Hello, again! I finally finished my last calendar page of 2014…….December. Finding time to create has been difficult lately, so I hope you will excuse my tardiness! The page is quite simple, but it still took time to get all the greenery in place! Hope you like it!
I used a Cosmo Cricket paper for the background and stamped the swirls on the paper to create some “motion” around the area for the centerpiece. I used the candle die set from Elizabeth Craft to create the centerpiece for my page, combined with some of the dies from the Christmas Greenery thin die set by Tim Holtz. The small poinsettias are from the candle set and the larger one is a Tim Holtz die. The “Merry Christmas” is an Elizabeth Craft die.
The candle is two pieces: the base and the “dripping” topper. After cutting, I embossed the pieces with clear embossing powder, to give a shine. Next, I dipped the topper into hot wax which I melted using the Ranger Melting pot. I love the melted wax affect!
To make the centerpiece, I glued the candle to the page, then added layers of greenery, gluing the pieces at the base to leave the ends loose and “fluffy”. Once the greenery was in place, I added the flowers (treated with gold rub and sprayed with gold glimmer mist). To finish it off, I created a snowy accent on the greenery using dabs of embossing paste (I used my finger tips to apply it) and added rhinestone centers to the flowers to help create a reflective sparkle.
So….my 2014 mini calendar project has come to an end! Here is a snapshot of the pages:
I hope you enjoyed following along as I created these pages. It was a fun project and I hope it helped inspire you to create!
I had so many Christmas related projects I wanted to make and couldn’t, so I have decided to work on them now. Some of the projects include cards, mason jars and bottles, and more home decor. Stay tuned and stay crafting!
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