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Fall/Christmas 2 Sided Canvas

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As I get busy decorating for the holidays I find that I gravitate towards dual purpose decorations. So that is why I made this 2 sided canvas. Once side is for the fall or Thanksgiving and the other is for winter or Christmas, whatever you want on either side. It was fun to make and not too difficult.

Check out my video for all the details.

This would be fun to make for spring and summer, or St. Patrick’s day and Valentines day. There are unlimited variations, I think I will make more this coming year.

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canvas https://amzn.to/2HBOcUC

Arteza Metallic Paint https://amzn.to/3ftWbzD

Finnabair paint brushes https://amzn.to/39qkzBh

Christmas Art Journal Page

December 14, 2018 / TakeTimetoCreate / 4 Comments

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Christmas is almost here! Whew I do not know where the year went!! Now is the time to start my Christmas Art journal pages.

This page was a lot of fun. I started with a page out of a children’s book as my focal point and built the page from there

christmas page 1 — *Christmas Art Journal Page*

I love creating pages like this, it is all about layering. Start with the flatter layers and get bulkier as you build. The layers and textures create interest and makes the page fun to look at.

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Dylusions paint-https://amzn.to/2QLvJrl
Ranger Archival ink https://amzn.to/2LhzzD7
Laser cut snowflakes https://amzn.to/2LfP2ni
Stickles- https://amzn.to/2PCmjcX
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DIY Dollar Tree Ornaments

October 31, 2018 / TakeTimetoCreate / 2 Comments

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I know it seems early, but Christmas is right around the corner. I created these ornaments using goodies from the Dollar Tree.

FYI: I was compensated for this post. This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.

This was such a fun project to complete. I had a lot of ornaments and Dollar Tree goodies in my stash for this project, but they have a lot of the same ornaments year after year, along with some new ones.

I love how glittery the Dollar Tree Christmas items are, they make the perfect decorations.

For this project grab a tiny canvas and paint it in any color you want, I used a silver and a gold. (if you don’t have a canvas a piece of study cardboard or foam board will work)

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Once the paint is dry you can start layering your ornaments. I used hot glue to attach it. I used 3 ornaments on each canvas to create an interesting look.

Just build your layers until you get what you are looking for and you are done! Add a string or ribbon to the back if needed.

This project is great to make unique ornaments for your tree, or you can use them as gift tags or gifts to just about anyone on your list.

Dollar Tree links:
Silver ornament bells- https://tinyurl.com/y74zglh8
Snowflake ornaments- https://tinyurl.com/y8m8couj
Wintery Ornaments https://tinyurl.com/ybw8jglg
Poinsetta Ornaments https://tinyurl.com/y9wkawc8

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Metallic paint- https://tinyurl.com/y7e2yvoc

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DIY Dollar Tree Snowflake Christmas Decoration

October 31, 2017 / TakeTimetoCreate / 2 Comments

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I was compensated for this post. This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.

Christmas is just around the corner and I am getting excited! I love to make my own decorations, the glittery the better, lol.

Dollar Tree is the perfect place to get supplies to make your own decorations, like these Snowflakes I made.

These snowflakes are so easy to make and they look so cute hanging on your wall.

Materials Needed (affiliate links):

- Large Glitter Snowflakes https://goo.gl/WrxYig
  
  from: DollarTree
Tulle (or you can use Glitter Mesh from Dollar Tree) https://goo.gl/PrmGRS
Poinsettia Flowers: https://goo.gl/J3Q9gr

Bulk 5-Stem Christmas House Glittered Poinsettia Bushes, 13 in. atcom
from: DollarTree

Winter Hat: https://goo.gl/fW7Qkr
Christmas Lantern: https://goo.gl/HQYmNa
Glittery Church: https://goo.gl/vAq8B5
Christmas Present: https://goo.gl/RtZsbd
Glittery Angel: https://goo.gl/u5zWyn

Instructions:

Start with your glittery snowflake and add some tulle as a base layer. Or you can add glitter mesh, or ribbon, or lace, anything really. You just want to make sure you have an anchor for your focal point. Glue the tulle on with hot glue.

