On The 11th Day Of Christmas

My True Love Gave To Me....a Mercedes Benz..... HO! HO! HO! .....YEAH! don't i wish.....LOL. Well everyone Christmas Day is nearly here. What wonderful & inspiring projects all the Design Divas have put up on the blog for all you lovely Divas to create, we only have one day left for the Lovely Mandy to load up her projects & i am, sure like me, you are wishing there was more. I have created a few projects with each set of Papers & Embellishments. The first set is using the New Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade, which includes a set of 3 Box Canvas Frames, Recycled Christmas Cards & a Christmas Layout Using the Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade. The Second set using the Little Yellow Bicycle 25days of Christmas, which includes 2 layouts & some gift Lollie bags. I hope you enjoy

1st PROJECT: Box Canvas Frame

SUPPLIES I USED: Canvas: Mont Marte 8" x 10" (3). Paint: Folk Art Baby Blue & White. Crackle Medium: Folk Art. Pattern Paper: Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade Collection: Serenity (1), Snowy Serenade (1). Card stock: White (1).Rub-Ons: Bo Bunny Flurries Snowy Serenade. Brads: Bo Bunny i Candy Snowy Serenade. Glitter: Crystal Clear. Metallic Rub-ons: Purple & Silver ( or you can use ink). Cuttlebug: Die Cut & Folder Christmas Tree Tops. Ribbon: Silver. Hinges: White (6).PHOTOS: Black & White Portrait 3 1/4" wide x 4 1/4"long.

STEP 1: Working on the back of the Canvas, Paint around the Frame with Baby Blue Paint (allow to dry). Then apply a coat of Crackle Medium over the paint ( allow to dry). Next apply the final coat of White Paint over the crackle medium ( allow to dry). TIP: When applying the crackle medium do so in one direction & do not go backwards & forwards with the brush over the previous applied coat of crackle medium. When applying the final White Paint Coat, do this step also. The final result of crackle is easy if you follow the steps to achieve the correct effect. Once

the white paint is dry, create a beautiful highlighted & distressed finish by rubbing with your finger tips the metallic rub-on or ink around the frame, here & there.

STEP 2: Transfer three snowflake rub-ons onto the white card stock & cut out with your scissors,leaving a white border around the shape. Cut a piece of chipboard 1/2"wide x 12"Long. Place double sided tape on the top, sprinkle over the Crystal glitter ( to seal you can use dimensional magic, or spray a Matt coat spray over the top). Place a piece of double sided tape on the back of the snowflakes, cut a piece off the glitter chipboard about 4"Long for each one ( these will be trimmed down later) & adhere to the back of the snowflake embellishment. Affix a brad to the centre of each snowflake embellishment.

STEP3: Cut 3 sets of trees from the cuttle bug tree tops die-cut in the cuttle bug machine, then run through the tree tops embossing folder. Apply Zig 2 way glue or spray adhesive to the front of the card stock trees & sprinkle over the crystal glitter. Cut 3 pieces of white card stock 1"wide x 5"long. Cut a free hand wavy line across the top edge. Apply your glue to the front & sprinkle over the crystal glitter.

STEP 4: Cut 1 piece of Serenity pattern paper, & 2 pieces of Snowy Serenade pattern paper 5 1/8"wide x 7 1/8"long. Adhere to the inside box area of the each canvas. Adhere your photos to some white card stock & cut out leaving a white border. Adhere to the inside box area of the canvas. Adhere the white card stock glitter hills with foam mounting tape to the bottom underneath the photo. Adhere one tree to the frame bottom edge of the canvas & the other 2 trees to the glitter card stock hill also with foam mounting tape. Tear some strips of scrap pattern paper & adhere on the bottom of the box area frame, on the centre canvas around the top right and bottom left hand corners of the box area frame.

STEP5: Adhere a row of snowflake element sticker border on the bottom of the centre canvas, & two snowflake stickers to the corners of the other 2 canvases. Cut the tab sticker in half & place one on the 1st canvas the other on the 3rd Canvas around about the centre of the canvas frame. Cut a piece of silver ribbon for the 1st & 3rd Canvas, adhere underneath the tab sticker, wrapping it around the frame. Embellish the frames with the left over rub-ons. Work out how long you need to have the snowflake hangers & cut each to the length. Adhere to the top of each of each of your canvases with some pritt gel grip. Place a circle sticker on the top of each hanger with foam mounting tape

STEP 6: Join the Canvases together with 2 metal hinges on each or make your own hinges from left over ribbon.

2nd Project: Recycled Christmas Cards.

