Saturday, December 31, 2011

December 2011

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011

Gift Bag with Spellbinders Star


More Extravaganza stuff.......really, how did I get so behind on these projects?  Well, if you were at the Etravaganza, you saw them already, and if you have been in the store...and I hope you have....you have seen them already, but for those of you who are visiting from afar, here is another of the fun projects I worked on for our party back in November!

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011

Rosette Die from SIZZIX Alterations

Have you ever made a bottle topper for gift giving? Christmas has already passed, but New Years and other parties are still coming (at least in my world they are!).  Here is a fun bottle jacket I made for the Busy Elves Extravaganza back in November.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011

MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2011

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2011

Merry Christmas

A quick post for your Christmas morning.  I made all my tags for the gifts this year and most are a version of the one in the photo.  There are a few differences, but the glitter paper and mirra card are heavily used.  The Tim Holtz "Vintage Noel" die has quickly become my favorite die.  Too bad I must retire it for the year.....or will I?  We will be doing a monthly Christmas Club class each and EVERY month featuring Christmas cards so if you take all the classes each month, you will have plenty of handmade Christmas cards for next year...or just ideas to get you jump started for the season to come.  

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2011

Christmas Eve with a card

Merry Christmas Eve!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011

Cosmo Cricket: Parson Brown

And a few more cards for the mailing list.  The layering is all you need for this one.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011

THANKS COACH


I made a quick card for the coach after my kids finished up their cross country season.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2011

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2011

Sizzix Tattered Pinecone


You are looking at this thinking...huh?  Where is the pinecone.  Well, the beauty of the die is the versatility!  It's a pinecone....it's a rose.  Couldn't BE any better.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2011

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2011

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2011

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011

Bella BLVD and MY MIND'S EYE

My Christmas cards for the year....well some of them.  I can never make too many of one type, I have to have variety.  For the cards I mail out though, I do want something flat...mailable....so I don't have to pay extra postage.  This is a simple design with no extra bulkiness.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2011

Reindeer Flight

The last card version of my 12 Tags of Christmas.  Got a day off on my projects...but here it is.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011

Vintage Noel



Day 11 on the 12 Tags of Christmas from Tim Holtz.....I am falling behind on my projects!!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011

Stampers Anonymous stamps

Day 10 brings a fun technique from Mr Tim and I had a few pieces of his stuff to work with, so I created this version of the tag.  See his tag here and give this fun technique a try.  I want to go back and do a few more facets with different papers.....love it!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011

Sizzix Alterations dies


Updated finally.  Between work and volunteering at school  I haven't had time this week to get my fun stuff in. This is my card version of the 12 tags of Christmas that Tim is doing all this week.....if you weren't paying attention...lol.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2011

CMS095 and Tattered PineCone die

And the 12 Tags of Christmas keep rolling on.....and here is my version of the Day 7 tag.....you can see the original here if you want to check it out with all the other tags that Tim Holtz is doing.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011

Rosette Die from SIZZIX Alterations


Interesting design element Tuesday on the Tim Holtz blog....paint and metal.  Check out Tim's version here.  I used some Silver Mirracard for the Rosette and letters. A Spellbinders label and a Just Rite stamp to finish off my card.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011

Alcohol Ink and bling


Here we are on Day 5 of the 12 Tags of Christmas from Tim Holtz....I am one day behind since he reveals them at midnight PST.....which is way too late for me to stay up and play....lol Check out his version here and then give the technique a try yourself...it was fun.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011

Sizzix Snowman Die and Bling

Here we are with my version of day 4's Tag from the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas 2011.  You may have noticed that I am attempting to do all of the "tags" in a card version.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011

12 Tags of Christmas


Finally, got my card together for the 12 Tags of Christmas by Tim Holtz.  This is the Day 3 tag inspiration and below is my card version.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2011

Sizzix Alterations Reindeer Flight and Mini Deer dies

 Day 2.....My "12 Tags of Christmas" card.....I like to be different!

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

TIC TAC cards

How fun are these?  Using the PAZZLES and a little time.....I created these cute jackets for a Tic Tac gift from an example we found on a recent shopping trip.  These could be done for all sorts of themes.....we have Snowman Poop and Christmas Tree seeds above......

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

November 2011

I have moved my posts from an old blog to this one and I have moved one month at a time.....I have been blogging far too long to post each one on a separate day. Enjoy the below post for the month mentioned in the tag line. 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2011

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2011

SPELLBINDERS BANNER DIE




The banner itself is over 4 feet long, so it was very difficult to find an empty wall to photograph it on...plus to get close enough to see some detail....so there are three shots of the bugger banner pieces and the rest you will have to see at PICTURE THIS in EAU CLAIRE!

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2011

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2011

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011

FAB 5 Day 4

Using SIZZIX ALTERATIONS ROSETTE DIES (both sizes) I made this little forest of Christmas trees for the BUSY ELVES EXTRAVAGANZA..what fun this was!!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011

FAB 5 Day 3

 I MOOSE you.......
Merry Christmoose........

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011

FAB 5 Day 1


We are kicking off another week of 
FAB 5 projects
are you ready??

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2011

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011

SIMPLE STORIES YEAR-O-GRAPHY

Don't you just love playing with new stuff.....Simple Stories  has a great new line that just arrived at PICTURE THIS in EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin.