Mistletoe Wishes

Hello Crafty Friends!

I am still in a watercolor mood so I water-colored some mistletoe and made another tag and a card.

The tag uses the new Fine Wine Christmas greeting. 

This one uses the Small Season of Peace greeting. 

These were easy and quick cards to bolster my stash.

Hope you are having a fabulous week.

Hugz,

Nancy

Read more...

Holly Jolly Christmas Cheer

Hello Crafty Friends.

I usually give a few "Spirit" gifts each Christmas so I love this new Fine Wine Christmas Greeting.  I made up a quick tag using the greeting and added a little bottle.  The bottle is a die from Rubbernecker that I stamped with the Peeking Gnome and then sketched in some bottle details with a regular ink pen.  The tag and the bottle were quickly watercolored and then edged in distress ink. 

I tied it on a bottle of Strawberry Zen - tastes just like strawberry shortcake. Yum!

I hope this gives you some fun ideas for Christmas. 

Hugz,

Nancy

Read more...

Birthday Tags

Today I am sharing 2 different tags using different birthday sentiments. My first tag I did in green and yellow.

I used the new SPECIAL BIRTHDAY WISHES GREETING - 018E for the first tag. Once it was stamped, I punched out the white layer and decided to add a yellow base layer. I then used 3 different yellows do die cut the simple rose and finished with the ribbon and a few sprinkled gems.

For my second tag I did a folded 3 x 3 card and left it all white. I added a red die cut rose and punched the corner to add a red ribbon. I then added the sentiment from the BIRTHDAY MULTI GREETING - 219P on a die cut tag popped up on dimensionals. This tag was also sprinkled with a few gems.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my birthday gift tags.

Read more...

Holidays...

 

I just love this cute UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER DESIGNER - 1034H I honestly would wear this sweater. 

My favorite color combination is blue and white and I thought this sweater would look great in blue and white. I stamped the sweater then masked it and stamped the print at the top. I then stamped the 'TIS THE SEASON GREETING - 1025B. The sweater was colored with copic markers.

I then used a tag punch and layered on blue card stock. Then I added fancy fiber, silver bakers twine and finished with a silver bell.

I have another card for you this week. 

I am still working on Thanksgiving cards and thought this fun turkey from DRS Designs with his beer mug was super funny and perfect for a card for my drinking relatives. LOL!

I stamped the TIPSY TURKEY - 724G and colored with copics. I then stamped the WOVEN PLAID - 613P and die cut some leaves from my scrap papers popped the image up on dimensionals.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my tag and card this week.

Read more...

Some Sunshine and Happy Thoughts

We have had a lot of storms in Central Alabama lately - some with tornadoes and damaging winds.  More are expected the next few days.  Sooooooo,  I am wishing for sunny days!   My card today is all about a sunny day.

I started with some of the background sheets I made last week.  Ink/Spray/Smash technique was used on all of them and then a little stamping with with the DRS Script Font Background in Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I wanted to do a wall for my Peeking Gnome, and I had cut up some of the tags to layer them so they made the perfect building blocks. I colored the gnome, mushrooms and beehive with watercolor pencils.  The mushrooms are from the Tree Home Gnome, I trimmed up the Beehive image to make it fit, and then I added in some happy little handmade rolled flowers.  I made a happy banner with Sending You Sunshine and finished it all of with some glasses from the 4 in 1 Fashion Accessories. 

So I am sending you sunshine today - I hear C-19 hates it so that makes it even better.

Hugz,

Nancy

Read more...

Christmas Tags

Hi Everyone, and Happy Christmas Eve!

I feel ridiculous sharing these tags, but these are the last Christmas items I made.  And I use the term "made" loosely.  I was nearing the end of my wrapping, and needed a few more tags, so I chose to embellish some store bought ones from my stash.  

This tag was an extra in the pack, just plain, with no cute Santa, or snowflake or anything like the others. It had a nice gold edge, so rather than toss it, I stamped it with Percy Penguin and the

 1 Line Merry Christmas.  

And this one came with a glittery tree, so I added the 1 Line Merry Christmas myself. 

Didn't I say they were easy?  Stamps always save the day!

Here's wishing you a wonderful holiday...

Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Karin

Read more...

Homemade by...

Welcome!

