{Christmas Frame Ornament}

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{Needle Felted Snowman}

Made this little needle felted snowman for this years Christmas crafts.

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{Mini Tutorial On How To Make Your Own Alcohol Inks}

 

 

Here Is How:

• Powder Rit dye
• Isopropyl alcohol (Rubbing Alcohol) the higher % kind
• Liquid Rit fabric dye
• jars
• ink applicator

• Empty a package of Rit powdered dye into a small empty lidded jar.
• Now fill the rest of the jar with rubbing alcohol, place the lid on the jar and shake it up very well, trying to make sure the Rit powder has dissolved as much as possible.

OR:

• For a less grainy mixture with liquid Rit dye and isopropyl alcohol instead. Mix  ½ cup of isopropyl alcohol to two teaspoons of Rit dye. The more dye you add the deeper the color will be. However, a little bit of this dye will go a long way.
• Again, be sure and shake well, ensuring that the two liquids mix completely before use.
• Now apply the ink with your favorite applicator.

Note: Before you do your stamping on your original project do a few practice runs on a piece of scrap paper to see how much or little of your home made ink you will need.

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{ Wallhanger Tutorial }

I've seen this wall decor online somewhere and wanted to make one for myself.

Here is my own version of it along with a quick tutorial.

I bought a lot of these wooden plaques at Hobby Lobby one time. 

I'm pretty sure there was a reason. Some project I had in mind? I really don't remember, so when I saw that wall hanger, I found my reason to at least make use of three.

I've painted them white.

Then I used my black stamp pad and aged the edges and corner a bit.

Instead of making my own svg file I downloaded the damask design SVG File from BeaOriginal and used my die cutting machine to cut it out of vinyl.

  (Noticed the little dot missing?...Yep, I found it ) :0}

I embellished the plaques with some ribbon....

added some little black dots to the corners...

and Rhine stones. 

You could of course use any other decorative bits you might like instead.

 Adhered the plaques to a nice piece of ribbon and a bow for hanging voila it was finished!

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{ X-Mas Deer SVG File }

 

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{ Free Fall Leafs SVG }

 

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{ Mini Scrapbook Album }

I really like anything miniature. 

Some of my favorites are mini scrapbook albums. They are cute, fun to decorate and you can use a lot of your smaller paper scraps for these!

Carry them with you and show to friends or family and brag about the newest grandchild or the best vacation ever! They also look great in a bowl placed on your coffee table so visitors can take a look at them. Make them as individual little gifts of captured moments with friends and family members.

In this tutorial I will show you how to make one of these little albums. I've seen these somewhere and have made many of them since.

You will need 4 pieces of card stock  each measuring 2 3/4" x 11"

 

On 3 of these strips you will make your scores at 3", 6" and 9".

(The 4th strip will become the album cover.)

 

After you scored your 3 strips you will fold your score lines alternately and then glue them together to make one strip.

First take a strip with a small section at the end and glue it to the back of the beginning section of your 2nd strip.......

 

Repeat with the last strip and the inner section of your album is already done!

 

Now we make the albums cover:

Score the 4th paper strip at 3", 3 1/2", 6 1/2", 7" and 9".

 

Fold the section at the 9" score over and glue it down.

This will be the closing flap and give your cover a little more strength.

 

Fold the paper at the other score marks as well.

 

Now line your cover and paper strip up and glue the beginning section of your cover to the back of the beginning section of your paper strip.

 

This is how it would look like glued together.

Now fold your paper strip alternately and close the cover around it.  Your basic mini album is complete!

Embellish your album sections and the cover as you wish.

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