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Rudolph small gift tag or fridge magnet - day 348 of my 366 day challenge

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Rudolph small gift tag or fridge magnet -  day 348 of my 366 day challenge Hi Craft addicts! Today's challenge is a cute fridge magnet/tag for Christmas, using an MDF/Wooden medium sized tag, a Tonic Studios die and some Baker's Twine. How I made this tag/fridge magnet:- I took a MDF/Wooden tag shape (approx 11x6cm) and covered both sides using "Black" Pebeo Gesso paint - giving it a couple of coats leaving it to dry between them. I cut out the "Cute Rudolph" shape using the Tonic Studios Rococo die in white card and glued it to some "Bright Blue" and cut round it. I then stuck it to the MDF tag using Cosmic Shimmer and allowed it to dry. I then used a "Red" Alcohol marker to colour his nose and a black one for his eyes. I also added some "Caribbean Blue" Tonic Studios crystal drops around the edge of the tag and again let them dry. Finally I used some "Black and Gold" Baker's Twine so i...

Wooden MDF mittens - just right for Christmas

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Pair of wooden MDF mittens - just right for Christmas Hi Craft addicts! As Christmas is drawing ever nearer, I thought I would show you how I made these MDF mittens (approx 4" or 100mm). There are 2 different sizes so you could use one set for the tree and the larger ones for anywhere else! I have also made a box to go with them so they looks a bit more special. I first of all painted the two mittens (which were in the Dreamees Christmas MDF pack)  with White Pebeo Gesso paint and allowed them to dry. I then covered both sides with some red and white spotted paper which you can buy from Craft Creations and used some Cosmic Shimmer Matt, Seal and Glaze glue to "varnish" them - if you didn't want to use paper you could use red acrylic paint Using the MDF shapes as templates to cut the paper out, they were slightly bigger than the shape but you can use sandpaper to smooth the edges (it also seals the paper to the MDF). Once dry, I us...