Christmas Countdown

Hello everyone! I have another holiday project to share with you today. It's a 12 day countdown to Christmas. I know I've completely skipped over Halloween and Thanksgiving, but I do have some of those projects in the works too.... I promise! :)

The body of the snowman is made out of a Maya Road Birdcage album page, then I sketched the head and top section of the hat onto two layers of raw chipboard. Cut them out and adhered them to the the body. The brim of the hat was then cut out of another piece of raw chipboard, once everything was covered with patterned paper the brim was applied to the project.

I used patterned paper to create the scarf, and it also helped to conceal the join between the head and body. More pics and details are on the Maya Road blog here.

Have a great week guys!

Maya Road Supplies:

Clear Acrylic SM Calender Stand w/ chipboard pages

Birdcage Chipboard Book

Large Organza Roses Ribbon

Satin Pleat Ribbon

Bubble Dot- Crochet Trim

Philadephia Chipboard Numbers

Snowflake Mini Chipboard Set

Crystal Trinket Pins

Vintage Pearl Pins

Mixed Scallop Mini Triangle Banner Album (nose)

Snowflake Coaster (arms)

Kraft Mini Tags

Maya Glitter (Cherry Red and Iridescent)

Wood Bingo Numbers

Other Supplies:
Collage Press - Patterned Paper (Joyride collection)
Martha Stewart -Twine
Pink Paislee - "Christmas" Rub-on
Making Memories - Tiny Letter Stickers
October Afternoon -"I believe" Sticker
Bazzill Basics - Tulle Ribbon
Raw Chipboard - (recycled from back of old notebook)

Thinking of Christmas Yet?

Hi guys! I'm back with...... you guessed it, another Maya Road CHA project. Are you thinking about Christmas yet? Probably not! - And when I was trying to figure out what to make, with this album, I wasn't either. But then I remembered my stash of Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses and was totally inspired to go Christmas!!! :)

The banner was made with Maya Road's new Pennant Chipboard Album. And can I just say "I love, love, love this album!" Each album comes with 4 scalloped pages and 4 plain ones. The size of the plain pages are about 4 3/4" by 7" and the scalloped ones are a little bigger, so they're a really nice size to play with.

The little bird in the center of the banner, was made out of half a paper mache egg. The egg was covered with punched border strips and then I added chipboard wings, legs and a beak.
For the hat, I made a small cone out of some patterned paper. Then scrunched it around a little, until I was happy with the shape. To finish it off I added some Maya Road trim, fur and a pom pom.

Here you can see how I used the Green and Turquoise Trinket Leaf Pins to embellish the banner. Some under the small Chipboard Snowflakes (shown above) and again on the larger snowflakes seen below.

Maya Road Supplies used:
Pennant Album
Snowflake Coaster
Mini Snowflakes
Bubble Dots Crochet Trim
Zig Zag Crochet Trim
Decorative Scrolls (in beak)
Wings Chipboard Sheet
Birds of a Feather Mini Chipboard Set (used branches for legs)
Mixed Scalloped Triangle Banner (beak)
Trinket Pins
Trinket Beads
Metal rings

Other Supplies:
Basic Grey - Patterned papers and buttons
Fiskars - Border punch
October Afternoon - Mini letter stickers

Hobby Lobby - Paper mache egg, embroidery floss, fur trim, pom pom, eyes, bells, ribbon and glitter.

Have a great weekend everyone!