NO SEW QUILTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

This year I wanted to use up the Christmas material I had stashed in my fabric closet. I search the internet and continued to see the links for the No-Sew-Quilted Ornaments. I quickley taught myself by the many Youtube videos (this one was may favorite With Jennifer Bosworth)

MATERIAL LIST 

2 1/2 inch fabric strips (Jelly Rolls work Awesome)

3" Styrofoam ball

200-300 pins

I used Twine and ribbon to finish the tops of mine

KEURIG K CUP GIFT HOLDERS

I Love to give out special little gifts at Christmas . There are so many people I want to show my appreciation. This set was done up for a dear friend of mine. She wanted a way to show her fellow co-worker at school how much she appreciated them. These little Keurig K cup boxes where perfect.

 

I used my cricut cutter, cricut design space, and the CCR file HERE.

 



 

I finished off each of the boxes with a paper bow and a stamped tag.

 

I used the Cricut cartridge designed for CTMH "Artistie" to make the bow.

 

I used the Stamp Set's from CTMH

"Very Merry Christmas" for the tag

 

You can fill each one with coffee, tea or hot coco's for the season.

 

SNOWMAN SOUP FOR TWO PACKAGING

 

 

My Coworker Crystal Parent and I wanted to create a way to give each one of our customers a special "Thank you" on Christmas Eve when they come into the Bank that day. 

Crystal will be making her secret Hot Coco recipe in a crock pot to share with the customers. Along with that I thought what a great way to share my all time favorite gift idea "Snowman Soup for Two" I quickly went to work one weekend and tested several creations. It didn't take to long to come up with this cleaver packaging idea. The package holds two hot coco packets and a small bag of miniature marshmallows. I then tied two candy canes on the outside of the box with a red box and finished it off with the "Snowman Soup Poem" and a tag.

 

DIRECTIONS

The box is a simple box to make it is the 2-5-7-10 milk carton box

The instruction can be found at SplitCoast Stamper HERE.

I used Kraft cardstock and stamped it with Stampin Up's white craft ink and a snowflake stamp.

 

I used the Stamp Set's from CTMH

Very Merry Christmas for the tag & Snowflakes for the box

 

I found the poem at "Yule be Baking" HERE. this was the perfect find as it is already for printing.

I printed it on Kraft paper.

 

 

 

RUSTIC HANDMADE CHRISTMAS TREE

In an earlier post I shared all my beautiful handmade ornaments for this years small Christmas tree. I have 3 trees that I do and I wanted to see if I could decorate one of the trees with all handmade ornaments. I must say that this is simple BEAUTIFUL and the pictures do not do it, it's true justice.

 The way they shimmer with the glitter is breath taking.

The butterfly blend in naturally with the rest of the ornaments.

To see how I made the ornaments visit the POST HERE.

ROSSETTE CHRISTMAS TREE

 

 

I first saw this in the CTMH catalog and just feel in love with it. I searched the we high and low for the instruction, and then I FOUNF them. (Big Happy Face).

 

I had the perfect papers for this cute little Rossette Tree to make for my daughter.

 

I used my Cricut to cut out some snowflakes. I covered them in glitter and added them to the tree.

 

All the instructions can be found at the site below.

 

OBSESSED WITH SCRAPBOOKING

RUSTIC/CHIC HANMADE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

 

 

I have 3 trees that I put up in the house. This year I am taking and decorating one of the trees with all handmade ornaments.

 

The assortment of ornaments in the picture above, are all handmade by me in one weekend, on a budget of $3.50.

 

Below are very brief descriptions of the measurements I used, along with the cartridges and sizes

 

MATERIALS USED

Kraft Card stock

Cream Card stock

Stampin Up White pigment ink

Stampin Up Chocolate Chip ink

Glitter

Glue

Cricut cutter

Terrisa Collins Cricut Cartridge - December 25th

Artiste Cartridge - can only purchase through CTMH

Art Philosophy - can only be purchased through CTMH

CTMH A very Merry Christmas stamp set

CTMH -Joy Stamp Set

Stampin Up French Script Stamp Set

 

 

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LARGE ORNAMENT

 

Cut 24 ornament shape at the size indicated by the stamp from the very Merry Christmas stamp set found on page 79 of the artiste cricut cartridge.

