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

Happy New Year 2019

Wishing you a crafty, happy new year !

I've cut back on working with design teams this year, two is plenty.

I'll not be posting as much as I did last year since I have

less design team duties to fulfill. 

I still have a large list of personal crafty to-do's (that I keep adding to!),

so I'll share those as I complete them throughout the year.

Right now, the number one priority is to get my photo albums finished!

 Thanks for reading, I hope that I have inspired you in some small way to get a bit crafty.


image created with the A New Year and A Fresh Start kits by Kimeric Kreations

Winter Trees Birthday Card

A quick card I made for an uncle.

Nothing special or unique. 

Stamp images, card stocks, inks,embossing folder

and glitter from Stampin' Up!

Organdy Box Bags With Chipboard Ornaments

I whipped up three of these to give chocolates in.
I didn't get a photo of the third, a different shape :(

The chipboard ornaments were made with old items

from Stampin' Up!, glitter glue, ribbon,
a snowflake border punch and scoring board.

The organdy box bags were bought at a dollar store years ago.

Thanks for looking =) 

Repurposed CD Tin

Remember the days of receiving compact discs in the mail from

 internet providers trying to get you to sign up for their service ?

Sometimes they came in metal tins.

I saved those tins!

This is the most recent reuse of two of them.

I painted the edges with gloss acrylic craft paint,

covered the tops and bottoms with

gift wrap paper then added die cuts to the top.

Fun way to reuse "trash" and to give cash.

 I was having fun finding more uses for the
roll of plaid gift wrap I bought this year.
I still have a lot of it left,
I'll probably be using it for years to come!

Thanks for looking ;)

Repurposed Mini Boxes

My son has been ordering car parts left and right .

A recent order contained these two small boxes.

As I was going to crush them to recycle, 

I had the thought to recover them with 

wrapping paper to use a containers for

Christmas gifts for the nephews.
Sure, it would have been easier just to wrap
the boxes as a small gift box,
but I have a tendency to make more work
for myself. I try to create something that
I hope is a bit more special to the recipient.

I opened up the boxes, laid them out on the gift wrap,

traced them, cut out the paper then glued it to the boxes.

Die cut felt deer were added to the tops. 

They were then filled with candy - and cash!

Thanks for looking =) 

Simple Die Cut Felt Ornaments

I bought a container of die cut felt pieces quite some time ago and never really knew what to do with them. They have a brass eyelet in the centers of them.

This year I dug them out and had the thought to turn them into these simple ornaments (in addition to some Christmas cards I shared previously).

I hot glued two of them together then added a piece of thin twine run through a button,  hot glued to the center over a scrap of fabric. Hot glued another looped piece of twine to the back for a hanger = a dozen of them done!

I thought about adding other things to them to dress them up even more, but in the end decided to keep them super simple. Maybe I will adhere a piece of card stock to the back to cover up the eyelet backs anyway since I didn't think to flip them over, having the nice front of the eyelet showing on the back side to make it more finished. Doing that can also allow them to be written on, making them a sort of gift tag. Maybe next year. For now they are sitting in my completed crafts boxes since I got them done too late to do anything with this year.

Thanks for looking =)

Seasonal HOME Sign

I received the neatest gift from a long time blog buddy!

I absolutely love it <3 font="">

I know a lot of time went into creating this

and it is deeply appreciated. 

There are velcro dots on the backs of the circular

elements to switch them out with the seasons.

What a fun idea !

Temporary home for it 

She also included this mason jar shaped treat bag !

Adorable !

Thanks so very much, Margy!

A Gift From Heaven Card

Merry Christmas!

May the good times and treasures of the present 
become the golden memories of tomorrow

Supplies, Stampin' Up! : 

A Gift From Heaven stamp set

Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, water color - card stocks

Memento black ink

assorted classic inks

aquapainter 

dimensionals

gold grosgrain ribbon, Offray

metallic gold Sharpie marker

Merry Orange and Cinnamon Stick Ornament

Merry Christmas Eve ! 

Today's share is a simple dried orange and cinnamon stick ornament.

Yes, another old time-y project ! 

I die cut the word "merry" and glued it on top of the

orange slice. I wrapped a fabric scrap around the cinnamon stick

and tied it into a simple bow, hot gluing it to the orange slice.

Twine is hot glued to the back for a hanger.

The most difficult part was drying the orange slice myself:

it didn't work very well for me in a toaster over.

I actually sliced an entire orange and tried to dry 

all of the slices. Unfortunately, all but this one burned,

and even this one is too brown in places. 

I suppose even on the lowest setting it was

still too hot in that tiny oven. I did dry them

directly on the wire racks, too,

checking on them throughout the day

and moving them around as needed. 

It was the first time I've tried to dry orange slices.

Probably my last ;) 

It looks like parts of the country are going

to see a White Christmas this year.

We will not. 

In fact, thunderstorms and 

Spring like temperatures are on the way!

Thanks for looking .

Wishing you a wonderful holiday 

filled with memories to last a lifetime.