Designer Craft Connection- Handmade Holodays

Hi Everyone,

It's the first Monday of the month and that means it's time for another round of blog hopping with the professional designers of the Designer Craft Connection! Our theme for this blog hop is handmade holidays and I'll be sharing a fun way to wrap your gifts that also can be used as a holiday decoration! To hop from blog to blog, click on the DCC blinkie on the right side of my blog.

I am also very happy and excited to share with you some fabulous news!!! The new issue of Bella Crafts Quarterly, Winter Journey, is now available to you as a FREE download. This new issue is full of spectacular holiday crafts, along with terrific business articles for anyone looking to turn their handmade crafts into a business, and great tips & tricks on all things craft related! It's a full 32 pages with wonderfully photographed projects and easy to read instructions! And if that is not enough...we are also offering a Cricut Mini as our giveaway for this issue.

I just know that you are going to love, love ,love this new issue so be sure to check it out for yourself on our website- www.bellacraftsquarterly.com. While you're at the website, look around at the new features we have added and sign up for our mailing list so you'll never miss any of our fabulous issues!

Thank you for joining me. Until next time...

 

Crafty hugs,

 

Lisa

Stampin' Queen Creations

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Bella Crafts Quarterly

 

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 Materials

Paint can- gallon size

Pattern paper- two different types

Ribbon- 2” wide

Basswood- 3/32” wide  

White card stock

Vivid! dye based inkpad-Black

Watercolor pencils

Wire- 24 gauge  Silver & White

Shake-On Beads

Paper, Rock, Scissors glitter paint

Aleene’s Paper Glaze

Aleene’s Memory Glue

Aleene’s Platinum Bond Glass and Bead Slick Surfaces Adhesive

White acrylic paint

Wire cutters

Scissors

Exacto knife

Paintbrush

Pin back

Hole punch

Rubber Stamps:

Snowman with Heart

Hanging Ornament

Instructions 

1.   Cover entire paint can with two different pattern papers. Stamp snowman once and ornament

     six times on white card stock with black inkpad. Color images with watercolor pencils. Cut    

     out images.

2.   With silver wire, make six small loops. Adhere to the back of ornaments. Cut white wire and

     shape into six ornament hangers. Attach to ornament loops.

3.   For the pin, stamp snowman on white card stock with black inkpad. Color with watercolor

     pencils. Cut out. Lay image on wood. Trace with a pencil. Cut wood with exacto knife. Paint

     wood with white paint. Let dry. Adhere stamped image to wood. 

4.   Apply a thin layer of Paper Glaze over stamped image. Let dry for 24 hours. When dry,

     adhere green glitter paint to holly leaves. Add red and white beads with Glass & Bead

     adhesive. See picture for placement if needed. Adhere pin to back of wood image. 

5.   Tie ribbon around paint can. Adhere ornaments to paint can. Attach snowman pin to

     center of the bow.