Christmas Tags

Check Tim's Blog to learn more about the Christmas tags.  Here are mine so far.  I had to go to the store last night to buy tags, and the rest I'm pulling from the stash.

I stamped the Stampedous peacock feather in clear and embossed in clear.  Inked the card with pink Adirondack dye ink.  Sprayed with white perfect pearls, blotted off excess dye ink to get the lighter shade of pink.  Stamped with the snowflakes with the same ink pad over entire tag, and re-inked edges dark pink.  Stamped the saying with black archival ink.  Used alcohol ink to color the fragment, and stamped with archival ink and let dry.  Covered in white glitter glue and glued to white card stock, cut out and glued to tag.  Added pearl and rhinestone bling and a ribbon to tie it off.

The saying says "Season of Light Hope Peace and Love" and I stamped in in Colorbok Platinum 2tone and embossed in clear.  Inked tag in the lightest of the Distress Blues and sprayed with white perfect pearls.  Stamped the lamp post in the darkest blue (I always think/wish it is purple based on the label) and inked the edges again with the medium blue.  Using my gold dabber, I painted the grunge board star and while it was wet, coated it with Martha Florentine Gold glitter.  I went around the edges of the tag with the gold dabber and hit the reinforce hole as well.  I glued the filmstrip ribbon down with gold distressed stickles (added a little sparkle under there) and attached the Believe tag with a brad. 

I made some other crafting, but can't share until March.  *sigh*

Purple Christmas

Have I told you recently how much I appreciate Obama?  Michelle Obama that is.  Last fall she wore a gorgeous purple dress to an event, and ever since purple has been the hot new color.  As a person who has always loved purple, I could not be happier!  Now that it is on trend, it has been much easier for me to get my purple fixes!  A lot of places are offering purple as an accent color this year in Christmas, but Michaels jumped both feet in - and I followed to the depths of purple Christmas tree.  I found the angle on top, and she set the mood for it all.  She has champagne glitter wings, light green ribbon accents on her dress and purple bouquet in her hand.  From there I added purple poinsettia's, purple butterflies, purple birds, purple ribbons, purple giant feathers, purple sequins, and purple ornaments - oh my!  It took me 3 hours in Michaels to dig through and gather all the purple I could handle - 2 carts full.  B thinks I'm a nut, but he always supports my "visions" and lets me have at it. 

I added a few touches of silver & champagne and light sage green, all against the dark of the pine green makes me one happy tree decorator!

We also wrapped the stairs in garland, then coordinating purple ribbon and added some picks that look like grapes to keep the theme. 

Then I made this for the dining room table.  I loved these crackled glass vases I found (also at Michaels), and added a strip of purple glitter ribbon to each.  The tall ones I also added a floral pick and tied it on with the green ribbon.  Wrapped the center in garland, added ribbon and more picks and dropped in the candles.  Really quick!  I also found dark purple chargers (too dark to show in pics) at Michaels to set the table, and think I will use more green ribbon for the napkin rings. 

Sweet purple heaven!

miss these kids

So they aren't mine, and I'm not even Aunt Melissa - but they are just so dang cute and I miss these kids like crazy.  I'm really hoping they make a trip south this Christmas and spend a day with me.  *hint hint*  I mean seriously - don't they make you smile?  even just a little?

The real to do list

 

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Almost summers end

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As we approach the end of summer, make sure to take time and enjoy the last few days.  Soak up some summer rays.  Smell the fresh cut grass.  Take note of the colorful flowers.  Swim one last time in the pool. 

*sigh*

And prepare for the best time of year: fall!  Patio dining, long walks with the pups and football!!

Storm over Texas

The traffic has been a little backed up - we are getting lots of rain! 

Saturday Crafting

All I wanted to do on Saturday was craft and clean.  So I worked on a canvas that's been in the works a little while, and as it dried worked on this project.  I had picked up this plain notebook up, white all around and knew it needed a little something.  The pictures above is still wet, and sorry you can see the wetness, but I do like how it really jazzed up a plain notebook! 

I painted the whole cover black first.  I pulled a most recently purchased paper pad out from Yellow Bicycle (it was old valentines they were clearancing them at Great American Scrapbook convention this summer).  It was great since they were double sided and I could get lots between both sides of 1 sheet.  I did all the tiles with Glossy Accents from Ranger and Fragments from Tim Holtz.  The back I used the left over scraps and decoupaged on with Martha Stewart glue & sealer.  The bookmark was yellow, and I mushed it through a red ink pad till it was red too.  The wet you see is me gluing the tiles to the notebook, again using glossy accents.  All but the notebook and the valentines paper, you can get at your local Michael's.

Happy Scrapping!