12 Tags of Christmas ~ Days 5 & 6

It's been a busy week here. I need more hours in a day or more limbs on my body.

I didn't forget the 12 tags of Christmas....here are days 5 & 6. I really loved Tim's Day 5 tag so I stuck pretty close to it. Instead of German Foil, I stamped designs on my edges and embossed with Detail Gold embossing powder. It gives a very similar look and is a bit less expensive for you budget savers.

The pictures inside the ornaments are from Crafty Secrets. The flourish is by 7 Gypsies and the "foil edges" are stamps by See Dee's. Background word stamp is by Hero Arts.

*Typical Disclaimer* Below is a picture of Tim's Day 5 Tag. The photo below and tag are the intellectual property of Tim Holtz and are only being used here as a comparison of inspiration. If you are following along, complete instructions and detailed photos of Tim's tag below can be found here.

For the Day 6 tag, I thought Tim's tag was incredibly creative. Since I didn't have a cool antique car stamp, I did my tag with the tree already delivered. Ha ha. I used a hymn page instead of a dictionary page for my background. The stamps are by Inkadinkadoo.

No Fluff Stuff here, so I embossed my Christmas tree on grungeboard and then covered over with White Acrylic paint to fill in the cracks. I finished off with Icicles Stickles by Ranger for sparkly snow.

Aren't you tired of reading these disclaimers yet?? Below is a picture of Tim's Day 6 Tag. The photo below and tag are the intellectual property of Tim Holtz and are only being used here as a comparison of inspiration. If you are following along, complete instructions and detailed photos of Tim's tag below can be found here.

If you're also doing the 12 tags, don't forget, Tim extended the deadline for the Grand Prize until Dec 31st.

Mojo Monday #116

Yes, I know it's not Monday but my Mojo must have been hiding until last night. Here is my card for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge.

If you are a cardmaker and love a kickstart in inspiration, I highly recommend the Mojo Monday blog (see left sidebar below for link). Each week they have a new sketch, with card examples produced by their design team, to inspire even the most mojo-less scrapper. There are also plenty of participants for even more creative eye candy. Not to mention, this is really helping me get my Christmas cards done. Ha ha.

Here, I used the Basic Grey Fruitcake line. Wow, do I have a lot of Christmas Basic Grey paper. I may have to make a few more of these. Stamps are by Inkadinkadoo.

Go, get your Mojo on. If you want to participate in the challenge too, here is the link to sketch #116.

Even Dandelions are beautiful things.

I took a quick break from making "Tim Tags" to work on this layout for Lil' Lambs Boutique. I picked up her Blue Prima Stitched Page Deluxe kit found here, and created this below of my oldest daughter. She's always been a fan of Dandelions and I'm not sure why. I happened to have my camera with me and caught this great picture of her with her Dandelion.

I took some of the blue velvet trim and cut a square piece to put under the clear pebble, on the white flower. Instant blue center! I also folded down the platinum flower to decrease it's size and work as a corner border for the photograph.

I love that lace that was included in the kit. So delicate and beautiful. I used Liquid Pearls by Ranger to create the dots around the photo mat.

Don't you forget to take time for the small things during this busy Christmas season!

12 Tags of Christmas ~ Day 3 & 4

What do you do when life hands you a bowl of lemons...why you scrap of course.

Below I have Days 3 & 4 inspired tags from Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas. On Day 3, we created a plaid background using Alcohol Inks by Ranger. Very, very cool technique. I can definitely vouch that you need glossy cardstock and not photo paper. I tried both and the alcohol inks just blend in with the photo paper and there is no plaid effect created. Stamps on this tag are by Inkadinkado.

*Disclaimer* Below is a picture of Tim's Day 3 Tags. The photo below and tags are the intellectual property of Tim Holtz and are only being used here as a comparison of inspiration. If you are following along, complete instructions and detailed photos of Tim's tag below can be found here.

The Tag from Day 4 had the most adorable birdhouse created from several of the Inkssentials and Idea-Ology trinkets. I'm not sure how his brain thinks up these things, but I'm glad he does. I used more stamps from Inkadinkado on this tag below. The image in the birdhouse is vintage ephemera from Crafty Secrets. I decided to use a softer background for my tag and create more of a story with the birds and birdhouse, instead of the Christmas collage background that Tim chose. I used Old Paper and Tattered Rose to ink the background with Fired Brick and Walnut Stain for the edges.

*Disclaimer* Below is a picture of Tim's Day 4 Tag. The photo below and tag are the intellectual property of Tim Holtz and are only being used here as a comparison of inspiration. If you are following along, complete instructions and detailed photos of Tim's tag below can be found here.

Hope your Christmas season is Merry & Bright!!

Tags of Christmas ~ Day 2

(NOTE: for those following, I have to step away from my scrap supplies for a couple days...booo....but when I'm back I will catch up on any tags missed and post them here. )

Here is my Day 2 tag. I had most of the items he used on his tag but I did not have those cool metal flowers he created. I settled for stamping some holly leaves on grunge board. I embossed it in Evergreen Embossing powder and then added Antique Gold Perfect Pearls to the vein lines in the leaf. I had a gold wreath charm and added more Perfect Pearls to it, to tarnish it up a bit. Finally, the berries are made using Liquid Pearls Ruby Red. Stamps are by Bo Bunny (Flourish) and Inkadinkado (sentiment/frame)

Below is a picture of Tim's Day 2 Tag. The photo below and tag is the intellectual property of Tim Holtz and is only being used here as a comparison of inspiration. If you are following along, complete instructions and detailed photos of Tim's tag below can be found here.

He makes this look so darn easy.

Christmas Tag - Day 1

And we're off...

Here is my First Tag of Christmas inspired by Tim's Creation. As I mentioned previously, I do not own everything Tim-related, so I substituted with what I had on hand. That's the fun part of the creative process....letting other's work inspire you.

You can really see the effect of the Rock Candy Crackle Paint, Glossy Accents Glaze and the Stickles. I loved Tim's technique of creating your own wired ribbon. It works great.

Below is a picture of Tim's Day 1 Tag. The photo below and tag is the intellectual property of Tim Holtz and is only being used here as a comparison of inspiration. If you are following along, complete instructions and detailed photos of Tim's tag below can be found here.

If you are doing the 12 Tags, or any of them, leave me a link in my comments section. I'd love to see your inspired take!

Christmas Bay Window

Lil' Lambs Boutique has packed this Winter Wings Deluxe Kit chock full of goodies for Christmas. This is my first project using the Bay Window MDF by KaiserCraft, which is also in the Deluxe kit. I made this for my Mom for Christmas and had a grand time cutting out all the fancy prints from the Webster's Pages. Check out more pictures below for closer details.

I cut apart the Holiday Lights Flutter Vine, so I could use a little bit on each panel. I even had some leftover for one of my tags in the post below.

Below you can see the accents I added with Glossy Accents and Stickles to give lots of shimmer and shine to my project. It's a bit hard to photograph shimmer but the butterflies, flowers and berries are glazed and the swan, snowflakes and flower edges are glittered.

Because of the beautiful gold color of the Flutter vine, I chose to accent with Gold Acrylic paint for my title and top borders.

Are you making any Christmas gifts this year? Let me know what you're making in the comments section below.