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?