Snowmen Tealights

 

I first saw these on inkingidaho.blogspot.com made by a really talented lady called Becky Roberts.

I thought they would be ideal to use as place settings for Christmas day.

The one in  the middle is for my father in law, we think it looks a bit like a Where's Wally snowman, but actually his hat is red and white as father in law supports Arsenal FC

 

I also made a box, just because I wanted to see how the snowmen looked boxed up, I think they look so cute!!!

 



The tea lights I used were from two different places, I bought some from 'Roy's', a shop in the town where I live, four for £2.00 and some from the 99p stores in Norwich that also came in a pack of four.

Both work well but the flames/noses are different sizes so please be aware if you are going to make some.

 

Merry Christmas.

Christmas Decoration

I made this star decoration for the teacher I work with, she loves pink!!!

I used a stampin up pink and DI shabby shutters.

The gauze is a matching green but it does not show up to well in the photo.

 

When I made this decoration I cut all the shapes first then inked up the stamp and took the paper shape to the stamp rather than the other way around, I do not have a stamping my jig which would have made the whole process quicker but my way worked just fine.

The center is a button that Lucy had.

 

Merry Christmas...

Christmas Candle

Here is a picture of a candle I decorated that was part of the class held at Sylvia's in the summer. I had not done this before but was very impressed with the final effect.

I bought two more candles to decorate but as yet have not had enough time to do them, oh well there is always next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Wreath

I love this wreath, I have made it for Christmas but the die I used is not a Christmas one.

To make the wreath I used Tim Holtz Autumn Leaves long die, I cut about 60 leaves in different shades of green.On the die are also the twigs, I cut six twigs which I then cut down further to add in between the leaves.

The base of the wreath is the Tim Holtz weathered clock die cut from chipboard twice then layered up with the clock cut in green.

To put the wreath together I tied the red ribbon around the clock, then attached the leaves using wet glue. I divided the clock into quarters and filled in a quarter at a time. I shaped the leaves as I went along using my bone folder. Next I added the twigs which I also shaped. To finish the wreath of I added the yellow flowers with glitter in the middle of them. If I had added red flowers they would have looked like berries.

Hpoe you like it.

Cristmas Decoration

 

At the end of the summer I went to  a Stampin up day at Sylvia's crafty conservatory, she showed us how to make these fab decorations. On the day we made them in traditional red and green using SU inks.

I made this modern one for a good friend to hang in her craft room which she has recently decorated. I think she liked it. I used distress inks to stamp with and added glitter which cannot be seen in the picture.

 Sylvia gave us each a copy of the instructions but I'm sure they can be found through a google search.

I also made a box for the decoration to be stored in, I used 8" x 8" card and scored it on all four sides at 1 1/4", then cut and glued to make a box top.

The base was made in the same way but I started with card that measured 7 7/8" x 7 7/8" then scored the four sides at 1 1/4". As it was a gift I decorated the box too.