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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Technique Tuesday at Scrapbooker's Paradise

Hi everyone!

It's my turn to host Technique Tuesday at Scrapbooker's Paradise, and I created a Christmas ornament with a piece of the chipboard from Bo Bunny's Silver and Gold collection that I have loved from the moment I saw it!

I explain all about how I made it on the SP blog, so do check it out - I think you will be a little surprised to find out what the base is made from!

This ornament is going to be a Christmas gift, and after it was finished I started thinking about how I would wrap it. Alda at the Flying Unicorn, always says presentation is everything, so I wanted to make something special to present it in. After sorting through my stash of goodies in the basement, I discovered the ornament fits very neatly in the back of a 5x7 inch canvas frame! So I set about decorating the frame to match my ornament.

Let me tell you, Scor-tape was my best friend during this process!

After covering the back with Scor-tape, I painted the wood on the inside with Inka Gold "Old Silver". (Just spritz some water in the jar and dab your paint brush in - it's not just for rubbing on!) Then I covered the back with some plain white ribbon from the dollar store.

Next I added an open weave ribbon over top, some white and silver ribbon, and some flowers and pale gold bling. The darling reindeer from the Silver and Gold collection was cut out and score-taped onto the inside.

I tucked my ornament in, and now it's ready to be wrapped and put under the tree!

Thanks for stopping by today. Alberta has been hit by a huge blizzard. Roads are closed as travel is very dangerous and there's a 4 foot snow drift in front of our front door that makes getting in and out very difficult. We keep shovelling and the raging winds keep filling it back in. It was a very good day to stay inside and create a Christmas gift! I hope you enjoyed viewing it and got some inspiration to create one of your own.

Stay warm everyone!

Linda

Friday, November 15, 2013

Festive Friday November Blog Hop

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the 4th month of the Festive Friday Blog Hop!

The path is circular and the starting point is at our wonderful coordinator, Diane Tuggle's, blog. You should have arrived here from Carol Loftus' blog. I will put a list of all the participants at the bottom of my post, in case you should get lost!

In my September Festive Friday blog post, which you can see here, I mentioned that I had made 3 ornaments out of 2 sheets of Frosted paper, 1 sheet of Silver glitter paper, one package of Base and Bling Floral Accents, and using a container of Silver Glitz glitter gel. I shared the 2nd ornament with you here.

Today, I'm going to share with you the 3rd ornament that I made. This pretty little thing is the smallest of the three: 3-3/4" in diameter. The bling in the center is a 3rd piece from the Base and Bling Floral Accents collection. I went all out with the Silver Glitz glitter gel around the edges, and let me tell you, this just sparkles under the lights!

The inspiration and tutorial for this was found here.

I used the tutorial's measurements, however, I went about gluing together the cones a little differently. To begin with, I used Sookwang tape because I wanted the glued edge (which shows on the front of the ornament) to be nice and flat along the whole side.

Then, in order to keep the cones round and not flatten them as I was gluing, I rolled them around a pen before I pulled the Sookwang off.

After the Sookwang was removed, I used the end of a paintbrush to press the two sides against. Again, this was just to keep from flattening the cone.

A 2" scalloped circle was cut from Frosted patterned paper to glue the cones down on. Then I sandwiched my "hanger" between a 2nd scalloped circle cut from Glitter paper.

I used Aleene's Tacky Glue as I was putting the cones on the circle, because it gave me a little leeway to adjust them and make sure they were looking the way they should, before it dried.

So that's it for the ornaments! Next month it will be on to something new. I hope you'll be back to check it out. Thanks for stopping by today.

Your next stop for inspiration will be

Jamie Barney's blog.

Here is a list of all the Blog Hop participants if you should get lost.

1. Diane Tuggle
2.Rebecca Brown
3.Michelle Bowley
4.Carol Loftus
5.Linda Pekrul
6.Jamie Barney
7.Paige Dolecki
8.Mary Ellen Driggs
9.April Grigson
10.Theresa Miller
11.Brenda Lapp
12.Ashley Denny
13.Mary Schwimwer(Ida's Attic)

Friday, October 18, 2013

Festive Friday October Blog Hop

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the 3rd month of the Festive Friday Blog Hop!

The path is circular and the starting point is at our wonderful coordinator, Diane Tuggle's, blog. You should have arrived here from Carol Loftus' blog. I will put a list of all the participants at the bottom of my post, in case you should get lost!