 

Stamp 18 of the shapes with the coordinating stamp

 

Cut two snowflakes from page 79 at 2" and 2 1/2". These are for the center

 

The base is cut from the decorative circle found on page 80. Cut it at 7 1/4" (accent 3)

 

Banner was cut from the banner on page 35 at 1" (accent 1)

 

After I assembled the ornaments I added the fabric between each one and finished it of with the pearl elements.

 

I had a beautiful Christmas ribbon that I bought years ago that just worked perfect

 

 

 

STAR

 

 

 

From the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridges, cut the star on page 49 at 4 3/4"

 

Score from point to arch for the whole star

 

Sponge the edges with White craft ink

 

Once the ink is dry I add glitter all around the star

 

 

 

MUSIC NOTE SHEETS

 

 

 

I found these great music sheets on pinterest.

 

I printed them on Kraft cardstock at the size I wanted them, they are at 3.5 x  4.5.

 

I sponged the edges with craft white and finished them of with a bow.

 

 

SNOWFLAKES

 

 

Cut out 2 different style snow flakes at 5 1/2"

 

Stamp them with a design and glitter the whole snowflake.

 

Stack them with dimensional

 

Finish the center off with a saying

 

BANNER

 

 

 

Art philosophy cartridge

 

Cut the letters out at 3/4"

 

Sizes for rosette, cut the larger one 14 at 12" x 1/2" and 14 at 12" x 1"

 

Cut a small circle for the smaller rosette at 3/4"

 

Banner from page 49, cut 14 at 3"

 

Banner mat page 59, cut 25 at 3"

 

BUTTERFLY

 

 

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

 

The butterfly I used is page 55. I cut it out at 3 1/2"

 

I glittered the whole butterfly

 

 

CROCHET SNOWFLAKES

 

 

I used Red Heart Eco Friendly cotton yarn

 

Size H crochet hook to make them larger

 

The following sites are where I got the instructions to crochet the snowflakes

 

Petals to Peacocks

 

JPF Crochet Club

 

Vanessa Ion

 

7 Alive

 



20 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVING INSTRUCTIONS

I love making handmade gifts for the holiday season and that includes the packaging it comes in. 

Whats so great is that you can tailor each project with your own collections of stamps, embellishments and supplies once you get the base of the project assembled. 

Many techniques are used so that you are not only creating great gifts, but you will also learn great techniques to use for your own projects. 

What better way to show your loved ones your care than by giving them a handmade gift. 

Gift items to be made:
• Nested Boxes
• Cake Box
• Ring box
• Gift card holders
• Gift Bags
• Large Treat bag
• Snowman Soup for Two
• and many more gifts 

You can get the instructions by going to my CRAFTSY pattern site. 

CLICK HERE to get the instructions

 

TODDLER CHRISTMAS DRESS

When my girlfriend asked me if I could make a dress for her very first grand daughter I off course said YES!!! I just love the fabric she picked out and the pattern was a very easy one to use. I also made the bloomers to match the dress. It is a size 3-6 months and it is just so adorable.

I altered the pattern slightly by making the bottom hem green print a double fold so that I would not have to hem the bottom. I also used bias tape for the arm trim and legs on the bloomers.

The flower is made from some left over material from the dress.

MY CHRISTMAS TREES

I just love the Christmas Season and decorating is one of my favorite parts. I decided to do some staging this year as I put up a second tree this year in the dinning room area.

I already had my big fluffy tree in the sun room all decorated when I just feel in love with a tree at Wal-Mart. It was just white lights and Glass red & Gold balls. I recreated it with my smaller tree.

I wrapped some empty boxes and stuffed some empty bags to place under the tree.

 I also decided to place all my cards on the tree so it has become a functional tree.

Underneath the tree in the sun room I used mostly gift nags this year and made all the hanging tags. The tags are made creating the rosette technique with strips of (2) 12 x 2" card stock scored every 1/2"

SANTA PLATES

This Christmas I made Santa Christmas cookie plate for the little ones that will be coming to Our Christmas gathering the weekend before Christmas. I just love how they came out.

