Rita Barakat

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Christmas Comes Early

Christmas comes early!

Welcome Creatives!  ! It is a celebration as today is my tenth release of die cuts (ephemera)!
This is part of my newest collection, called a Merry Little Christmas. Such an exciting day…

Merry Little Christmas collection by RitaBarakat.com
Christmas Comes Early ~A merry little Christmas collection

This is the new collection in the shop now! Wanting to share some easy creative ideas so of course, I included the new Merry Little Christmas collection. There are five die cuts in this ephemera collection that is a little smaller than the other collections (3x3inches) because I wanted them to be used as tags. Let’s get started:

  

All of the projects included one die cut from the set you can exchange it with one of the others in the set or stamp your own.

1.) A simple card – a little washi, a little Plaid paint to color the snowflakes and a little Glitterific for the sparkle.

2.) The sitting elf ornament is the elf backed with chipboard and a couple of those painted snowflakes on little twine.

3.) I painted this blank little nutcracker soldier with the same paints and glitter. Haning the tag with the twine.
Sometimes the most special gifts are handmade, with a little paint you can customize your gifts to the person or situation.

    

5.) Here I hand painted this box to suit my theme, you can paint or wrap your boxes in colors that compliment or theme or perhaps create different colors for each person. (Plaid paints used- Apple Barrel Summer Blue and Folk Art  Artist Pigment Alizarin Crimson)

6.) Each year I create ornaments for the family, I have been loving glitter so it seemed fitting that this year’s ornament would have glitter. To create this look paint half of the ornament in blue and the top half in red Cover the entire ornament once dry with Glitterific. If you haven’t used this it is so much easier than glitter- it is a gel-like substance filled with different sizes of glitter. Simply squeeze it out of the bottle and spread it with a paintbrush or your finger. Glitter tends to get stuck in brushes so I prefer to use my finger, which makes for easier cleanup.

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Comments

  2. Sharon Gullikson says

    I like the girlie sitting on the floor wearing a hat. She’s really cute. She IS a Rita Barakat girlie.

  4. Mary Ann McMillin says

    So Cool having a Hop. Sue Hiles Put me on to you & Your Etsy Shop. Thank-You so much for the Gift of Love you sent with my Order. I will do a Thank-You Video Very Soon 🙂 Now I’m Off to watch the other Videos and become Inspired Once Again. Love & (((HUGS)))- Nana #3

  5. Carla Hundley says

    So festive and fun!
    Great gifts to go in
    the gift box. Love the
    colors you used.
    Carla from Utah

  13. Ulrike Kruppa says

    I love getting to know more creative minds and different products, a blog hop is always great for this! The gel glitter looks beautiful on the bauble. Love the colours!

  15. Anne Furth Snelgrove says

    Such a cute and whimsical collection. The glitter and the colors as well as the faces really sold me. This is the first time I’ve seen your work. So glad I found this blog hop

  16. Tammy Rutledge says

    Love the color combination of the red and turquoise! For several years, I did a white Christmas tree decorated with red and turquoise ornaments and I thought it was beautiful. And who doesn’t love glitter! I know I do! Thanks for the great ideas.

  33. Tina Riley says

    What a great way to end such a crazy day. I am hopping! lol I love seeing all this crafty goodness.

  36. Renee Joy says

    Rita, this is such an amazing collection! I love each and every piece that you created. The color, the sparkle, and the creativity surely abound!! Wow, I know you will have a very festive holiday season!!

  38. Tracy Steinbach says

    Joe sent me!!! What great tags and projects! I love the colors! Thanks so much for sharing

  40. Cindy Holmes says

    Hi Rita! It’s been a while for me being here! I have been going through some very major depression issue’s lately more than I usually go through! So I haven’t been active in your group! But I am trying to get back in to the swing of things! ! And I saw that you were having a really fun blog hop and I thought what better way to go! I just finished your blog hop! And I really enjoyed all of the creativity from everyone here! I will be back to watching your really fun videos starting today! I hope I don’t seem weird in asking this but if you could pray for me! I struggle so much with energy and motivation to do anything! And joy for me just isn’t there in anything in my life! God bless you! And look forward to this evening watching your video!

    • ritaadmin says

      Oh, Cindy, I m so sorry you are feeling this way – big hugs – absolutely I will pray for you!

      Father I pray for my sister Cindy right now – I pray for her heart and mind Lord.
      This time of year is so hard for so many Lord please surround her with your presence,
      remind her that she is loved and so very precious to you.
      I ask for little moments of blessings that she would recognize as being from you Lord. Reminders that You have her, love her and care about her.
      I thank you Lord for what you will do here, you know her heart Lord and you created her to be the beautiful blessing that she is.
      Thank you, we love you, in Jesus name I pray Amen.

      • Cindy Holmes says

        Oh Rita, Thank you so much for such a beautiful and meaningful prayer! It’s definitely been such a struggle right now for me with so many things! I really do appreciate what you did for me with this prayer! God Bless You Too!

  41. Carol Jones says

    Beautiful projects! Such a lovely sweet set. Simply adore the color scheme you used. Fun hop. Aack, Christmas will be here any minute!

  43. Heidi says

    Such a cute collection! My turquoise loving daughter would adore the gift tags on all her presents this year!

  50. Kathleen E Talbot says

    I like the snowmen. They aren’t restricted to Christmas only. – They are good for the entire snow season – 3 months or so!

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