Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas 2019 - Christmas Carols, Day 1

Tag for Day 1 - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

I decided to play along with Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas 2019.

I am in a creative slump (actually, overwhelmed and don't know where to start!) and challenges help to get me motivated and to get things done.

The theme this year is Christmas Carols. Each day a different designer is sharing a tag to go with a a favorite Christmas Carol.

Day 1 is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and the designer is Therese Calvird

So, this tag is inspired by her Day 1 creation and choice!

p.s. If you follow the links I shared, be sure to watch Therese's video. She has a great sense of humor!

 Note: I've been seeing a lot of 'white ink on craft paper' projects lately, and decided to use this as my color combo.


Supplies:
Stampin Up: Reindeer Stamp
All other stamped images: Cocoa Daisy Stamps
Stampin Up White Craft Ink
Gina K black Amalgam Ink
Red Sharpie Pen
Black Sharpie pen
Tag die: Lawn Fawn

2017- 12 Tags of Christmas WAFT - Day 7: Pink, Mint and Gold

Day 7: Pink, Mint and Gold

Here is my Day 7 tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas With a Feminine Touch challenge over at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom Blog.

For this one, we are to use the colors pink, mint and gold.

I was inspired by Elana's mint background, as well as how Heather tied her ribbon on her tags.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Paper Smooches (tree shaped sentiment, star and base of tree)
Ink:  Ranger Archiver Ink, and Colorbox (gold)
patterned paper:  Stampin' Up
Die: Lawn Fawn
Ribbon and cord: Stampin' Up

Only three more days to go to get caught up!

12 Tags of Christmas WAFT - Day 4, Watercolor

Tag with two layers

Bottom Layer

Two Part Tag - Vellum and Water-Color paper

The two layers side by side

Yes, I am on a roll!

This tag was inspired by both Laurel Beard and Sandy Allnock from the Day 4 post of the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 challenge going on over at Ellen Hutson's the Classroom.

Inspiration:  I liked Laurel's use of a 'non-tag' shape.  For mine, I used a Lawn Fawn oval die cut with water color paper, and vellum. And, I liked Sandy's use of vellum as a top layer to her water-colored image. I also used a 'house' image, which both ladies did with their tags.

Supplies:
Die: Lawn Fawn
Strathmore water color paper
Vellum, stamped images (wreath, string of lights, Santa, sentiment): Stampin' Up
Ranger Distress inks used to watercolor house
Copics for grey shading
 Ranger Archival inks used for sentiment, wreath, lights and Santa

 Thanks for visiting!

12 Tags of Christmas WAFT - Day 2 Silver and Gold

Day 2 - Silver and Gold

Here is my day #2 tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas With a Feminine Twist challenge.
This challenge is hosted by Ellen Hutson on 'The Classroom' blog. 
I was inspired by Keeway Tsao's simple and elegant designs in her two ornaments.

For this challenge, all we had to do was use silver and gold.  Ta da!

Supplies:
Tag Die:  Lawn Fawn
Gold glitter tree, patterned paper, ribbon and cord: Stampin Up
Silver and Gold Stars, sentiment sticker:  Ali Edwards (DD stash)

This tag was quick and easy!

Thanks for stopping by.

12 Tags of Christmas WAFT - Day 1

View of the Various Layers

My Dimensional Star Tag

And, listening this on Pandora while crafting the day away

There's another challenge going on - one that has me motivated to crank out Christmas Tags for gifts. I consider this a 'win-win'. You know, when you have things on your list to get done but need a little push?  The challenge is the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Femine Twist and is hosted by Ellen Hutson over at 'The Classroom'.

My tag today was inspired by Jennifer McGuire who for Day 1 shared a video on using a die to make a dimensional tag. 

And thus, the layered star tag!

Supplies Used:
Dies:  Tag from 'Tag You're It', by Lawn Fawn; Star from Stars #2, by Sizzix
Stamps:  Sentiment and little gift from Hero Arts CL343 Holiday Sayings (back from 2009!) 
Patterned Papers and ribbons: Stampin' Up

It's cold out. A snow storm is coming in and I have no motivation to go outside to put up my Christmas Decor.  Perhaps tomorrow. Right now just taking it easy and enjoying puttering around the house.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sympathy Card and Thoughts January 14, 2017

A Card made for Bonnie, in memory of Gene

One of my favorite neighbors died recently.  So, I made this card, and took it over to his wife, Bonnie, along with some homemade chicken soup.  We visited for a while.  It was earlier this week, January 9th.  The sky was clear and for once amidst all the latest snow storms, it was a lovely, quiet night.  Perfect for the short walk and time of peace.

