Christmas Gifting With Unity

I love making gifts for people. Now weather or not they appreciate the handmade gifts is a different story. Ha! I often imagine my work going into someone's trash can....but hopefully not this time. This year for Christmas I've decided to upcycle some glass mason and old food jars turning them into wintery candle holders.

I started by making sure all adhesive was cleaned off the jar. I even broke out the Goof Off! After running them through the dishwasher they were good to go.

Then I took some Wal-Mart white chalk paint and slapped on two coats with a cheap sponge brush.

While it was drying I dove into my Unity stamps and found one I thought would work with the winter theme; woodland deer. The sentiment is from a Unity grab bag and I think it works perfectly. The tiny snowflake is from A Joyous Season.

I attached that doe to the largest piece of glass I had and then inked it up with some Archival black by Stampin Up.

Holding the jar sideways and rolling it over the image while pressing firmly gave me the best image.

The tiny snowflakes are done in pool party ink by SU. I didn't have to roll these little flakes on though. Pressing them as one would normally do worked just fine.

How did I color that deer? Ink? Nope! Colored pencils came into play here; Prismas.  I then used a SU blender pen to smooth the colors a bit. I only know the correct coloring of a deer because there is one staring at me in my living room. Ha!

I hope you noticed the deer standing in some fresh powder? The sponge brush came in handy again here. It took only a thin layer of Mod podge to hold on the fine snow glitter.

The icing on the cake is some twine wrapped around the top a few times along with a wooden snowflake!

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                          Crystal Minkler

Wynne Cochran Grob

Eileen Mathys

Robyn DeRossett Jordan

Jeanie Hays

Amber Trubiak

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