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Hello everyone..........  It has been such a very long time since I have posted on my blog!!!   Life is starting to get a bit better here for me at our house and I am now able to work with my hands a bit better.  So I have a project to share with you today. YAY!!!  I hope you like it as it is not a card,  but it is a fun Christmas ornament that I have made using a 4 inch paint brush. 

I have used acrylic paints to paint the handle and the eyes and cheeks on. The wooden nose has also been painted flesh tone. I have stripped some muslin fabric to make a stash. Use a 6x10 piece of fabric to make the hat and added the feather strip using hot glue. I have added a jingle bell with a jute bow to the tip of the hat. I used very heavy gauge black wire for the cute glasses. I wrapped the wire around a dowel stick to make them. I have use hot glue to put it all together and added a wire to the top of the paintbrush though the fabric for a hanger.

Now just how cute is that!?!?!?!

I do hope to post on here from time to time. 

I miss all of my blog friends

I want to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a WONDERFUL New Year!!

Magnolia-Licious Holiday Blog Hop

 Hello everyone..

WELCOME!!

Today is the BIG Magnolia-Licous Blog Hop!!

I am sure the if you have hopped here from Lisa Andrews blog you have seen all kinds of fun, beautiful and inspiring projects along the way.

If you have happened on my blog without following the hop you might want to go to the Magnolia-Licious blog to start.  I am more than sure you will not want to miss anything!!

Remember there are 2 ways to win great prizes!! Information at the end of my post and also on the Magnolia-Licious Challenge blog .

I tell ya I had so much fun making this project!!

I have made a few of these in the past and they are always so fun to do and  display during the holidays.

I have made this one with a very special someone in mind. So it will be going in the mail very soon. So that they can enjoy it during the holiday season.

A LARGE SNOWGLOBE

This was a very hard project to do photos of because of the glare on the glass. It looks so much better in person!

What do ya think??

( I would love for you to take a minute and leave me your thoughts)

 

 11 inches tall and 8 inches wide. 

Yes, you can really shake it like a small snowglobe and the fake snow will go all over insidethe glass just like it is snowing!

 FUN FUN FUN!!

 I have used 4 very fun Magnolia images for my project today.

I have colored my images with my copic markers.

NOW DON'T FORGET all images can be purchased at  
Magnolia-Licious.

  

#218 A Joyful Tilda

 #418 A Joyful Piglet

#449 Show The Way Baby Rudolph

 #105 Edwin with Sack

Scor-tape (I always use it when doing projects like this) IT IS THE BEST!!

You can also find it at Magnolia-Licious.

Printed Papers: older Provo Craft paper, Debbie Mum 12x12   
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger Linen
Copic markers for coloring image, gel pen (White) 
Adhesives: 3 in 1 glue by Becon, 3M Foam Tape, Scor-Tape (available at Magnolia-licious 
Ribbon: bakers thread, green and wite checks, red satin, green tulle, off white double lace 
Misc: jingle bells, pine cones, feathers, greenery, painted star, 8" glass fish bowl, 8 " cookie tin, string of 50 mini lights,mini Pine trees, flaked snow glitter, snow-tex. 

A look at the top of the globe. 

 Challenges I would like to enter my project:

Allsorts -  Make a Gift

 Colour Me Creative Challenge Winter, Frosty and Cold

Crafty Calendar - All things Christmas

Little Claire's - Christmas

 Creatalicious Challenges  Christmas Time

Live & Love Crafts Challenge:  Christmas Inspiration

 Christmas Stampin' All Year Long:  must be Christmas - Stripes

Looking down into the globe.

  In this next picture I have tried to get a photo in a darker area so that you can see that I did put mini lights on the trees and they really turn on!! Photo is not so great but you get the idea!!

 *** WANT TO WIN???***

There are 3 ways you can win a prize from the Magnolia-licious store.

1. Stop at all of the Design Team blogs in the Hop and collect all the Scavenger Hunt letters and unscramble them to spell out a special Holiday message. 

Then email your completed message to Suzanne Dean at sjdean@smartneighborhood.net. One winner will be chosen randomly from those who submitted the correct message and will receive a Surprise Gift Package worth $50 in value.

2. Join us with a Holiday/Winter theme project of your own and upload to the inlinkz on the Magnolia-licious Challenge blog by December 31. 

There will be 2 winners chosen. The first place winner will receive a Surprise Gift Package worth $100 in value. The runner up will receive a Surprise Gift worth $50 in value.

The letter that you need from my blog to unscramble the phrase and send to Suzanne's email is.....

y 

Have fun hopping and thank you for hopping by today!! 

Your next stop is to the very sweet, lovely and talented Jane Johnson.