Handmade Holiday Blog Hop - Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of the 4th Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! A few years ago we were looking online for handmade gift ideas and thought it would be great if there was a resource dedicated JUST to handmade gift ideas. Enter the Handmade Holidays hop! We've gathered over 100 of our creative blogger friends in the craft industry as well as some of our fellow product manufacturers to bring you a plethora of inspiring gift ideas you can make now to give to your friends, family, and colleagues. Pin and bookmark these ideas for this holiday season and to use throughout the year! Each day of the hop features approximately 30 gift projects and you can "hop" from one blog to another to check them all out.

Hello! It's Amy here sharing a little holiday gift!

The embroidery hoop that I used is a petite 3 inches in diameter. This project could be popped into a shadow bow or easily made into a tree ornament!

Here are some of the supplies that I gathered:

Embroidery Hoop
Neat & Tangled's Little Santa Girl
Scrapbook Adhesives
thesaurus

I die cut a circle from a very old thesaurus that I picked up from a junk store.

I love the "Peek-a-boo" look so I generally tend to stamp at an angle.

Pinterest is a great resource for different techniques, don't you agree? I pinned THIS & THIS as inspiration. Interestingly, the first pin actually uses white out instead of acrylic paint. If I had white out, I would have used it since it is a self contained unit. Self Contained meaning I didn't have to pull out my PINK acrylic block and paint brush and then have to clean said acrylic block and paint brush later.

In order to give more definition to Santa's Girl's face, I covered the text with a mixture of white and gold paint.

I refilled in her eyes and mouth with a fine tip sharpie and added pink cheeks. I adhered the circle panel onto the hoop with Scrapbook Adhesives. To bring out the wood hoop, I added a veneer snowflake. For an added pop of color, I stamped the Happy Holidays banners on aqua cardstock.