Gingerbread Cuties

As Christmas in July begins the wind down I have a couple more ornament sets to share with you.  Today I have some cute Gingerbread faces.  Once again the file for the ornament is one that was shared in a couple of FB groups that I belong to.

 

The boxes; however, are ones that you can find in the Silhouette Design Store.  Not only did I use the 3D Puffy Box Pinked file, but I also used the 3d puffy ornament box artisan circle.  As you can probably tell I love the way these boxes put together and how well they hold the ornaments.  It just completes it all so well.

 

And now I'm off to enter my ornaments into the following challenge:

 

DL Art - July Linky Challenge - Ends Sunday, July 31st

 

 

 

He's a Mean One - Grinch Ornaments

Other than Rudolph the Grinch is my all time favorite Christmas character and my all time favorite Dr. Seuss.  It's so bad that I almost wanted to cry our first year at Universal when I got to have my picture taken with the Grinch.  All the childhood memories that came flooding back was pretty awesome.  And so every year that we go I see out the Grinch.

 

So this year when I saw that someone had shared these wonderful Grinch faces I knew that I had to make an ornament or two.  Sadly when I set out to make my ornament boxes I didn't have enough Grinch paper in my stash.  But I think I chose some papers that were still fitting enough for a Grinch.

 

Once again I used the 3D Puffy Box Pinked file from the Silhouette store for my boxes.

 

And now I'm off to enter these ornaments into the following challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room - Christmas in July - Ends July 30th

DL Art - July Linky Challenge - Ends Sunday, July 31st

Evil Queens Lantern

I have another lantern to share with you today.  At first I couldn't decide what I wanted to do for my next lantern but I quickly decided to go for the Evil Queens theme.  I will admit though that it took a little bit of doing to find the right files.  Even then I had to find the art and convert it into files for use.  The only downside to having four panes is deciding which four evil queens to actually use.  There were several that I thought about but these 'ladies' seemed the best choice for this one.

In case you missed it with my other lantern, here's how I made it:

I removed each of the panes, wiped them down on both sides with rubbing alcohol and allowed them to dry.  I then cut my vinyl to fit my panes and adhered.  After that I sprayed the side with vinyl with a frosted glass spray paint.  Here's the one difference - for this lantern I decided that I only needed to spray the side of the glass with the vinyl rather than both sides of glass.  I then installed the panes back into the lantern with the vinyl facing outward (no different than the glass blocks).

All that's left now is to add a flameless candle which I got from Walmart because they were cheaper than anywhere else I found and there you go.  Lantern complete.

Now I'm off to enter this into the following challenge:

DL Art - July Linky Challenge - Ends Sunday, July 31st

Snowmen Ornaments

How about today we cool things down just a little bit?  Today I'm going to share a couple of different snowmen ornaments that I've created.  All which have their own little ornament box for gifting.

 

The first set of ornaments are ones that I first started making about five years ago.  And I haven't finished making boxes for all of them as I was doing a test for sizing so only completed one.  These little guys were born out of a place card setting I saw here using the round ornaments. 

 

 

Their place cards were made using the plastic ornaments that come apart so that you can fill them with goodies.  But since I wasn't doing that with mine I glittered the inside and then used my Cricut for the following cuts:

• George for the eyes
• Christmas Cheer for the noses

Both the eyes and noses were cut from vinyl and adhered.

 

 

 

The next set of ornaments I have to share were created using my Silhouette and some files that were shared in one of my Facebook groups.  These were really fun and I love the way that they turned out.  Quick, easy and oh so adorably cute.

 

 

 

And the ornament boxes?  Well those are from Silhouette store.  The round snowman with hat is in the scalloped ornament box and the snowman faces are in the 3D Puffy Box Pinked.

 

Now I'm off to enter my ornaments into the following challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room - Christmas in July - Ends July 30th

DL Art - July Linky Challenge - Ends Sunday, July 31st

 

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Anything Goes - Ends July 31st

 

Believe Christmas Light

As Christmas in July comes to an end in a few days, I find myself becoming just a bit saddened.  Christmas has always been my favorite holiday, and hopefully that's seen in the various Christmas projects that I have been sharing with you this month.  But at least this month has given me an opportunity to break out of my crafting block and get back to some creativity.

So today I have another Christmas light block that I would like to share with you.  This one was made using the Believe Birch Trees file from the Silhouette Design store.  However, I wanted more stars so I cut those out twice and then randomly placed them on my block.

If you've never created one of these glass block lights before they are super easy.  You just wipe down the surface with rubbing alcohol and after it's dry you adhere your vinyl.  After that you spray the block with a frosted glass spray.  (I have used both Valspar and Rust-o-leum with great results.)

I have some people use their lights without the stands but I much prefer the stands.  For me this gives greater stability - especially for the light.  Oh speaking of the light, it feeds from the bottom of the block.  My very first light I accidently made the block so that it would feed through the top.  After putting it all together I had to redo it.  No fun there.

