{tag #4} tinsel & twig

I love our Christmas tree.  It holds ornaments made my tiny hands long ago.  It holds ornaments that were gifts that I hold dear.  I love the slow shift in light, from beautiful colors to glorious white.  There is nothing I like more than to sit in our darkened family room and watch the beautiful lights of our tree.  In honor of the magic of Christmas trees everywhere, from Charlie Brown's most humble tree to the beautiful tree at Rockefeller Center in NYC,  I bring you this.

Tinsel & Twig Tag #4: The Magic of Christmas

To make the tree, cut 8 Christmas tree shapes out of 2 different shades of green cardstock.  Fold all but one down the middle using a bone folder.  Position the tree you didn't fold where you like it on the tag.  Apply adhesive to one side of a folded tree and adhere to one side of the tree on the tag.  Adhere one side of the next tree to the one you just placed on your tag.  Continue to do this until you need to glue both sides of the last tree you add.  Add pearls or bling.  I used an old typewriter key as my base.

May the holiday season be full of magic for you, friends!

{tag#3} tinsel & twig

While Christmas shopping earlier this week I popped into the Pottery Barn store. Oh, the inspiration! I love the mix of vintage and modern in their holiday decor. I found an ornament that I adored. It was a loopy snowflake made out of vintage music sheets. It had a glittery center and just exuded vintage loveliness! It must only be available in stores because I cant find a photo of it online.  I was inspired enough by it that I made my version of it for my third Tinsel & Twig tag!

Tinsel & Twig Tag #3: Be Merry

A few close-ups:

Thanks for stopping by today!  Happy Friday, friends!





{tag #2} tinsel & twig

It has been cold here in Michigan this week.  C O L D.  So cold that I'm wearing a coat when I go outside! Wearing a coat is something I rarely do.  If I'm going out to play in the snow, of course I wear a coat.  But on my average run of the mill day I usually can get away without wearing one most of the winter.  Of course, I don't give up my flip flops till the snow makes an appearance.  Yes, I run a little on the warm side. :)

Anyway, the cold and snow inspired Tinsel & Twig Tag #2!  I punched 3 big snowflakes and then layered 2 smaller ones for the centers with a tiny pearl in the middle. I love the spiral sequins. (bought here: Paper Valise, check them out, really good stuff!) Ive had them forever and I really like the texture they provide on this tag.  A simple sentiment from my Dymo, a snowflake button & ribbon and some machine stitching.  

Tinsel & Twig Tag #2: Warm Winter Wishes

Happy Wednesday, friends and thanks for stopping by!

{tag #1} tinsel & twig

I'm a big fan of Margie Romney-Aslett and her Girls' Paperie.  :)  The first time I saw her papers in my LSS I squealed.  Out loud.  Seriously.  Maybe it's because I'm the mom of 3 boys and am surrounded by Legos, Hot Wheels and bouncing balls 24/7.  Maybe I dont have enough pink in my life.  Whatever the reason, I get my girl fix with her lovely collections.  All of them.  Love them.  Her newest line, Tinsel & Twig is no exception!  The colors! The patterns!  Those snowflake embellies!  Be still my heart! So much love.

I bought many sheets of the Tinsel & Twig paper.  Many. I do my best work on a smaller scale, cards specifically.  So I thought I would try 10 tags of Tinsel & Twig for a little blog project!  I want to work with this paper, but with the business of the holidays time is short and layouts are few.  The tags will be a good way to get my girl fix and use the product before Christmas 2011.  :) 

My first tag was featured yesterday in the Scrapbook News and Review 12 Days of Christmas newsletter. I am a new staffer there and am thrilled to have my first projects in this month's online Holiday Sampler. 

Tinsel & Twig Tag #1

I actually used scraps from a layout that I did for SNR.  I inked up a very white doily with some Antique Linen Distress Ink with a technique I picked up on Tim's Blog.

First, stamp your ink pad on the craft mat a few times:

Spritz some water over the ink:

Swipe the doily across the mat a couple times:

So easy.

The plan is to have 9 more tags between now and Christmas, all made primarily with Tinsel & Twig paper.

I hope you will enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them!  Thanks for stopping by! 

{party sketch}

Sorry about the amount of dead space on my blog last week.  I had to wrap a few projects up, but this week I'm hoping to have more to share with you!  Today is Tuesday and if you have been visiting my blog for any length of time you know that there is all sorts of fun going on at Party Time Tuesdays today!  This week's challenge  involves a terrific sketch by Dianna, who happens to co-own PTT with Kristie!!  Head over to the PTT blog and check out all the different ways the DT managed to use this sketch! 

Here is the sketch Di created for us:

Here is my card:

The perfect card for a Christmas birthday!

Happy Tuesday, friends!



{up} up & away

We have a fun challenge this week over at Party Time Tuesdays!  Make a birthday card using some sort of balloon on the front!  Be sure to add a birthday sentiment on the front too.  And don't forget to send it to someone you care about, that really is the most important part of making cards!  :)

Be sure to check out the DT's cards, everyone has their own wonderful take on this challenge!  Link your card to PTT by 8:00 Monday, December 13th to be eligible for the Top 3 and a chance at a random pick in the monthly draw.  Here is my card.  I used the ends of the balloon to make a cool center for my card:

Happy Tuesday, friends!

{december} card sketch

It's December!  The temperatures have dropped and the snow has been falling, true signs that Christmas is fast approaching!  With the snow comes a new card sketch at My Sketch World!  The DT has some marvelous examples, so be sure to check them out! 

Here is Lucy's wonderful card sketch:

I went way simple, even for me!

The winner of my Ribbon & Button RAK is Val!  Thanks so much for playing along with my challenge last month!  Hope you all have a fantastic Friday and a wonderful weekend!