Thanks for looking =)

Merry Orange and Cinnamon Stick Ornament

Merry Christmas Eve ! 

Today's share is a simple dried orange and cinnamon stick ornament.

Yes, another old time-y project ! 

I die cut the word "merry" and glued it on top of the

orange slice. I wrapped a fabric scrap around the cinnamon stick

and tied it into a simple bow, hot gluing it to the orange slice.

Twine is hot glued to the back for a hanger.

The most difficult part was drying the orange slice myself:

it didn't work very well for me in a toaster over.

I actually sliced an entire orange and tried to dry 

all of the slices. Unfortunately, all but this one burned,

and even this one is too brown in places. 

I suppose even on the lowest setting it was

still too hot in that tiny oven. I did dry them

directly on the wire racks, too,

checking on them throughout the day

and moving them around as needed. 

It was the first time I've tried to dry orange slices.

Probably my last ;) 

It looks like parts of the country are going

to see a White Christmas this year.

We will not. 

In fact, thunderstorms and 

Spring like temperatures are on the way!

Thanks for looking .

Wishing you a wonderful holiday 

filled with memories to last a lifetime.

All Is Bright Digi Kit

template from the Plain Digital Wrapper challenge forum, December

The above projects were made with the fun new

All Is Bright digital kit

by

JMC Designs 

at

Plain Digital Wrapper

Noel Twig Bow Ornaments

There are a few old twig bow home decor pieces that were 

picked up at a church fundraiser yard sale a few years back.

I forgot all about them and came across them

when looking for something else.

It took a bit of work to remove the remaining

buttons, fabric pieces and large clumps of glue

from them before I could redecorate them.

Once they were cleaned up well enough,

Christmas colors plaid cotton fabric strips

that were torn and tied into knot were hot glued on.

I painted wooden hearts and

hot glued them on top of the knotted fabric strips.

A die cut word "noel" topped them off. 

I think they look a bit better now,

even if they are 80's type decor pieces.

The before bows are below,

they weren't in the best of shape.

Thanks for looking =) 

I'm entering my project in the current  anything goes challenge at
Through The Craft Room Door
and
Christmas Crafts All Year Round

Cardinal Glass Ball/Painted Acetate Ornament

I made two of my painted acetate ornaments

with the intentions of giving them to my

cousins who just lost their Mom.

The image is from Stampin' Up!
It was stamped with black Stazon ink
onto a transparency sheet.

It was cut out into a circle.
with a tab at the top to hold it in place,
to fit just inside a glass ball ornament.

I painted it with indoor/outdoor
acrylic craft paints.

After allowing it to dry well for a day,
 I carefully rolled it and inserted it
into the glass ornament, keeping the
tab in the neck of the ornament.

I printed a saying onto white card stock,
cut it into a banner and attached it

with a gold eyelet

"If a cardinal should appear,

a visitor from Heaven is near."

A red grosgrain ribbon bow
hot glued into place finishes it off.





Thanks for looking   =)


I'm entering my ornament in the following challenges:
Merry Little Christmas
Use Your Stuff
Crafting By Designs
613 Avenue Create
Love To Scrap

Pieced Felt Polar Bear Ornaments

Two too cute polar bear ornaments 

made from tiny pieces of felt,

cut and hand stitched together.

The wee little Christmas trees on this sweater are stitched

Even the facial details are stitched on each bear

Oh my gosh,  I thought the beaded felt ornaments I shared previously took a long time to make and were difficult to see well. I worked on these two cuties for days ! Such small pieces and teeny tiny stitches to assemble them. I even skipped some of the beading details to save some time. So much work love went into these !

I hope my kids appreciate them one day :)

They were made with another unused kit I found at the same yard sale as the beaded felt snowflake ornament set and was dated 1987.

Anyone remember the days of price tags, 

before there were bar codes to scan ?

Also, check out what I believe to be 

the original price of just $1.44 on this kit !

Thanks for looking =) 

I'm entering my ornaments 

(stitched Christmas trees sweater) 

in the following challenges: 

Through The Craft Room Door

613 Avenue Create Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs

Fabric Scrap Ornaments

Fabric scrap ornaments made with an old

craft kit I picked up new in package,  second hand.

It was so old (1993) the needles were rusted to the fabric ! 

Otherwise in good shape so I put it to use =) 

Thanks for looking =)