12 Days of Christmas - Day 6 Decorated Candle Jars

Hi Everyone

I am really enjoying doing these projects!  I hope you like them too!

This is an easy way to turn your old jars into pretty decorations to fill with candles, tealights, or even coloured stones & sand.

The decorations are all on the outside so safe to burn without the fear of setting the house on fire!  Always a bonus!

This first jar uses up the negatives from the Snow Flurry die.  It's just silver glimmer paper & I've used glue dots to attact it to the outside of the jar.   Blue wide grosgrain ribbon makes a lovely bow, and although you can't see it, there's a candle inside from a previous post.

This jar lends itself beautifully to the Triple Layer Doily punch (R) because it looks like a snowflake when used on the last setting.  Attaching them was tricky.   I first tried vellum adhesive but it wasn't strong enough.  Scratch that!  Then I found my old zyron sticker maker and that worked really well.  For any stubborn bits I used a mini glue dot.  The Champagne snowflakes were punched and cut in half.  Cherry Cobbler seam binding was used for the bow.  If I was doing this again though, I'd use our SU sticky sheets to adhere to the glimmer paper before punching out.  But beware, those triple layer punches are a bit tempermental (aren't we all at this time of year!!) so you might have to try a small piece first.

 

This gorgeous scented burgundy candle was stamped with White Craft ink (R) but you could use Staz On instead.  I've used the tissue paper technigue, details in a previous post.  I love this technique because the candle burns as is.

So there you have it.  A lovely table display for the festive season.

Enjoy your day!
Karen

Christmas Snowflakes

As promised, here's a card using the emboss resist technique on the large snowflakes, with ink splotches randomly splattered onto the card stock.  You can find instructions for emboss resist here.

The splotches are made by mixing a few drops of reinker with rubbing alcohol (Isocol brand used here).  Don't worry, the antiseptic smell disipates really quickly!

I've used Bashful Blue ink to sponge around the snowflakes and Midnight Muse for the greeting and small snowflakes.

The Midnight Muse border was punched using the Scallop Ribbon Punch.

Cheers
Karen

Christmas Joy Fold

I just earned a performance bonus with SU......love getting free stuff, don't you?!  One of the products I chose was the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet for the Big Shot.  It's the perfect size for cards.  So I thought I'd give it a try with the Joy fold card.

I seem to be very focused on traditional Christmas colours this year.   Not sure why.  Anyway I'm running low on patterned paper so I made my own. 

Supplies used:
Stamps:  Snow Swirled & the standard wheel Sweet Swirls
Cardstock: Real Red & Whisper White
Paper:  DSP Neutrals stack - Whisper White
Ink: Lucky Limeade & Real Red
Triple Layer Doily punch
Rhinestones & some of last years polka dot ribbon that I turned over so you just see the stitching.

It's too hot, so I'm moving my office to the pool!
Cheers
Karen

Scrappy Christmas

I'm sorting through my stash ready for Christmas cards for the troops this year, and I got a tad distracted.....smile....bet that never happens to you, right?!

Here's what I made:

Basically, it's all scraps apart from the Whisper White cardstock bases that I had to cut.  I've used the Snow Swirled stamp set for the snow flakes & greetings.  And the ornament punch - a favourite of mine.  But all the other cardstock and papers were in the scrap box.  I can tell you that the colours are Real Red, Wild Wasabi & Crumb Cake though.  And the wide oval is fast becoming my go-to punch for greetings because it works with so many of my stamps.

Anyway, it's off to do something else.....oh, that's right, I have to return to the task I started - sorting out the Christmas stash...lol!

Stay focused.
Karen