Christmas Shaker Ornaments

Hi there! It’s Judy here with my latest project for Clear Scraps.

I have created 3 Christmas Shaker Ornaments using a Mini Shaker Bell, Mini Shaker Bulb and Mini Shaker Tall Bulb. Each shaker includes 1-chipboard back, 3 chipboard forms and 1 acrylic divider .

Starting with the chipboard back piece, trace onto the backside of a patterned paper.

Cut out the tracing.

Adhere the paper to the back piece.

Layer and adhere 2 of the chipboard forms.

Next I added color to the front of the 3rd chipboard form with a metallic marker.

Glitter glue was added.

Remove the protective film from the acrylic dividers and adhere to the backside of the chipboard form.

Add shaker pieces to the layered pieces from above.

Adhere the acrylic piece to complete the shaker.

Die cutting was done for the ornament embellishments.

I layered die cuts.

Punched some evergreen sprigs.

Adhered the evergreen pieces to the front of the shakers.

Add the die cuts.

To add hangers, I cut pieces of 1/8 inch wide ribbon and taped to the back of the shakers.

I traced the back of the ornaments onto some glitter card stock and cut out.

Adhere to the back of the shakers.

Project is complete!

Thanks so much for checking out my Shaker Christmas Ornament project!

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3 + Layers Challenge Twist

Happy Wednesday!

It's time for this month's challenge at

Crafty Gals Corner!

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Use 3+ Layers ~

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 

(listed in alphabetical order) 

Mirtillamente Craft Shop

Prize:  2 digis, 1 pad of digital papers "mini"

and the possibility of being Special Guest DT

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SheepSki Designs
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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My DT card was created with

Melody - Image No. 165

SheepSki Designs

This image was perfect for a birthday card my husband

asked me to make for a band mate.

I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

The bottom layer is a patterned paper I applied to the card base.

The 2nd layer is a glitter card stock with the middle opening die cut.

Layer #3 is a die cut and embossed frame.

I added the image for the 4th layer.

More layers were added with the fussy cut flowers and sentiment tag.

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you join us this month!

Polkadoodles Season's Greetings

It's time for this week's

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge!

Challenge theme:

ANYTHING GOES

The DT was asked to create a Christmas project with an animal or 

a snowman this week and I

chose to use an animal image as my focal.

Pickles Hedgehog Gift was colored with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

I created a background with solid color card stocks and die cuts using

Layering Trees Cutting Dies and a snowflake die.

The papers are from Set 1 Christmas Printable Papers.

The sentiment was stamped and fussy cut.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!

Friends and Coffee Card

Happy Thursday!

I'm sharing my latest card created for

Pajama Crafter Stamps!

I've used the new Tea & Coffee Time Stamps.

This cute little monster was colored with Prismacolor Pencils and

fussy cut before adding to my background of purple patterned papers.

The coffee cup was die cut with the Prickley Pear Coffee Cup Die Set.

A little color was added to the white die cut with pencils.

Glitter dots were added to the die cut coffee cup and the monster's.

The sentiment is from the stamp set and was stamped onto my striped paper.

Thanks for taking a look at my fun card!

Have a great day!

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Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - ATG

A Place to Start - playing ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG option

Love to Craft Challenge - ATG

Love to Scrap Challenge - ATG

613 Avenue Create - playing ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG

 

Let's Create a Holiday Decor Piece

Oh it’s that time of year again! Time to think about pulling out our holiday decor.

Hey there! It’s Judy here and I am sharing my latest project for CutCardStock which is fun to put together. It is a holiday tree decor piece. I show how to create one size, but it would be easy to adapt the size and maybe create a whole grouping. And decorating the tree can be done in any color and/or theme.

Materials

KRAFT CHIPBOARD .05

DCS Green GLITTER Heavyweight 12×12 Discount Card Stock

DCS White GLITTER Heavyweight 12×12 Discount Card Stock

Lessebo Colors Premium DAWN MAROON 83lb Cardstock

Lessebo Colors HUNTER GREEN 83lb Cardstock

Bright FOIL 10 pt Cardstock 8.5×11

Poinsettia, border and circle dies

Greenery, berry sprays, mini beaded garland

Hot glue, wet glue, double sided tape

Tree Construction

Start this holiday decor project by cutting pieces for the tree. An 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of the Kraft Chipboard is cut in a triangle shape. Mark the center ( 4 1/4″) at the top of the 8 1/2″ side and cut from the lower corner to the center mark on both sides.

Lay the kraft piece onto the backside of a 12″ x 12″ piece of the Green Glitter Card Stock. Score along the three edges and fold the edges up.

Trim the card stock to about an inch all the way around. Cut diagonally on each corner.

Glue the edges to the backside of the triangle.

Cut three pieces of the Kraft Chipboard to 1″ x 4″.

Layer together with hot glue.

Glue to the backside of the tree in the center at the bottom.

Tree Decoration 

I die cut three borders out of the White Glitter Card Stock. The negative pieces of the border are kept to use.

Adhere the borders and negative pieces to the front of the tree diagonally with a wet glue.

Trim the borders with the edge of the tree.

Die cut stars and circles out of the Gold Foil Card Stock to add. The small little circles are created with a hand punch.

Add these pieces to the tree.

Base Construction

We need a base to hold the tree.

Cut two pieces of Kraft Chipboard to 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Adhere these two pieces together.

Eight pieces of the chipboard are cut to 1″ x 4″. Glue four pieces together to form two supports. Hot glue these two pieces to the base horizontally, leaving a gap between big enough to fit the tree trunk.

Six pieces of chipboard are cut to 1″ x 2″. Adhere three pieces together to form two smaller supports. Place these two pieces vertically on top of the horizontal pieces and glue. Leave a 1″ gap between for the tree trunk. 

You will hot glue the tree trunk between the support pieces.

Finishing

To finish, paint the base with white acrylic paint. 

Cut a piece of White Glitter Card Stock to 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ to cover the base. Line up the 8 1/2″ side against the horizontal support pieces and mark the edges. Measure the depth of the horizontal pieces and mark on the white piece. Cut this area away.

Adhere to the base.

Start adding the greenery, covering the support pieces.

Next, die cut poinsettias and leaves.

Layer the poinsettia die cuts to form three flowers and add gold glitter dots to the centers.

Add the flowers to the base covering the supports.

Leaves help cover the supports as well.

I cut individual berries to add to the greenery. 

The last step is to glue the mini bead garland around the bottom of the base.

Thanks for taking a look at my holiday decor project!
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