The .25 cent project--Hydrangeas Blog Hop

Howdy folks and welcome to the Club Scrap monthly blog hop!

I know you stopped by from Debby's Page and that you have come to my post in order to be enlightened with amazing artistic talent and a knock out project.  Ha ha, just kidding I know you came by to see if I would say anything to make you spit your morning coffee on your computer monitor.  Or maybe for a cat picture.

As usual I wanted to come up with a way to participate in the hop without actually using up any of my precious scrapping and crafting supplies.  What you don't actually use your paper do you???

I saw THIS IDEA on Pinterest and thought maybe I could recreate it with my Hydrangeas stamps and some cheap thrift store candle holders.

Step one-Hit up your local thrift store for some candle holders or any little glass containers (if you come home with a set of luggage and a new bookcase too this is not my fault but I will worn you it is known to happen-not that I would know anything about that.)  The three little holders below were less than .25 cents each.

Step Two-Gather some very basic supplies.  You will need some tissue paper, scissors, India Ink and Mod Podge and a little paint brush.  Thin the Mod Podge with some water, I used about 1/2 and 1/2 in a little bowl.

Step Three-Stamp the image of your choice on the tissue paper.  I found after a couple tries that a second generation of the stamping might work better for delicate images like these flowers.  See how the top image is just a little too dark and the ink kind of bleeds a bit.

Step Four-Cut out image.  Brush part of the glass you want to stick the tissue paper on with a bit of the water/modpodge mix.  (It will look cloudy but don't worry it will dry clear.)  Stick on image and then brush another thin layer of the glue mix on top of it.

I did the flowers and the stems separately here.

You can continue adding as many images as you would like.

It looks a bit like a pretty shot glass.  But beware these things and liquid really don't mix.

I tired it with a couple different stamps and colors.  They didn't turn out perfectly but I do think the stamping on tissue paper is kind of a "if at first you don't succeed thing".  I was in more of a hurry up and finish this so you can make supper mode.

Now those of you you know me well know that I'm really not a pink and purple flowery kind of person.  I'm more of a red and black NASCAR kind of person?  So my final test of this new little craft was this (also from the Hydrangeas UM stamp.)

While it still isn't perfect it is a bit more my style.  So there you have it, a handy quick craft that is cheap and doesn't use any of your precious Club Scrap paper.  It might also be fun with kids.  If you like spending time with kids and stuff.

I hope you enjoyed this stop on the Hop today.  Next up is Tiare's Blog!

And just in case you thought I forgot...

Here's a quick shot of AJ helping me with some Greetings to Go last week.  Cats are so helpful.