Still T-Shirt yarn obsessed over here! I used red and white t-shirt yarn and a flat, wooden wreath blank to create a candy cane wreath for the holidays.I twisted the two colors together to make the peppermint like candies on the bottom.
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More Snow Globes! For this one I picked up a snow globe ready form from Urban Outfitter. For the inside design I cut the snow monster out of the Imagine Cartridge called Santas Village. I used the Winter Lace cartridgefor the snow flakes and cut it out of white paper. The package was from a sticker set I had laying around. I think this guy is the cutest thing!
Happy Holiday and Happy Crafting xoxo
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I have been going snow globe crazy this year! I have made several of them and there are more lined up awaiting my attention. I picked up all of the globes at thrift stores and glued them to bases also found at thrift stores. Some of them are ball canning jars. This whole idea was inspired by Anthroplogie check it out HERE, All the little goodies inside came from craft stores, dollar stores and cake decorating stores that I then painted white with craft paint. Love Love Love!
I used the Craft Room Exclusive Cart called Word Bubble to make Coasters. I cut out the bubble shape from some left over pieces of cork that I had previously screen-printed on with the YUDU. I am making a ton of these and packaging them as holiday gifts. Who doesn’t need coasters? Perfect for holiday parties!
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Happy crafting xoxo Cyndi aka Lovely Lula
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I used the Imagine Cartridge called Santas Village to create this project. I like the Abominable snow monster type character available on this cartridge, the odd little bunny that looks like it has to pee and the penguin that looks lost our in the snow.
I paired this with a very cool paper called Lazertran Inkjet Waterslide Decal Paper. You can print right onto this paper using your Imagine or any color printer or color copier.
The next step is to cut around the image you want to use, dip it into a bowl of water and the decal front peels away from the paper backing. You can then place the decal onto any ceramic surface and once it drys it is attached. So I used this method to create three cool ceramic wall tiles.
I also added Japanese Washi Tape at the bottom and sealed the whole tile with a clear acrylic varnish. This really gets me excited for Christmas decorating.
I used Scandinavian Christmas Cards Cartridge to create a Scandinavian Christmas Tree Skirt. I used my Cricut and the Scandinavian Christmas Cards Cartridge to cut fabric, that I back with heat and bond. I changed the direction of the reindeer so that I had one facing left and one facing right and in the center I place the holiday tree. I ironed it on to a large piece of ochre yellow wool felt that I cut into two half rounds and sewed together, it closes with pieces of velcro. I finished it off by adding green cotton ribbon to the edge and a few bows. Now I just need all my holiday goodies down from the attic. Where’s the ladder?!
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I am selling T-shirt yarn items and Twist-It T-shirt kits at Crafteria tonight.
It’s black Friday and if you are running off to the mall I’d like to send out a reminder to also save some of your hard earned cash to spend on hard working local makers.
Where to find Cyndi Coon of Laboratory5/Lovely Lula this Holiday Season:
December 1 – 31, 2011 Shemer Art Center Holiday Show & Sale
December 2, 2011 6 to 10 pm Crafteria at Frances
December 10, 2011 Phoenix Craft Rave at Braggs Pie Factory
a.ware Shop – Check out our cards (Daily – see website for hours)
Castello Childs Gallery – Check out our ceramic vessels and tile pieces
MADE Art Boutique – Check out our cards and screen printed t-shirts (Daily – see website for hours)
Modern Manor – Check out our furniture pieces, ceramic vessels and tile pieces and paintings (Daily – see website for hours)
Practical Art – Check out our ceramic jewelry (Daily – see website for hours)
Other ways to see us and our work in December:
Dec 1 – Jan 24 Artists and their children show at Young at Art gallery Scottsdale Center for the Arts by SMOCA (Daily – see website for hours)
Dec 8 Artist on Artist Talk at Scottsdale Center for the Arts (6:30 pm)
And you can always visit us on our website Laboratory5.com
I know I should be putting up a post about Thanksgiving this week but I am just so excited about Christmas this year I am just gonna skip right on over it and get the countdown going! I created the “Days til’ Christmas” sign using the Winter Frolic Cartridge for the font out of silver vinyl and Winter Lace cartridge for the snow flakes out of white paper. The stripes of green paper and the white snow flakes are all Bazzill Basics.
The area to write the days on is a large circle of chalk board vinyl and we’ll count the days down with chalk.
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I married the idea of affordable art with Thanksgiving. A few weeks ago when I created this Fall wreath I over printed onto the canvas with the YUDU screen I had prepared using the Simply Scarecrow Cartridge. I cut the leaves out that were in good shape and then with the rest of the canvas I tore it into strips and set it aside. So always save those scraps you can put them to good use later.
I used an inexpensive canvas that I picked up at the craft supply store as the base. I first painted it red with acrylic paint, then I used painters tape to tape off lines and I spray painted orange over top of that, once dry I peeled the tape off. Next I wrapped the painted canvas with the printed, torn strips and stapled them to the back. To hold them down I coated the piece with shellac. Once the canvas was dry, I glued the leaves down down to the surface. Finally, I used the Autumn Celebrations Cartridge and cut the word “thankful” out of gold vinyl and attached that to the piece. Now I have a fun, affordable piece of art for Thanksgiving.
Happy crafting xoxo
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