♥ Vintage Paper Ornament ♥

Hello! Can you believe Christmas is less than a week away? I'm stopping in today with a quick and easy place card setting you can make to dress up your holiday table. It is a little paper ornament that only takes minutes to make.

I used some beautiful collages from the iralamija shop on Etsy to make it. I used 4 different collages to make this and the total cost would be $17.35 for all 4. And since these can be printed over and over again, you can make endless "paper ornaments" for under $20! To get started, I re-sized the Christmas Strips Collage simply using Microsoft Word (you can use any photo editing software) so that the strips were longer and skinnier than they would normally print out.

Then using a hot glue gun, make a circle out of one of the strips.

Then adhere another strip around the first circle.

Continue adding "circles until you make a ball. You can add as many as desired. I just used the 6 strips that were included. Adhere a "base" to the bottom of your ornament using a punched or die cut scallop circle.

Then decorate as you wish! I used the Christmas Story Collage (which a name can easily be added to any of these images using either a printer and a marker or pen), Vintage Christmas Tickets and the Christmas Expressions Collage.

I finished it off with some hand dyed seam binding and pearls. Before completely closing up the ornament, you could also put a little battery operated tea light into each one for a wonderful effect on your holiday table! They would make just some simple decorations on any table or you can even leave off the "base" and hang them on the tree.

I hope you stop by the iralamija shop for some beautiful vintage and shabby chic designs!

                                           

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!

hugs...

♥ Vintage Christmas ♥

Hello there! Stopping in with a couple of vintage inspired Christmas cards made with some sweet collages from the iralamija shop.

For both cards, I am using the Christmas Strips Collage, Christmas Story Collage and the Christmas Expressions Collage.

                        

Not only are these collages beautiful but they are great when you have to make a card quickly or you have to make a lot of them! They are so easy to work with and they look so pretty! ;) For one low price, you can make endless cards!!

                                            

Hope you visit the iralamija shop today! You won't be disappointed!

Have a lovely day!

hugs...

♥ Mini Shabby Christmas Lanterns ♥

Hello there! I hope you had a lovely weekend! Stopping in today with some fun little lanterns that are so quick and easy to make! You can also put a small gift, chocolates or a little bag of nuts in the lantern as well since it is lit with a battery operated tealight. They would also make really sweet Place card settings for your holiday table or even a December Wedding! But since the actual boxes I am using are not Christmas themed, they can be used at any time of the year! How sweet would these look around your Holiday table or at a wedding reception, all lit up on the tables! :) And they literally take minutes to make!

The template to make the diamond style boxes are from the iralamija shop on Etsy. Just print out the Boxes No. 1 Collage and cut them out. There are 5 different sweet designs in the collage. This is how 1 of the boxes looks when printed.

Punch or die cut a circle in the center of the box, slightly smaller then the diameter of your tealight. This will leave an opening at the bottom of the lantern, so you can easily turn on and off the tealight without having to open the box.

Next, using any shape die or punch you like, add little "windows" on each panel of the box so that the tealight will show through. You can even add a piece of acetate or vellum over each window. Just adhere to the inside portion of the box.

Next, adhere the tealight to the inside of the box using hot glue, making sure the little switch on the bottom shows through the hole.

Lastly, decorate as desired. You can also put a little gift, chocolates, etc inside and add names to the tags to act as place card settings.

They also make cute little decorations for a mantle or table too!

I also used the Christmas Joy Collage and Christmas Expressions Collage from the iralamija shop as well to make these. 

                                             

I hope you have a sweet day!

hugs...

♥ Dear Santa ♥

Woo-hoo! It's Fri-Yay! What are your plans for the weekend? Me. I have none. And that's a good thing! Just going to spend time with my kids and hubby, go to visit my mom and do some crafting! :)

                                            

This is a card I made with some sweet collages from the iralamija shop. Love that Santa image! It is from the Christmas Story Collage. There are 8 different, wonderful images in all.

I also used some papers from the Rudolph Backgrounds Collage and the sweet sentiments are from the Christmas Expressions Collage.

Using some Multi Medium Matte Adhesive from Ranger, I added some chunky glitter all around the edges of the papers and sentiments for an "icy" look.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

hugs...

♥ A Vintage Halloween Card ♥

Happy Friday!! What are your plans for the weekend? Our son, Antonio, has a Halloween Soccer Tournament tomorrow, which is expected to last most of the day. So that's where we'll be! Sunday is church and then spending time with the kids and then I have some creating to do! ;)

I wanted to stop in today with a sweet, vintage Halloween card made with some SPOOK-tacular goodies from the iralamija shop on Etsy! I am using the Harvest Collage Background papers, Spooky Tags Collage and that sweet mason jar is from the Halloween Jars Collage.  

The sweet bats are actually one of the "fillers" for the jars from the Halloween Jars Collage.

I hope you stop by the iralamija shop to see all of the amazing shabby chic, vintage digital collages that are in the shop!! I'm not one to promote digital images much except for these!! I could use them every day, if I had to! ;)

                                             

I'll be back Sunday with a sneaky peek of my next Shimmerz Paints DT Creation! And there might just be a giveaway there too! {wink} {wink}

Have a great weekend!

hugs...

♥ Little Wooden Halloween Basket ♥

Hi there! Stopping in with a cute little wooden basket perfect for Halloween or any Holiday or Occasion!

I used some sweet collages from the iralamija shop to make it. The papers are from the Harvest Collage and I also used the Spooky Tags Collage too. The iralamija shop has lots of different tags and papers for all holidays and occasions. So these baskets can be changed out with any theme you like! :)

I used a sweet little wooden basket that you can pick up at Michael's. I first trimmed some paper to fit along the front and back of the basket. Adhere with hot glue.

 
I then added some trim along the front and back and some sheer orange bows on the sides of the handles.

I then added twine bows onto the sheer bows as well as buttons and 2 of the cute Spooky Tags. The tags are great because they can be re-sized to any size you like by using any simple Photo Editing Software.

I then filled the inside with some burlap.

They make a sweet gift or candy holder for someone special.

They would also look cute filled with a little bag of nuts or chocolates and then add names to the tags and use them as a Place card Setting on your Holiday Table. Your guests will also have a parting gift for them to take home as a little gift!

Hope you stop by the iralamija shop to see all of the beautiful shabby chic and vintage collages that can be used over and over again! :)

                                            

Hope you have a sweet day!

hugs...