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!

Make Art Fall Challenge

Autumn is in the air at the Make Art Wendy Vecchi Challenge for this month. The challenge is to Celebrate Fall, and you have about five more days to join in! This is one of the items I created at the retreat...the only non-Christmas item too, and I finally had a chance to break out my new Dyan Reaveley Dylusions Creative Journal in Black. DON'T BE AFRAID of using the black...it's fun!!! Kim inspired me to use it, as she created her inspiration piece for the challenge using it too. Thank you Kim!

I stamped Wendy's new Vintage Text stamp in Ranger's Jet Black Archival onto the journal, and then sprinkled Clear Embossing Powder on it, and heated it up. I did the same to a black tag.

I added several colors of Tim's Distress Paints onto the page and tag, in random splotches. I let this dry about five minutes.

I used a baby wipe to clean the paint from the embossing and it softened the colors. LOVE!!!

I inked the edges of the tag and page in Jet Black Archival, and then stamped Tim's Flourish in Spiced Marmalade. I know I use the word 'favorite' a lot, but this stamp really probably is my favorite. It's so versatile and looks good on everything.

Last week, Wendy wowed me with a tutorial stamping in rubbing alcohol...check it out...and I had to do that too! The lady is a mastermind of technique I tell you! I inked a piece of Distress Stamping Paper with Wendy's Archival Ink, and dried it. The nice thing about using this paper is that the ink stays wet longer and you can blend the colors. COOL!

Even though this stamp looks dirty, I cleaned it first with alcohol to make sure it was free from any ink that would come off before stamping. I sprayed alcohol on the craft sheet and tamped my stamp...I like that term, tamped my stamp....and pressed the image onto the paper. COOL huh?!! Then I dried.

I stamped Wendy's Frame in Fern Green, dried this, then cut it out, and inked the edges.

I stamped the tree in Jet Black, and dried.

With the scrap, I stamped some of Wendy's leaves and a sentiment using a few different colors of Archival. I really should have used the new Custom Ink Pad for Archival, as it would have been easier, but I don't have one yet...new shopping list going! I then dried, cut then out, and adhered everything to the page. Then I used a white and black gel pen to outline some things.

 

I hope you join in, and if you do, you have a chance to win a fabulous prize.

Supplies:

Dylusions Creative Journal 8x8 Square Black	Surfaces Black #8 Tag	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Vintage Text Background Stamp	Ranger Embossing Powder in Clear	Ranger Distress Paint in Broken China
Ranger Distress Paint in Spiced Marmalade	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Mustard Seed	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Festive Berries	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Mowed Lawn	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink In Orange Blossom
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Fabulous Flourishes Stamp Set	Tim Holtz Distress Specialty Stamping Paper	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Buttercup	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Fern Green
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Red Geranium	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Stampers Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stamp Set in Rose Art Part 2	Stampers Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Stamp Set in Mail Art	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Nature′s Art
Ranger Multi Matte Medium	Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen	Black Glaze Pen

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!