Christmas Craft Day with Co-workers - Tim Holtz Idea-ology

 I watched all of the fabulous inspirational holiday YouTube lives from Tim holtz this year and the first one was on the little vintage inspired Santa Mugs from his Idea-ology line. I have used them in several of my Idea-ology Christmas makes over the years, but Tim showed this fun way to use them this year as a snowglobe. He sourced the materials needed to make them and Heidi and Simon Says Stamp kindly got the materials for us to access. I have them linked below in my affiliate links for your shopping ease. 

 

Here is Tim's Santa Mug Video. Be sure to comment and Like his video to thank him for sharing his great ideas with us!

 

 I thought it would be super fun to get some of the supplies and make them with friends at work. So we found a day that we could all do this and I made the kits up from the supplies, took all the other things I knew we would need and we made Santa Mug Snowglobes for our Christmas Craft.

 I even used my Idea-ology Santa Stickers to close the Kit bags with a fun little festive twist.

 

Many thanks again to Tim Holtz for the great products and idea and instructions for this craft and thanks to Simon Says Stamp for gathering the supplies to make the shopping a cinch.

What a fun day making these darling little snow globes together!

Hope you have a Merry Christmas Makers!

Tami

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Peace - Diecember Snowflake Rosette Decor

How exciting to have another Diecember Die from Tim Holtz, Simon Says Stamp and Sizzix. It is Free with a $30 Purchase exclusively from Simon Says Stamp. This year's die is reminiscent of the rosette snowflakes from years ago that were on the Sizzlit strips. This snowflake is bigger than the largest of the older snowflake rosettes. 

I paired it with the new Falling Snow Lightweight Cardstock from Simon Says Stamp to make this home decor piece.

 https://youtu.be/D5SwvIaDTAk

Here is a tutorial for how to put the Snowflake Rosette together and how I made this quick decor piece. It went together really quickly.

Before I cut and assembled the Snowflake Rosettes, I cut each piece of Lightweight Falling Snow Cardstock in half, then I spritzed each piece with some Distress Spritz to add a little shimmer. When they were dry I cut each half piece into three 2.5" pieces to cut the rosettes from. You have to cut 3 of the rosette dies aand adhere them together to make one snowflake. 

Once I put the Snowflake Rosette together, I put Distress Collage Medium on the high points and in the center, then I sprinkled Distress Snowflakes over it to add some sparkly goodness to each one.

 

When they were all assembled, and Snowflaked, I attached four (light to dark) down the center of the frame. I found this rustic wood frame at Hobby Lobby in the Woodpile section for about $7.50. It was ready to assemble.  Next I cut greenery from Mini Holiday Greens and added some Snowflakes for an icy touch.

 On top of the greenery I added the word Peace from the Tim Holtz 2024 Holiday Classics  Vault die set. I ut it from Watercolor Cardstock colored with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and sprayed with Faded Jeans Spritz. Then I attached it to some White Heavystock and fussycut around it. I added foam tape to the back and Hot Glued it to the greenery. 

 

 You can really see the Snowflakes on the darker cardstock! In the background you can also see that I stenciled some Snowfall Grit Paste and covered it with Rock Candy Glitter. This step is completely optional, but I thought it added a subtle icy, wintery layer to the piece. 

I hope my video tutorial on putting the rosettes together was helpful. If you haven't ordered already to get your FREE diecember Snowflake Rosette, I have linked the products below that I used, and you can add more items once you get to Simon Says Stamp if you need to.

 Thanks a bunch for checking out my tutorial and I want to wish you a very creative day!

Tami 

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. Thank you!