12 Days of Christmas – Day 7

Welcome back and thanks for stopping by!  I’ve been posting a crafty version of the twelve days of Christmas and today I’m on Day 7.  You are not crazy!  Yes, it is 2013.  Life got in my way towards the end of last year and I was unable to finish off my 12 crafts.  My goal is to update my blog at LEAST 3 times a week this year.  Please come back frequently, to see how I’m doing with that goal…

On the seventh day of Christmas my True Love made for me seven soap dispensers, five ornaments, four hanging wreaths , three altered votives, two pocket calendars and a tree made from cupcake liners!

Supplies

soap dispenser

Undu

stickers

stamps

staz on ink

scissors

transparency

ribbon

Instructions:

1.)  Remove the label from the soap dispenser

* Use Undu to get off any excess residue

2.)  Cut a piece of transparency, big enough to fit the front of the bottle (label size)

* I usually cut mine 2×3 or 3×4

3.)  Stamp the desired image onto the transparency using staz on ink

4.)  Roll up the transparency and slide into the top of the soap dispenser

* Use the “straw” part of the pump to spread the transparency out while it’s inside the soap dispenser

5.)  Put the pump back on and tie a ribbon around the top

**If you don’t have staz on ink and you want to make a dispenser, remove the label and put stickers

where the label was and then tie with a ribbon

This is a quick way to change your accessories without a lot of expense, and it’s fun to do!  I change my bathroom each month.  I make my own shower curtains and matching soap dispensers.  Please leave me a comment, I love to hear from you.  If you leave me a comment after every day in my 12 days of Christmas posts, then you will have a chance to win a NEW CTMH stamp set!  Please come back soon, to see what I have planned for the rest of the 12 days of Christmas series.  Thanks for stopping by and have a simply scrappy day!

12 Days of Christmas – Day 6

Welcome back and thanks for stopping by!  I’ve been posting a crafty version of the twelve days of Christmas and today I’m on Day 6.  You are not crazy!  Yes, it is 2013.  Life got in my way towards the end of last year and I was unable to finish off my 12 crafts.  My goal is to update my blog at LEAST 3 times a week this year.  Please come back frequently, to see how I’m doing with that goal…

On the sixth day of Christmas my True Love made for me six gift card holders, five ornaments, four hanging wreaths , three altered votives, two pocket calendars and a tree made from cupcake liners.

Supplies

white, cream. red, black and blue cardstock

small flower punch

3 consecutive sized circle punches

round scalloped cards

adhesive

Directions

1.)  Open your card and glue along both sides of the card to make a pocket.  Leave the top open.

(you will be using your card upside-down)

2.)  Cut your cream and red paper into 2 1/2 x 5 strips (1 strip of each color per card you are making)

3.)  Lay the red strip under the top of your card and trace around the scallops and cut it out.

4.)   Glue  the red scalloped paper  to the top of your card.

5.)  Lay the cream strip under the red strip and trace around the scallops on the sides of your card and cut it out.  Glue it below the red strip.

6.)  Punch out 2 white circles from your largest circle punch.

7.)  Punch out 2 blue circles from your medium-sized circle punch.

8.)  Punch out 2 black circles from your smallest circle punch.

9.)  Layer your circles – white on bottom, blue in the middle and black on top (these are the eyes)

10.)  Glue the eyes on the cream strip on your card.

11.)  Punch out a red circle with your medium-sized circle punch and glue it below the eyes, for a nose.

12.)  Punch out 30 or more small flowers out of white cardstock

13.)  Arrange the flowers around the nose as a moustache, between the cream and red strips as fluff around Santa’s hat.

14.)  Cut a 1 x 5 strip of white paper and fold it up about 1 1/2 inches and slide it into the top of the card.

15.)  Glue several white flowers in a triangular shape at the top of the paper strip (this is the fluff at the top of Santa’s hat)

16.) Pull out the strip and put your gift card on the strip, so that the fold holds it and then slide the strip back into the top of your card so that the “fluff” sticks out the top.

You will pull on the “fluff” to pull out the gift card.

Put it in an envelope and give it to your favorite person.

I think this is so cute!  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Thanks again for stopping by today.  Please leave me a comment, I love to hear from you AND  if you leave me a comment each day on my 12 days of Christmas crafts, then you will be put into a drawing for a CTMH stamp set!  Come back tomorrow and see what other crafts I have come up with!

12 Days of Christmas – Day 5

Hello and thanks for stopping by today.  Oh how time flies!!  I know Christmas has passed, but I’m determined to try to keep up on my blog this year.  Unfortunately life has gotten in my way but everyday is a new day and the year isn’t over yet so I’m going to finish out the 12 days of Christmas from 2012 and then make new ones for 2013 (to come next Fall).  So please enjoy the rest of my 12 days of Christmas ideas, leave me a comment after each day for a chance to win a CTMH stamp set!

On the fifth day of Christmas, my True Love made for me five ornaments, four hanging wreaths , three altered votives, two pocket calendars and a tree made from cupcake liners.

