Snowman Ornament

Hello! So glad you stopped by the Blank Page Muse Blog today. I have an upcycled project for you using some small wedding frames I found at the thrift store. I don't know about you but I like to find items thrifting and see what I can make with them.

I found these little frames in a wedding kit with the paper and all kinds of things to make invitations. I put those little frames in my embellishment box and there they sat, then I had an idea...

Using the snowman from the Country Vintage Christmas stamp set by Pam Bray, I stamped the snowman on the little pieces of cardstock that came in the wedding kit. I then used Tombow markers to color the snowman and added some Stickles for sparkle and snow.

After creating this first image on the cardstock, I decided I didn't like how thin the paper was and cut watercolor paper to fit the frame and did the image again on this substrate.

Next, using alcohol inks, color the white plastic frame. Squirt a drop or two out onto your workspace and rub the color on the frame with your finger. The frame is already a bit pearlescent creating a high shine to the piece.

Now that the image is dry, you can glue it to the frame and glue bakers twine to the paper on the back. You now have a cute upcycled snowman ornament that can be used for a package or the tree!!

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Alice in Wonderland from Sin City Stamps

This is Karen from Starshine Salon.

Sin City Stamps has two new plates of Alice in Wonderland stamps!  You can see them here and here.

I decided to create a Wonderland Tea with mine.  The first piece I made was a centerpiece for the table.


I started with a vintage linen centerpiece.  I love the lace border!  A little dip in tea hid some stains, and I decided to place my panels so that one of them would hide the hole.


I stamped the images onto tea dyed muslin.  Stamping on fabric usually works best with tightly woven fabrics.  For this project, I chose a piece of muslin that was smooth but not stiff, so that it didn’t interfere with the soft hand of the linen.  I used Colorbox Chalk Ink in Dark Brown and heat set the images with an iron.  For more information on stamping on fabric, check out this post.

I like to stamp onto a piece of fabric that I can discard if the image doesn’t come out well.  I also like to stamp on a piece of fabric that is larger than I think I will need, and then trim the fabric later.  That way if I stamp crooked or off-center, I can make up for that when I trim the piece.



I trimmed all the pieces to the same size using a rotary cutter.  Then I pinned them in place on the centerpiece.



I stitched each piece down with a zigzag stitch.  Then I added vintage lace around each panel.







I’m still contemplating what other pieces I will make for my Wonderland Tea.  I hope you’ll check back and see what I come up with!