Caroling in May

I do realize that Mother's Day will soon be upon us but the weather is cool so I'm continuing to make Christmas cards.  This one is for Jingle Belles and Repeat Impressions challenges. 

The sketch from Repeat Impressions is as follows

For Jingle Belles, we were encouraged to add embossing..."dry embossing, heat embossing, or even textured or embossed papers ... whatever you can do to add a little texture to your holiday project."

Here's what I created

Card recipe:

The black stamped images - Versafine with clear embossing powder then heated

Cuddlebug Snowflake embossing folder for the large white frame, added Glimmer mist

Cuddlebug Polka Dot folder for the blue caroler's coat

Cricut - Winter Frolic for carolers, Ornamental Iron 2 for red and white frames

Embellishments Skittles and pearls, chalk for cheeks, Peachy Keen for faces

Thanks for stopping by!  I love to hear your comments.



Challenges:
Jingle Belles JB10-12 - Embossing around the Tree
Repeat Impressions M212

Tags - à la Finnabair (Anna Dabrowska)

In July, I will have the great pleasure of taking part in a class offered by Anna Dabrowska (Finnabair).  It will be a mixed media class on an art journal where you'll make the cover and two inside pages.  Anna does some amazing work - journals, layouts, tags, etc. and I'm thrilled to have registered for one of the few classes that she'll be doing in Canada, and lucky me just a few minutes from my home . Finnabair blog

So today I was inspired to make a tag after browsing Anna's blog - and it is the perfect timing as I need one for friends that we will be visiting on Saturday. If you have taken a peek at Anna's work, you'll see that she does a ton of layering, inking and uses many of Tim Holtz' products on her wonderful creations.

Here is the finished tag that I made and I'm really happy with how it turned out!

I started by inking the ivory cardstock with distressed ink in Victorian Velvet, Broken China and Peeled Paint colours.  Then I placed a cut that I made from the Damask Decor cartridge (it's the green shape that you see peeking out).  I then added the victorian style heart (Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cart), the gear is a chipboard shape that I had and I simply inked with Ranger Sienna ink. 

I then made the ticket using a Tim Holtz stamp and inked the ivory cardstock in Antique Linen, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo distressed inks.  The ticket was attached using a Tim Holtz small hanger.  On the bottom right, I used the Cuttlebug Clockworks folder and inked the clock shape with Vintage Photo and cut it out by hand. 

In the center, I glued a piece of fabric border that had a string of sequins already attached. Next the flowers were made using cuts on the Cricut - Accent Essentials for both flowers. 

 For the small pinkish flower, I simply curled the petals of three layers in the same size and added a brad for the centre.  For the larger flower, I inked four layers (2 large, 1 medium and 1 small) and pinched/crunched the petals following Tim Holtz' grunge flower technique and added a pearl for the centre. 

Lastly you'll find a small flourish on the bottom left that I simply added a few brown pearl embellishments. 

I'd love to hear your comments on this tag!  Enjoy!

For A Sweet Boy!

Hope you're enjoying the first week of 2012.  We're slowly getting back to our normal routine including healthy eating and exercising.

My great-nephew turned one in November.  He is such an adorable, sweet boy. 

Cricut - A Child Year Fourth of July (modified) and Elegant Edges

Light blue Recollections cardstock using Cuttlebug Birthday and Polka dot folders

Background cardstock - 3 Birds Paper Stack

Embellishments - Party hat, silver brads for wheels, Stickles, star brad and silver ribbon

See you soon!

Joys of the Christmas Season

It's Monday and just 13 days 'til Christmas.  I had a wonderful weekend of baking - 11 recipes.  The house was filled with the great aroma of cinnamon, ginger, chocolate.  Lots of butter used at this time of the year but we'll worry about our waistline in the new year :)!

A simple card sending "Joy" to our special friends:

White cardstock using Cuttlebug folder

Cricut snowflake on scrap cardstock

Ribbon, pearl and tree brads for embellishment

Have a great day and hope you're enjoying the "Joys of the Season"!