Believe in the Magic of the Holidays

December 15, 2014April 20, 2015Leave a comment

Are you taking time to enjoy the magic?

I’m doing my very best to relax and enjoy every moment.

I decided to add the large Believe on a Wreath on the front door.

The large Believe was made using Expressions Large Believe from Clear Scraps. It measures 5″ x 15″.

On the back I adhered “nestled” scrapbook paper from Authentique Paper’s Cozy Collection.

You can’t really see it from the picture, but, it has a great sweater pattern.

After I trimmed around the letters using a craft knife, I used a gold paint pen to accent each letter.

Make sure to check out all the Expressions Large Clear Word Titles from Clear Scraps.

Vintage Christmas Cards

December 12, 2014Leave a comment

I was gifted this year with a large collection of Christmas Cards from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.

I love it when someone finds something cool and vintage like this and thinks of me.

I can honestly tell you I looked at everyone of them.

Some of them will go in frames, others I may even cut and use for collaging.

Here a are a few of my favorites…

Happy Friday Everyone. Enjoy the week-end.

Joy Tag with a Cool Metal Foil Technique

December 11, 2014November 22, 2018Leave a comment

Impress your friends with an Easy and Elegant Metal Foil Tape project.

I love this technique and thought you might as well.

Start with a small piece of matboard or chipboard approx. 2″ x 2 1/2″ and chipboard letters spelling the word “Joy”.

Joy Tag products used: (*amazon affiliate link)

Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue*
Marvy Deco Color White Paint Marker* and Pale Blue*
Aluminum Foil Tape* (found in the hardware store, used to seal duct work seams)
Bone Folder*
Chipboard
Chipboard letters

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Directions:

1. Glue letters onto the small chipboard with Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry Paper Glue*.
2. Apply Aluminum Foil Tape* over chipboard. I make the chipboard slightly smaller than the tape so that I don’t have any seams.
3. Using the bone folder, gently go around each letter to bring out the detail.

4. Paint the background with the paint pen. To give it a snowy affect, when
giving a second coat of paint, dot the paint with the tip instead of brushing.
5. Use the pale blue pen to color the letters. Allow both colors to thoroughly
dry.
6. Using a sanding block, lightly sand the letters and edges of the chipboard.
7. For a finishing touch, paint the letters with stickles glitter glue.

The tag also uses:
Prima Flowers (Holiday Celebration Snow Drop)
Vivid Ink: Aqua
Ink Blending Tool*
Scrapbook Paper
Cardstock
Corner Punch, Rounded*
1/8 Inch Round Hole Punch*
Lace, Silver Ribbon and Small Flat Snowflake Ornament
Silver Greenery

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Christmas Ornaments from Old Kitchen Hardware

December 10, 2014August 6, 20215 Comments

I picked up a bag of old kitchen hardware for 50¢ at a Garage Sale.

I can’t resist a good bargain and knew I might even use them someday.

After disassembling and using them on a couple of projects,

I put the rest in a container high on the shelf for another day.

I ran across them again the other day and had an idea…

How would they look with cream spray paint?

I knew I was onto something and let the idea marinate in my head for a day or two.

This is what I came up with and I’m pretty happy with the results.

For my Ornament:

Paint the base plate from old kitchen hardware with cream spray paint.
I added silver around the edge using my finger tip and paint from a Chisel Point Pen Tip Calligraphy Paint Marker, Silver* (affiliate link)
Remove the small wooden base from a small bottle brush tree. With small pliers bend the remaining wire tip up into the tree.
Cut the back of the bottle brush tree to make it flat.
Glue tree in place with Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry.*
For a little extra sparkle, I rubbed clear glitter glue into the bristles of the tree. Glue pearl beads and place directly into tree.
On the top of the ornament I used a piece cream twill ribbon with an inexpensive plastic star ornament on a silver jump ring. Tied it in place with a piece of burlap twine and small cream button.
I added a silver jingle bell that I painted and distressed with sandpaper and tied on with a satin ribbon.
Place the word sticker onto a thin piece of chipboard, trim around sticker, lightly sand the edges for a distressed look and glue into place.

Here’s a simpler idea. I love this one too.

I bet your going to start rummaging through that junk drawer in the garage and see what you can find.

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Snowflake Wreath

December 9, 2014October 9, 2015Leave a comment

When it comes to Holiday Decorating, I love anything with a Snowflake on it.

Make it a Red or Cream Snowflake and I’m a happy girl.

