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.