Quick Christmas Make

Hello to all our crafting friends, Antony here for a really quick Christmas make.

This one only took about 45 minutes to complete. I'd been seeing loads of

beautiful fairy jars on Facebook and Pinterest. The only problem for me was

that during the day the jars looked... well just looked like white jars. The interest was

only there when it was dark and they were lit! 

So for this make I'm using an old Douwe Egberts coffee jar, some snowflake

dies, Crafters Companion Mixed Media tag dies, Pinflair Regal Purple Liquid Buff-it

white glass paint, Let It Snow die from the Sue Wilson range, silver die ink

rustic string, battery powered tea lights and finally Pinflair's Iridescent

Gellitex paste.

Step1 Firstly using a sponge I applied white glass paint over the whole

jar. I had tried white alcohol ink first time round, but when the jar was

lit from inside it looked all patchy!

Step 2 Whilst the white glass paint dried I used the Mixed Media tag dies from

Crafters Companion and cut out some tag shapes from some thick white

card stock. I also die cut a snowflake that I stuck onto one of the tags.

For the tag underneath I cut out a tag using thinner card stock and then

 embossed it using a small circle embossing folder. Using silver die ink, I

applied it lightly over the raised areas using a sponge. 

Step 3 I cut the large text die "Let it Snow" and some other snowflakes

using 300gsm white card stock. Using a sponge I then added Pinflair

 Gellitex over the whole of the jar. I pounced the Gellitex on very quickly

and quite thinly. I placed the die cut text and snowflakes into the still wet

 Gellitex, then I force dried the Gellitex from a distance using a craft heat tool.

I then applied another thin coating of Gellitex over the jar once again.

The second coat actually seals the die cuts in place.

Step 4 Again I force dried the second coat of Gellitex and then using

the silver dye ink I applied it round the neck of the jar and also at the

botton. For the lid, I firstly took off the plastic stopper and painted the

inside using Pinflair's Liquid Buff-it. I force dried the Liquid Buff-it

and then painted a second coat on. Before placing the plastic

stopper back in place I force dried the Liquid Buff-it once more.

Step 5 Using some rustic string I tied the two card tags in place

around the neck of the jar and finished it with a bow.

  
Step 6 With all the decorating done all that was left was to open

the jar and put 2 battery powered tea lights inside... step back and

admire. I think you'll agree the jar looks just as nice to look

at in daylight and when lit both during the day and with the

lights off.

 

Hope you like this really quick make.... all of 45 minutes to create something

beautiful, unique and practical out of an old coffee jar. If you want to, you could also

add a drop of Liquid Buff-it to the Gellitex to colour it, or sprinkle

some glitter over the wet surface. As well as Iridescent Gellitex, there is

also a transparent version too!
Try also using coloured die cuts for non Christmas themed projects.... one
of which I will share with you all in the new year!
 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 
Antony