Gene was a wonderful man.  A local artist, cowboy and great story teller.  He - Gene, and his wife -Bonnie, have lived in the Baker area for quite a few years, except for a ten-year stint to work in Wyoming as well as central Oregon.  He has driven a mule train for various events, made bronze sculpture, painted many western themes, and had a gentle heart. He was part of the horse crew when Painted Wagon was filmed in Baker. 

One of our first years here, in town, he walked across the street, on ice, on Christmas Day, leaning on his cane, and brought us a gift - one of his art pieces.  It is of a mamma bear and two cubs. I am very lucky to have received it and will cherish it always. The kids and I used to visit him in his little studio, which has a woodstove, and is adjacent to his home.  That is where he would share his stories, and art with us and latest projects.  He had a miniature wagon team that he made, and various projects in the works.

I hate losing people. It hits me hard.  Makes me cry.  Makes me sad.  I am not attached to very many human beings, mainly because I have a low tolerance for choices people make that I think are unforgivable, like bigotry, or adultery, and even gossip about one's supposed friends, spouses or even co-workers.  Therefore, my list of people that I truly admire is, well, short. 

Rest in Peace, Gene. 
You will be missed.

25 in 25:Day 2 and Journaling Cards Challenge

Can you spot the journaling card?  It's the inner most layer, with the mini white dotted border

It's Day 2 of 25 in 25 of  Teri's Challenge.  I made a Thanksgiving Card, using a Pink Paisley journaling card from the Amber Road collection.  Can you say hoarder?  I had two complete sheets until I cut into them in the wee hours this morning!

This card is also for the Journaling Cards Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

Card Recipe:
Cardstock, ribbon, button, stamp (acorn from Country Blessings Set), ink:  Stampin' Up
Patterned paper: Crate Paper, Pink Paisley
Journaling Card: Pink Paisley
Rafia.

That's it sweet peeps. It's past my bedtime and it's been a very long day.  I made this card between the hours of 5 and 6 am, then went and worked at my day job all day long (after a commute over the mountain with icy roads), and just got back from Sami's Soccer Banquet Dinner.  

To say it's been a full day would be an understatement!
And, I am ready to crawl into bed with a very good book.  Now that's how I like to end a day!  Bliss.

Thank you for visiting!

Farm Fresh - Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger

Moxie Fab Trigger - Hand Painted Towel - Source: Etsy

My Interpretation

Hello Blogger friends!

this week I my heart caught when I saw the  Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - Farm Fresh. 

How? 

1. I LOVE the colors of the hand painted towel shown above! Winter will not end in our world, for months we have had white and gray. When I saw the trigger prompt something just made my little heart sing with the thought of Spring!  And, how sweet that the sun came out so I could capture it on the edge my card!  Makes me want to take a cat nap!
2. I love the window in the background of the image - so I created my own with linen thread on the top panel. I thought about making my own 'window trim' to make it more window like, but no... the simpler the better.
3. Flour Sack Towels.  Sigh... I have quite a few in my kitchen.  Just plain white.  I distressed the edge of the patterned paper to give it more of that 'thready fiber edge' look.
4. And, there is just a sweet vintage feel to the image, which I tried to capture with the Stampin' UP set Easter Blossoms.  I never would have thought to stamp the silhouette with such a vibrant color!

 Inspired?  The challenge ends tomorrow!!!!! 

And... I thought I would share some of the trials and tribulations of attempting to make this card:
1.  I wanted to give the silhouette an apron, with orange flowers.  I tried a few materials, but nope! Spent too much time trying, and finally stopped.
2.  There is a dark blue ink error behind the sentiment panel. The image did not ink completely so I was using a paintbrush with my ink pad.  Got a little carried away in one spot!  Otherwise you would see more of the image!