SUPPLIES: 2 Used Christmas Cards. White Card stock. Pattern Paper: Bo Bunny Serenity. Element Stickers: Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade. Stamps: Kaiser Merry Christmas. Rhinestones: Kaiser Silver. Ribbon: Silver about .5cm wide.

These are the two cards i started with, even though you will probably not have these cards, i am sure if you go through last years cards you will find cards with baubles, trees etc on them that you can cut out from the card. Just use your imagination.



STEP 1: Cut out the embellishments from the cards that you would like to use on your new Christmas Card. For my cards i cut out with my scissors the Lady with the gift bags, then the Christmas Tree in the pot, from the second card i cut out the Fairy & the Christmas Tree all in one piece.

1st Card

STEP 2: For the first card i cut a piece white card stock 5 1/2" x 11" ( 14cm x 28cm) then scored in half. I then cut a piece of the Serenity Pattern Paper 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" & adhered to the front of the card. Then i cut a piece of the Stripe Pattern Paper 3/4" wide x 5 1/2"Long & adhered about at 1 1/2" up from the bottom edge. I then cut a thin piece of silver ribbon & adhered across the top of the stripe pattern paper. Next i adhered a piece of the purple snow flake border sticker along the bottom edge of the stripe pattern paper. I adhered the cut out tree from the used card with foam mounting tape to the right hand side of the card. I embellished the tree & the snowflake border strip with Silver Rhinestones. Stamp Merry Christmas to the inside page

2nd Card

Step 1: Cut and fold white card stock as for the first card. Trace a 4" circle onto the blue pattern paper & cut out with your scissors. Cut a piece of stripe pattern paper 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" & adhere to the front of the card. Adhere the circle to the centre of the card. Cut a piece of purple scallop border sticker 5 1/2" long & adhere 1 1/4" up from the bottom edge. Adhere a strip of Silver Ribbon across the top edge of the border sticker. Adhere the cut out Lady with foam mounting tape to the centre of the circle. Embellish around the circle with Silver Rhinestones. Stamp Merry Christmas To the inside page.

3rd Card:

STEP 1: Once again cut a fold the white card stock as for the previous card. Cut a piece of stripe pattern paper 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" & adhere to the front of the card. Adhere a piece of purple scallop sticker border to the bottom of the card. Then adhere a piece of silver ribbon over the top edge of the sticker border. Adhere the cut out Fairy & Tree to the centre of the card. Then embellish with Silver Rhinestones. Stamp Merry Christmas to the inside of the card. I hope enjoy these & look for cards with silver glitter baubles etc to use on your recycled cards. You could even keep this in mind for next years cards, using your cards from this year

3rd Project: Christmas Layout

SUPPLIES: Card stock: Bazzill Juneberry (1), White (1).Pattern Paper: Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade : Concerto (1) Snowy Serenade (1). Die-Cut: Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade Prelude (1). Element Stickers: Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade. Ribbon : Silver. Glitter: Crystal Clear. Brads: Bo Bunny Snowy Serenade.

STEP 1: Adhere the Concerto Pattern Paper to the Juneberry Card stock. Next adhere the die-cut pattern paper to the centre of the page. Cut a piece of stripe pattern paper 5" x 7" for the photo Matt & adhere your photo to the centre. Adhere the photo Matt 2 1/2" in & 3" down on the right hand side of the page. Cut a piece of blue Snowy Serenade Pattern Paper 1 1/2" x 5 1/2" & adhere to the bottom left hand side of the photo Matt ( this is your journaling block).

STEP 2: Remove the 2 large snowflake stickers from the element sheet & adhere to white card stock, cut out the outside shape with your scissors leaving a white border. Use your 2 way glue pen and fill in the white areas on one of the snowflakes & apply over the other sticker & sprinkle over the crystal clear glitter. Affix a brad to the centre of each one. Cut two pieces of silver ribbon 4" long & adhere to the back of the snowflake embellishments. Adhere the snowflake embellishments to the left hand side of the photo Matt, hanging one higher than the other. Affix the ribbon into place with more brads. Place the tag sticker with foam mounting tape on the bottom right hand side of the photo. Adhere your letter title to scraps of blue pattern paper & cut into blocks, adhere across the top of the photo Matt with foam mounting tape. Journal on the journal block.

Now for the Little Yellow Bicycle 25 days of Christmas Collection.

Layout 1:

SUPPLIES: Card stock: Pomegranate (1). Pattern Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle Silver & Red Snow globe (1), Word Type Stripe (1) Die-cut: Little Yellow Bicycle (1). Chipboard Stickers: Little Yellow Bicycle. Rhinestones: Deep Yellow. Ribbon: .5cm wide Gold. Brads: Little Yellow Bicycle 25days of Christmas. Gel Pen: White.

