Snowman Season cards

Snowman Season stamps,

 paper punches and dies

from Stampin' Up!

The striped paper on the card on the right I made

myself with the old Plaidmaker stencil by SU!

Inspired by samples I came across. 

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Nine Snowflake and Snowmen Cards

Assorted stamp and die sets were used for this set.

Nearly everything came from Stampin' Up! 

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Shimmery Textured Snowman Card RAK

I received this lovely card

from a long time "pen pal" yesterday !

What a nice surprise on 

day six without sunshine.

Not sure when I'll see blue skies again......

Definitely not today.

We are socked in with heavy fog.

Blech.

Snow, rain, plummeting temperatures

on tap over the next few days

so no sign of sun for a while yet.

I need chocolate, ha , ha.

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 ! 

Snow Much Fun Album PGS 4 5

The premade album pages before, above

The pages after I added my own touches with 

some rubber stamping and a die cut.

The snowman is made with a Lasting Impressions

brass template, dry embossed and colored in with markers

then hand cut out. Attached to page with dimensionals. 

Thanks for looking, have a great day =)

Dimensional Snowman Frame

Welcome to the first challenge of 2019

at 

Love To Craft ! 

We are a month long anything crafty goes challenge

(so long as it is family friendly). 

My design team project this month is a photo frame.

It's an old odd sized paper mache frame.

The opening is long and very narrow (4"W x 2"T,

but actually smaller due to the overhanging snowflakes),

so I haven't been able to find a photo to fit it properly - yet.

There is a piece of rubber stamped card stock in it for now.

(Snow Stampin' Around wheel by Stampin' Up!)

The basic idea is to glue snowflake shapes onto

a frame base then add a snowman shape.

You can add glitter, paint, other embellishments

as desired to make it your own. 

It can be a simple enough project for a child 

or slightly more advanced

depending on the supplies and techniques you wish to use. 

Close up of some of the details:

~snowman made from die cut circles covered with

snow texture medium

~a nose made from Sculpey clay

~eyes and buttons are tiny paper punched circles

of textured black card stock, attached with tacky glue

~tiny twigs found in my yard that I added snow texture

medium to and hot glued into place for arms

~gingham ribbon for a scarf

I happened to have three die cut fun foam circles

leftover from my snowman shaker card

that I used to make the snowman on this project.

It was more work trimming them down

then gluing them to card stock to create the snowman

shape versus making one solid image from scratch.

I wanted to use the scraps which is why I did it this way. 

Once I had them all trimmed the way I wanted and 

glued into place, I applied a thick layer of snow texture medium.

This took an entire day to dry.

Use a rubber stamped or printed snowman image

cut out with scissors for a quicker, easier project. 

The fun foam die cut snowflakes were painted with

glitter nail polish.

I added large rhinestones to the centers of some of them.

Cut snowflakes from glitter paper to save some time.

I was using what I already had on hand;

these snowflakes were bought years ago for my kids to

make crafts with. The glitter nail polish is leftover from 

a one time event and will never be worn again.

It is handy for craft purposes- but is really smelly ! 

I painted a paper mache frame with acrylic craft paints

and let it dry well before hot gluing on the snowflakes.

A photo of some of the supplies I used

Thanks for looking !

Wishing you a happy, crafty new year !

I'm entering my project in the  current challenges at
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Let It Snow
Love To Scrap - Anything Goes

Cross Stitch Mason Jar Lid Ornament - TUTORIAL

I know this looks odd seeing a Christmas project
being shared now, the day before Halloween.
It's not much different than seeing all of the
Christmas trees and such on display in stores -
right next to Halloween decor ;)

Why a Christmas project in the middle of Halloween cards ?

 I'm sharing it as my final Design Team project

for

Through The Craft Room Door this week,

an anything crafty goes challenge.

NOTE: all supplies used on my project are my own,

no images were supplied by the sponsor this week

This small cross stitch piece fit fairly well inside the

ring to a large mouth mason jar to make an ornament.

A little paint, stain and embellishments to finish it off.

This week we are sponsored by

Di's Digi Stamps

Share your crafty project by Nov. 5th, 2018 at

Through The Craft Room Door

for a chance to win a

 $12 voucher!

I'm entering my project in the new challenge blog for all things Christmas,

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/

Thanks for looking =) 

EDITED TO ADD  11/5/2018

My ornament was a winner at

Merry Little Christmas Challenge !

craftysahmiam.blogspot.com

PROJECT DETAILS:

Cross Stitch Mason Jar Lid Ornament Supplies:

Small cross stitch piece to fit opening of mason jar ring

           (or whatever you wish to frame for the ornament)

Polyfil or quilt batting (optional if using a fabric item)

Chipboard

Heavy duty double stick tape

Low temp hot glue

Embellishments as desired. My project uses a thin twine, twill ribbon, wood snowflake, hand stamped and cut banner, snippet of orange card stock for a carrot nose

Pencil and scissors

Paint your mason jar ring if you would like. I used a white acrylic craft paint then added an antiquing medium over that. I also sanded it a bit for a slightly distressed look. Let it dry thoroughly before continuing the project.

