Envelope #351

December 17, 2014

Envelope #350

December 16, 2014

I think my tin soldier is a little tipsy. Must have been the eggnog. 

Iron Craft 2014 Challenge #25--Cupcake Ornaments (Project 50)

This week we where challenged for time. We had to create something in less than one hour. The implication was that were are so rushed with holiday plans, travel and commitments that we would have limited time to craft.

This is a craft that is similar to one of the projects that I shared last month.  For the Snowball Ornament, I used modeling paste and glitter. For the Cupcake Ornament, I decided to use modeling paste, acrylic paint (for the yellow and pink "frosting") and rainbow sprinkles. I will use hooks to hang them on the tree.

For display here, I used cupcake papers and would use these as name card holders for each place setting. I wanted to use the foil cupcake liners but didn't have any on hand. For each of the bulbs, I filled a different amount of rainbow sprinkles in each  to see which amount I preferred. You could also use candies (like red hots) or larger nonpareils.

Envelope #349

December 15, 2014

Envelope #348

December 14, 2014

This past week was brought to you via Sharpie Chisel Tip markers. Each envelope was designed with two colors and all of the doodles were designed using the separate edges of this one type of marker. The thicker lines were designed using the broad edge of the marker (sometimes doubled or tripled). The thinner lines were drawn only using the tip of the marker.

Envelope #347

December 13, 2014

Envelope #346

December 12, 2014

Envelope #345

December 11, 2014

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December 10, 2014

Envelope #343

December 9, 2014

Project #49--Disney Projects: Mickey and Minnie

Continuing the Disney cutouts, here is one of my favorites. I am mounting this for a Christmas present for someone special.

Just one more Disney cutout and two more Iron Craft Challenges left in the year. Where has the time gone?

Envelope #342

November 8, 2014

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December 7, 2014

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December 6, 2014

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December 5, 2014

Envelope #338

December 4, 2014

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December 3, 2014

Envelope #336

December 2, 2014

Iron Craft 2014 Challenge #24--Candy Advent Wreath (Project 48)

For this project, we were asked to create something for the holidays. I was a little stymied because I had just completed a 30 day series called Christmas in November (You can click on the label Christmas2014 below to see all of the projects in that series). So, for the Iron Craft Challenge, I needed to come up with one more project.

I have always been inspired by Kat and her Advent Calendar series so I decided to do an Advent Calendar but I wanted to do something that was quick and easy and readily accessible to anyone who needed a quick project.

Materials Needed
Flat Chipboard Wreath (I bought mine at Michaels--Floral and Craft Ring, 6in)
Wire edged ribbon
Individually wrapped flat candies (I used Peppermint Patties--non holiday bag)
Circle Labels (I used Avery Round Labels 8293, 1.5 inch diameter)
Number Stickers (I used EK Success Sticko Dimensional Stickers in black glitter)
Double sided tape

Assembly
First prepare your candies. I placed a round sticker on 24 separate pieces of candy. I then placed a number on each round sticker. The numbers ranged from 1 to 24. To complete this project, you will need the following quantities of numbers: ones--13, twos--8, threes--3, fours--3, numbers 5 through 0--2 each).

Once complete, set the candies aside. Take your wreath form and wrap wire edged ribbon in an up and over pattern until your wreath form is covered. Secure in place with double sided tape.

Start placing your candies on your wreath. There is no pattern here. Simply fill up the wreath form with one layer of candies. Make sure to start with your lowest number so by the time Christmas arrives your wreath will be empty. Adhere each candy with double sided tape. You can use a glue gun for this layer if you wish or if you need a more secure base. The stability of this layer is the most important.

Candies Ready for assembly.

Covered Wreath waiting for Candies

First layer completed

Once the first layer is completed, add a second layer using double sided tape. Be careful when placing these candies because you don't want the bottom layer to come off when these candies are individually removed.

Second layer completed

Once the second layer is complete, continue with the top layer. I ended up with three layers. Once all candies have been attached, Loop a length of ribbon through the center of the wreath to hang.

Read for December 1

As an alternative to the Advent Wreath, you can simply do a Merry Christmas wreath. This wreath is constructed in the same way as above but I used a 12 inch Floral/Craft form, holiday wrapped Peppermint Patties (in red, silver and green) and the letters corresponding to Merry Christmas. For this project, you will need the following letters: R--3, M & S--2 each, and A, C, E, H, I, T, Y--1 each.

Notes:
You can cut out your letters/numbers yourself rather than buy stickers. Similarly, you can print the letters/numbers directly on the stickers if you want. I just wanted to show a no-fuss, quick project that didn't involve paper cutting.

If you have nice handwriting, you could even simplify this even more my writing the letters/numbers.

Envelope #335

December 1, 2014