Charmed- 12 days of Christmas day 4
It's no secret I love the Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set. I've seen a few ideas around the Internet, and stumbled across earrings made from the set and shrinky dinks. They are so cute, and I decided to make some for my daughter... then the ideas started churning.
We have a huge bucket of beads at our house- I was looking at some of them today, and decided that they looked like Christmas ornaments. If you follow me on Facebook (www.facebook/stampinwithandrea), you'll see a teaser I put up for this idea. I loved the way the beads looked in the glass, and it reminded me of a huge jar of Christmas decorations.
The holidays are coming, and with them, lots of parties and gatherings. Wine charms are the perfect hostess gift or to include with a bottle of wine. These serpentine wine charms can be coiled around the stem of the glass, or simply looped.
I enlisted help from the littles- they helped with stringing the beads- excellent for teaching repetitive patterns and fine motor skills! In all, we strung about 30 in less than an hour. After stringing the beads, came the fun! We used the Santa, Reindeer and Gingerbread Boy.
Here's the supply list:
Beads of your choice
Wire (I used 18 gauge, cut at about 6 inches)
Wire snips and needle nose pliers (they will make your life easier)
Small jingle bells
Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and punch
Stazon black ink or other permanent ink
Sharpie markers (for colouring)
Stampin' Up chalk marker (white)
Shrinky Dink plastic
Heat gun or oven to melt plastic
7 mm jump rings (optional)
Hole punch
Stamp the reindeer and Santa on Shrinky Dink plastic of your choice (I used clear). Carefully colour the images with Sharpies or other permanent ink. Be careful not to get too close to the ink, or it could smudge with the Sharpies.
Once coloured, punch a hole where you want to thread it onto the wine charm. Trust me- punching it first will make your life easier.
Once punched, heat to melt. I used my heat gun and held each plastic piece down with my piercing tool. It worked best for me to start at the head and work down. It will start to shrivel, and it may look like it won't work- but it will. Some of mine stuck to each other, and I made one Santa that looked like he needed to go to the washroom- the poor man's legs were crossed (it was quite funny, doing it with kids and having that be his final pose!).
Once they had finished shrinking, I tapped them lightly with an acrylic stamp pad to make sure they were flat. Don't touch until they are cool. (Trust me on that one!)
Open the jump ring (if using) and place it on the charm. Close it up, and put it on the beaded wine charm.
For each wine glass charm, I started with a small jingle bell, then added the beads and topped it with the charm.
A note about the gingerbread boy: I didn't have good luck with the stamp on the plastic using stazon, as it is a pretty solid stamp, so I ended up punching them out, colouring the entire thing with a brown Sharpie (gold and bronze is what I used), and freehanding the eyes and buttons.
I've made a few extra of each charm, and they will be threaded onto earring hoops along with some of the leftover jingle bells. My daughter is especially excited about that idea!
Happy crafting everyone!
We have a huge bucket of beads at our house- I was looking at some of them today, and decided that they looked like Christmas ornaments. If you follow me on Facebook (www.facebook/stampinwithandrea), you'll see a teaser I put up for this idea. I loved the way the beads looked in the glass, and it reminded me of a huge jar of Christmas decorations.The holidays are coming, and with them, lots of parties and gatherings. Wine charms are the perfect hostess gift or to include with a bottle of wine. These serpentine wine charms can be coiled around the stem of the glass, or simply looped.
I enlisted help from the littles- they helped with stringing the beads- excellent for teaching repetitive patterns and fine motor skills! In all, we strung about 30 in less than an hour. After stringing the beads, came the fun! We used the Santa, Reindeer and Gingerbread Boy.
Here's the supply list:
Beads of your choice
Wire (I used 18 gauge, cut at about 6 inches)
Wire snips and needle nose pliers (they will make your life easier)
Small jingle bells
Cookie Cutter Christmas stamp set and punch
Stazon black ink or other permanent ink
Sharpie markers (for colouring)
Stampin' Up chalk marker (white)
Shrinky Dink plastic
Heat gun or oven to melt plastic
7 mm jump rings (optional)
Hole punch
Stamp the reindeer and Santa on Shrinky Dink plastic of your choice (I used clear). Carefully colour the images with Sharpies or other permanent ink. Be careful not to get too close to the ink, or it could smudge with the Sharpies.Once coloured, punch a hole where you want to thread it onto the wine charm. Trust me- punching it first will make your life easier.
Once punched, heat to melt. I used my heat gun and held each plastic piece down with my piercing tool. It worked best for me to start at the head and work down. It will start to shrivel, and it may look like it won't work- but it will. Some of mine stuck to each other, and I made one Santa that looked like he needed to go to the washroom- the poor man's legs were crossed (it was quite funny, doing it with kids and having that be his final pose!).
Once they had finished shrinking, I tapped them lightly with an acrylic stamp pad to make sure they were flat. Don't touch until they are cool. (Trust me on that one!)
Open the jump ring (if using) and place it on the charm. Close it up, and put it on the beaded wine charm.
For each wine glass charm, I started with a small jingle bell, then added the beads and topped it with the charm.
A note about the gingerbread boy: I didn't have good luck with the stamp on the plastic using stazon, as it is a pretty solid stamp, so I ended up punching them out, colouring the entire thing with a brown Sharpie (gold and bronze is what I used), and freehanding the eyes and buttons.
I've made a few extra of each charm, and they will be threaded onto earring hoops along with some of the leftover jingle bells. My daughter is especially excited about that idea!
Happy crafting everyone!
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