Then you want to glue on your focal point to the center of the snowflake

Then you glue on accents and decoration all around your focal point. Poinsettias, floral picks, beads, jingle bells, and small ornaments work great for this step. Anything will work, you just want to fill up the empty spaces and make it full and festive.

There you go, nice and easy and they looks so festive and glittery. A grouping of the snowflakes would look really great on a wall, or it could be the perfect gift!

I thought it would be fun to show you some other variations I created. I just love making these, I can’t seem to stop, lol

What Christmas decorations do you make?

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DIY Christmas Tree Earrings

December 13, 2016 / TakeTimetoCreate / 0 Comments

DIY Wire Christmas Tree Earrings

Make the holidays merry with these easy DIY wire Christmas Tree earrings.

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Do you ever dream about crafts, or is that just me? The other night I was dreaming about making wire Christmas Tree earrings, I know a little random but since I dreamt it I just had to try to make them.

Now the funny thing is is that I have never made anything like this before. I don’t usually work with wire, but I found that I love this technique and I have more ideas to make more jewelry.

I just love how my Christmas tree earrings turned out

Materials

Thin Wire- You can find it on Amazon here: Artistic Wire
French Hooks- You can find it on Amazon here: French Hooks
Star beads- I found mine at Oriental Trading- link here: Star bead, but the local craft stores might have something similar
Pliers and clippers and round objects in various sizes (this is to wrap the wire around)

Instructions:

You need to have a variety of round objects in various sizes. I started with a large marker and started wrapping, then I went to smaller marker then a pencil

I am starting to wrap my Christmas tree earrings

A smaller wrap for my Christmas tree earrings

Switching to a smaller wrap

The whole idea is to make the tree get smaller as you wrap it around. I wrapped it around each object about 3 times. The wire I used was a bit thin, but it is a nice dainty look, but next time I think I will use a wire that is a bit heavier duty. This wire likes to bend a bit too easily for my liking. but I did like how it turned out.

Once I finished wrapping I added a french hook. Then I spent some time adjusting the wire to make sure it looked like a tree. I hind sight I probably should have used green wire, but I didn’t have that in my stash, so gold it is, lol.

When I looked at it I thought it was a bit too plain, so I thought I would add a star bead to the top.

I think the star bead is just what the trees needed! These earrings will be perfect the holiday parties this year.

The finished Christmas tree earrings

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Painted Christmas Houses

December 6, 2016 / TakeTimetoCreate / 0 Comments

Painted Christmas Houses

You can find these really cute ceramic houses just about anywhere, with just a little paint and glitter they are ready to be put on display.

My finished Christmas houses on display

Hello Everyone!

December is rolling along and it is time for me to think about decorating. The tree is up, and if you follow me on Instagram you probably have seen our tree by now. (@taketimetocreate).

With any holiday I always feel the need to create some new items. This year I made some painted Christmas houses. I found the unfinished ceramic houses at our creative reuse center Who Gives A Scrap (I love that place!) With a little paint and glitter they were ready to go.

Materials:

Ceramic House (You can get these at a creative reuse center, craft stores, and sometimes the thrift stores will have some unfortunutally painted ones that need an update)
Paint and glitter found at the craft store. I really liked this paint, it was white with a little pearl look to it. Perfect for Christmas.

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Instructions:

Take your plain ceramic house and paint on a layer of white paint. You can always spray paint the houses, but I just decided to hand paint instead. This is what it looks like before the paint.

(btw, The houses did come with detailed instructions to paint the house in all the colors, but I did not want to take the time to do any detailed painting. haha. So white paint here I come. )

My Painted Christmas houses before glitter

Add the paint. This is what it looks like with the paint. Go over everything, all the little details. Don’t forget the inside of the windows. Touch up where ever you forgot.

My Painted Christmas houses before glitter

Then I decided to add some glitter detail to the snow and trees. Just pick a clear holographic glitter that goes with your paint. I put a layer of mod podge on then sprinkled it with glitter.

Adding Glitter to the painted Christmas houses

Once they are dry they are ready to be put on display.

I think they turned out really cute. You can put lights in the bottom, but I didn’t have any. So this weekend I will pick up some and then they will look even better!

Close-up of the painted Christmas houses on the mantle

Here are the finished painted Christmas houses

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