So when I found these Large Snowflakes from Smoothfoam, I fell in love.

To make my Snowflake Wreath you’ll need:

12″ Smoothfoam Snowflake
6″ Smoothfoam Snowflake
Red and Cream Acrylic Paints
Paintbrush
Red Button
Craft Glue
Ribbon, Twine, Large Needle
Wreath

Paint 6″ Snowflake cream and the 12″ Snowflake red; let both dry.
Glue the two snowflakes together using craft glue.
Glue red button onto the center of the cream snowflake.
Poke a hole on the side of the top of the snowflake with needle and thread. Pull thread through and tie snowflake onto wreath.
Hang wreath with large piece of ribbon.

This project was created for and sponsored by Smoothfoam.

Sue’s Holiday Give-Away Time

December 8, 2014December 8, 20149 Comments

One of my daily quirks is to look at my blog stats.

Would you believe I have people all over the world that visits me.

It amazes me too.

As you can imagine, it goes as no surprise that USA is the number one visiting country…

The other day, one thing popped out and kind of surprised me.

Guess which country was consistent all year at the number two spot?

Hmmmm… I’m not going to tell you just yet. (I’m going to make you wait)

I think I’ll do a Holiday Give-away instead.

How would you like to win the Silent Night Scrapbook Assortment from October Afternoon?

Here’s what you’ll need to do…

Leave me a comment here on this post or on my Facebook Page and tell me

which country you think is at the number two spot.

I will pick one lucky winner from all the guesses. (you don’t even have to be correct)

Bonus…..if you’re picked and you happen to have the correct guess I’ll include a bonus prize.

Contest ends Friday 12-12-14.

Good Luck and Happy Holidays.

Gingerbread House Party

December 6, 2014December 6, 20141 Comment

Armed with cans of frosting and happy, smiling faces…

We arrived at Church for our very first Gingerbread House Party.

The kids had a blast and really got into working on their houses.

Everyone had a good time.

What a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

As you can probably tell Warren really got into his house. ⇑ (Yum)

a little Christmas Home Décor

December 5, 2014October 9, 20152 Comments

This Christmas has been the year of Holiday Stenciling for me. (I just can’t seem to get enough)

This time I’m making a Quick & Easy Home Décor piece for a Blog Hop with Fairfield World

using Foamology Stickybase Tiles™.

What’s Foamology?

Well…. I could try to explain this cool product to you, but. this video explains it much better.

For my project, I decided to try my hand at stenciling on Burlap.

I used a large piece of burlap about 14″ wide and the 12″ Christmas Bulbs stencil

and the 12″ Word Xmas Tree stencil from Clear Scraps.

After I stenciled on the burlap, I wrapped it around the 12″ foam square as shown in the

video and inserted it into a shadow box frame.

Stenciled Burlap

Some of the products used on this project were generously donated by Fairfield World and Clear Scraps.

Holiday Joy

December 4, 2014May 22, 2017Leave a comment

I love using the word “JOY” in my holiday decorating.

It’s one of my favorite words. Who doesn’t need a little more “JOY” in their life.

The Joy Frame is a Quick and Easy Holiday Home Décor Project.

Supplies Needed: (*affiliate link)

Clear Scraps Stencils Nordic Snowflakes*
Chipboard Letters (mine are 1/2″ thick and 3 1/2″ tall)
12 x 12 Holiday Scrapbook Paper
Old Frame
Red and Cream Acrylic Paint
Stencil Brush*
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Vintage Photo*
Ink Applicator & Blending Tool*
Black Spray Paint
Craft Glue
Greenery, Gingham Bow, Button and Red Jingle Bell

Directions:

Remove the backing and glass from an old frame and spray paint it black. My frame holds an 8 1/2 x 11 picture.
Cut the scrapbook paper to size and add to frame.
Paint the chipboard letters red.
Stencil Snowflake design onto the red letters with cream paint.
Apply a light coat of red paint over the snowflakes.
Antique the letters with Vintage Photo ink and ink applicator.
Glue inside of frame.
Embellish frame with some greenery and a red and cream gingham bow.

Craft Confession:

My original plan was to have cream snowflakes on red letters. After I got through with the stenciling, I thought the snowflakes looked too bright so I decided to re-paint the letters. As soon as I put on the first thin layer of paint, I loved the tone on tone result. Happy Accident!

This project was created for and sponsored by Clear Scraps.

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