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Fairfield World Poly-fil® Poly-Pellet® Christmas Ornaments

Ornaments are my favorite thing to make at the holidays and these Poly-Pellet® Christmas Ornaments were so much fun! I usually don’t get to make ornaments for my own tree, as I am always making them to sell and they are usually made from all wood. But I love how these Poly-Pellet® ornaments turned out and they will definitely be hanging on my tree.

Materials:

Wood ornament cutouts (I cut mine out on my Glowforge, but you can buy them at a local craft store)
Plain and Dyed Poly-Pellets (You can see the YouTube video below to see how I dyed mine.)
Ribbon and string
Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
Paint Pens

How I dyed my Poly-Pellets:

How I made my ornaments:

For my snowman ornament, I used plain Poly-Pellets®. I glued the Poly-Pellets® to my wooden snow man. I left the arms so that I could paint them brown. TIP: I glued in sections so that the glue didn’t dry too quickly.

Once the first layer was dry, I glued on another layers.

Once the glue was dry, I used a paint pen to paint the arms of my snowman.

I did the same thing with my Christmas tree ornament. I used the brown paint pen to color the stem of the tree.

I wanted my ornaments to be thicker, so layering gave it the thickness I was looking for.

I used small bits of the dyed Poly-Pellets to add details to my ornaments. The snowman got buttons, eyes and a nose. I added a ribbon for the scarf. The tree got lights or small ornaments.

I love how these turned out. You can get Poly-Pellets online at www.fairfieldworld.com.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Creative Christmas Crafting featuring Sculpey

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It’s time for the Creative Crafts Christmas Edition and together with Sculpey, we are creating for the holidays! Sculpey is the perfect medium to make Christmas ornaments with. Here in the south, monograms are all the rage and everyone loves a monogram. Sculpey® provided me with with Sculpey III and Sculpey Bake Shop clay and a modeling tool kit to create this adorable monogram ornament. This ornament could be attached to a gift and then placed on the tree afterwards!

Materials:

Sculpey® Clays: Sculpey III in Granny Smith, Sculpey Bake Shop® in White and Red
Sculpey Bake Shop® Modeling Tools
Round Cookie Cutter
Parchment Paper
String or Ribbon
Oven or Toaster Oven

How I made it:

I started by cutting the amount of clay that I thought I would need from each block and kneading it to soften it.

Once the clay was soft and easy to work with, I rolled out the white clay until it was about 1/4″ thick using the roller that came in the modeling tools pack. I also cut a small square piece to create the top of the ornament.

Using the pointed tool stick, I created a hole in the top part and then I scored the ornament to give it a shiplap look.

I then rolled out the green clay to create the border and then the red clay to create the monogram. I then added them to the white clay and pressed them down gently so that they stuck.

I preheated my toaster oven to 275 degrees and baked my clay for about 15 minutes per the instructions. Then I let it cool and added the ribbon.

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Happy Crafting! Until next time…..

All I Want To Do Is Wrap! Shirt featuring Cricut!

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Christmas is around the corner and it will soon be time to wrap up all of the gifts that you purchase! How about making a shirt to wear while you are doing the wrapping!!!

Materials:

Cricut
Cricut Cutting Mat
Cricut Iron-on
Cricut weeding tool
Cricut EasyPress
Shirt
SVG File
Towel

Directions:

Upload the svg file to your Cricut Design Space. Size it to your liking.

Make sure to attach the file so that it cuts just like it is on the screen.

Also make sure that you mirror the image.

Add the Cricut Iron-on to your mat, shiny side down. Insert the mat into your cricut and cut!

Once the file is completely cut out, remove it from the Cricut and weed the excess Iron-on.

Heat the EasyPress to 320 degrees. Place a towel below your shirt. Warm the shirt before adding the Iron-on. Place the Iron-on with the design side down and the shiny side up. Using the EasyPress, apply pressure to the Iron-on and set the timer for 30 seconds.

And now it’s time to wear!!!

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Until next time……

Christmas Countdown Banner

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It’s Holiday Craft Lightning time! Can you believe it’s time to start thinking about Christmas?!?!?! For this Craft Lightning, I decided to make a quick and fun Christmas Countdown Banner. The kids love counting down the days until Christmas! Me, I love counting down the days that I have left to shop!!!!