I bought the plates at The Christmas Tree Shops for $.69 Can you say BARGAIN!!

I purchased the cut files from " My Vinyl Designer " and designed the plate in my SCAL software.

I personalized each one with the family name on the plates.

PRIMITIVE PAPER STAR INSTRUCTIONS

I am a big fan of "PRIMITIVE DECOR" and I have been looking everywhere for just the right Christmas ornaments for my tree this year. I want to have as many handmade items added to my tree this year and as tattered and primitive as it can be. I searched all over. "I SEAM TO SEARCH ALOT" and I should know by now I always end up making it myself, so I have to so stop searching and begin designing right of :-).

I looked at one of my small tin stars I had and just knew there had to be a way to fold the card stock to create the star.

By Golly I did find a star online with the score lines drawn on it for folding, so I went right to work on how I interpreted it visually for others.

Begin with a star cut out by hand or if your lucky enough like me to have a cricut cutter cut out a star the size you want it to be. You can also make them several diffirent sizes.

"BE SURE IT IS A 5 POINTED STAR"

I cut mine out to be a 6" star

You will then score from one star point to a star hill as I call it.

Below is a star with the scoring marks done in pencil for you to see where to score

Once you have scored all you lines you will then fold up all the points.

I call this creating the hills.

You will then create the Vallie's

Now that you have all your score lines folded you will then fold them all together to give shape to the star.

Once all folded together squeeze it at the top

Open the star and push down in the center. Your star is now complete.

I sponged the edge of the star with Burgundy ink to give it a rustic feel and adhered it to a folded Rosette ornament with two dimensionals.

CHRISTMAS STAR BOX

I took a break from sewing this weekend and made some Christmas boxes. I found an awesome site called "My Time Made Easy" there are several cut files and many other goodies.

You can take and size the cut file to the sizes you want. Just be sure you size them all together .

The box I made measures 6x6 width and 2" in depth.

I made the poinsettia from another svg file I had and used a silver gel pen on the edges to make it pop.

FAN FOLD ORNAMENTS

This is this years Christmas Ornament I created for my Daughter. This is her first year in her own place and her favorite print is zebra so I created the ornament for her very first tree. I will create a new ornament for her every year.

BASKET & GIFT TAGS

I just feel right in love with these beautiful creations when I saw the original post at Splitcoaststampers that Beate has a tutorial on. I found The SVG Snowflake cut files at "Images by Heather M". These will be my gift basket tags that I will be giving to family and friends. They will be able to keep them once they open the gift and place it on their tree as an ornament.

CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT

INSTRUCTIONS & MEASUREMENTS

Open Scal and import your snowflakes by Heather M

Snowflake 1 - Snowflake 2

 I cut them out 3" each and covered them in glue and glitter

Once they where done I set aside to let dry

Once dry assemble the flakes to overlap each other.

 I cut my strips of paper 12 x 2, punched the one edge with my snowflakes boarder punch and scored every 1/2" to the end of the strip to get my folds for my accordion.  

You can see the instructions for assembling at this great site on Splitcoaststampers

VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS

Using Versa Gold I stamped the image from CTMH stamp set Just for the Holidays

I stamped the center of the stamp with Old Olive and gut it out. I then added crystal effects to make it look like a glossy ornament. Using Green Card Stock I punched out a scallop circle to adhere the cut stamped image. I adhered it using a dimensional. and then glued it to the center of the snowflake

CHALLENGES ENTERED
Stamp with Fun - Christmas
Cupcake Craft
Papertake Weekly - The First ornament "Red & Green Must not be seen

Recipe Card

Card Stock - Stampin Up - Brushed Gold
Ink - Stampin' Up - Gold & Old Olive
Stamp - CTMH "Just for the Holidays"
Printed Paper - Martha Stewart Christmas Paper Pack
Embellishments - Offray Gold Ribbon
Tools - Snowflake SVG File, Glitter, Crystal Effects, Snowflake Boarder punch by Fiscar,1 1/2 scallop punch