Merry Christmas!

Recently, I got together with a couple of friends and we had a fun day of creating boxes with Crafter's Companion "The Big Score".  We had seen this featured on an HSN crafting show, and of course, just had to have it!  

It is manufactured in the UK so if ordered through HSN, you don't have to pay international shipping.  This box size is perfect for a scarf or other smaller gift item.  The die cuts are from Penny Black and I added Stickles to the vines.

Isn't this box gorgeous!  Fantastic card stock from a friend:)  I added a snowflake die from Darice and a pearl and voila!  This box is approximately 6x6x1.  

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

Winter Wishes!

I do love altering objects....and giving them as gifts!

I purchased these unfinished wood pieces from Red Lead Paperworks in St. Louis.  Such fun to alter!  It only took one coat of red paint to cover these pieces.  Then I strategically placed a star stencil from Memory Box on top and stenciled with gathered twigs distress ink.  The ephemera (from my stash) on the inside of the pieces was glued in place.

With the ornament on the right, I glued the top on and then with glaze, I adhered the glass.  My husband (thank you!) drilled tiny holes on the top to run string through.  The snowflake and pearl were then added.

The snow globe was done a little differently.  I glued the plastic cover to the top and once dry, turned it over and added the glitter.  Then the back was glued in place.  The rocking moose was purchased at Michaels and dabbed with white paint and adhered to the front.  The wood sentiment was also purchased from Red Lead.  I just distressed it a little with gathered twig distress ink and adhered.  The globe then just slides into the base.

I'm going to submit this to Virginia's View Challenge and to the Color Throwdown challenge.

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Tis the Season

This is one of the cards I created to share with the stamp club in our annual Christmas card exchange. 

 

The main image is two die cuts from Memory Box just released this fall called Corby and layered onto the new Drop Ornament die.  The drop ornament die was die cut from sticky paper and was burnished with micro glitter.  The sentiment is from Endless Creations.  I'm going to share this creation at Christmas Cards All Year Around and Christmas Card Throwdown.  Their challenge was to pick a previous challenge which was from June 2013 using ornaments.

Winter Wishes

Friends and I were shopping recently at this awesome little gift shop in Plover, WI called Beyond Ordinary.  I bought a pack of paper napkins and we split the napkins among us to create cards.  Below is my creation and I'm submitting it to Crafty Hazel Nuts Christmas Challenge.

The napkins are large and I could create 6 A-2 cards from one napkin!  The napkin is peeled apart and then layered onto card stock with cling wrap between the layers and then ironed to seal together.  I then pressed Versamark Ink all over the top of the napkin and sprinkled it with poly sparkle embossing powder and heat set.  There are such a wide array of beautiful napkins on the market to play with this technique.  Give it a try!

Peace on Earth

I'm entering another card at Craft Stamper Magazine's November challenge.

Craft Stamper Magazine is my favorite stamping/mixed media magazine!  This month, they're sponsoring an anything goes challenge and I'm submitting a card created with Bisters.   The die cuts are from an  unknown source since we had a die cut exchange at one of our stamp club meetings this past summer.  I distressed the tree and deer die cuts with vintage photo distress ink.  The background was created by sprinkling black and brown Bisters on water color paper and then spritzing with water.  Once dry, the Tim Holtz trees from Stamper Anonymous were stamped with black ink.  The dies were then layered over the top of the background.  The sentiment is another vintage stamp.  Having fun creating holiday cards!

November Challenge at Craft Stamper Magazine.

I'm posting my Brusho creation at Craft Stamper Magazine's November Challenge - Anything Goes.

The stencil is from Tim Holtz and the dies are from Impression Obsession.  The sentiment is a vintage stamp, stamped on vellum and embossed with glitter embossing powder.  The stencil is taped to water color paper and Brushos are sprinkled onto the open areas of the stencil.  Spritz with water, blot if necessary with paper towel, and remove stencil to dry.  You may speed along drying with a heat tool.

Magenta is offering reduced shipping if you place an order with them this month.  I would love to try their Nuance pigments.