Find a small image to fit inside the ring. There are so many things that you can frame, not just small cross stitch pieces. Something as simple as a photograph will work ! The ideas are endless.

Depending on what you choose to frame, you may not want to use batting. I like to use a polyfil stuffing type material if I am framing a fabric piece, but it is not necessary.

If you do want to use a batting material, cut it to fit inside the ring. You will also need to cut a piece of chipboard a smidge smaller than the ring. It needs to fit inside the ridges of the screw-on part of the lid and have a tiny bit of room for the edges of the fabric to fit. I traced my lid onto the lightweight chipboard then cut it slightly smaller using scissors. Test fit and trim as needed.

Cut another chipboard to use as a cover to finish the back of the ornament off when you are done. Test the fit of the chipboard pieces before proceeding, trimming if necessary to make them fit well. 

Trim your fabric about 1 1/2"  larger all around than the chipboard circle. You want to leave enough fabric to be able to pull it over the polyfil then around to the back side so you can glue it in place.

Layer the batting / polyfil stuffing material between the cross stitch piece and chipboard circle.

Carefully pull the edges around the chipboard and batting, working on opposite sides all the way around. For example, start at 12 o'clock, then 6 o'clock, 9 o'clock then 3 o'clock. Be sure to check the front after the initial adhering of the four points. Place it inside the ring to make sure it is centered.  Remove it from the ring then you'll then do the same thing, working in between those four starting points until all of the edges are pulled around and glued in place.

I used a heavy duty double stick tape to hold the edges of the fabric in place while I was working, then I added a little bit of hot glue once it was done. Don't worry about the unfinished look, you will cover it with another piece of chipboard.

Push the completed fabric piece all the way in to the ring. If you used batting like I prefer to do when making this type of ornament with fabric items, it will make it puff out slightly from the frame. Hot glue in place.

Make it puffier by adding extra polyfil . You may need to make the fabric circle larger so there is more to "give" if necessary as well as to pull around to the back. Don't pull it really tight when gluing the edges of the fabric to the back either, this will smash the polyfil down.

If adding quite a bit of stuffing to make it puffier, keep it centered in the fabric piece. You don't want too much at the edges where it needs to fit in the frame

Choose your embellishments to finish your piece. I've already tied a thin twine around the ring, adding an extra loop for hanging from the Christmas tree in this photo. You will also see my teeny tiny card stock carrot nose for the snowman, a twill tape ribbon bow, a wooden laser cut snowflake, hand stamped and cut banner and the final chipboard piece to cover the back. You might like to cover this piece of chipboard with decorative paper. I chose not to so I could hand write on the back of my ornament.

Use your favorite all purpose heavy duty adhesive to attach the embellishments. I used low temp hot melt glue for everything other than the teeny tiny nose and card stock banner. I used a toothpick dipped in Tacky Glue to stick them in place. 

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Thanks for looking =)

Chenille Bedspread Snowman Head

Earlier this year we went to a church fundraiser yard sale.

I bought a grab bag of various crafty items,

most of which I could not use.

However, there were some things I could work with.

This "whatever it once was I don't know" was one of them.

I decided to make a snowman head to put on it.

I used a scrap of old chenille bedspread 

that I tea stained then

wrapped around a styrofoam ball

(which was once a satin string wrapped ornament!).

I added a torn piece of scrap fabric for scarf, 

scrap of fleece blanket for the hat (using the blanket stitched edge),

buttons (from an old shirt) for eyes and made a Sculpey clay nose. 

I'm entering my project in the new challenge blog for all things Christmas,

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/
and
because I reused several things to create this piece,
the current upcycle challenge at Shopping Our Stash is perfect.

Also,
Anything But A Card at Christmas Crafts All Year Round.

Thanks for looking =) 

Snowman Shaker Card - tutorial

Today's card was created for the special challenge at

Through The Craft Room Door:

shaker cards.

You have until Ocotber 20th to submit your shaker card

for a chance to win a $5 Amazon gift card!

I'm entering my project in the new challenge blog for all things Christmas,

Merry Little Christmas

and

Crafting By Designs AnythingGoes

as well as

613 Avenue Create Anything Goes

Thanks for looking =) 

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PROJECT DETAILS AND ADDITIONAL PHOTOS:

This was a fun experiment in shaker card making: creating a snowman from various dies and paper punches.

If you don't have circle dies, you could still make this with something as simple as a compass and Xacto knife. All you need is something to make three different sized, stacked circles cut in your card front. Then of course whatever you want to shake inside your window and extra embellishments, if you wish, on the front.

Supplies I used:

Circle dies

1" square paper punch  = for the top of the hat

Word Window paper punch, Stampin' Up! = hat brim

"Leafy fern" (I'm not sure of the name) paper punch, Martha Stewart. I trimmed it into smaller pieces to tuck them under the brim of the hat.

