Tag #9

This one was a quick one. Distressed some music note paper. Attached chipboard words. colored and attached gift images at the bottom. Distressed the ribbon (scrap believe it or not). I had to use more shimmer and bling, that seems to be my thing lately. Love the "glitz". Thanks for stopping by.

TAG 8

Here is another horizontally oriented tag for my 12 part series. I had a really fun time creating these beauties. I love the vintage look and rarely stamp/ craft in this style. This tag is so pretty in real life- I'm in need of a new camera. Maybe I should ask Santa, huh?
Used various paper scraps and distressed edges with cocoa, caramel and/ or choc. chip. Turned various papers into chipboard and added embellishments like; glitter, gel pens, paper piercing, and 3D paper paint.
Thanks for stopping by, Merry Christmas. Stay warm.

On The 7th Day Of Christmas...

MAGIC... this time of year is so magical especially for the children. Don't you remember the magic you felt when you woke up Christmas morning and that special gift was under the tree. Oh, to be young again and experience those special feelings. Now as a mom, I still feel a bit of magic and happiness when I see my girls and loved ones open up gifts that they love or are happy about. This tag is one of my favorites in my series. I love how it turned out. The horizontal orientation, the ribbon, the stars all work perfectly. I used pop dots and chipboard to add dimension and depth, which is hard to see in this picture. I used dimensional paper paint to further accent the border of the sentiment and definition portion of the tag. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week.

Tags 5 & 6 of Christmas...

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... here is tag #6 for my series 12 Tags of Christmas. Sorry these are posted so late- this weekend has been very crazy busy with vet appointments, sports 2 times on saturday, dog issues (my pooch had a big surgery on Thurs. am.), workshop and cancer benefit dinner all done on Saturday. I tried to "veg" out with my girls and watch Harry Potter Movies today.
As you can see I went with a snowflake theme. I'm really into snowflakes this year. I decorated my tree with a ton of them. I had a workshop yesterday and we made acrylic snowflake tags/ ornaments and a folded paper snowflake/ poinsettia ornament. I decorated my craft room tree with the acrylic snowflakes.
Used a mixture of die cut and punched snowflakes. Rhinestone brads (SU!).

Here is Tag #5 in the series. These tags all use the same papers, distressed look, misc. embellishments, spray glitter/ shimmer, and tag size as seen on all the previous uploaded tags. I found this gorgeous, large, fabulous button (center of the large snowflake) in a specialty store and had to have it. It definately has a vintage feel to it.

Ok, I'm posting a bit earlier than I have all week. Here is tag #4 for from the series. I used my electronic die cut machine to cut out the stars and letters. The snowman is from an older 3D Christmas sticker pack I've had for 3+ years. I distressed the edges of the snowman to match the rest of the tags in the series. Thanks for looking. Let me know what you think.

On the third day of Christmas...

Here is tag #3. Again, its distressed, collaged, and sprayed with sparkle. I love the muted colors on this paper. I used pigment markers to color the images. I found these small wire and thread candy canes in the miniature section at a local craft supply store last year and I love them. They really come in handy on holiday cards. Thanks for stopping by, have a great Thursday.

On the second day of Christmas...

Here is tag #2 in my 12 tag series. I used the same mixture of papers, inks, and embellishments as noted on the first tag. I love this shabby, vintage, old look. It is one of my favorite styles in stamping- believe it or not. I know I don't often do this style but it is my favorite- I feel it is not my strongest stamping/ crafting style and I could use a little help perfecting it. There are fabulous shabby stampers out there and I love to visit their blogs- often. happy Wednesday and have a great week, thanks for stopping by.
Materials: SU! caramel and cocoa inks to distress. SU and other vendor papers. SU! crystal brads. Misc. ribbon, bling, paper flowers, chipboard.

As promised, here is the first tag in my 12 Tags Of Christmas Series. I went for the collage. shabby, layered, vintage look. Had a blast making all these tags (you will see in the next two weeks).

I used creamy caramel and close to cocoa to distress the edges. I added misc. emellishments fromnumerous companies. The paper was a mix of SU! and other vendors. They all work nicely together. Love these colors- old olive, ruby red, cranberry, garden green, caramel, cocoa, and chocolate chip.

