Moving Forward.....

Hope you all survived Turkey Day and are ready to start the march to Christmas!  I had a wonderful evening with lots of food and family and a good time was had by all.  Now we move forward!

This tag is made using stamps, papers and dies from Heartfelt Creations.  I think it has a quiet elegance to it.

OK people, let's get cracking!  Are you headed to the Mall for the Black Friday sales?  No me...I'm afraid I might have to hurt someone!  I'm very content to be here in my pj's and slippers watching it all on TV.  My tree is up and decorated, most of the gifts are purchased and ready to wrap, I'm totally in the holiday spirit and I'm poised to start making cookies and candy. How's that for being organized?  I'm just too old for it to be any other way!

OK this is it for me this morning.

Have a wonderful day and no matter where you find yourself, or whatever you are doing, take a little moment of time and ....... "Breathe"!

A Holiday Tag.....

Good morning everyone!  I hope you are up and ready to go this morning.  I'm here to share with you a holiday tag I have made.  I love having tags on hand to slip down inside a gift bag or to just give on their own as a keepsake or just a reminder that I have been thinking about you.  I always make the larger tags and they can take as much time to make as one of my cards so they are each a work of love and a little piece of me!

I don't always use the traditional tag and love using some of the beautiful Spellbinders dies and I love working with the watercolor paper as well.  The paper just adds more strength and stability and usually will handle anything I decide to put on the front.  Today I have used the Decorative Labels Eight and I cut a Labels Eight and ran it through a swiss dots embossing folder and then cut out the poinsettia and colored it with distress inks.  The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3428 Script Christmas Tree PreCut Set.  It was actually pretty quick and easy and I love the soft look!

OK, that is it for me this morning.  Have a great day and I hope you find a small amount of time just for you and "Breathe"!

A Little Sparkle.....

Good morning everyone!  We are slipping into another weekend and I'm here to share another card I made this week.  I just love this little image and think she will make a cute Christmas card to send or maybe she will be going to the nursing home patients.  I haven't decided just yet on this one.  I sparkled her little antlers and necklace but the sparkle just didn't show up in the picture.  Trust me it's there.  I love how you can take a little card stock, some inks, a few dies and lots of glitter and come up with a sweet holiday card.  Now how easy was that!

Well, that's it for me this morning.  Have a wonderful day and no matter where you are or what you are doing, I hope you can find a little time to "Breathe".  My wish for you today is that you can find a little joy in your day.

How About a Little Christmas Joy.....

I have been seeing some of the most gorgeous Christmas Cards and other cute ideas for the Holidays and it has just put me in the mood.  My glasses arrived and I am back among the seeing world and actually feeling like some holiday crafting.  I saw the cutest snowman hat decorated for Christmas on Pinterest, I'm sorry I can't remember where it came from to give credit but they used a coffee can to make theirs.  I decided to be different in that I used a nut can and a bowl to make a pattern for the brim.  Then I just let my imagination run wild and used lots of glue and glitter!

 I found some really stiff backing board from a paper pad and used it for the base.  I cut it out with Tim Holtz scissors and then sanded the edges where they were not quite as circular as I would like.  The base and tin were first painted with Gesso and then black acrylic paint; then I splattered antique white paint onto that.  Next I just started adding my goodies.  There is a gorgeous piece of lace under there but once I finished, you just can't see it.  I used some Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies for some of the accessories and also some purchased roses and leaves in there. 

You can still get the lid of the tin off, so you could fill it with goodies for the holidays if  you want.  I will probably keep this one and it will be sitting on my table at the end of my sofa.   I most definitely will be making more of these with different thems for gifts for the holidays.  A larger one would be great for filling with cookies for a gift.

Well guys that is it for me this morning.  Monday has arrived and it's back to the yard work for me.  I have lots to do and you have to remember, I'm slow.  Have a great day and I will be back on Wednesday with the WOYWW show and tell!