Compliments Of The Season Tag

The tag I want to show

you today is a combination of old and new. I inked this #8 manila tag with Ranger's Weathered Wood, Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo then gave it a spray with Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold. Then I proceeded to cover it all up???...

What's the point?

Well, I changed the image that I was going to use to something a bit larger. When going through my box of last Christmas's odds and ends, I found this piece from Graphic 45's Christmas Emporium and knew I had to use it on this tag!

I love this collection!

I had saved every tiny piece I had left over from my cards and tags last year. 

My tag wasn't quite

sturdy enough for all the embellishments I had planned, so I pulled out a sheet of cardboard from an old Pixie Dust Paperie kit, cut a square and glued it to the G45 image. Edged it with some Vintage Photo DI and added it to the tag layered on top of a paper doily.

I glued a section of 

American Craft crocheted lace to the bottom, then added I Am Roses flowers and leaves that were misted with Lindy's Stamp Gang Scintillating Silver Glitz Spritz. The time piece is from Prima and is topped with a My Mind's Eye brad.

I cut three snowflakes

from a scrap of white cardstock with Alterations Mini Snowflakes die. Adhered on red rhinestones from a pack from TPC Studio that is nearly empty, and popped them up with 3-D foam squares, the last of that pack, too.

A sheer bow at the

top completes my odds and ends Christmas tag... and I have a sense of satisfaction knowing that these bits and bobs haven't gone to waste.

I'm entering my tag at:

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Tags

Crafting for All Seasons - Use Flowers

Shopping Our Stash - Odds and Ends and/or Waiting to be Used

Tuesday Throwdown - Lots of Layers

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

Give Thanks

This is one of those

projects that just made me feel good to create. You know... where everything you've used came really cheap or free, and half of it was already put together when you started.

Let me explain...

1. The journal was purchased at Hobby Lobby at 40% off.

2. The leaves, tag and burlap string were given to me free along with a purchase made on Etsy.

3. The alphas came in a kit purchased at a discount. 

4. All the inks and paints used were bought on sale.

5. The white rings were made with a toilet tissue cardboard roll... have to recycle, ladies!

6. Most of the background was already down as I always use all my inks and paints from previous projects... like you see on that opposite page! Waste not, want not... an art journalists creed.

This all adds up to a "happy crafter"!

As, like I said, a lot

of the background was already on the page, I just sponged on some Vintage Photo and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I laid down the Crafters Workshop Chevron Arrows stencil and spritzed with plain water, let it sit a minute, then dabbed with a paper towel and dried with my heat tool.

Added Vintage Photo

Distress Stain to the center of the white circles, then Ripe Persimmon went on using a CW Mini Chicken Wire stencil. I stamped on a verse from the TPC Studio Autumn Harvest clear stamp set (bought at 40% off last year) with Coffee Archival Ink.

I inked the edges of

the alphas and glued them down, highlighting them with Yellow Ochre acrylic paint. Applied the Alterations mini leaves and the tag/string that I stamped with Nov 22, 2012, our Thanksgiving Day in the US.

I real bargain, if I must say!

I'm linking my page to:
Balzer Designs - Art Journal Every Day

Crafting For All Seasons - Falling Leaves

Sentimental Sundays - Dimensions

Shopping Our Stash - Best Deal Ever or I Had To Buy It, It Was On Sale

Stamping Sisters In Christ - Colossians 1:3-5 Thankfulness or Prayer

The Play Date Cafe - #156 Cinnamon, Squash, Vanilla & Sage
Word Art Wednesday - Give Thanks

Thanks for the visit!

Hugs!

Linda

Flowers In 3D

When it comes to cards,

there is nothing I like better than to pile on the flowers... unless it's a masculine one. The saying "Less is More" doesn't apply in this case, because as I see it "More is just Right"! There's a challenge at Shopping Our Stash to add at least one (in my case... as many as will fit and still be able to open) dimensional flower to your project. This is the result of my flower obsession...

A total of seven

flowers, four green leaves and two natural skeleton leaves all from I Am Roses.

Usually I mist them,

but today they are straight from the package.

The card base is

Bazzill's Cream Puff textured cardstock and the mats are Jet Black textured (not sure from where but probably Core'dinations).

The papers are Prima's

Nature Garden "Fairy Godmother" and Fairy Belle "Le Youlle". The Distress Ink is Antique Linen. The paper doily is from my stash.

This mat was cut with

Spellbinder's Fleur De Lis Squares die and machine stitched to the Prima piece. The metal corners are by Momenta. 

A couple of new pens

from my husband, The Penmaker. This one is Black Ash Burl.

He's also found a

source for this presentation showcase and has them in three different stains.

The black section on

this one is Buffalo Horn. If you click on the photo and look close, you'll see grayish streaks through it.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs!

Linda

Tic Tac Toe

They're playing

Tic Tac Toe at Shopping Our Stash this week. The challenge is for you to use any row... horizontally, diagonally or vertically... on your project. 

 

Actually, I have all 

but the brad and kraft on mine, and didn't realize it till I went back and looked at the game board again. I was going for the embossing, flower and yellow...

I had made a card

from some of these pieces last year, but didn't use it and decided to rip it apart. Glad I didn't throw it all away, because I like what I made this time so much better.

I used Cuttlebug's

Swiss Dots embossing folder, Black Soot and Vintage Photo Distress Ink, and May Arts Ivory Burlap String. The rhinestones are Teresa Collins Haunted Hallows.

This bronze acorn

and the corner piece are both from Momenta.

The flowers and

skeleton leaves are I Am Roses, the wheat sprays are from an Etsy shop and the Bo Bunny Rust Dot paper leaves were cut with Spellbinder's Foliage die set. The two rose buds at the top were originally white and I sprayed them with Sunset Orange and Butterscotch Color Wash by Ranger.

Remind me not 

to throw away a card I don't like... it just might be worth re-making!

Weekend's a coming... have a fabulous Friday.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

Using My Stash

In an attempt to

minimize my paper and embellishments stash, I plan on making lots of projects with this "old stuff". Here is one I just finished...

All made from older

materials except the white mini blossoms from I Am Roses. 

Am entering my card at:
Shopping Our Stash - Triple Threat
Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

{Thank} ful

I'm so very thankful...

for my salvation... my husband, aka the Penmaker... my family... my blogging friends...

and I'm thankful to have finally finished this card! This was two days in the making... (mostly because this headache is still hanging on)... but I'm happy the way it turned out!

The base is Core'dinations Canvas 

Texture Ice Cream and the mat base is Kraft Outlet's Lunch Bag Kraft. Atop that sits Imaginisce's Happy Harvest "Fall Into Fun" and Tim Holtz Kraft-Core #8 color from Core'dinations. The Gathered Twigs Distress Ink is from Tim's new fall seasonal collection and was sponged onto the paper edges.

This Spellbinder's Fancy Tags

Two was cut from the #8 paper and topped with a strip from Imaginisce's HH "Autumn Splendor". My triple loop bow is brown crinkled seam binding.

The #8 Kraft-Core was embossed 

with Cuttlebug's Birds and Swirls Folder, then sanded. I used Spellbinder's smallest of the Large Classic Scalloped Circles to cut this Kraft die. The branch was cut from Tim Holtz Alterations Mini Branch & Leaf Set. I cut two of these from the Kraft cardstock and a scrap of a My Mind's Eye DP and glued them together for a drop shadow effect. I popped it up with foam adhesive and added some TPC Studio "Reel Me In" jewels as faux berries.

The chipboard bird is

from GCD Studio's Melody Ross Collection of chipboard birds that came in my October Blue Moon Kit. It and the branch were sprayed with Tattered Leather Glimmer Mist. 

I'm entering this card in these challenges:

City Crafters Challenge - Thanks*Giving

Heart Song Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces Challenge - Thanksgiving, Winter, Holiday

Shopping Our Stash - Stickers, Rub-Ons or Chipboard

The Kraft Journal Challenge - Give Thanks

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!

Linda

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #23

I made a card today for the

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #23 in "Fall Colors".

My pretty little girl is from my

stash of images and is by Tasha Tudor. The papers are Bo Bunny's Forever Fall and Imaginisce's Happy Harvest. I used three Spellbinder's dies... Large Ovals, Large Scalloped Ovals and Labels Seventeen. The Distress Inks are Wild Honey and Gathered Twigs.

The flower was cut with Tim Holtz

Tattered Florals and Mini Branch & Leaf. It is of 38 gauge copper that I embossed with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.
I'm entering my fall card in the following Challenges:
Little Scrap Pieces - Fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving
Shopping Our Stash - Halloween or Fall Colors

Thanks for stopping by... have a great weekend!

