December 2010

Back to some pages for a few days.  I need to do some catching up again.

In the mean time.....

Have a Happy New Year, 

stay safe and I'll see you at the store

in the new year...2011

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010

Make & Take Thursday is here

Stop by the store between 11 and 1pm today to make this quick card with the gang at PICTURE THIS in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  We always have a ton of fun!!

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2010

Monochromatic

Purple on purple.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2010

Special Thanks

MY little Mona Lisa

MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2010

Hello There

 One of my favorite stamps from the HERO ARTS collection, and it goes so well with the Graphic45 papers!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2010

Brown and Cream

Everyone loves brown and cream....actually this is more of a burnt umber color, but it works.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Hope you are taking some time out from your busy schedule to enjoy a cup of cheer with family and friends today, I know I am.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2010

Last minute gift giving?

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2010

12 Tags redo

I loved doing the 12 tags of Christmas from Tim Holtz at the beginning of the month, but I wanted to take all that knowledge and turn it into a card.  So this is a card version of the tag from this day that I did.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2010

Sunshine on a cloudy day

These papers from My Little Shoebox are so cheery it's hard to resist making a fun card with them.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010

Wooden you love this?

Lol....Ok, I get tired of coming up with titles for these things...forgive me.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2010

birthday greetings

Just because it's almost Christmas doesn't mean other people aren't having birthday's.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2010

Ribbon flower

The colors in this are a lot closer to matching in the real world than they look in this photo.  HArd to get a good shot with the lighting I was having. The flower looks REALLY dark purple compared to the background.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010

Retro Silhouette

The new HERO ARTS stamps for 2011 have some very cool images you'll have to come in  and see.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2010

Season's Greetings

Still need a quick Christmas card idea?  This is your card.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010

Purple Roses

How did you get those purple roses......an up coming class will show you how!

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010

Steampunk Debutante

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010

12 tags.....last one....Day 12

The last of the lot. The 12 Days went by so fast!   We had a lovely snowstorm in the middle of the fun, internet issues on day 1....but we survived and I have 12 tags to prove it.

Find the version of the above HERE.  The last one was a simple one and I didn't have all those materials, so I made do with what I had...I can work outside the box.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010

12 Tags...Day 11

Tim is done...but I am still on Day 11......my last will post tomorrow and then I will be back to our regularly scheduled crafting....because BABY, it's COLD outside!!

Here is the version I am going off of, and above is my version.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2010

12 Tags ...Day 10

Another great tag.....and a great technique.  Check out theT!M tag here and then see what I did differently.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2010

12 Tags of Christmas Day 9

Vintage....you knew I would be right there with that one  And he used the rosette!!
Here is his version.....and this is what I used for mine.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010

12 Days...Day 8

One more tag from the Master!  Here is the T!M version to check out. 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010

12 tags...Day 7

Creative and fun!  I really liked this tag technique. Check out T!M's version here and then see what I did differently.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010

12 Tags...Day 6

My version of the Day 6 tag at the Tim Holtz blog

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010

12 Tags of Christmas Day 5

Another day, another tag. Here is T!M's version

MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010

12 Tags of Christmas Day 4

Love this one....each day is a gift of creativity when I log into my Blogger account and check out the T!M pages......ahh bliss.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010

12 Tags...day 3

I loved this one.  Made a few modifications, but just a couple

Here is the TIM version

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2010

12 Tags of Christmas day 2

As promised....the day 2 tag....with my modifications.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Twelve Tags of Christmas

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010

A season of fun

I found this crazy striped paper on the back of the Nook & Pantry line from Basic Grey and thought it would make an interesting Christmas card background.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010

A little decorating

Today is the beginning of the 12 days of Christmas at several websites....and I am going to try joining in the fun too.

For my DAY 1 project I did this:

Easy Peasy and I found my inspiration at this site for my project for today. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to make one...but my way.  Plus I had a bunch of those little battery operated candles.  Battery operated is important in this project.....real candles would be a problem!

Materials:
     Paper: Paper Cut cardstock and metallic cardstock
     Vellum
Brads: Making Memories
Spellbinders: Snowflake die

This is so simple you can make several for you mantel or even your porch.  It is a variation of the luminaries I remember from my time in New Mexico.  My finished project measures 5x6 with a depth of about 2 inches at the widest point.  The great part is that you  only have to attach the ends and not worry about leaving room for the candle because it curves around it when you put it in the middle.

I used the plain cardstock for the main part of the luminary and the metallics for the binding edge.  I used my BEACON'S 3 in 1 glue for the paper adhesion (vellum to paper).  The brads on the edging are used to reenforce the seem on the edge, but you could get away with just glueing it to and adding some bling gems or pearls.  I might have to try this with some patterned paper too.  Seriously, this only took 20 minutes to put together....and part of that time was figuring out how big to make it to fit the snowflake die into the middle.