Card Deets:
Inks, Cardstock, Linen Thead and Stamps:  Stampin' UP 
Patterned Paper: Sassafras Lass - Cherry Delicious Spring Sprig (a perfect match!)


Thanks again for stopping by:)

Card Share #4 of 6 - Stampin' Up 'Just Believe' Set

Card #4 - Hi Friend

This is Card #4 from my blissful day of playing with the Stampin' Up Just Believe Set. 

This one uses only two of the stamps from the set, and some fun elements from my July Midnight Rooster Kit!


Supplies List:

Card Stock:  Archiver's Prescored Card
Patterned Papers:  American Crafts, Pink Paislee (Midnight Rooster - July Kit)
Alphas:  American Crafts Thickers (July Midnight Rooster Kit)
Stamps:  SU Just Believe set
Inks:  Stampin' Up
Hardware:  Brads from my stash
Tools:  SU scallop punch and border punch, paper piercer

Once again, thank you for looking!

And, for those that  leave comments - you make my heart sing!

Card Share #3 of 6 - Stampin Up 'Just Believe' Set

Front of Card #3 - Card and a removable bookmark!

Bookmark and Front of Card#3

As you can see, by the time card#3 came about, I started expanding my horizons and playing around a bit!
I made a removable bookmark, that is held in place with the tabs (SU punch) and a sentiment.

Added goodies from the previous cards:
SU Border punch on top of tag, ribbon and hardware
A minuscule scrap strip of patterned paper - Pink Paisley - from my July Midnight Rooster Kit
Versamark used with the stamps on front of card front for 'tone on tone'

The inside of the card has more goodies, but I already wrote inside and am keeping it private.

This is for my sister-in-law and her beau thanking them for getting the cabin we stayed at when we went on our wonderful vacation last month to Silver Lake!

Thanks for looking!

Card Share #2 of 6 - Stampin Up Just Believe Set

Card #2 - Just for You

Inside of Card #2

This time I used 5 stamps from the Just Believe Set!  Oh how I love this set!!!!!

In terms of supplies, I only used two of the ink colors, and added that gorgeous brad in the corner on the front of the card - a new goody in the Designer Hardware Antique Brads container that I also purchased from SU!

And, in case you are curious, the majority of my new found inspiration for this set (Just Believe, by Stampin' Up) came from page 97 in the new SU Catalog!

If you happen to go check it out, there is peek at another gorgeous set (Homegrown) that I also got!

Card Share #1 of 6 - Stampin Up Just Believe Set

Card #1 - 'Thank You'

Images of the Entire Set

Hello Friends!

As promised, I am finally sharing the cards I made last weekend using the new SU set, Just Believe.

Supplies:
Four stamps from the SU Just Believe set
Inks:  Stampin' Up Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Going Grey, More Mustard

Card Stock: Stampin' Up Very Vanilla, Archiver's A2 Scored Card - Chocolate
SU eyelets
SU linen thread
SU Label Punch


So tell me, how would you like to see all the rest of the cards?

A.  In one post
B.  Seperate Posts, all on the same day
C.  Spread out, one per day

My 12 Tags of Christmas - Tim Holtz Challenge!

Tim's 12 2009 Tags of Christmas
Did you follow Tim's Blog, like I did?
Did you have a great time and follow along???
To see Tim's Tags, go to his blog
Or, click on the Graphic, link on my sidebar, on the left!

My Tags - 1 Thru 4
(Click to Enlarge)
** I did not have all the supplies so I improvised where I could **

Here are a few highlights of how my tags were different!

Tag #1. My Snowman stamp is from Inkadinkadoo and the snow flakes are Hero Arts.
I did cut stamp my snowman on Grungeboard and cut him out.

Tag #2: My metal rose is made from a big metal flower that I chopped and folded!
The stamps are all Hero Arts.

Tag #3: I loved the Alcohol Ink Plaids! I made several!
My snowflakes and deer are all Stampin' Up stamps.
Metal is Making Memories

Tag #4: My stamps are all Cornish Heritage Farms
Various fun metal pieces
And the entire ornament can be hung on a tree.

My Tags: 5 thru 8
(Click on image to enlarge)

Tag 5: Stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms and Hero Arts
Rubon is Stampin' Up
My ornament 'metal tops' are good ol' kitchen aluminum foil!

