Snowflake Sparkle and a Nutcracker

Two more projects toward my Christmas Countdown. The first is easy but a little messy with all of the glitter. I cut the large Sizzix snowflake and some of the new Northern Flurries Sizzix die and covered them in various colors of SU glitter. Center is an Ice rhinestone brad. An ornament or I may use it as my tree topper for my stamp room tree.
The second project is a sneak peek of a darling set due out on Tuesday from Mark's Fines Papers called Christmas Postage. I used the nutcracker stamp image and colored it in Copics and highlighted it in various places with the Stardust gelly roll pen by Sakura and a gold Spica marker. Basic Grey Figgy designer paper on a white base.

Sweet Treat Snowman

The Sweet Treat cup by Stampin' Up is filled with snow (by Martha Stewart). The snowman is a Sizzix die, the snowflake on his hat is from the SU holiday mini Northern Flurries die.

Ornaments

I used a plastic/acrylic? clear ornament ball from the craft store and inserted a Sizzix 3D die cut. It looks so pretty with the dimensional angles inside, very hard to show in the photo. I used Autumn Meadows paper and the center was stamped with the Scandinavian Season snowflake with a rhinestone brad added. To close the two halves of the ornament ball I ran Sticky Strip along edge and added superfine turquoise glitter by Stampin' Up.

The second is a super simple 5 minute one that I used large pearls and acrylic faceted beads from my bead and craft supplies with a bit of wire and a bow made from Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon.

Pillow Box Princess Crown

I made this super fast and easy crown from the Sizzix pillow box die. I came across the idea by accident after trying to make my first pillow box bucket the other day from the tutorial in the Resources section. I had cut too many of the pillow box and thought it really resembled a crown so I decided to make one in Brushed Gold cardstock and emboss it in gold with the Bella Toile stamp. Added the royal "jewels" from the Pretties Kit and clear rhinestone brads. I am going to use this as a basket for my desk as I am too old to play princess :)
This would be a fantastic Mommy & Me project to let your child decorate her own crown! I cut out 5 of the pillow box and taped them all together with durable Sticky Strip.