Monday, December 15, 2014

The Paper Girls Challenge #70 - Ornaments

 Thanks to a Russian blogger and Pinterest I knew exactly what I wanted to make for the ornament challenge! I fell head over heels for these ballerinas made by Stariy Chemodan's tutorial. The tutorial is all in Russian granted but I was able to glean enough information from the many pictures she posted that I was able to recreate some of my own. These lovely ballerinas are made from wire, napkins, sewing thread and watered down glue. I only had white napkins so I made use of my Mister Huey's Mint Julep ink and also Dylusians in Vibrant Turquoise for the aqua ballerina, and Dylusians in Bubble Gum pink for the pink ballerina.
 I made these with my 11 year old daughter and she had fun doing this. She didn't have enough patience for making the body but she loved dying the napkins and dressing the ballerinas up.
One last look at the pink ballerina. Visit the Paper Girls Challenge for more handmade ornament inspiration. I hope everyone gets lots of crafting time in this busy season!

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

SSInk: December Daily


It's really fun to compare how everyone's December Daily's are looking over at SSInk. I like to take a fairly simple approach just to make sure I complete the book and don't get overwhelmed. That's why I like using the Stampin' Up Project Life supplies. I bought the Hello December inserts and the Hello December Accessory pack just to simplify getting the supplies together this year. I love the red and gold foil alphabet stickers included and the cute wood chips and sequins. I'm really excited to keep putting this book together.

Above is my cover page that you see right as you open the book. I like having a family picture shown so you can see the change in everyone's growth each year.

I came across an idea to approach the December Daily through an alphabet rather than numbered by day over at RetroHipMama. Since this is my third year doing a December Daily I thought it would be fun to mix it up and go with a word or words that go with each letter of the alphabet this go round. I look forward to sharing more of the pages as I work on it. I will be printing more pictures soon and have my next few pages ready to post. Ta Ta for now.