In my last Festive Friday blog post, which you can see here, I mentioned that I had made 3 ornaments out of 2 sheets of Frosted paper, 1 sheet of Silver glitter paper, one package of Base and Bling Floral Accents, and using a container of Silver Glitz glitter gel.

Today, I'm going to share with you the 2nd ornament that I made.

I was inspired by this tutorial, to make this ornament. I chose to use CTMH silver Glitter paper instead of crepe paper however, and made a few other changes.

To start with, you cut a piece of paper 8x12". Score every 2" along the short side. Accordion fold on the score marks.

Cut the Glitter paper into two 2x12" strips. Glue the bottom of these strips into the "folds" of the paper.

Cut this strip into three 4" pieces, and then make the smaller "fringe" cuts as the tutorial shows. Cut a 2" scalloped circle from the Glitter paper, to glue your fringes to. Start molding and twisting each of the three fringed pieces to the circle. Make sure you glue each piece down securely. I used Aleene's Tacky Glue. Also use a stamp block to squish the layers level, as they are very thick.

The Glitter paper is a little stiff (go slowly and gently), and it looks kind of funny at the start, but each layer looks better and better as you go. You can see this from the 3 pictures below as the stack grows higher. Keep adjusting to cover any bare spots.

First row.

2nd row.

3rd (and last) row.

Cut another Glitter paper scalloped circle and glue to the top of the stack.

Add a piece of the Base and Bling Floral Accents to the center and fluff up the fringes to your liking. The glimpses that you are able to see of the Glitter paper is sooooo pretty! (The picture doesn't do it justice.)

The ornament is quite thick and is 5" in diameter.

This was a fun little ornament to make. Be sure and give it a try!

I hope you are enjoying the Blog Hop so far, your next stop for inspiration will be

Jamie Barney's blog.

Here is a list of all the Blog Hop participants if you should get lost.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Festive Friday September Blog Hop

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the 2nd month of the Festive Friday Blog Hop!

The path is circular and the starting point is at our wonderful coordinator, Diane Tuggle's, blog. You should have arrived here from Carol Loftus' blog. I will put a list of all the participants at the bottom of my post, in case you should get lost!

Well, I had such a FUN day today! I feel like I should be wishing you all Merry Christmas! because I spent the afternoon making Christmas ornaments. I LOVE doing this right now when there isn't any of that holiday stress!! There is nothing like glitter and pretty paper to put a smile on your face!

I made 3 ornaments today, out of 2 sheets of Frosted paper, 1 sheet of Silver glitter paper, one package of Base and Bling Floral Accents, and using a container of Silver Glitz glitter gel.

This post would be far too long if I showed all 3 at once and how to make them, so I will be featuring one every Festive Friday from now until November.

The first one is my favorite, and super easy to make! It's quite a large ornament - 6" wide x 10" long - and it sparkles from top to bottom!

To make this ornament, I adapted the tutorial that you will find here. For the center piece, I cut a piece of silver Glitter paper 1"x12", folded it in half and glued it together to make a 6" strip. Next I cut 2 pieces that were 1"x7" and 2 pieces that were 1"x9", from both the silver Glitter paper and the Frosted paper. I glued a Frosted piece and a Glitter piece together. (I did this to make the strips a little sturdier.) Now you will have 4 strips of paper that are glittery on one side, and patterned paper on the other. Making sure that the tops of all the strips are flush, put the shorter strips on the inside, the longer ones on the outside, and staple them together. Then do the same at the bottom of the ornament.

The picture below shows the strips with the patterned side and the glittered side.

To make the medallion, I used a snowflake punch for the center, a 2" scalloped punch for the next layer, and a 2-7/8" scallop punch for the bottom layer. (I cut 3 pieces of the bottom layer and glued them all together so that it would be sturdier.) Then of course, that's a piece of the Base and Bling Floral Accents package, on top of everything. So pretty!

In order to attach the medallion, I made little brackets out of scrap Glitter paper and glued them to each side of the center strip. I forgot to take a photo of the front side, but the 2 brackets side by side make a flat surface to glue the medallion on.

For the bottom tassel, I glittered up the edges of a white rose with the silver Glitz Glitter Gel, and tied some tassels from Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon that I had crinkled. (Spray with water, crunch in a ball, dry while it's still crunched up.) I made the bow at the top from the same crinkled ribbon. The pearls, etc. were from a Christmas garland that I got in the clearance section at Michael's after Christmas. I cut bits and pieces of it and then twined them all together.