Tag #6: Stamps are Kim Hughes, for Cornish Heritage Farms
I made my fluffy stuff from tissue paper, and added glue and glitter!
Background paper is My Minds Eye
'25' is from Making Memories

Tag 7: Skater & big snowflake are Stampin' Up
Background stamp and little snowflakes are Cornish Heritage Farms
Sentiment is Hero Arts
(The skaters turned out 'cookie cutter' due to too much interior white space)
I loved the 'mask on acetate' idea! Gonna use that one again!!

Tag #8: My light pole and holly are grungeboard diecuts, not a stamp.
The key is also grungeboard.
Music background stamp is Cornish Heritage Farms
Background flourish stamp is Hero Arts
Metal: unknown!

My Tags: 9 thru 12
(click on image to enlarge)
Tag #9: My favorite!
Those photos are of my sisters, nephew and I!
I am the girl in the bigger picture.. oh, about 25 years ago!

I actually made my filmstrip in PSE.
I found a template online and had a blast trying to figure it out
(don't ask me what I did... it somehow worked!)
Stamps: Stampin Up and Hero Arts
I love the postmark and didn't want to cover it up!
Metal: unknown

Tag #10: My secret? Aluminum foil again for my metal!
And I colored the foil with copics.. Yep.. Copics!
I made this one more of a Valentine's theme..

Tag #11: I did not make my own brads, but used some K&CO fabric ones.
I love the rock candy on the flowers!!!!
My flowers are from Making Memories.
My stag stamp is from Stampin' Up, I stamped it on grungeboard and cut it out,
and over stamped with a Hero Arts Flourish Stamp, the same one that is my background.
Rubon: Stampin' Up

Tag #12: I do not have grungepaper, so made this baby out of watercolor paper!
(My first flower was made out of grungeboard - oh so blocky!!!)
Gems are Hero Arts.
Adore Tag is Teresa Collins
Music Sheet is Cornish Heritage Farms stamped on vellumn
Other background stamps are Hero Arts
Metal clip Stampin' Up

I love my paper rose!

Here are all of My 12 Tags
In One PSE File -That I sent to Tim!!!

Friends!

It is with great delight, excitement, and a big ol' "I Did It!!!!" that I present to you my 12 Tags of Christmas! Oh it was a long long journey to get these babies done, but I did it! There were early mornings, before everyone woke, and a sneak here and there to get parts done... I was working three jobs up until Dec. 23rd, so time was very very sparce! But I did it!

The deadline is tonight, midnight, and I am early!!!! I sent the file to Tim before lunch! Yippee!

It feels so good to get these done. I have loved watching Tim's demo's and tutorials each of the three past years, and I usually make 3 or 4 tags.. This year I promised myself I would get them done!

Why? Because of Tim. He puts so much time into making his tags, and photographing them, and giving us all the details, and then each and every day, he gives away a ton of goodies!

I wanted to do this, to Thank him for what he gives us. I wanted to share the whole experience.

And let me tell you.. I have such a greater appreciation for what he did! These little tags take a long time to make! Details! Details! Details!

But oh so Fun!

Thank You Tim!

And thank you to any of you that are sharing this project with me!


Happy New Year's Eve!!!

Moxie Fab - Plum Crazy Challenge!

Plum Crazy Card
(click on photo to enlarge)
Supplies:
Card Stock: SU Perfect Plum & Pale Plum
Inks: SU Perfect Plum, Ranger Black Soot, Versamark
Patterned Paper:
4x4 Jenni Bowlin Label Shape Chipboard Mini Book
Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Brocade Cling, SU Touch of Nature (sentiment),
SU Lovely As a Tree (Tree)
Buttons: Autumn Leaves
Hemp: SU
Ribbon (unknown source)
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Been a while, eh?

Before I share what this card is all about, I just want to tell you I'm in a perfectly blissful place right now:) I'm upstairs in my crafty little world, wearing cozy clothes; the wood-stove is going, the sun is shining and melting yesterday's snow, and my kids are also being creative!
Sami is playing with 'our' Cricut - she has been taking our cutting orders off a new cartridge - Joy of the Season (which is smokin' hot!!!) and Jake is actually catching up on homework - he is writing a letter to a Vet in honor of Veteran's Day.. Even though my father died in 1990, and they never met, Jake is writing a letter to him, thanking him for his service in the Marines. Oh my heart...


