Time is up! It’s the day before Christmas, and I sure hope you all have finished all your holiday shopping. If you have not, I would not want to trade places with you. I have a feeling those stores are going to be crazy, and very congested. Hopefully you can just relax and spend sometime at home with your family and friends. If you have some spare time, and would like to do something creative then your in luck. Try creating this Martini Glass and Ornaments Centerpiece. Toast the holidays with a bright and blinged out centerpiece that will be the talk of the table. This would be a great addition to have at your Christmas dinner tomorrow. This craft was designed by, Julie Lewis. Click here to see how this was created.
Plaid’s 12 Days of Christmas: 1 Days to go
Plaid’s 12 Days of Christmas: 4 Days to go
The clock is winding down, with only 4 days to go til the big day there is still plenty of time to get in the holiday spirit. A great way to get in the spirit is decorating your Christmas tress. Many of you have done this already probably, however I have heard that many decorate their trees in the days leading up to Christmas. In case you are looking to add some more ornaments to your tree, try creating these Vintage Ornaments. Julie Lewis designed these vintage ornaments. Aren’t these ornaments so unique and cute? All you need is some FolkArt paint, and Mod Podge. Click here to learn how to create these crafty ornaments.
Plaid’s 12 Days of Christmas: 5 Days to go
I am sure that you all are well aware that not every gift you give needs to be bought from the mall. Many people are hand-making their gifts to give to their loved ones. Over the years I have received some beautifully crafted gifts that completely blew me away, from how nice they were. There are several different gifts you can make, but in case you are looking for a simple yet chic gift to give, try these Ribbon Ornaments. Ornaments make a great gift, because they can be used for many years to come. Handmade ornaments can also hold sentimental value, which make them priceless. Create these Ribbon Ornaments by using Gallery Glass. Click here to see how these were made.
Make it Monday: White Ornaments
By Sherrie Ragsdale:
Ornaments make such a great surface to craft on during the holidays. You can get as creative as you would like, and create vibrant color schemes on them. Take these white ornaments that were designed by a Plaid designer, Sherrie Ragsdale. These three ornaments all have colors in common, but are still different in design. Use these ornaments to decorate your tree with, or use them as a table decor.
Plaid Supplies:
662 Folkart Metallic Sterling Silver
901 Folkart Acrylic Wicker White
2787 Folkart Extreme Glitter Silver
2790 Folkart Extreme Glitter Turquoise
50147 Plaid Dauber Set
Other Supplies:
White Glass ornaments, 1/4″ Masking Tape, Turquoise Ribbon, and Silver Ribbon
Instructions:
1. Make Dots with 5/8 dauber with the metallic silver sterling. After they dry go back over with the silver extreme glitter.
2. Tape off the stripes with the 1/4″ masking tape.
3. Add turquoise extreme glitter to every other stripe using the dauber. Remove tape.
4. Add silver dots with the end of a paint brush. Allow to dry and then go over with the silver extreme glitter.
5. Paint a silver stripe around the center. Once dry add silver extreme glitter.
6. Using dauber paint over silver glitter with wicker white.
7. Go over white with turquoise glitter and then remove tape.
8. Tie turquoise ribbon for hanging and a silver bow for the front of ornament.
Teaching Thursdays: Cupcake Ornaments
By: Sherrie Ragsdale
Looking for a way to add something sweet to your Christmas tree? Well one of our talented designers, Sherrie Ragsdale, created these yummy cupcake ornaments. Have you ever seen an ornament so cute and delicious looking? I love these, and am you will enjoy them also. See below to find the step by step instructions of how to create these.
Supplies:
Folkart Enamel Paint:
4133 Lipstick Red
4001 Wicker White
4138 Lime Green
4039 Calypso Sky
Folkart Extreme Glitter:
2787 Silver
Folkart Acrylic Paints:
940 Coffee Bean
2561 Steel Gray
30474 Folkart Peel and Stick Painting Stencil
50147 Plaid Dauber Set
Other Supplies:
Three 75mm Clear glass disc ornaments, Plastic knife, Green sequins, Star sequins, Extra small red rhinestones, Small blue rhinestones, Small clear rhinestones, White mini baking cups, White craft glue, E6000 glue, Three small wooden beads, Red, Green, and Clear beads, Silver beads, 1/8″ silver ribbon, Hot glue
Instructions:
1. Pour a small amount of coffee bean into ornaments and then turn until the they are completely covered. Allow to dry.
2. Using the plastic knife, frost each ornament with lipstick red, lime green and wicker white. All to dry.
3. For the green cupcake, add white circles the same size as the peppermint stencil. Allow to dry.
4. Stencil the peppermint in lipstick red with 5/8″ dauber.
5. Glue small clear rhinestones into the centers of each peppermint with white craft glue.
6. Glue green sequins to red cupcake. Add the silver star sequin to the top of tree. Add the silver extreme glitter to the star.
7. Add red rhinestones.
8. For the white cupcake, start the snowflake by making a plus sign using the liner brush.
9. Next, add the details to the ends.
10. Finish snowflake by adding dots at the end of each line using the end of a paint brush.
11. Glue the blue rhinestones to the snowflakes.
12. Use white glue and a dauber and glue a set of cups together at the edges.
13. Paint the cup gray.
14. Use dauber to add silver extreme glitter.
15. I used a wooden bead to glue the ornament to the cupcake but you can use anything that would fit as long as the E6000 works on the surface.
16. Cut silver ribbon and fold in half glue the ends together. Make a small fold and hot glue to the center of ornament. Add beads.
17. Cut another piece of silver ribbon and add to tag.
18. Tie tag around the ornament hanger.