And now I am off to enter my block into the following challenges:

Die Cuttin Divas - Anything 3D - Ends Sunday, July 24th

Hiding in My Craft Room - Christmas in July - Ends July 30th

DL Art - July Linky Challenge - Ends Sunday, July 31st

Avenger Ornaments (With Box)

Today I'm sharing a set of Avengers ornaments that I created.  This is another file that I found in one of my groups but there the lady sharing the file had used the images on glasses.  Pretty nifty idea, but I wanted to try them on ornaments and that's just what I did.

 

After creating the ornaments I had to have a box to put them in.  I started with the Box Christmas Ornaments - file number 50053, from the Silhouette Design Store.  This box had the least invasive cover.  However, when I finished cutting it out the lid still covered too much of the ornaments so had to get rid of the design and replace it with a simple square opening.

 

 

 

In addition to changing the lid of the box I had to alter the size so that it would accommodate the 2" disc ornaments (and later the cube ornaments) I've been making.  It wasn't too difficult to do - even though I'm somewhat of a novice with the software. 

 

 

 

To finish off the lid of the box I adhered a piece of acetate on the inside.  And now I have a set of ornaments in their own little box ready for gifting.

 

With that, I am off to enter my project into the following challenges:

Die Cuttin Divas - Anything 3D - Ends Sunday, July 24th

 

DL Art - July Linky Challenge - Ends Sunday, July 31st

Peter Pan Lantern

 

I'm pretty excited about today's project - even though it's not a Christmas themed project.  GASP

 

I saw a couple of lanterns being posted in one of my Facebook groups and I thought they were pretty cool so when Hobby Lobby had them on sale for 50% off a couple weeks ago I decided to pick up a couple of them to play with.  At first I couldn't decide what I wanted to do and I darn near returned the lanterns for a refund. 

 

 

 

But then an idea struck me.  So I  started searching for files in my groups and was fortunate to come across a couple that saved me some time. But I still needed more, so off I went searching for  images on the internet that I could trace.  Needless to say, the more I use my Silhouette Cameo the more in love with it I become.  This machine is one of the best presents my husband has surprised me with!!  

 

 

 

To create my lantern I removed each of the panes, wiped them down on both sides with rubbing alcohol and allowed them to dry.  I then cut my vinyl to fit my panes and adhered.  After that I sprayed the side with vinyl with a frosted glass spray paint.  Once that side was dry and cured I turned the panes over and painted the inside and allowed to dry/cure.  I then installed the panes back into the lantern with the vinyl facing outward (no different than the glass blocks).

 

 

 

Add a flameless candle and viola.

 

Now I'm off to enter my project into the following challenge:

 

Die Cuttin Divas - Anything 3D - Ends Sunday, July 24th

 

DL Art - July Linky Challenge - Ends Sunday, July 31st

 

Ice Day

There are still eleven more days in July, and that means just a little bit more time to create Christmas projects.  So today I have another Christmas card to share with you.

 

I started with a pre-made card from my stash and then used the Snowy Christmas file from Marjorie Ann Designs to create this cute as can be snowman.  I had some scraps of glitter paper in my scrap stash and thought I'd use those as the planter for my tree.  I figured this would be a way to add a little more bling to the card and help tie the snowman in even more with the blinging snowflakes in the background.

 

After adhering my snowman to the card I felt like it need a little something more so I reached into my stash of buttons and added a couple of snowflakes.

 

The stamped sentiment is from the Cardz TV Stamps set titled Merry Everything.

Military Ornaments

 

I found a couple of files in one of my Silhouette groups that I decided to play with and turn into Christmas ornaments.  My family has several generations of members who have proudly served in the Air Force, Marines, Army and Coast Guard.  So I thought why not celebrate this in a unique way this year.  (Sadly I could not find a cut for the Coast Guard)

 

I started with the Air Force ornaments since I had some of the small heart shaped ones leftover from the clearance sale at Michaels last year.  I couldn't figure out what I was going to do with them but when I saw this logo I thought it would be perfect for this style.

 

 

 

After seeing them posted in another group, I then moved on to the Marines ornament.  The lady that made them first used an acrylic paint to fill her ornament and they looked great.  However, I like the look of the glitter so that's what I stuck with.

 

 

 

Then I moved on to the Army ornaments.  I thought these would look better done on the cubes because of the shape of the logo.  Something about placing that on a round ornament just didn't seem like a good idea.  And I was right.  The cubes were perfect for these ornaments.

 

And there you have it.  My short series of military ornaments.

Santa's Helper Ginger Card

Today I'm taking a short break from making ornaments so that I can get the first Christmas card of 2016 created.  This is a cute shaped card from Marjorie Ann Designs and the file is called Santa's Helper Ginger.

I love that Marjorie started creating shaped cards last year because it breaks up the same ol' rectangular shape while taking the guess work out of it all for you.  The shaped cards are very easy to put together and they always come out looking cute as can be.

For this card I chose to use a glittered cardstock for my candy cane.  I also decided to emboss the cuff of the stocking so as to add a bit of texture to the card.

