Handmade Holidays Blog Hop, Day 2 ~ decor Ideas!!

Hi, everyone. Thanks for joining me for the second day of Handmade Holiday 7th Annual Blog Hop . Today is Holiday Decor Ideas, can't wait to hop!!! 

 We've gathered some of our favorite companies and blogger friends to share with you their best handmade decor ideas online. These decor ideas are great for the holidays but can be used all year long (just by adding or subtracting embellishments). Visit all the links in the hop, leave a comment, pin your favorites, and decorate handmade.

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For my decor project I chose to create button balls and for a added twist, gift tags (if you decide to gift them).

The button balls are easy to create, just takes time:)  This is how they were put together~

Three ingredients:

3 Styrofoam balls 2.8"

buttons ( Buttons Galore & More)

glue (white)

Instructions:

1. Apply the buttons, a section at a time. (If you try to do to much, at one time, the buttons fall off).

2. Let dry a good 20 minutes. Then do another section.

3. When one half is complete, I put the button ball on a stand and sectioned it off  and continued.

4. The buttons are overlapped when needed to be. 

The button balls with an added gift tag using the products by Scrapbook Adhesive.

Instructions for tags:

1. Cut tag shape from pattern paper.

2. Adhere to manila tag with Scrapbook Adhesive tape runner.

3. Add embellishemnts with Scarpbook Adhesive foam squares.

4. Attach to button ball with twine.

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Handmade Holidays Blog Hop~ gift idea!

Hi, everyone!! Welcome to the Handmade Holidays 7th Annual Blog Hop.  This is my 3rd year to participate and I'm always excited to see all of the handmade gift and decor items that were created.  Always makes me want to decorate!!!

 We've gathered some of our favorite companies and blogger friends to share with you their best handmade gift ideas online. These gift ideas are great for the holidays but can be used all year long. Visit all the links in the hop, leave a comment, pin your favorites, and give the gift of handmade. 

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Thanks so much to my sponsors~

 Clear Scraps and Scrapbook Adhesive thank you for your generosity !!

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For my gift project I chose to create decorative clipboards using the acrylic 6.5" x 9"clipboards by Clear Scraps.  They can be personalized for the person you are gifting it to. I created three different styles, of how each clipboard can be unique!

Instructions:

1. Remove plastic film from front and back of the acrylic clipboard.

2. Select paper and cut to the size of the clipboard. (I traced the back of the clipboard onto the pattern paper).

3. Shade with ink and adhere to the Back of the clipboard.

4. Layer pattern papers, shade with ink and clip under the clipboard clip on the front of the clipboard.

5. Adhere layered papers together using the tape runner by Scrapbook Adhesive.

6. Embellish with tags, pattern paper shapes and adhere with foam squares by Scrapbook Adhesive.

7. Add photo.

8. Splat with ink spray to complete.

9. Add ribbon. (I dyed and distressed the ribbon I used)

10. Add charm and adhere wooden ruler embellishment with strong glue to the metal clipboard clip.

All three clipboards were created the same way, using these steps, only difference is the pattern papers that were used.

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Handmade Holidays Blog Hop 2016

Hi everyone!

I'm thrilled to be included in the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop for 2016.

This is my second year to create for this exclusive and one of a kind blog hop.
  A great place to find ideas to make handcrafted holiday gifts.
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Welcome to the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! We've gathered some of our favorite companies and blogger friends to share with you their best handmade gift ideas online. These gift ideas are great for the holidays but can be used all year long. Visit all the links in the hop, leave a comment, pin your favorites, and give the gift of handmade. Flagship Sponsor: Clearsnap, organized by Jennifer Priest.

Prizes~

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 awesome craft supplies.

 Eleven prizes valued at $50 each will be given away.

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For my project I chose to make these mixed media style zippered bags.  They would be great to store art brushes and markers in or maybe makeup brushes.  Many uses for them.

Tutorial~

Supplies needed: gel plate, brayer, DecoArt acrylic paint, acrylic block, texture shapes, Stencil1 stencils, Buttons Galore & More and canvas zippered bags. Side note:  It is just as easy to make one as it is the do four bags at once.  
#1. Choose 3 to 4 paint colors, from DecoArt, and add small drops of paint to the gel plate. (The gel plate will stick to an acrylic stamp block)
#2. Using the brayer and going away from your body, smooth out the paint.  Don't over mix.  Just a couple of times going away from your body will do the trick.
#3. Use a texture tool and run it through the acrylic paint, that is on the gel plate.
#4. Treat the acrylic block, as you would when you use rubber stamps. Stamp on the canvas.

#5. Keep stamping using the acrylic block until the paint is all off.  Stamp different sections of the bag.
#6. Repeat the process of adding paint to the gel plate.  When you want to start fresh, wipe the gel plate down and rinse the brayer.  You are ready to start again.
#7. When the bag is covered with color, it is at this point you are ready to use Stencil1 stencils on the bags.
#8. The last step is adhering buttons by Buttons Galore & More.

I also created two more projects using DecoArts, Stencil1 and Buttons Galore & More~

Instructions~
#1.  Supply list:  DecoArt Misters, DecoArt Modeling Paste, Stencil1 and Buttons Galore & More.
#2. Place the stencil on the canvas tote bag. Use the back of a palette knife to apply the modeling
 paste to the project.
#3. In a downward motion apply the paste.  When the stencil is covered (or as much as you want  show) pick up the stencil.  The design will be on the canvas bag.  Place the stencil in a tub of water and soak for a few minutes.  The modeling paste needs to be dry before using the paint misters to add color.
#4.  Stencil other images on the bag carefully, not to disturb the modeling paste.
#5. Add color to the background of the bag with the DecoArt Misters. Add trim to finish bag.

Last project, a small canvas portfolio created using a gel plate, DecoArts acrylic paint, Stencil 1 and Buttons Galore & More.

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It has been a pleasure creating with your products.

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Handmade Holidays Blog Hop ~

Welcome to the 5th Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop.  We are all so excited to

 share with you handmade gifts, that can easily be made to share with family and friends.

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Over $600. in prizes and 80 plus handmade ideas!!!

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For my project I chose to make these tea stained muslin gift bags.   They are great for gift giving and beautiful to wrap that special gift or keepsake in.  They are not hard to make, just take a little time.  So here we go~

#1. Brew some strong hot tea and soak the muslin bags in the mix for 15 ~ 20 minutes.

#2. Remove from the hot tea and let them dry.

#3. Tea stain strips of muslin (just like above) 3" wide X 12" long.

#4. Twist and roll the strip of muslin. As you are rolling tag it with Aqua Mono Liquid Glue by Tombow, to keep it together.  

#5. Clip when necessary.

#6. Now the fun part starts!  Glue on lace, ribbon and the hand rolled roses with

 Aqua Mono Liquid Glue by Tombow.  

#7. Glue the buttons by Buttons Galore & More in the center of the roses.

#8. When I had everything glued, I put a heavy book on top of them and let them dry.

#9. They are ready to wrap that treasure in and give to that special someone.

Thanks so much to my sponsors~

Tombow and Buttons Galore & More!!! 

Your products are excellent and will recommend them gladly!

Thank You again for your generosity!

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Thanks for stopping by~