*SNOW* 3D Lighted Box Ornament

Good morning friends!  I thought I'd share this snow themed 3D lighted box ornament that I made last fall.  

 

 

Every year for Thanksgiving, I gift a Christmas ornament to each of my kids, their spouses and my grandchildren.  For 2025, I made them each a lighted box ornament.

 

My son's ornament features this darling polar bear with his cub, representing my son and my sweet "P".  The polar bears are from Sue Wilson Designs.  I added design details using Copic markers.

 

 

 The "SNOW" die is from Papertrey Ink.  I added some Silk Microfine Glitter to the snowflake for added sparkle, finished off with a wintery blue pearl center.

 

The sentiment banner is from Memory Box.  Everyone enjoyed getting these handmade ornaments last year.  It was a big task, but I was up for the challenge.

I'll be adding this project into the following challenges:

Four Seasons Challenge ~ Winter

 

Cut It Up Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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Lighted Gingerbread Box Ornament

Good morning friends ~  I hope you don't mind me popping in and posting another 3D box ornament.   

 

  

The class I taught a couple weeks ago went well.  Everyone went home happy with their make and some of them even went home and made more.  I had cut extra box pieces for my class, just in case, and we didn't have to use them.   

 

I decided to finish the box ornament off with a gingerbread theme when I found this cutie little gingerbread from Cottage Cutz in my box of Christmas scraps left over from last year.  He's too cute not to be used. 

 

I think I'll add him to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Christmas 

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Church Lighted 3D Ornament Box ~ CCS

Hello friends~  

Many of you who've been following my blog for a long time know that I enjoy making these 3D ornament boxes.  Well, I've made a new design for the CutCardStock blog, featuring this beautiful church from Papertrey Ink. 

 

I'm actually going to be teaching a class to make these today, to a group of crafty ladies in my church.  I'm super nervous about teaching the upcoming class, but hopefully it will all go smoothly.

 

I've been cutting and stamping like gang busters using all the wonderful cardstock from CutCardStock. 

 

I do hope you'll stop by the CutCardStock blog for more details on how this project came together. 

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Lighted Box Ornaments

Hello crafting friends!  Today's crafty share are these darling box ornaments.

 

 

 

You may recall that I've made several of these in past posts.  They're so fun to make and you don't need any special supplies to make them. 

I used a Spellbinders Label die to make the front and back of the box, cutting the center using an oval die.  I simply covered the inside and front of the box with patterned papers

 

and filled them with printed die cuts from Pretty Little Studio.  I also added some die cuts from Prima Marketing Candy Cane Lane collection.

 

 

This year, to spice them up, I added some fairy lights to the inside of the ornaments by punching a hole in the back of the ornament and adhering the power button onto the back side of the ornaments.  

 

These went to my two little sweeties so they could hang them on their Christmas trees.

 

 

This little elf went to this little elf

 

Our sweet Mr. "C" turned two years old in September. 
 

and this jolly old fella with pink candy canes went to our Sweet "P".

 

She just turned two this month.  Hubby and I flew out to celebrate her special day.

 

Oh how I love being a Mimi to them!  

 I hope you enjoyed today's project. 

I'll be entering one of these into the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Gifts

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ Christmas 

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Christmas

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~ If It's Christmassy, Link It Up!

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 

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Nordic Layered Ornament ~ Poppystamps

I've got a warm winter whites card for you today over at the Poppystamps blog.  Sure hope you'll pop over to see it.

 

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Spring Curio Box

Hello friends~ After getting 17" of snow dumped on us last week from a spring nor' easter and losing power for two days, I'm eagerly looking for any signs of spring in our neck of the woods.

I find solace and comfort and the hope of spring in my craft room amidst the beautiful paper flowers.

I made this spring bunny curio box using Mintay Papers Spring is Here Collection.  

The flowers and butterflies in the die cut pack are so colorful and pretty.  I layered two of the butterflies to add dimension, and a dose of WOS to add sparkle, which is slightly visible in the photo.  In real life it is very sparkly.

This little bunny and more layered flowers were just what my longing heart needed.

The box was made using Tim Holtz Curio Box.  

This picture shows pretty well, all the layers and beautiful papers.

I hope you're enjoying spring weather where ever you are.  As of today, most of the snow has melted and the spring bulbs that were buried under the snow have blossomed and bring joy and hope to my heart!  

I'll be adding this project to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Showers or Flowers

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Spring Flowers

Color Throwdown ~ Pink, Green and Yellow

The Flower Challenge ~ Add Layers

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Valentine Ornament Box

Hello friends.  Valentine's Day is on the horizon, so I thought I'd share another box ornament with you.  

I hope you don't mind seeing more of these boxes.  They're just so much fun to make!

I used an image from Pretty Little Studio for this little darling.  

Look closely and you'll see that I added some silver garland to the inside edges of the box.  I used various dies from my arsenal that are ages old.

The millinery flowers are from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  They have an amazing selection of flowers in every size and color.

While I had my supplies out I made another box ornament, as I'm trying to use up some supplies.  And, why not?

I don't even remember who made these die cuts or where they came from, but the colors matched these paper scraps perfectly and I love watching the birds at our feeders.  

Making these ornament boxes makes me happy, so I'll be entering one of these into the Cut It Up Challenge, where the theme is "This Makes Me Happy".

Do you feel like sticking around?  Here's a few more pictures of the Valentine decorations I've put up.  I cut a bunch of paper hearts from paper scraps and made this little garland to string across our mantel.

Close ups of the decor from left to right.

I made a smaller garland to add to this arched frame.

Did you notice this darling little snapshots book in the picture above?  I found it at Goodwill many years ago and it had never been used.  It has the old paper pages that you had to use photo mounting corners to add pictures.  I just love the image on the cover and it still looks brand new.

Some old apothecary jars filled with heart fillers and paper shred.

If you've stuck with me this long, I thank you so much!  I know this was a picture heavy post.  

Do you send out Valentine's Day cards?  I've got a post planned soon for some vintage style Valentine cards that I made.  I do hope you'll come back to see them.

Thanks so much for stopping by!