Materials:
12” x 18” craft cut of Kunin Premiumfelt™ (1) Smoke
9” x 12” craft cut of Kunin Corduroy™ (1) Pirate Green
9” x 12” craft cut of Kunin ClassicFelt™ (1) Yellow, (1) Red, (1) Royal Blue, (1) Fuchsia
Wooden Rod
Ribbon
Hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue
Sharpie or any marker
Tulip Slick Dimensional Fabric Paint
Scissors
Velcro pieces that have the hooks

First, cut out your tree, the ornaments and a star. I folded my green felt in half and just freehand drew a tree. I cut the ornaments and the star freehand. You could definitely make a pattern for it. I wasn’t overly concerned about my ornaments being round.

2. I cut up velcro dots and squares to go onto the back of the ornaments and star. I then hot glued them to the back of the dots.

3. Add numbers to the dots. I put 25 on my star, so that the star gets put on the tree first!!!! You could do it the opposite way and put the number 1 on the star so that it gets put on last!

3. Position your wooden rod on the backside of the banner, fold over the felt and then hot glue the flap down on the backside.

4. Using the Tulip Slick, write the works “Days until Christmas!” at the top, making sure you leave room for the tree and star!

This is super fun for the kids and they can help out as well! You could let them cut our the ornaments!

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Until next time……

Mason Jar Lid Fabric Wreath

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Yay! It’s Craft Lightning time again! And this one is Christmas and Holiday crafts! Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year! Especially now that I have kids! This Mason Jar Lid Fabric Wreath could even be done with the kids!
Materials:
Green Fabric
Mason Jar Lid
Fiskars Scissors
Ad-tech Hot Glue Gun
Holly Berries (I got these from A.C. Moore)
Ribbon

The steps for this Mason Jar Lid Fabric Wreath are pretty easy! And it only took about 15 minutes to do!

Step 1 – Cut your fabric into strips. I just did a rough cut making the strips about 10 inches long and .75 – 1 inch wide.
Step 2 – Fold the pieces in half.
Step 3 – Place the folded strip under the lid.
Step 4 – Feed the lose ends through the folded end and pull tight.

Step 5 – Trim your wreath to your liking! I trimmed my wreath so that it wasn’t so big.
Step 6 – Remove the berries from the stem.
Sept 7 – Hot glue the berries onto the wreath! Parents, do this if you are doing this project with the kids.

I added a piece of ribbon to hang it on the tree!

I hope you enjoyed my Mason Jar Lid Fabric Wreath!

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Until next time……

Tulip Paint Decorated Gift Bags

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Christmas is just days away and I know that everyone is busy doing some last minute wrapping! Here is a super easy way to spiff up some plain gift bags!
I got these adorable little gift bags from World Market. They came in a pack of six and are perfect for small gifts. I used Tulip Slick Dimensional Fabric Paint to decorate them with a monogram and snowflakes and holly! Super easy!

The decorated gift bags were perfect for these ornaments I made using my Sizzix Eclips2, a glass ornament and vinyl.
Hope you enjoyed this quick and easy gift bag decorating idea! Merry Christmas!

Until next time……..

Easy Christmas Gift Tags

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Christmas is upon us and the shopping has begun! These adorable and super easy gift tags are going to look awesome on the gifts below my Christmas tree! If you have a Sizzix Eclips2, then you most likely use Sure Cuts A Lot eCAL2 for your software. Well, if you do then all of these cut outs are included in the software.

The process was pretty easy……

The snowflake: I just cut the tag and snow flakes out separately. I used a foam dot to get the snowflake a little dimension. Then, I added a white ribbon.

The Christmas tree cutout: I cut the tags with the Christmas Tree Cut out together and then cut the same tag, minus the tree. I put them together using an Aleene’s tape runner. Then, I added a piece of twine.

The Gingerbread Man: I cut out a tag. Then I cut out the gingerbread man on brown card stock. Then, in the software, I removed the face and buttons from the gingerbread man and just cut out the outline on white card stock. Using the tape runner, I attached the white gingerbread man cut out to the back of the brown one. Then using a foam dot, I added it to the tag. To finish it up, I added a piece of twine.

The Raised Christmas Tree: I cut out some tags. Using the Christmas Tree scraps from the Christmas Tree cutout tag, I just added a foam dot to the back of the tree and added it to the tag. Then, I added a piece of twine.

The Holly Tag: I cut out some tags. Cut the Holly leaves and berries out and used a foam dot on each piece and then attached it to the tag. Then I added a piece of twine.

I hope you like these adorable little Christmas Tree Tags! I made some last week and sold them at an Artisan Fair that my Church was hosting and everyone loved them!

Until next time………..

