I seriously LOVE snow scenes! And they are so easy & fun to make...then, create a little snowscape in your house!
How-to Tutorial>>
Supplies:
Mason Jars & lids (varying sizes)
spray paint (I chose a light aqua)
fake snow & glitter
little treasures to fill the jars (here, I've got bottle brush trees , silver trees & reindeer)
House of 3 Christmas messages printed & cut out
Steps:
1. Gather supplies. Spray paint the lids & tops of your bottles.
2. Fill jar with just a bit of snow & glitter. (on some bottles I even sprayed adhesive inside & then shook glitter inside for a little shimmer. *photos didn't turn out*)
My sweet friend, Megan, sent me this link on adding water/glycerin! cool!**ETA: Thank, Nicole!
3. Right ON the jar lid, hot glue your treasures. Kate asked HOW I got the reindeer and trees to stand up & put that much snow in there??
welll.....the trick is these little clear pebbles.
I just hot glued as many as I needed to create the height I needed....& as you can see...This particular reindeer still has the cupcake pick on it, so I just glued it on the lid. (I simply cut off the pick on the reindeer I wanted to stand up at ground level as shown here by these cute houses.)
4. After you've got your little treasures glued onto the lid, put the lid together & turn upside down....& screw the lid on. Turn back upside down, shake the snow & glitter around & you've got your snowscape!
Ideas:
You can add anything inside! Here, I've printed out House of 3 tags & hung it from the top of the jar so it is hanging above the little white bottle brush trees!
This one is filled with a white bird & silver tinsel trees...along with a vintage text flower & leaves i glued on wire so it would stand up behind the bird...it's perched!
Line up your snow scene jars to create a little winter wonderland. I doubled some of the jars to add varying height.
and...
you don't have to do them in jars...what about inside a glass? or vase? like these? mmmm! so many possibilities!
Tie with tulle, add the House of 3 message in the back so you can see & then just fill the glass or vase with the snow, glitter & any goodies!
Isn't that fun & easy? Love it!
Ok...so, this whole week...jump on over to the Inspiration House blog to see a whole slew of great Silhouette ideas & inspiration.....AND daily giveaways! Today we are giving away a HUGE prize package! Go on over & let us know what YOU want for Chrismtas!
R
Lovin' these House of 3 Tiles for Jewelry. You can use them for soldering charms, little cards, stocking stuffers...i mean, how cool is that?
Janet's amazing. Check this out! She's got a tutorial on HOW to do it!
Ok, so I've been MIA...super duper creatively productive & having oh. so. much fun doing it! I owe it all to my daily creativity exercises. Seriously...totally boosting here!
can't wait to take pictures & show you!
:)
R
Who wants a $5 coupon code?
it's: 5foryou
any purchase of $10....wanna know some of my faves?
This little Christmas sasspipe....
found in a few of the House of 3 kits.
The Christmas Word art brush kit.
or the Rockin Christmas Packaging Kit.
& the Retro Christmas Tag Kit.
The great thing about each of these cute kits is.....there are colored files that are easy to print out in the colored files...instant gift tags, or treat toppers....cards, etc!
Above, I used it as a cut out circle & put it on one of my Spark inspired paper rosettes! *wink*
gotta love it!
so...hurry!
go get some great stuff....$5 off $10 purchase? Can I hear a woohooo!?
Congrats, Natasha for winning a spot in Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas Class....it starts today & I'm so excited! It was fun hearing from all of you...I wish I had a spot to go to everyone!
And, it's December 1st. Go check out the Wacom Pen Scrappers site! This month the contest theme is: Gratitude. I love this in December! Normally we think of it in November, but really...isn't it fantastic to have that attitude of gratitude during the Christmas season? I think so!
So, look at what you can win:
Wacom Bamboo Craft tablet
Canon PowerShot A480 camera
Serif Digital Scrapbook Artist CD
Daisytrail DigitKit Collection 1 CD
100 iStock Credits
1 Year Free subscription to Paper Creations Magazine
fab grand prize, I'd say! So, get on over there, check it out & enter!
Be watching in the next couple of days, too! There will be a whole slew of new tutorials over there! I did one of creating a silhouette out of a photo like this.
It's super easy with your Wacom Tablet....fun Christmas presents, I'm thinking! I love this art! Such a great way to capture our family's silhouettes.
I grew up with memories of these old hand cut silhouettes of my mom & her 2 brothers framed in oval frames above my granny's fireplace. The story goes: one day a blind man came to my grandparent's door & he was doing these silhouettes for money. He'd feel the person's profile & cut it out of paper. Can you believe that? I wish I had a picture of my grandparent's mantle with these framed silhouettes! See how important documenting your every day memories can be?
I found some oval frames & am going to do this for our family to keep that tradition alive!
And..I've been working on a hand crafted Christmas around here.
wrapping paper
ribbon
doilies
newspaper
feathers
glitter.
you get the idea.
Last year I vowed to NOT spend any money on new Christmas decorations. (I think I even confessed it's a sickness I have..I just LOVE decorations & I had way too many!)
So..this year, I'm doing the same thing...I created some fun things with what I had on hand. (minus this fab vintage christmas wreath I got here!)
I'll take pics & show you! Of course, I've got House of 3 in the mix along with tons of inspiration from Spark! *wink*
Happy Tuesday!
R
Fabulous Margie had us over for an amazing creative evening! She is just so fun & had these nesting paper houses for us, a whole bunch o' glitter goodness & lots of laughter! What could be better?
These are the 2 smallest houses....the larger one was seen here. Each is covered with glitter, House of 3 printed goodies, Silhouette diecuts, vintage goodies & lots of jewels!
And...other fab stuff today:
to hear a podcast interview & win $50 worth of fab goodies! It was a pleasure doing this interview & Amy's just plain RAD! Loved it & thanks again for the House of 3 Feature, Amy! mmmm*wah!