In this picture you can really see the shimmer spray (pearl-like) I used. I love to add shimmer to everything- can't wait for SU! to come out with this type of stuff. It would be great to have to correlate with their colors, wouldn't it? They are the "bomb" when it comes to color and style coordination.

Santa's at the HOLIDAY LOUNGE

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What a fun sketch! I had a blast making these cards this afternoon. I made 8 of the same design- 4 teal and 4 red. These non- traditional Christmas Colors are awesome.The DS paper is Holiday Lounge by SU! and the stamp set is Just Beclause also by SU! I used confetti white as the base and the image circle. I used Whisper White organza 5/8" from SU! I love how they turned out. You can see a glimpse of both colors below.

I have been so busy trying to get into the Holiday Spirit. I've been cleaning, decorating, planning for a workshop this weekend, doing laundry, visiting family, shopping for both gorceries and gifts, wrapping gifts, planning holiday meals and planning my baking, and finally fit some stamping today. I even fit in a movie (rental) CHANGELING (I think that is how you spell it) while stamping this afternoon. It starred Angelina Jolie and took place back in the 1920s. It was a good movie. My daughter had seen it prior to me and recommended it.

I will be doing 12 TAGS of CHRISTMAS starting tomorrow. Please stop by and check things out.

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PLAYING AROUND WITH THIS WEEK'S MOJO SKETCH. USED AN OLD SIMPLY SCRAPPIN' KIT (WINTER BRIGHT 2007) TO CREATE THIS SIMPLE CARD. I CONFESS, I BUY A TON OF STUFF, PUT IT IN A "SAFE PLACE" AND THEN FORGET WHAT I HAVE. ANYONE ELSE DO THIS? LOVE THESE COLORS- WASABI IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME. I EVEN BOUGHT A JACKET IN THIS COLOR.
SUPPLIES: wasabi, bashful, real red, blue rhinestone brad, wasabi ribbon, staple, corner punch, circle punch, scallop circle punch, kit stickers.

Giant Pumpkin Cookies

I did some baking today-YUM!

PUMPKIN COOKIES
1 box of Spice cake Mix
1 can pumpkin (standard size, not large)
1 egg
FROSTING
1 can cream cheese frosting
Mix all together, use large cookie/ muffin dropper and drop onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes until center is firm. Cool on rack and frost. Makes 18-20 large delicious cookies.

I learned this recipe Thursday morning on a local news channel and knew I had to try it sometime this weekend. I love to bake but not always from scratch- after all, I need some time to stamp. Got to love the 3-4 ingredient recipes.

I have been trying to cook 2-3 meals every Sunday so they can be heated throughout the week or frozen and cooked at a later date. So far so good... In the past few weeks I've made baked potatoe soup, seafood lasagna, regular lasagna, stuffed peppers, calzones, pepperoni rolls, enchilada casserole, chicken parmesan,sloppy joes, cake, cookies, rice krispy treats, chocolate covered pretzels, and pizza. This has been so helpful after work. Meals get cooked or reheated in time for everyone to make it to the after school activities. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week. Email me if you have questions about my products or my easy recipes.

DIE CUT IMAGES SILHOUETTES

I've been playing around with my electronic die cutting machine today. I like to change things up every once in a while and do die cut images instead of stamped images. I used some paper bought a local craft store last fall. I love the colors in it (yellow, orange, brown, and hot pink). I thought the colors and pattern were funky. The die cut images work perfectly with this paper, don't you think?

SU! HOLIDAY BEST Level I item number 115364 sentiment used on the Pilgrim hat card.

Give Thanks... to Mary Fish

This MOJO111 challenge was inspired by Mary Fish. I also used the card on page 31 of the SU! Holiday Mini as inspiration. I admire everything that Mary makes. She truly amazes me, I love her style! She's truly inspirational. "Kudos" and "thank- you" to you Mary (check out her blog on my favorite blog link list to the right).
Stampin' Up!- Olive, Tangerine, Not Quite Navy, Cocoa, Cream CS used. Gobble Gobble stamp used (pg 31 of holiday mini). Mini buttons, brads.

