Gypsy Ornaments

Hello! I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was wonderful!!! Nothing like crafting to burn a few extra calories from all the pumpkin pie...right?!! Today, I have zany and unique ornaments to show you, loaded with almost every Christmas charm I had in my stash...gotta use up the loot! These are quite different from the usual and traditional Christmas ornaments I make, and I like that...very unexpected. Hope you enjoy!

I originally made three of these, but I've already given one away. The other two will be for an ornament swap. I hope they are not too over the top for the swappee's.

I've had the star tart tins and the flowers in my stash for quite some time, and since they fit perfectly together I thought why not?!! I painted the tins with Ranger's Gold Paint Dabber, let it dry a few minutes, and then put the heat tool on it for some extra bubbly texture! I LOVE that paint does that with heat...texture is always good!

I glued in the Prima flowers with Glossy Accents. Perfect fit.

I mixed up several batches of Ice Resin (2 syringes per tin) and poured them in over the flowers. The Ice Resin self levels and pops all it's bubbles on it's own...so cool! While it was setting, I added buttons, Mirrored Stars, Distress Glitter Dust, rhinestones, Mini Numerals, Festive Foliage...and pretty much whatever I had that was sparkly. I let this set over night. The next day, I made holes in the tins to attach all kinds of charms to from Tim Holtz Idea-ology and Maya Road, with jump rings. Then I colored a piece of Crinkle Ribbon with Distress Spray Stain for the bow. I stamped the sentiment onto a tiny tag with Pegz Alphabet Stamps. Super easy project, and great for kids if they have the patience to let the Ice Resin set.

Did you know that Susan Lenart Kazmer's Ice Resin is now partnered with Ranger Ink? So cool! They are doing a Design Team call, fyi, so if you are interested 'Go For It'!!! Much luck!

 

 

I hope you are tackling all those Christmas projects so it doesn't sneak up on you, like it usually does for me. I'll be back in a few days with my last Christmas project that I made while on retreat. Thanks again for all the love!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Paint Dabber In Gold	Ranger Glossy Accents	Idea-ology Gumdrops	Idea-ology Mirrored Stars	ICE Resin
Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Dust - Vintage Platinum	Ranger Alcohol Ink In Latte	Idea-ology Mini Numerals	Watermelon Alcohol Ink	Idea-ology Festive Foliage
Idea-ology Star Fasteners	Ranger Alcohol Ink In Lettuce	Maya Road Silver Christmas Tree Charms	Idea-ology Typed Tokens Christmas	Idea-ology Jump Rings
Idea-ology Baubles	Idea-ology Adornments in Ice Skates	Maya Road Bronze Frozen Snow Charms	Maya Road Bronze Gift Charms	Ranger Stickles in Platinum
Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Festive Berries	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer	Mason Row Pegz Alphabet Stamp in Bodoni Lower Case

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Christmas In A Mason Jar???

Hello everyone! Today, I'm showing you my 'favorite' Christmas project that I made on the retreat, and the one I am most excited about. It involves drilling through glass, something I was a little timid about, but it was all good and really easy to do. I hope you enjoy, and thanks so much for all the comments lately! Note: The pictures were a little dark taken at the retreat, and I already gave one away, so I've taken more photos, so you are getting a miss mash...sorry...and a whole lot, so grab a cup of hot chocolate!

These were the original three I made, but I gave the red and green away already, and couldn't retake photos with it, so I am very sorry for the bad photo. They are made with lots of Idea-ology goodies.

These two I have not given away yet, and I think I will keep one!

Drilling through glass is not hard at all, a little scary at first, but really just time consuming. You must have all the proper tools...the correct bit, drill, goggles, water, and a towel. Drill outside near a water hose to make it easier, and place the glass on a towel. Keep water on the glass and drill bit at all times to keep it from getting hot. Angle the bit at first to make a little notch to place the bit in to keep it from slipping, and DO NOT put too much weight on the drill...just go slowly and let it do it's thing. It takes about 5 minutes to drill through each one of Tim's Mason Jars, so have patience.

This is the special diamond tipped drill bit to drill in the glass. There are several videos on youtube to watch if you are scared to do it, and I've linked one I liked the best.

Here are all three Mason Jars with holes on the bottom. You can see the little glass chunks I drilled out on the bottom left. I didn't break a one!!!

The base of the piece is a corrugated food container I found at the grocery. I misted them with Distress Spray Stain, and made a hole at the top center. Then I laced the battery operated lights through the hole in the base first and then up through the Mason Jars. I glued the base to the jar, and the battery pack is underneath the base strapped on with velcro. See pic below as well.

Once base was adhered to the jar, I filled it with glittered and mercury glass ornament balls, while winding the lights all around them for evenness and balance of the lights. Then I screwed on the lid. So easy!

I painted the Letterpress with Distress Paint.

When dry I stamped on them with Ranger Archival and an old Tim Stamper's Anonymous Christmas Sheet Music image. I screwed in a Screw Eye into each first letter to be able to hang the Facet. I also use a craft pick to make a hole on top of each first letter for the Memo Pin to go in.

I misted all the trees with Distress Spray Stain, let them dry, and then glued everything into place on the top of the jar lids.

I used Alcohol Ink to color in the Facets, then stamped the '25' on them with Jet Black from that awesome Christmas Ticket. Then I coated the '25' with Glossy Accents to make it really stand out.

I stamped the Sparkles on the Kraft in Watermark Resist, and then the sentiment in Jet Black. I cut those out banner style, and fish tailed the ends, then added Platinum Stickles. The photos were inked and stamped on, and then I added the new Gilded Holidays Remnant Rubs to them.

I cut off the charm hole on the Snowflakes and glued them onto the Memo Pins, and also used two sided tape to adhere the ribbon around the jar.

This one is my favorite!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tim's Mini Mason Jars can be used for a zillion things, and I love the smaller size. They still can hold a whole lot of loot too. Gotta love that! 

I have two more Christmas projects to show you in the upcoming week, so please stay tuned. Thanks again everyone!!!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Mason Jars	Idea-ology Woodlands Mini Tree Lot	Idea-ology Woodlands	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Antique Linen	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Picket Fence
Ranger Distress Spray Stain in Twisted Citron	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Brushed Pewter	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Tarnished Brass	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Festive Berries	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Broken China
Idea-ology Holiday Letterpress	Idea-ology Letterpress Blocks	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Festive Berries	Ranger Distress Paint in Twisted Citron	Ranger Distress Paint in Broken China
Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Picket Fence	Tim Holtz Tarnished Brass Distress Paint	Tim Holtz Brushed Pewter Distress Paint	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set in Holiday Wishes	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Red Geranium
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Forget Me Not	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Leaf Green	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Tree Branch	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Potting Soil	Pumice Stone Distress Ink
Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Idea-ology Memo Pins	Idea-ology Adornments in Snowflakes	Idea-ology Photobooth	Idea-ology Remnant Rubs in Gilded Holidays
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Ground Espresso	Ranger Inkssentials Kraft Cardstock 8.5x11"	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Christmas Nostalgia Stamp Set	Watermark Resist
Idea-ology Screw Eyes	Idea-ology Jump Rings	Idea-ology Facets	Ranger Alcohol Ink In Latte	Ranger Alcohol Ink in Stream
Ranger Alcohol Ink In Lettuce	Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Odds & Ends Stamp Set	Ranger Multi Matte Medium	Idea-ology Mirrored Stars	Idea-ology Trimmings in Metallic
Ranger Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter in Clear Rock Candy	Silver Stickles

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!