So back to the challenge:
My card above is for the Moxie Fab World Plumb Crazy Challenge. Be sure to click on the link so you can check out the challenge guidelines and all the yummy plum prompts that Cath gave us!

There are some drop dead gorgeous creations that have been linked by some amazingly talented gals, too! I don't know what is more fun, creating, or looking at the other creations!!!

It's only 2:30pm here, and I have until tomorrow evening to craft at my heart's content.

I am one lucky girl.

Hope to enter a few other favorite challenges, too!


Thank you so much for visiting...

Caardvark's Sketchfest - Saturday #2

Saturday's Sketch

My Take - #2

Yes, I know, this will does not qualify for the challenge - which officially ended at 7am, yet I just could not live myself with the last card I made!

I did a 'redo' for the final sketch over at the Caardvark's Sketchfest event.

Still, not 100%, but getting closer!! My sentiment is all funkified... Darn that white ink!

I might give this another whirl, after a super long long long nap! (I still have not made it back to the bed!).. However, the kids have been fed 'real' waffles, laundry is going, chores are done, and as soon as my husband comes home to take the kids to help with a fencing project, this girl is going down!

Again, thanks for looking and being a witness to my compulsive tendencies'!!!

Card Recipe:
CS: Stampin' Up & Archiver's
Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Brocade Cling, Stampin' Up sentiment
Patterned Papers: Jenni Bowlin
Felt Flower: American Crafts
Flower Center: American Crafts
Versmark
Stampin' Up Craft White Ink
Punches: EK Success
Corner Rounder: Creative Memories

Caardvark's Challenge - Don't Quote Me! #2

Here is another entry for the Caardvark's 'Don't Quote Me' challenge.

Both the tree and quote stamp are from the Stampin' Up set Nature Silhouettes.

The brad is from K&Co.

Thanks for looking! I still have a few more I hope to crank out!

Some Creations - WinterFest '09

My Entry for Godelieve's Short Card Challenge!
Stamps: Hero Arts and Cornish Heritage Farms
The card is the front of a regular card, folded in half.

One of My Cards for Becca's 'Bird' Challenge at 2Peas
and Anne's Keep it Simple Challenge
Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms
Ribbon: A RAK from sweet Dawn!
Making Memories Patterned Paper

Another Card for Becca's Bird Challenge,

and Anne's Keep It Simple Challenge
and Sue's Embossing Challenge
Yes, a three in One!
Sue was very clever.. She would not let us use the most common embossing colors!!!
I had to dig deep into my stash...
The stamped image is from an Inkadinkadoo stamp
Patterned Paper is Making Memories

Another for Becca's Bird Challenge

and Sue's Embossing Challenge

and Sue's Text Challenge
(And, those are two separate Sue's!)
Another three in one!
patterned paper is Making Memories

And This Baby???
This has been my favorite of the weekend.
This is for the Kelly's Don't Be Square Challenge - as in 'don't create a square card'.
Turns out, it fit just right in the Hero Arts 'shaped card' challenge this week!
Yippy!
Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms (Super Cute Tree) , Hero Arts (Awesome Swirls and Stars in the Background - stamped with white ink - and a RAK from Jacqueline!!!!), Stampin' Up (all the circles, and sentiment).

A Side View
My card was created with 2 die cuts from SU.
I really need a die cut machine!!!
(Can you hear the cricut chirping and calling my name???
Hello? Hello? Cricut? It that you???)

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I apologize for the 'flood' of creations! I am so bad at posting one card at a time! I admire those of you that savor your creations, one at a time....

Above are my creations from this past weekend for the 2peas Winter Fest 2009 Event being held on the Stamping Board... (it lasts until this Sunday!!!). Several of us are hosting various challenges to kick our creative juices into over drive... I tell ya, those girls are just amazing! LOTS of great work being shared in the 2Peas Stamping Gallery!

So, if you have time and want to play there are 4 days left! YES! I'm hosting the Little Houses Challenge... I am on a little house kick and see them everywhere!!!!

Thanks for Visiting!
Take Care!