I decided to make some tags to match the cards with all the extra paper pieces and scraps instead of throwing the strips in my scrap box. I will use them on baked items- quick bread loaves or packages of fresh cookies to give to friends or family. I also have a couple November birthdays that these will work perfectly on the gift bag.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week.

BISCOTTI POUCH

Made this little Biscotti pouch from an idea I found on a blog a while back. The inspiration was Christmas themed and used larger (longer) Biscotti. I will try some more at Christmas time with larger Biscotti to be more like the inspiration piece. I love biscotti and thought this would be a nice little gift to give my DD's teacher Friday at their fall party along with a pouch mix of Spiced Cider.

Used LOVELY AS A TREE SU! set. Sponged trees with Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Old Olive, Always Artichoke classic inks. The sky was sponged in Bashful Blue. Bought a new punch (Acorn) and used it in bottom right corner of the pouch front. Fringe leaf punch (MS) used in top left and bottom right corners for further depth. Misc green butons also used to accent. Dyed the ribbon with really rust ink and tied the top and bottom together.

BOO

Love this vintage looking banner. Isn't it beautiful? The letters were traced and then hand cut from a cereal box (talk about going green) and glittered in Galaxy Black Fine Glitter. The black accordian printed paper was trimmed with decorative edge scissors, distressed a little, arranged, and glued onto the orange cardstock circle disk. Thin polyester ribbon used to link the 3 disks all together.

Made these cute little cello bagged goodies yesterday. I found the large candy skeleton rings and matching candy bracelets at my favorite store (T). I packaged them in the small cello bags together and made a matching topper for each bag. I will give these to my girls and their friends for Halloween. Thanks for stopping by. Stop by again.

CUPCAKE TOTES

Yesterday was National Cupcake Day which gave me the perfect opportunity to make a cute ensemble that I have had stored in my favorites from a couple blogs sites (Nicole Heady's, and Michelle Wooderson's) for about a year now. They are two very talented papercrafters that I absolutely love.

These totes are made to fit around a cake mix box. The frosting container is then wrapped with papers or a cardstock of your choice. Aren't they cute?

My inspirations from Nicole and Michelle, were Valentine and Birthday themed but I decided to go all out and make HALLOWEEN, of course. I found a small box of cupcake mix at the grocery store (this only makes 12 cupcakes) it was a little smaller than the inspirational patterns so I had to tweak my pattern and adjust to fit this box size. Then the pocket on the front of the tote had to be adjusted as well, which led to adjusting the card size also. I made cupcake toppers with various Halloween images and hot glued them onto decorative plastic toothpicks and placed in a vellum-type bag. This bag is the one seen in the front pocket.

I had a really good time making these, although they took me hours to make. I gave them to two of my best friends this evening at dinner. They loved them. I will definitely be making more of these in the future. They would work great with Pillsbury (Funfetti) for all Holidays and occasions.

Lazer Sticker Spooky Tags

Used lazer cut stickers to create some "Spooktacular" tags.

Did I mention how much I love Halloween- my kids say its the "witch" in me. Ha ha ha ha. I should say "Mwaah haa!"

GETTING SPOOKED!

Halloween is my absolute favorite Holiday. I love everything orange & black (mix in a little purple, red, and lime green).

I got some time Monday and Tuesday (because my youngest has been home sick) to play with some new ideas, items, old stamps, and some things bought from SU! last Fall but not used yet (I guess that qualifies as being new doesn't it?)

I used a favorite sketch challenge to assist with one of the card layouts and I rummaged through the cupboard and came across the old (1997) SU! set called FUN FACES. I used this set on the triangle box template I came across. Thanks for stopping by.

FROM THE CRYPT

Cast A Spell DS papers

Sponge Daubers used to ink skulls with Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink

Circles punched and cut with SU! supplies (past and present).

Buttons recycled froman old stained shirt.

I'm back... sorry its been so long. I have been super busy and have not stamped in many weeks. A lot going on here. Took a mini trip out of state. Family has been sick (H1N1). Hope to be able to get back into stamping even if its 1-2 times per week. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.