Did you check out Julies Gift Tag post yesterday?  Are they adorable or what? 

I have another tag for you today - I just came at it from the opposite direction... I am so completely far behind I don't even have time to sit down and make a whole card so I went the gift tag route to attach to some of my home baked treats that I hand out at Christmas :)  At least I'm ahead on something!

I started by stamping our Woven Plaid using red, green and yellow inks. I stamped our Handmade Santa on a scrap of white, colored it  and trimmed it to fit my plaid with just a bit of green layer behind it.  Everything was layered on handmade green tag with 2 holes at the top for my ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!!
Sue

Read more...

Christmas Tag Trio

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! And I hope you're ready for the holidays! I'm about 95% there. Almost all of my presents have been sent, almost all of the cards mailed & I was actually early getting the tree & decorations up. Since I don't need any more Christmas cards, I thought a few Christmas tags would be helpful. I love Christmas tags & every year I vow to make some, but hardly ever have the time. I also love Prismacolor Pencils on kraft so I'm combining those two. Tags are little quicker to make than cards but like potato chips, you can never have just one.  So I picked three images that would fit on the tags, stamped & colored w/ the Prismas, then added a little detail die cutting on the bottom edges. It's easy & to me, dresses them up a bit. Plus there's plenty of room on the backside to write To & From.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend.

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - Candy Canes, Simply Snowman, Pinecone Square, Snow Bg 

paper:  Staples 110# white, kraft

ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox frost white pigment

accessories: Misti, Rubbernecker  Tag Stitch, Borders 1, Borders 3 dies, Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1  dies, Prismacolor pencils, 

Candy Canes 552H	Simply Snowman 383G	Pinecone Square 505K	Snow Bg 187H	MISTI
AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memento Inks	Colorbox Pigment Ink	Prismacolor Pencils
RN Tag Stitch dies 5149D	RN Borders 1 dies 5160-01D	RN Borders 3 dies 5160-03D	Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders 1 S5-180

Read more...

Silk Snowflakes

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! My card today combines a fun technique w/ a challenge involving a fancy fold.  When I saw the technique challenge on Splitcoast (TLC676) was a fancy fold, the first thing I thought was "it's gonna be trouble". I was right. But at least I had resigned myself to that fact going in. And it was really only trouble for a few reasons...

1.  I also decided I HAD to give the Gilded Faux Silk another try (first time was horrible). But.. it made the sliding top really stiff & hard to fold.

2.  My measurements were a little different so I had to reverse engineer it. Sheesh! Will I never learn?
3.  I keep getting sucked into the bottomless pit of hubby's plumbing reconfigurations. Not only has he acquired every plumbing tool known to man, he also constantly borrows MY crafting tools. Apparently, my tools are better than his tools, lol. And I have to help him reengineer the problem. (He's NOT a plumber..he's not even particularly mechanically inclined, lol. If it has a plug, he's good to go, but otherwise....)

So..the gilded faux silk turned out better this time, probably because I needed snowflakes & blue & that looks good together. The fold finally cooperated. But then a fourth problem..silver & fancy folds are very HARD to photograph. It is what it is & here it is.

And here's a look at the inside. I went simple since the front was an engineering feat!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs -Blizzard of Thanks, Interlocking Snow, Snow Bg, Med. Filigree Snowflake (inside: Brush Thank You )

paper: Staples 110# white, lt blue, cobalt blue, metallic silver

ink: Kaliedacolor blue breeze, Distress ink blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire, Encore ultimate metallic silver, Versamark, Versafine majestic blue

accessories: Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, exquisite circles, snowflakes, circles dies, Reverse Confetti squared off tag topper die, ODBD double stitched circle, snowflakes dies, silver embossing powder

Blizzard of Thanks 545F	Interlocking Snow 015H	Snow Bg 187H	Med. Filigree Snowflake 673F
Brush Thank You 1095H	Distress Inks	VersaFine Small Inkpads	Ultimate Metallic Ink
Kaliedacolor ink pads	Detail Silver Embossing Powder	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Recollections Cardstock
Spellbinders Exquisite Circles S4-384	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	Spellbinders Lg Circles S4-114
Double Stitched Circles Dies	Snowflakes dies	Spellbinders Snowflake Wonder S4-085	Reverse Confetti Squared Off Tag Topper dies

Read more...