The sentiment is from the Jaded Blossom stamp set titled Gingerbread Wishes.

Ninja Turtle Ornaments

Today I'd like to share some more ornaments with you.  I saw where another lady in one of my Facebook groups had made these on the cubed style ornament so I decided to give that a try this year as well. 

 

This is my first time making these ornaments and I thought it'd be fun to make these to have with the hats that I crochet.  I made them in both the flat disc and cube shapes.  And I think that they both turned out really cute. 

 

 

 

Now if only I could find some kind of really cute turtle or comic book style paper that I could use for packaging these guys.  I haven't given up hope yet and there is still time.  I had almost given up hope on being able to find a box that I could package my sets in and then I found one in the Silhouette store.  But then I cut it out and it was way too small to fit four of these in.  So I had to play around with measuring for the size I need,  ungrouping the cuts and resizing them until I had it just like I wanted.  It took a couple hours but I got it done.  More on that in another post.

 

So what are you making for Christmas in July?  Have you started any fun projects yet?

Winter Wonderland

 

Following along with our Christmas in July theme, I have a night light to share with you today.  This is another one of those hot trends from last year that I loved seeing but never participated in.  A couple weeks ago Hobby Lobby had their glassware on sale so I decided to pick up a couple of the blocks so I could play.

 

This light is one that I scraplifted from a very talented lady in one of my Facebook Silhouette groups.

 

 

The more I use my Silhouette, the happier I am that my husband bought it for me for Christmas despite my "I don't want one" comments.  (I had three Cricuts at that time.  Now I have one.  lol)  Having my Silhouette has opened up a whole new world of paper/vinyl crafting for me.

 

 

To make this light I cleaned the surface with rubbing alcohol.  Then I cut and applied the vinyl.  Then I used my Snow Writer paint to add snow to the branches.  Once the snow dried I took my block outside and sprayed it down with my frosted glass spray paint.  After that dried I applied a second coat, allowed it to dry and finally added some ribbon. 

 

Needless to say, this was very fun and easy to create and I will definitely be making more.

M & M Ornaments

It's time for another Christmas in July project.  Today I'd like to share with you a set of  M&M Ornaments that I made.  Everywhere I looked I saw these guys last year.  However, I never had a chance to sit down and play with creating my own set.  That is until now.

 

As with all my ornaments I used the glitter method with floor wax.  I know that some ladies use polycrylic but after seeing the price I figured I'd stick with the floor wax.  If you've never made glitter ornaments before you can view a tutorial at the Ornament Girl here.

 

As for the M&M faces - I found the file for these cuties over at Krafty Nook. 

Favorite Wizard Treats

Jaded Blossom is in the midst of their customer challenge and with all that we've had going on I wasn't sure I'd be able to get a project done in time to play along.  But I had a little down time this weekend so I was able to create a project for the challenge. 

 

Since I just purchased the My Favorite Wizard stamp set to go along with the Wizard Candies set that I already had I figured it'd be the perfect time to sit down and play with them.  For my card I used the Wizard Academy file from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons.  I've had this file in my stash for a while but had not used it before this challenge.  To embellish the card I used a couple of black skittles from Doubleclick Connections.

 

My treat jar was made using a jar that I purchased from Hobby Lobby and sprayed with a frosted glass spray paint. I then added a vinyl Cornish pixie to the inside of the jar.  The pixie is a file that was shared in one of my groups.  (I do not have permission to share.) The tag is from one of my Silhouette files that I tweaked to work for what I wanted. 

 

 

And finally, when the recipient is finished eating all the candy, the pixie jar can be used as a nightlight.

 

Now I'm off to enter my project into the Jaded Blossom July Customer Challenge, which by the way, ends July 17th.

I'm also going to enter this into the Anything Goes challenge over at Cut it Up which ends on July 22nd.

Warm Fuzzies

Today I have a card that I'd like to share with you.  I saw these adorable lions and just had to add them to my crafty stash.  The set is called You're Dandy - Lions and they're from Marjorie Ann Designs. 

 

This was another great set because of how easier it is to piece together.  When piecing my dandelion together I only glued the centers together.  Then I fanned up the tips to help give a bit of dimension to the "flower".

 

My stamped sentiment is from the stamp set titled Simple Thoughts by Cardz TV Stamps.  I thought this was the perfect sentiment for a card with dandelions.

Harry Potter Ornaments

 

Can you believe that it's already July?  We say it all the time, but seriously, time is flying by fast.  And since it's July that means it's time for Christmas in July!!  So let's get started. 

 

For my first Christmas in July project I created a fun set of Harry Potter ornaments.  For whatever reason I became more enchanted with Harry Potter after our third trip to Universal Studios earlier this year.  So once I came home I found this great group on FB for all things Harry Potter and of course joined in.

 

To make my ornaments I once again used the glitter method with floor wax as my adhesive.  I thought about using the polycrylic but the cost was more than the wax.  Besides I've had great experience with the floor wax so why change it now?