Crafters Corner : Sparkling Festive Projects

Sparkling Snowman

Hi friends,Dr Sonia here sharing my first blogpost for 2017 showcasing "Sparkling Dust" from Shalini's own in house brand "Dress my Craft"

The first project is a super cute sparkling snowman made by my 10yr old!
My daughter made the snowman using thermocol balls, pipe stem cleaners and air drying clay . She drew on a mouth using sharpies and used black bindis for the "buttons"

Sparkling Dust

We sprayed E6000 adhesive spray over the snowman and sprinkled the super sparkling , shimmering white "Sparkling dust"...oooh it was amazing to see the transformation!!! I had thought sparkling dust was like any other glitter but it is so pristine white in color and literally sparkles!! ♥♥♥

Sparkling Snowman

My next project is a purely recycling craft made with the humblest of materials...a magazine!

I tweaked a tutorial by Innova Crafts to fold my magazine into a tree.There are so many tutorials to fold a book but this one is pretty straightforward and you can easily get beautiful results!

Take 2 pages of your magazine and fold the top and bottom corners as shown above.Keep folding every 2 pages of your magazine until you have folded all the pages.

Once you have folded all the pages of your magazine, take out your glue gun and apply a generous line of glue along the central part of your magazine. Take a folded page and roll it inwards and stick it .

In this step take care you follow a roll and stick motion and not a folding motion.Do the same for all your pages and your tree will take shape!

Paint your tree and Spray E6000 adhesive over it . Sprinkle Sparkling dust over your project and leave to dry.

Paper Christmas Tree

You can also use any kind of clear drying adhesive but spray adhesive is the best choice as it can give a nice even thin coat of adhesive on a large surface and is perfect to add glitters. The Sparkling Dust transformed the tree so beautifully !