Supplies:

Clear ornaments

acrylic paint

ribbon

rhinestones

Instructions:

1.)  Remove the top of the ornament (the part that you put the hangar onto)

2.)  Choose your acrylic paint and drip it down the inside of the ornament

You can do multiple colors, by dripping one color at a time…I dripped them with a little space in between the different colors

3.)  Swirl the ornament around to spread the paint around the inside

4.)  Add the ribbon and the rhinestones for additional decorations

5.)  Hang it on your tree and enjoy for years to come!

I made several of these ornaments this year.  I made some Santa ornaments

I made some gold ornaments for my parents 50th wedding anniversary

I made some snowman ornaments with white snowballs inside instead of the paint

The possibilities are endless when creating your own ornaments.  You can put stickers on them, or add rub ons.  Have you ever made handmade ornaments?  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you have created, or which idea you like the best.  I love to hear from you!  If you leave me a comment for each of my 12 days of Christmas, then you will have a chance to win a new CTMH stamp set!  Thanks for stopping by and have a simply scrappy day!!

Candle Holder – Recycling ice cream dishes

The other night at my Zi Beta sorority meeting, one of the ladies shared this idea on how to make a candle/votive holder.  She used 2 glass punch cups and it was adorable.  I scraplifted the idea.  I didn’t have any punch cups at home, but I did find a couple ice cream dishes and I love the way it turned out.  This is a great way to recycle some old dishes that you have around the house, that you don’t use anymore, or if you have broken some and you just have a couple left that you don’t know what to do with.  Look around, you can use just about anything and turn it into something new and decorative!  This is how to make it…

Supplies

2 ice cream or other dishes

candle

3 in 1 Beacon’s glue (or hot glue gun)

ribbon

Instructions:

1.)  Turn one of the dishes upside down and put glue around the rim.

2.)  Place the second dish on top of the first dish

3.)  Put some ribbon around the middle of the two dishes, to cover up the seam

*I added some ribbon flowers over the ribbon for added decoration

4.)  Put your candle/votive inside the top dish

*I added the same ribbon flowers to the candle for added decoration

This is such a simple decoration, yet it can be quite elegant depending on how you decorate it.  I thought that if you had some clear dishes, it would be cute to add some colored shredding under the bottom dish, to match the candle in the top dish.  This would be a great centerpiece for a wedding reception, or birthday party.  The possibilities are endless.  Please leave me a comment and let me know if you have any other ideas on how to decorate this type of candle holder.    I love to hear from you.

                                                                                                          Come back soon and see what other ideas I have for scrapbooking or other crafts.  Thanks for stopping by and have a simply scrappy day!

The 12 Days Of Christmas – Day 4

Hi and welcome to my blog.  Thanks for stopping by today!  I absolutely love Christmas and decorating!  This year I decided to spend several days sharing with you some new ideas to decorate, wrap, make…for the holidays.  Today is the 4th day in that series.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it and sharing it with you.  Today’s idea was inspired from something I saw in All You magazine last month.

On the fourth day of Christmas my True Love made for me…4 hanging wreaths, 3 altered votives, 2 pocket calendars and a tree made out of cupcake liners.

Supplies

wreath (any size will do)

fishing line

ornaments

ribbon

Instructions

1.)  Set your wreath on  chair, or table so that you can add the ornaments onto it.

2.)   Slip the fishing line through the top of the ornament and tie it around the wreath  Continue adding ornaments until it looks “just right” to you

3.)  Tie the fishing line to the left and right side of the wreath, then the top and bottom of the wreath so that the two lines criss cross on top of the wreath so you can hang it up.

4.)  Wrap a ribbon around the wreath.  I wrapped it in between the fishing line.

5.) Finally I asked my tall husband to hang it up for me.

Thanks again for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment at the end of each day’s instructions.  If you leave me a comment everyday, you will be entered into a drawing for the October Stamp Of the Month by CTMH called Very Merry Christmas.  Come back tomorrow to see what else is new.

12 Days of Christmas – Day 3

Hi and welcome back!  I’m so glad you stopped by today.  It’s day 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas,, and I’m having so much fun!  I hope you enjoy this series as well…

On the third day of Christmas, my True Love made for me, 3 altered votives, 2 pocket calendars and a tree made from cupcake liners…

Supplies

cleaned out votive candle holder

stickers, rub ons, stickles glitter glue, necklaces, candy wreaths and/or any other embellishments you want to use

Directions:

1.) Once you have burned down your votive in it’s glass container, carefully clean it out.

2.)  Decorate the outside of the container.  Use stickers, rub-ons, rhinestones or any other item(s) you want to decorate with.

3.)  Fill the inside of your votive holder with strings of beads, candy, ornaments, cotton balls and/or any other item that strike your fancy.

4.)  Set them around your house as an accessory to other decoration, together for a unique display or by themselves to set them apart from the other decorations.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Please leave me a comment, I love to hear from you, AND if you leave me a comment each day I will put your name

into a drawing for CTMH’s October Stamp of the Month Very Merry Christmas!

Come back tomorrow for more holiday ideas!  Have a wonderful day today!