Hide and Seek Blog candy Winner...

The winner is judistamps, congrats to you please email me with your addy so I can get your candy shipped for you. Thanks to everyone for playing, was that fun or what. I am going to do it again this week so watch out for Hide and Seek.

Pretty Daddy....

Just have to love what comes out of the mouth's of babes. Our 2 year old had this to say about her Daddy being dressed up for his new part time job, "Pretty Daddy". I have to admit it was a nice change to see him out of his Dayglow yellow work T and jeans. A few years ago our other Daughter shouted out in the store check out line as her Daddy was going to get one more item, "I did not know my Dad could run", LOL!

12 ornaments for Christmas Day 5

You are going to love the ornament for today but first I have to show you our trip to see Santa, our little DD was not having a good time and I had to snap the photo quick but here she is with Santa....



Merry Season Clear Top Tin

I just love this stamp set from Stampin' Up I have gotten lots of mileage from it over the years, this snowman has to be my fave seasonal stamp to use. For this ornament I first stamped the image with black staz-on and then I scanned it into the computer and shrunk the image to fit inside my tin. Just a note worthy tid bit here any time you alter a copy written image it can not be used with the angel policy- that means you can not sell the item you made with the image you altered. So if you plan on making this type of ornament to sell pick a stamped image that will fit inside the tin you are using.

So after I shrunk the snowman I colored him in using a blender pen and my ink pads along with colored pencils. There is some stickles on his hat for some extra bling and I also stamped the clear tin with opaque white staz-on and a snowflake from Paper Trey Holiday Treats. Once he was colored and the stickles has dried I put in some plastic snow and sealed up the tin. I then used red line tape to adhere the ribbon to the outside rim of the tin, where I made the hanger loop I tied on a small bow.

The tins I am using have come from Specialty Bottle, if you want to make these now check the bridal sections of Mike's and Wal-mart and they are also in stock at Paper Trey where Nichole has free shipping on orders over $40.00.

I will be back this PM to reveal the blog candy winner of Hide and Seek.
So what is next, I am not going to say but you will have fun stacking it up...
Happy stamp day!

Blog Candy Hide and Seek....

As part of my 12 ornaments for Christmas I am posting a blog candy today with a twist I have not seen before and I think it will be fun. So I am going to call it Blog Candy Hide and Seek. Since Sunday is a no post day on Splitcoaststampers.com I am uploading Sunday's Ornament on SCS today. Everyone who finds Sunday's 12 ornaments for Christmas ornament Day 5 and sends it to me in an email at paschal.sara@gmail.com will be entered to win today's blog candy. I will draw a winner on Sunday evening December 9th. So go, hunt it down, shoot an email and you could win some items to altar that include nugget tin, glass ornament and a smaller mint tin plus some extra goodies.

12 ornaments for Christmas Day 4....

Stamped Pillow ornament

To make this style of ornament you will need two 4 by 4 squares of white fabric.
1) I stamped my snowman image from Stampin' Up's A Merry Season with black fabric ink, then I colored it in with Fabrico markers.

2)Next you place your stamped image, along with a 5" length of ribbon face down onto a plain square that is facing right side up. (You know the rule when sewing, right sides together and the length of ribbon will become the hanger.)

3) Sew around all four sides leaving room on the bottom side to turn your ornament.

4) Turn your ornament right side out.

5) Stuff with batting and hand stitch turn hole closed.

6) For my snowman ornament I went around the edge and did some top stitching to make it look like a pillow.

You can make a ton of these quickly and very inexpensively they look grand on the tree and a wonderful package tie on. Even if you do not own a sewing machine these are small enough you could hand stitch them quickly also, don't wish to sew at all use a sewing adhesive tape.

Up next for day 5 (tin ornament)...

12 ornaments for Christmas Day 3...

Star-Burst treat cone

The Star-Burst top makes this cone a welcome retreat from original cone ornaments and I have to say our two year old loves the star shape, I think we could call it her favorite ornament this far. Mine is filled with paper shreds and wrapped Hershey nuggets that were stamped using Paper Trey Holiday Treat set, they also look cute filled with mini ball ornaments.

To make I printed out the pattern on white card stock and carefully cut and scored on the proper lines, next I stamped using Paper Trey Snowflake Serenade in Ballet Blue from Stampin' up. I cut out paper triangles in Ballet Blue and adhered them to the star points. Punched the two holes and threaded some narrow white organdy ribbon through and tied a knot in the top to make the hanger. Double sided DP also works well for this project.

I have yet to figure out how to upload a pdf but I will send you a scanned jpeg of the pattern I have used. You can email me at paschal.sara@gmail to get the pattern, please use Star-burst pattern in your subject line.

Coming for day 4, Stamped Ornament Pillow...

12 ornaments for Christmas Day 2...

These are really quick and fun to make and you only need a few supplies. I have learned the trick to Mod Podge on these so I am extremely happy with them.
I purchased the wood blanks at Hobby Lobby when they were on sale 1/2 price so four of them were $.50, not bad for cost you can make plenty of them for gifts and craft fairs.
I started with a blank, no paint or sealer, and put on a small amount of mod podge then placed my paper down and pressed on from the center out.
On the back I used double stick tape to set my cord onto, then another layer of tape on top of the cord to make a sandwich.
Spread mod podge on the back and lay your paper down again pressing from the center out and using very little. (Use extra pressure when placing your paper over the cord to get a good tight fit around the cord.)
Tie a few strands around one side of the hanger and you are done.

Very inexpensive, great way to use up your scraps and quick. A great project for kids or your grandchildren.

This project can be kicked up a notch by simply painting the wood, different ribbon, layering the possibilities are endless.