Handmade Holidays Collection

Start by painting the paper mache mini boxes with white paintusing a Claudine Hellmuth studio paint brush. Apply the paint randomly to achieve a distressed, shabby chic finish. Allow the paint to dry. Fill the inside of the box with excelsior and add...

These mini matchbox cards are so easy to create! This project is a creative way to do an advent calendar or to display mini favors at a holiday party. Make as many of these as you need! Start with a brown colored cardstock and cut out a rectangle shape...

Use these mini tins to fill with little treats for favors during the holidays, birthday celebrations, as thank you gifts and more. The adhesive backed fabric sheets make it so easy to quickly alter the outside of a container. You don't have to mess...

Create your own "unique" gift bags using everyday items. The boxes I used are recycled boxes from crackers and other various foods. Start by cutting the tops off the boxes and covering the boxes with brown paper - I used recycled brown paper grocery bags...

12 Days of Christmas Ornaments Project Directions Start by cutting muslin into 2" x 2" pieces. You will need enough for the front and back of each ornament. On each piece, stamp the Days of Christmas images in black ink. I used photo markers to color in...

Whether you are entertaining this holiday season or in need of treat ideas for friends, family or coworkers, these festive treats are the perfect solution! Either bake or purchase your favorite cookies to fill these 4”x4” glassine envelopes...

lucyscraftylife.blogspot.com Paint canvas with sage green acrylic paint, leaving some areas thinner where you can see the canvas through the paint. When dry, randomly stamp the script image over paint with Black StazOn. Tie bakers twine through top of...

Cavallini deco wrap can be used in a variety of ways including gift wrapping, decoupage paper for projects and much more. When I saw this holiday paper I knew that the paper needed to be used creatively to show off the elegant, bold designs. Placemats...

These large canvas triangles are intended to be used for a banner, but in the holiday spirit, we decided to turn them upside-down and use the tree shape instead! For the garland, simply glue or sew on strips of red fabric. You can use plain ribbon,...

Add a little character to your valentine treats with this sweet yet simple idea! Using plain vanilla cupcakes with red frosting, I added some little flags for some Valentine flair. I used toothpicks and added the black with white polka dots 7gypsies...

Begin by painting several layers of white acrylic paint directly over the cahier journal cover. While the top layer still wet, press a scrap of large bubble wrap into the paint, and lift. Let dry. Water down blue acrylic paint and paint a light border...

Holiday décor is a must in our house, and so is repurposing. Recently, a good friend of mine gave me a bunch of old wooden pieces from some old planter boxes in her backyard, and they were full of artistic potential! I love how weathered and...

Sometimes searching for the right holiday (and home) décor isn’t as easy as it should be. The best thing about wire forms is that you can paint or alter them to suit your own color palette and style. For painting, you have two options:...

The Idea-ology tissue wrap is great for incorporating into mixed-media but it also comes in handy when you need to artfully wrap a gift! Combine with some rich seam binding ribbon and pretty label sticker from Papaya Art you can artfully wrap a small...

Contrary to popular belief, it doesn’t require a ton of effort to dress up a gift package. In little to no time at all, you too can turn an ordinary present into an extraordinary one for those loved ones on your list this year. Our glassine sleeves...

This Christmas, start a new family tradition of documenting your favorite shared memories with friends and family on a Somerset-esque Christmas tree! Our wire form trees are perfect for creating unique home décor for the holidays. I began by...

Start by spraying some white cardstock sheets with red and green color washes and then allow the sheets to dry. Ink up a Claudine Hellmuth dots foam stamp from the Dwelling set with green acrylic paint and stamp the dots design onto half of the red wash...

A while back, we featured an Alice Art Girl Softie project in which I used a mini dress template from Ruth Rae’s book Layered Tattered and Stitched. Ruth’s work is always an inspiration to me; I have been wanting to try another mini dress...

Create a mini Christmas village using our new wooden house forms! To begin, I painted each house with a coat of white acrylic paint. Then I used some scrap pieces of vintage sheet music and glued the pieces to the front of each house. To add some festive...

Our Holiday Extras are each filled with 70 full color holiday samples that we couldn't squeeze into our October/November issues. These special issues are not part of the regular subscription package, but can be purchased from your local store or directly...

Our Holiday Extras are each filled with 70 full color holiday samples that we couldn't squeeze into our October/November issues. These special issues are not part of the regular subscription package, but can be purchased from your local store or directly...