STEP 1: Cut the card stock to a piece 8 1/2" x 11". Cut a piece of the Snow Globe Pattern Paper also 8 1/2" x 11" & adhere to the card stock. Cut the top of the die-cut piece so you have 16 tips of the die-cut pattern, adhere this to the top of the page & trim off any excess overlap of the die-cut from the sides. Cut a piece of the Word Type Pattern Paper 2 1/8" x 11" & adhere underneath the die-cut pattern paper. Adhere the photo 2 3/4" down & 2 1/4" in on the right hand side. Cut a strip of gold ribbon and tie a bow about 2" in from the left hand side, adhere underneath the photo on the left hand side of the page. Affix a square brad to the bow. Adhere the reindeer chipboard sticker underneath the photo on the right hand side, the Noel sticker to the top right hand side of the photo, & white flourish glitter chipboard sticker across the top left hand side of the photo, & the 25th Dec chipboard sticker to the end of the flourish chipboard sticker. Adhere deep yellow rhinestones around the shape of the circle on the die-cut. Journal with a white pen beside the photo.

2nd Layout

SUPPLIES: Card stock: Bazzill White (1), Pomegranate (1). Pattern Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle Hanging Ornament (1). Clear Cuts: Little Yellow Bicycle. Chipboard Stickers Little Yellow Bicycle.

Rhinestones: Kaiser Deep Yellow. Ribbon: .5cm wide Gold. Punch: Martha Stewart Garden Trellis Deep Edge Punch. Zots: Clear Adhesive Dots. Photos: Black & White Portrait 2"wide x 3 1/4"long (3)

STEP1:Cut the white card stock 8 1/2" x 11". Cut the Hanging Ornament Pattern Paper 8 1/2" x 11" & adhere to the card stock. Cut a piece of pomegranate card stock 1 3/4" wide x 8 1/2" long and punch through the Martha Stewart Garden Trellis Punch & adhere 3/4" down from the top of the page. Adhere a clear cuts red holly leaf to the left hand side with zots clear adhesive dots. Cut a piece of gold ribbon 6" long & adhere to the top of the red card stock. Adhere the clear cuts Merry Christmas to the top of the page in the centre with zots clear adhesive dots. Affix a deep yellow rhinestone on the top. Adhere the chipboard sticker flower to the ribbon on the right hand side. Adhere the 3 photos, 1st 1/2" in & 4 1/4" down on the left hand side, 2nd 3 1/8" in 2 1/8" down on the left hand side, the 3rd 1/4" in & 3" down on the right hand side. Adhere a chipboard sticker circle to the hanging ornament on the right hand side. Wrap & adhere a small piece of gold ribbon around the neck of the clear cuts gold reindeer, & affix a deep yellow rhinestone to the centre of the ribbon. Adhere the reindeer with foam mounting tape between the hanging ornaments on the right hand side of the page. Affix deep yellow rhinestones around the circles of the hanging ornaments.

3rd Project: Christmas Lollie Gift Bags

SUPPLIES: Cello Bags Medium ( you can purchase these from MJ Packaging at Broadmeadow or from Stampin Up). Pattern Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle Christmas Collage Circles. Card stock: Pomegranate (1). Punch: EK Success Snowflake Border, Carl Corner Punch. Brads: Little Yellow Bicycle 25 days Assortment. Clear Cuts: Little Yellow Bicycle. Ribbon: .5cm wide Gold.

STEP 1: Cut 3 pieces of the pattern paper4" wide x 4 1/2" long. Fold in half and punch each corner with the carl corner punch. Place your sweets or gift into the bag and staple the top. Place adhesive on the inside of the folded pattern paper & adhere over the top of the bag. Cut 3 pieces of pomegranite cardstock 1" wide x 4 1/2" long and punch through the snowflake punch, adhere to the bottom edge of the pattern paper. Cut 2 pieces of gold ribbon 4 1/2" long and tie one piece around the other piece, tie into a knot and cut off excess ribbon. Adhere a clear cuts Hanging Ornament to the centre of the pattern paper with double sided tape. Adhere one of the little snowflakes from the punch to the centre, then a deep yellow rhinestone to the centre. Do this for all 3 bags, the advantage of the pattern papers being double sided, you can use both sides on your bags.

Well that is it.....i could have done more, i had so many ideas of what i could do with these papers & embellishments, but there is not enough time. I hope you enjoy creating some of these projects. Merry Christmas & a Joyous New Year to you & your wonderful Families.

Marion xxxxx