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Doesn’t he just make you smile?  First of all, let me apologize for the lighting.  I had to turn the “white” down because this ornament is glass and was causing a terrible glare.  Now on to the ornament.  This started as a large, clear ball.  I coated the inside of the ball with white acrylic paint, turned it upside down in a bottle and waited for it to dry.  While it was drying, I colored 2 Large Rhinestones and 7 Basic Rhinestones with a black Sharpie or Copic marker.  On the large rhinestones I added white dots with the White Gel Pen.  The carrot nose is made from the Simply Pressed Clay and painted with orange acrylic paint – and, of course, let it dry.

The hat is a glove with the fingers removed.  Later this week I’ll show you what I did with finger!  I ran Sticky Strip around the ornament to hold the hat down. 

Here’s a tip for you – I glued all the rhinestones to the ornament. I don’t want Frosty to lose a eye while in transport!  If you can stand all the drying time, this ornament is easy and fun to make! 

Don’t forget the Holiday Sale going on through tomorrow.  There will be more specials tomorrow –

These items will be 30 percent off for 24 hours on Monday, December 2:

Envelope Liners Framelits Dies (item 132172)
Expressions Thinlits Dies (item 132171)
Holly Jolly Greetings Simply Sent (item 132159)
Snowflake Season Simply Sent  (item 132176)
Large Rhinestone Basic Jewels (item 129324)
Extra-Large Gift Box (item 132147)

Ho ho ho!  Santa has packed his boot?  This is a SVG file from SVGcuts.com called Happy Trails – changed into Santa’s boot.  I borrowed this idea from their blog.  The Designer Series paper is Polka Dots and Neutral paper pack along with some Chocolate Chip and Real Red – and a retired Christmas pattern.  The cuff of the boot is felt. 

The banner is from Greetings of the Season – stamped in Real Red.  I made this to be a decoration – but you could fill the little boxes with presents and give it as a gift.  Oh what fun! 

This picture does not even come close to showing how sparkly this little tree is in real life – but here you go!  To do this one I stacked pages torn from a book (that same poor dictionary!)  and stacked them on a bamboo skewer.  The pages were torn – instead of cut.  I made cardboard squares from the backing of a DSP pack as a template from 3 1/2″ down to 1″ and put a cardboard layer between every 3 pages. 

While cleaning out a drawer, I found an old Webster’s Dictionary and went to toss it – and then grabbed it back out of the trash.  I decided it could become a Christmas tree!  After Googling around a bit, I came upon this tutorial and gave it a try – and here it is!

I added the chunky Champagne glitter to the edges using Tombow Purpose Glue.  Because I was afraid I’d run out of the glitter, I also mixed in some clear.  (I would not have run out – but I do like the look)

Such a sweet face!  This snowman is a SVG file from SVGcuts.com called Christmas Open House.  I made him with Whisper White paper as the underneath and textured Whisper White on the outside.  The hat comes off to reveal a box.  The scarf is the sweater trim from last year’s Holiday Mini. The snowflakes are a trim I found in the holiday section at the grocery store!

A Christmas Church SVG file from SVGCuts.com.  This one is called Silent Night and I made it using Deck the Halls DSP (retired)  Honestly, I usually try the patterns with retired paper first – and goodness knows, I have enough of it! 

I used lots of “snow” on the church.  Here’s my tip for using snow – don’t vacuum before you start because you will have to vacuum again!  That, and use lots of grid paper underneath to catch all the extra. Here’s a photo of the church with the tea lights shining through –

Very blurry – sorry.  My flash kept trying to come on.  But it gives you an idea of how cute it is when lit.