Visions of Sugarplums - Day 5

This is the last day of Visions of Sugarplums!  What fun it's been to see everyone's Christmas creations!  And I've got to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who so generously sponsored giveaways for Visions of Sugarplums!  You are all so generous and just down right nice!  Let's list Day 4 winners:

Day 4 Winners!

Annette Allen - $10 to Paper Sweeties

Emily H - $20 to Nicecrane Designs

Diana Fernandez - set of choice from Moonlighting by Mary
MisteeJay - Gingerfolk pattern from Gingermelon
Creative M - Vintage Remix
Christy Wilcoxson - Lawn Fawn

Winners:  Be sure to email me (email in side bar) and I'll forward your info to our wonderful companies providing such awesome gifts!   Thank you!

You'll have to drop by here tomorrow (Saturday) to see Day 5 winners and the winner of the BIG GIVEAWAY!

First up today are some very fun retro images from Graphic Market.  You will love browsing through all the goodies!

Don't you just love the colors and look of these images?  All I did was add a snowflake (the paper is also from Graphic Market) and make a couple of tags with twine. Love them!

Giveaway #1

Graphic Market is giving one set of your choice!  Just comment on this post and let me know you would like to win!

I've used gorgeous images from Janet's store Digital Paper to create some mason jar lid ornaments.  

 I made several mason ring pumpkins and I had all the lids left over.  So I was looking at some of Janet's goodies and saw these circles and it just clicked!  I had these ornaments available at my last show and people just loved them!  I've had to make quite a few more.  They are a nice weight and are just lovely and shiny!

Janet has several circle sets that would work perfectly for these ornaments.  Size the circles to match the lid.

Here you need to make a decision.  You could make shaker ornaments - just follow the directions for the shadowbox card from Visions of Sugarplums Day One.  Or you can do glittery, shiny ones.  

Discard the image from the second image.  Stack the rings and glue.  Glue the frame on top. Glue the whole stack on top of the image.  Now you have a nice, thick base to create the ornament.

You want the sides to look nice, so don't skip this part!  Plus it's a great way to add the hanger at the same time!

Now you're ready to make it shiny.  Fill the space you've created with the rings with Diamond Glaze and sprinkle with glitter.  Let dry.  Now decorate!  Oh, so pretty!

Giveaway #2

The winner will get one set of choice from Digital Paper!  Just comment below for a chance to win!

Giveaway #3

Debbie from Paper Sweeties of giving away a $10 certificate!  Just say you want to win in your comment on this post!

Giveaway #4

Nicecrane Designs has a $20 certificate just waiting for one lucky reader!

Giveaway #5

Moonlighting by Mary is giving away a set of her gorgeous images.  Let me know you want to win!

I just love these silhouettes!  The stamp set is from a company in England.  I'm not sure if they are available here or not.  But I'm adding a set to my BIG GIVEAWAY!

Lori's Big All-Week-Long Giveaway

My Big All-Week-Long Giveaway will grow each day.  One lucky reader will get everything in all five of the photos I will post over the week.  Winner will be announced on Saturday.  Picture #5:

silhouette stamps and snowman stamps - added to all the previous days to make one big all-week-long giveaway!

Important:  You get your name entered for the day's giveaways every time you leave a comment.  So visit each blog and leave a comment on each one.  I'll check out the comments every day, so if you comment on 5 blogs, you have your name put in the drawing five times for that day.  I keep a record over the whole week so if you comment each day on 5 blogs, you have your name in my BIG All-Week-Long giveaway 25 times.  

Have fun visiting these blogs (and don't forget to comment):

Debbie 

Maria 

Ignacio

 May

Jane

Ira

Sandy 

Vivian 

Amber

Visions of Sugarplums - Day Two

Welcome!  It's Day Two of Visions of Sugarplums. We have quite a few treats scheduled for you.   Hope you got to see all the posts yesterday!

I'm sharing snowflakes today.  This first ornament uses book pages and I can't tell you how hard it was for me to tear out a page from a book the first time I did it!  I LOVE books and it just seems so wrong to tear one up.  It made it a little easier that someone gave me some pages that were already loose for the first project I did a couple of years ago.  Now, I tend to keep books that I didn't enjoy very much and don't seem to feel quite so bad about those!  

To make this pretty snowflake, you'll need 16 strips 1 1/8" x 5 1/2", then die cut one edge on each one.   Fold 8 in half with a crease and staple open end.   Make a loop with the other 8 and staple the open end.   Hot glue the pieces to a piece of cardstock. 

 Then you can age and add glitter to the edge.   I added a snowflake purchased from Michaels (and glittered gold), a scallop red circle and a vintage image in the middle.  Hot glue seems to work best for adding the gold snowflake to the book page snowflake.

Or you can create a pretty snowflake without the book page part.  

These snowflakes come white and they take glitter pretty well.   I like to let a little of the white show through.  It seems to add some depth to the snowflake.

If you would like a copy of my snowflake middles you can click and save the image below.

How about a couple of very simple projects using snowflakes?  This tag is oh, so easy, but cool, too! 

Love the contrast of the felt and the green gem.  I die cut two tags and glued a piece of felt between.   Clean and simple (which is actually a little hard for me to do)! 

What do you think about these snowflake clothespins?  They are stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed.  Can't wait to add them to a project!

Today, Regina from The Cutting Cafe is giving away a wonderful collection from her store.  Regina has so many digital files and templates to choose from and her creations are terrific!  For every comment left here and on all of today's participating blogs you will get an entry to win the following treat boxes:  Christmas tree, Peppermint Candy, Snowman and Present.  On top of that, you get to select three other sets from the store!   WOW and thank you, Regina!  Be sure to visit her blog to see other goodies made with templates from her store.

Here is the snowman treat box I made from Regina's set:

And there is even more fun!  Ira is posting today.  Her creations are always a must see.  I'm practically speechless when I see them!  She sent me some preview pictures and let me tell you her candles are beautiful.  Be sure to see them!  Christina from I Gotta Create, is posting some cool napkin rings.  Can't wait to see them!  Mika has another Christmasy recipe to share and Jennifer has wonderful family tradition ideas.  If you haven't seen my giveaway, check it out in the previous post.  Here is today's addition to my giveaway:

This cling stamp set will be added to everything pictured yesterday!  Remember, all you have to do is leave a comment here (and any comments on the participating blogs above count, too) for a chance to win one of two identical giveaways.  So glad you stopped by today!