Claire Selby Cards

January 26th, 2012 is the official Craftsy Party Meetup day. What is Craftsy? It’s an online source for crafters and artists to learn and connect. What is a Craftsy Party Meetup day? This worldwide day is a great way to meet other crafters and artists in your own area. It’s also a great way to pick up techniques for knitting, crocheting, quilting and paper arts. To locate a meetup near you or to find out more info go to Meetup.com or Craftsy.com

On the 2nd day my true love crafted for me…. 2 Party Crowns! Great for the holidays, celebrations and just plain being a girl, crowns are fun to make, wear and decorate with. I crafted my first crown from a Vintage Crown image found at Graphics Fairy printed on cotton fabric treated for the printer. I then hand stitched it to a 12″ pillow made from Robyn Pandolph quilt fabric. The pillow sides are sweetly trimmed with pink and ivory cotton ribbons, seam binding and vintage lace.

For my second party crown I created a cone base from vintage sheet music painted with big blue circles. I then added the chunky transparent glitter to the entire crown by first thickly painting on Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. Once dry I trimmed the Crown in pompoms, a ribbon rose and my hand dyed Pink Tinsel. Pink tinsel is quick and easy to make, check out my earlier tutorial HERE.

On the first day of Christmas crafting, my true love made for me Party Crackers! I found the gorgeous gold star artist paper at Aaron Brothers Frame store and that was my inspiration for the gold and silver party crackers. I have also found lovely papers at Kate’s Paperie for crafting or wrapping. A Cracker is usually filled with little gifts and shared by two people who pull the cracker apart by the sides, winner takes the loot! Here are the supplies I used for these festive crackers.

1)  2 empty rolls of toilet paper, one cut in half for the 2 sides

2) Piece of Art paper to cover the rolls

3) Clear Tape to tape the edges to the rolls

4) Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ for trims

5) silver doilies, and tinsel

6) Victorian scraps and Art Chix Studio scraps

Claire Selby Glittered Ornament

For this large glass ornament I decided to trap a fairy girl image from Art Chix Studio inside along with glitter and Angel Hair tinsel! To place the fairy inside you need to cut out an image that is narrow and then gently roll it into a loose scroll, adding Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™ to the bottom of the image. Lower her in place with fingers or tweezers. You can then add glitter and tinsel or beads and buttons to the inside letting it dry over night. For the Outside I painted Pearl X pigment in salmon on the top and then glued White and blue glitter to the top and bottom of the ornament. This looks cute on display or on a Christmas tree!

Claire Selby Retro and Vintage style Ornaments

If you have a 12″ sheet of scrapbooking paper, than you have what you need to make two vintage style ornaments! I used my pinking shears to cut 2 cone shapes out of my 12″ sheet of paper. I then glued one into a cone shape, and added a few staples across the back to help it dry. Once it was dry I glued on the red paper circle cutouts using Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue™. Next, I glued the vintage Santa face to a red paper diecut, adding it to the inside of the ornament along with Angel Hair tinsel. On the outside of the paper cone I added red and white tinsel and 1 pompom to the bottom. This ornament has that Retro 50′s style to it that I love! For the Vintage Style ornament I swapped the scrapbooking paper for Vintage Sheet music and added a German Dresden Bird Scrap to the front, very 1900′s! Fun and a neat project for the afternoon!

Cut a 12" scrapbooking paper into two cone shapes

Vintage style paper Ornament

Retro Style paper Ornament