Glittery Snowflakes & Ornaments

Hello again!  Happy Sunday!  Today I want to share some decorations I have in my kitchen window.  I had originally planned this post for My Sheri Craft design team post, but I had a really hard time getting good pictures!  I love having sparkly things hanging in my kitchen windows as they are on the south side of the house and really catch some nice sun and put off LOTS on sparkle in the room.  However, when I took pictures during the day, you see the tree outside the window and the snowflakes just disappeared in the branches!

 So here are some nighttime pics.  The snowflakes are cut from those plastic sheets for overhead projectors.  Remember those?  From the days before PowerPoint?  Well I have a whole box of them to use up!  The cuts are from Joys of the season and Christmas seasonal cartridge.  (It works best to use a multi cut of 2).  Then I sprayed them with Photo Mount and added glitter, doing this on both sides.  After they dry completely, I tied them up with sewing thread, which doesn't show up during the day.

 They are really pretty and sparkly!  Try to picture these picking up some sunshine. :)

These are the ornaments up close.  They are made by coating the inside with liquid floor wax then adding glitter.  You can find a good instructional video here.  Then add words cut from white vinyl.  I've made lots of these as they are really easy, super shiney and the glitter all stays inside!  I recently saw a video using spray adhesive inside instead of the liquid floor wax.  I'm going to give that a try,too. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Season!  Just remember to keep a good focus on the true
Reason for the Season - the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ!  We had a solo sung at church today about "He had the birthday and we got the gift".  What a beautiful and oh so true song!  Have a blessed day!

I'm entering this project here:

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday - holiday decorations
More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Christmas
Scrappy Moms - Christmas

A Very Merry Christmas

 I made a card with the Mojo Monday sketch a week or so back, but never had the time to sit down and get it finished and posted.  So obviously it was too late to enter it in that challenge!  But here it is anyway!

 The printed paper is from a Christmas stack I bought at Hobby Lobby last year.  It's an 8 1/2 x 11 stack so I cut the green paper in half to make an A4 card.  The blue ribbon is from Wal-Mart.  I just love how shiny it is!

 The jingle bells are from Joys of the Season  and the glittered circle was from my stash.  I thought it looked like a snowball!   The sentiment is handwritten with a silver gel pen.

Simple mats from coordinating colors on the inside finish out this simple card. Thanks so much for stopping by!  Oops! I just noticed I took this pic before I had added the bow on the front!

I'm entering this card here:
Fantabulous Cricut - Holiday Cards
Do You Stack Up - Ribbon

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #74

I hope you had a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving and enjoyed every minute of time with your family.  If  you went shopping, I hope you were successful and safe!  I very much enjoyed my time with Tim's family on Thursday and will be spending time with my family as this post goes up. Well, now, on with the show!!

It's time to Decorate For Christmas at My Sheri Crafts!  What a fun challenge!  No cards this time, just Christmas ornaments or home decor.  I decided to make a Christmas version of the tag decor I posted earlier.

The tags are again cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More at 6" and they are cut from recycled cardboard....a Bisquick box this time!  :)  I used a deep cut blade and multi cut 2x.

 This tag is from Potpourri Basket cut a t 2" and "Merry Christmas" is from Calligraphy and 1 1/2".  The shiny paper is a silver foil paper from My Minds Eye.

The trees and the church are from Christmas seasonal cartridge and the star is from Joys of the season.  I used white glitter glue on the trees.  Really, it's white, not green like it looks in the picture! ;) 

 I used white glitter cardstock for the snow layers on the church and for the ground snow I used a 12" glitter border strip and tore it in half.  The background is a basic blue cardstock from my stash.  All other papers are from my scraps.  Then I used a light spritz of spray on glitter and it kind of looks like it really is snowing! 

I really had fun with this and I hope you have fun making your projects, too.  So now, get crackin' and show us your Christmas ornaments or decor 'cause the season is officially here!!!!

I'm entering this also here:
Crafty Sprouts - Tag it!
Crafts 4 Eternity - Christmast Decorations
Whimsical Designs - Add texture