Orange & Black Mini Book And The Kraft Journal Giveaway

The Penmaker and I have noticed

that the leaves aren't all changing at one time this year. Part have turned and falling in the wind and part are still as green as in summer. A strange autumn in our neck of the woods. All the more reason to make lots of bright, cheery fall projects! That's what I tried to do with this mini book that I made for Challenge #21 at Shopping Our Stash... "Spooky or Orange/Black".

Ever since I watched Tim Holtz

video of him making a mini valentine book, I have been smitten with these cute, tiny treasures. "So why not do one for this challenge", said I, and I did!

All you need is one 12 x 12 sheet

of DP... mine is My Mind's Eye Mischevious "Pumpkin Stripe". I finish mine a bit different than Tim does. After making several, I've found that if I adhere the pages with my tape runner and use a scrap of cardstock for a binder, it holds together much better than with just the tissue tape.

These are fun to embellish as

you don't need a lot on a page. Less is more in this case... if you keep it simple it's much easier to close.

Of the seven pages, three are pockets.

They are the perfect size for tea bags, gift cards, small photos or journaling tags.

Give this project a try the next time

you need a small gift item, and be sure to join this fun challenge at SOS. 

The Kraft Journal is having a fantastic

giveaway sponsored by the Kraft Outlet , the shop with all those terrific kraft papers and other great goodies for your creativity. Be sure to hop over there and check out the details. You can win a $20.00 Gift Voucher from Kraft Outlet... yeeee haaaaa! Now, who doesn't want that prize!

Thank you for the visit... so nice you dropped in!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #20

This is my second post today

since my camera batteries wanted to cause me some grief!

Thanksgiving or Thank You?

You choose! For those who live in Canada, Thanksgiving is October 10th (also my son's birthday - can't wait to show you what I made for him) - so the SOS challenge is to make a Thanksgiving themed project or a Thank You project. Here is my entry...

My scrap bag is bulging, and

I tried to thin it down a little. I think this paper is from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found "Madison Ave Collection" and it's used with a white cardstock base. I did a bit of machine stitching.

The florals are I Am Roses and Recollections. 

Lace from my stash.

A little distressing on the

Martha Stewart punched borders with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The sentiment is from an old Scrappy Cat "Thank You" set. Seems like I can't get enough of Paris right now... this is two in a row!

Thanks for the visit, dear friends!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge - No Coloring Allowed!

This week at SOS...

put down those markers and pencils and dig out the cut outs, patterned paper, paper piece, etc... anything as long as you don't color in an image!

Here I combined a light gray cardstock 

for the card base and orange cardstock for the mats. The designer papers are part of the Mischievous Collection from My Minds Eye - "Spooky Plaid" and "Candy Dots".

Lots of distressing going on

here: Tim Holtz Paper Distresser, Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The image is a digi purchased online.

I just bought Tim Holtz Sizzix 

Tattered Leaves Die with a coupon at Joanns and couldn't wait to use it. LOVE this die. (Prepare to see lots of projects in the future with leaves.) These black and white roses are from a recent order I received from I Am Roses. The rhinestones are from a package of Teresa Collins Haunted Hallows assortment.

Thanks for coming by today and have a great Friday!

The Penmaker and I are headed out to Pat Catan's for a little craft shopping!

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #17

At SOS we are asked this week

to sort through our stash and pull out some vintage or shabby elements and/or distress our project for the "Vintage or Distressed or Shabby Chic" challenge. Now this is my kind of challenge... love this!!!

I say that and to be truthful, I worked two days on this little card...

The paper is from Graphic 45 Baby 2 Bride

Collection "From This Moment". I also used a bit of Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden 6x6 Pad and a scrap of Creative Imaginations, plus three colors of cardstock.

This sweet image is from Crafty Secrets.

She is atop two die cuts... Spellbinders Lacey Circles and Floral Doily Motifs. I used Antique Linen Distress Ink on all edges plus my Tim Holtz Paper Distresser.

The flourish is part of the Spellbinders

Floral Doily Motifs set. I cut dies from Die-namics Butterflies, Rolled Daisy and Pretty Posies sets. I sprayed them all with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist.

I added some of my I Am Roses flowers,

that were also sprayed with the Marshmallow GM, to the centers of the paper flowers I assembled. Then dabbed on some Antique Linen DI. The leaves are cut from Sizzix Branch w/Leaves. I also used a Martha Stewart punch for that paper piece down the center.

Sprinkled a few Recollections and

Queen & Co adhesive backed pearls here and there.

Thank you for stopping by today.

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