Christmas Cards...

Wow, I've really outdone myself with that title haven't I??

Yup i'm back again, so much to share with you, seeing as i have been so very slack with the blog posts lately.

Last night wasreveal night over at the Scraptherapy Forum.  I made some Christmas Cards this week and i'd love to share them with you:
In the last week or so there has been some awesome new products arrive in store. Some of these have been some great new Sizzix Tim Holtz Dies. I have used a few of these to make my christmas cards this week.

The new Tattered Poinsettia is so easy to use, and I think will quickly become a favourite of mine. To make the one on my card this what what I did: I die cut the pieces twice out of manilla coloured cardstock and inked them with Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Once the ink was dry I gave them a quick swipe with Picket Fence Distress Stain to soften the colours a little and give them some texture.

I then layered and arranged them on top of each other until I was happy with how they looked. I used both doubled sided tape, and a few pieces foam tape to stick them.

The last step was to mist them lightly with Perfect Pearls in Heirloom Gold.

I added a little bit of subtle sparkle by adding a little Rock Candy Dry Glitter.

 Then just added it to my card and embellished it. For my card base I've actually used a district market card..

Here are the Products Used:
Tattered Poinsettia Die
Mini Cardinal and Mini Poinsettia Die
Vintage Lace Die
Mini Snowflake Die
Peeled Paint Ink
Vintage Photo Ink
Picket Fence Distress Stain
Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold

A Special Tag

I can't beleive it's been so long since i posted.. Life sure does have a habbit of getting in the way of being creative at times..

I wanted to share with you today two things.. well it started astwo, but ended up as one..

This is  a special tag that i made for a birthday gift. This tag had a mind of it's own and just seemed to flow and fit together so well - Don't you love it when that happens??

I have used a bucket load of Tim Holtz goodness on this... But does that really surprise you?

It started off as a two seperate pieces..

a tag:

 

 and a pocket watch:

 

Then they just sort of fell together and  this was what happened:

 

I was so happy with how it tured out, and think I may have to make another one to hang up in my creative space.

 

I hope you are having a wonderful day, and enjoyed your visit, thank you so much for stopping by, hope to see you again soon.





Happy Monday!!

Just a very quick post to wish everyone a very happy monday...

I'd also like to share with you the tag that i have in my blog header image..

 

I really loved how this tag turned out,

 

 

I chose to put Dream, Fly and Soar on it, to help remind me, thatis it's ok to believe in my dreams, to help them take flight and to soar!

 

Don't you just love the Tim Holtz Baubles and chain tassle?? I've also used a few bits of assoted Tim Holtz paper, Tissue wrap and tissue tape ..

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit..

Hope to see you again soon