1/8" circle hole paper punch = berries on the hat

Snowflake paper punch, Stampin' Up! = trimmed to make the arms

Red and white gingham ribbon

Black and white craft inks = details on the hat

Divine Swirls embossing folder, Cuttlebug

Acetate for window

White, black, green, red and textured brown card stocks

White fun foam = die cut to make the "corral" for the shaker material and to give it depth

Mini snowflake paper punched pieces (created with the fallout from a border punch, unknown manufacturer) made with silver glitter paper and shimmer white paper = shaker material

Clear micro beads = shaker material

Heavy duty double stick adhesive tape

Scissors

Pencil

I don't have photos of all of the steps unfortunately, but here are a couple to give you an idea of how I made the snowman.

If you are going to use circle dies to create your snowman, find three of various sizes that will fit your card front. Lay them down, slightly overlapping. When you are happy with the placement, trace the circle dies to help you line them up when you cut them. You can't cut all three at one time since they are overlapping, so you will need to run it through a couple of times. NOTE: I embossed the front piece first without thinking. Embossing should be done after die cutting the circles because it will get flattened out in places during the die cutting process.

I carefully lined my piece back up in the embossing folder and ran it through when I was done die cutting.

This photo shows pieces of fun foam that I die cut to fit around and under the die cut snowman window. I used numerous tiny pieces of heavy duty double stick tape to adhere the fun foam to the card stock and acetate. It was also used to adhere the acetate to the card stock. You will want to put one in place then line up the others and trim them with small scissors. Make sure that all of the fun foam touches each other, that there are no gaps. Gaps would allow your shaker material to escape.

NOTE: once again , I wasn't thinking it through. I should have had the acetate sandwiched between the back of the embossed card stock front and the fun foam "corral" in this photo. After realizing my mistake and fixing it, I didn't take another photo. Be sure your acetate is adhered to the card stock die cut window piece before applying the dimensional "corral".

Fill your "corral" with small items to shake. Make the sides of your "corral" deeper to holder thicker items if you'd like. I used clear micro beads with teeny tiny paper punched glittery and shimmery snowflakes to fill my snowman. The depth of a single piece of fun foam was perfect for my "corral".

Adhere a scrap piece of card stock over the filled snowman shaker then attach it to the card front. You may want to assemble the corral and shaker material on the card front itself then attach the window over it. This would be done easily if you were making a simple large circle or square shaker window.

Detail your snowman to your liking. You can even add a face and buttons.

Think of all the fun shapes you can make and fill to create shaker cards !

Let's Go Caroling Door Magnet Invitation

Today's fun, thinking ahead to the holidays project was created for  the current anything crafty goes challenge at Through The Craft Room Door and uses the Snowmen Selfie image from Sheepski Designs. It's an invitation made to hang on a door or it can be stuck magnetically (use up those advertising magnets you may recieve!) to a metal door.  More details about this project can be found in an upcoming issue of the Through The Craft Room Door magazine.

Sheepski Designs is our generous sponsor this week, awarding 3 digital images to our randomly chosen winner.  Share your anything crafty goes project with us for a chance to win !


I'm entering my project in the new challenge blog for all things Christmas,
Merry Little Christmas Challenge
https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/mlccb-1-august-anything-christmas-goes.html
and
the current anything crafty goes challenge at Creative Crafters
https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-7.html


Thanks for looking =)

greeting card

Jolly Snowman Snowflake Decor Piece

Today I'm sharing a project that I created

using a digital image from Bugaboo Stamps

and several supplies in my crafts stash.

I made it for the current Anything Goes Challenge at

Through The Craft Room Door .

It's never too soon to start holiday projects ! 

Thanks to our sponsor at TTCRD this week,

https://bugaboostamps.com/

They've generously donated a

 $12 certificate
to the Top Winner of our
Anything Goes challenge this week !
Show us what crafty item you are working on ;)

Thanks for looking.

Snowman Hanging Decor Piece

Welcome to the first challenge at

Love To Craft Challenge for 2018 ! 

As always, it is an anything crafty goes challenge.

I'm sharing a simple enough snowman hanging

decor piece made from a muslin type fabric.

You could make it from crumpled up bown paper bag, too!

How to:

Tea stain the fabric, leaving it in a

crumpled up ball while drying. 

Open up the fabric and lightly iron.

You want some of the wrinkles to remain.

Brush white acrylic craft paint

onto the fabric, allowing some of the 

tea stained fabric to show.

Paint details onto your snowman.

Sew (or glue) around most of the 

outer edges of the two snowman

shaped fabric pieces, leaving a small

opening so you can lightly stuff it.

Close the opening.

Attach wire through each hand to create a hanger.
I wrapped mine around a pencil to create the curls.

Decorate as you'd like with fabric scraps,

buttons, snowflakes, etc.
I rubber stamped on a chipboard snowflake.

Thanks for looking !

Wishing you a happy, crafty New Year !

Visit the rest of the design team members:
https://aocreations.blogspot.com/ https://crafty-stamper.blogspot.co.uk/ https://craftyhazelnut.blogspot.co.uk/ https://craftysahmiam.blogspot.com/ https://irena-s-design.blogspot.com/ https://lovetoscrap2.com/ https://loriannie670.blogspot.com/ https://groovyquail.blogspot.co.uk/ https://pippapblog.wordpress.com/ http://loosestitchesandunraveledthreads.blogspot.com/ https://feistycrafter.blogspot.com/