Felt Christmas Tree

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It’s Craft Lightning time again! And this time it’s a 15 minute Christmas craft! This super easy and super quick Felt Christmas Tree is an awesome little decoration for the mantel or even the middle of your kitchen table!
Supplies:
FloraCraft Styrofoam Cone
Kunin Felt
Hot Glue Gun
Pom Poms
Rotary Cutter and Cutting Board
Pins

First, I did a quick cut of some felt, cutting it into strips. Then I did a super quick cut of triangles. Folding the triangles in thirds, I added a pin and then stuck it right into the styrofoam. I started it at the bottom and worked my way up.

Using my Pom Poms and my hot glue gun, I added the green, red and white pom pons to cover the pins and added a couple of more to fill in the gaps!

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Hope you like this quick Felt Christmas Tree!

Until next time………..

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas to you and your family!

As I sit here now that everyone has gone to sleep, I am reflecting on this joyous day! It was filled with excitement, a couple of meltdowns, great food and lots of family time! Christmas is my favorite time of the year! The look on the children’s faces once they see what the Jolly Ole Guy has left under the tree is worth all of the stress of the whole year! As I laid awake in my bed from about 5:30am until I heard the kids start to move around in their beds, I quickly jumped up as soon as I heard a foot hit the floor. I was almost too late to catch this picture so it’s a little blurry! I love trying to get a picture of them as they come down the stairs once they see what Santa has left for them!

Now, I know that everyone has their traditions. As I was growing up, Santa never wrapped his gifts. They were always laid out on the couches, my pile on one and my brothers on the other! Santa always wrapped Bruce’s! For our kids, Santa has always wrapped his gifts! What does Santa do for your family?

Our day in a nut shell…….After the kids woke up, we let them open one gift. We had to wait for Uncle Rhett, Cousin Jory, Grandma and Grandpa to arrive. I put a sausage and egg casserole in the oven! Once they were all here, everyone opened one gift! Breakfast of casserole, pancakes (Berry family tradition and now cooked by Bruce), and fruit were served! And coffee too!!! After breakfast was done, the present opening was on! Trying to keep our anxiety under control, we opened one gift at a time! Yes, this took a while. Here are a few of our favorites:

After all of the presents were unwrapped, it was time for lunch! Then it was time for some down time. Everyone left and we just hung out as a family of four, put together some legos, opened all of the packages (those annoying plastic things….ugh) and just sat around. Then it was off to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for more presents and a yummy dinner of a Rochester, NY Sausage Soup! And then home for bed!

Hmmm….not sure that was entirely a nut shell, but it wasn’t too long!

I know Christmas Day isn’t only about the presents. Thankfully, my children know and understand why this day is special, the day that Jesus was born to Mary and Joseph! And we are blessed and feel very fortunate!

I also sit here and think about those that are no longer here with us, but look down on us from Heaven. And I think about the friends and family that we have all over the country and how much we miss you all.

So, I hope that you had a great Christmas and that Santa was good to you! And I hope that you all have a “Berry” Happy New Year!!!

Peace and Love!

The Gingerbread Bear Book and Sculpey and Scribbles Ornament

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While walking through the Scholastics Book Fair at my oldest son’s school, I stumbled across The Gingerbread Bear book by Robert Dennis and Illustrated by Tammie Lyon.

In the story, a little girl and her mother are baking a gingerbread bear. After daddy goes to work, mom goes into the garden to do some work and the little girl is left to watch after the oven. Out of curiosity, the little girl opens the oven to have a look, and guess what happens? Out jumps the Gingerbread Bear! And away he runs……

Of course, no one can catch him, because after chanting “Run, Run, try if you dare. You can’t catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Bear!”, he runs away. Throughout the book he runs into different people and animals that think they can catch him. Gingerbread Bear is much to quick for them.

You have to read the book to find out what happens at the end! What a cute little change up to the Gingerbread Man. My boys loved it! The illustrations were awesome!

After we read the book, we decided to make our own Gingerbread Bears, using Sculpey clay and Scribbles paint.

We picked out a brown Sculpey clay, ran it through the clay conditioning machine and then used our gingerbread man cookie cutter to cut them out. After we had them cut out, I used a sharp pick to punch a whole in the top of their heads for ribbon. Then it was time to bake them. I stuck them in the oven for about 13 minutes.
Once they came out of the oven and cooled, We used Ilovetocreate’s Scribbles Fabric Paint (yes, I know it’s fabric paint, but it works on other things too!) to decorate our gingerbread bears!
Once they were dry, they were ready for ribbon and then to be hung on the tree! 🙂 So, go out and pick up this adorable book. The kids are sure to love it! And then go get some Sculpey clay and a gingerbread man cookie cutter and create your own Gingerbread Bear!