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November Art Elements Theme Challenge - Stars

This month was Laney Mead's turn to choose the theme of the challenge, and she chose stars. I had all these ideas of making polymer star ornaments with my little texture stamps, but did not get to it. Partly because I was spending some time coming up with more star glass ornaments.  Last year I made these clear and dichroic ones, and the black and dichroic ones.


This year I added three more colors, and have been making them non-stop!



I think I'm really partial to the red ones! Which do you like best? These can be found in my etsy shop if you're interested! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy everyone else's star creations this month!



Guest Artists

Jill
Divya
Alysen 
Kathy 
Tammy 
Cat 
Samantha
Anita
Karin
Sarajo
Rosantia
Kimberly


Art Elements Team

Jen 
Jenny  
Niky 
Laney 
Claire 
Cathy 
Marsha 
Caroline
Susan
Lesley







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Jill said…
Lovely and sparkly for this time of year, perfect
November 29, 2018 at 4:46 AM
Cat said…
That's a very hard choice to make as they are all so cute, but in the end it's probably the clear and the red one for me!
November 29, 2018 at 6:07 AM
bairozan said…
I do love these, especially the dark blue one but I think every color is so beautiful!
November 29, 2018 at 9:05 AM
Cathy Spivey Mendola said…
Such beautiful little star pendants! I love them all but I think the black/dark blue? one is my favorite although the red is a close runner up!
November 29, 2018 at 12:58 PM
CraftyHope said…
They're all great! But, there's something especially magical about the white/clear ones.
November 29, 2018 at 10:01 PM
Laney said…
ooo the red ones sing!! I rather like the black one but if I was going to decorate with them it would have to be the red one. These are fabulous stars :D
November 30, 2018 at 8:27 AM
Caroline said…
They're gorgeous Sue.. I love the blue!
November 30, 2018 at 3:05 PM
Kathy Lindemer said…
I love all the colors. It is hard for me to pick a favorite. I do think that the red would show up the best on a tree.
November 30, 2018 at 5:17 PM
Chic Chix and Champagne said…
You've done wonderfully this month with all of your glass stars! I love all colors, but in order I prefer Black, Red, Clear. Alysen
November 30, 2018 at 8:30 PM
Divya N said…
I like the green ones, they look very Christmassy
December 1, 2018 at 8:54 AM
Anita said…
Sparkly and cute, what's not to love? I too might be partial to the red, but I think the black/dark-blue is a close second.
December 1, 2018 at 8:58 AM
Jenny said…
You know I love these as I snapped up one of the first available! I am going to string it as an ornament wit a little crystal bling for my Mil!
December 1, 2018 at 10:30 AM
Marsha of Marsha Neal Studio said…
These are perfect for the holidays Susan! I love them all (that green/red one is so interesting). :)
December 2, 2018 at 1:14 PM
Tammy Adams said…
I loved these stars when you shared them on insta. I am drawn to the blue because that's my "default" color (when confronted with too many pretty color choices, I tend to pick the blue one) but really they are all divine.
December 2, 2018 at 2:14 PM
Tammy Adams said…
I loved these stars when you shared them on insta. I am drawn to the blue because that's my "default" color (when confronted with too many pretty color choices, I tend to pick the blue one) but really they are all divine.
December 2, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Tammy Adams said…
I loved these stars when you shared them on insta. I am drawn to the blue because that's my "default" color (when confronted with too many pretty color choices, I tend to pick the blue one) but really they are all divine.
December 2, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Karin G said…
Oh they are all so beautiful, but I love the white, transluscent ones most, they feel like winter.
December 10, 2018 at 3:33 PM
June said…
Such a beautiful little star pendant! I love them,I think blue is my favorite, but transparent things are amazing.It must look good on my neck.
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December 11, 2018 at 12:07 AM
Sarajo Wentling said…
Your glass stars are so cool! I think the black one is my favorite, but they are all really lovely!
December 13, 2018 at 7:20 PM
Karin G said…
I love your glass stars, especially the clear and black ones, they are really festive.
December 15, 2018 at 1:47 AM
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