My New Favorite Halloween Tag.....

Can you believe that Saturday has rolled around again.  It seems like the weeks are flying by and before you know it, the snow will be flying.  But before we get into the snow, I want to share a tag I made for Halloween.  I just love making tags; they are such little treasures!  There is almost as much  work in them as a card but they are just little works of art.  You can write a message on the back and slip them into a gift bag or they can be the gift itself.  So you see they are very useful!

I used some corner dies I had, painted black and then edged with Rub-N-Buff.  The birds are Tim Holtz and the little owls are from a piece of designer paper I have.  The clock is a Tim Holtz Stamp that I embossed in black and then cut out with a circle die.  Just layer a different color under the clock and it is ready to go.  The flower is some pre-made flowers I have that I spritzed with shimmer sprays.  How's that for quick and easy?

OK I am off to get my day started.  Have a great weekend!

My Altered Chest....

Good morning everyone!  I want to share a work-in-progress with you this morning.  I can't quite decide if I declare this finished or not.

 

 

I've been working on this for a few days and sometimes you just need to step back and give it a rest.  From here I could keep going and going and adding and adding but sometimes less is more.  I kind of like it just the way it is.  I'm going to sit this one to the side and let it rest for a couple of days and see how I feel about it after the weekend. 

 

Well that's it for me this morning.  Have a wonderful day no matter where you are or what you get into, take a moment and breathe!

Rose Tag....

Good morning everyone!  Well Monday has rolled around again and I'm getting ready to begin my week.  I just wanted to share a tag I've been working on.  Those of you who follow me, know how much I love making flowers and roses are a favorite of mine.  I like tags because they can be tucked down inside a gift bag and given to someone special.  They take just as much work as a card, but I think they are just in a class of their own. 

For my tag, I used the Tim Holtz Alterations die and then ran it though my Cuttlebug with an embossing folder; then I used Ranger Distress Ink to go over some of the raised edges.   My roses were made by cutting out petals using the Spellbinders Rose Creations Die and the leaves were made using the Spellbinders Foliage die.  The roses were made using plain white card stock and I inked the petals with Ranger Distress Inks and shaped the petals then glued them together.  I used a gold leafing pen to add just a touch of gold to the petals of the flowers.  Just a tiny bit .... I didn't want to lose any of the elegance of the flower.  The petals were edged in Distress Inks and spritzed with water then crumpled to shape and give them some shape. 

I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed doing it.  Making flowers just seems to make me a happy girl.  Have a great day and a wonderful week and I hope you can find a little time to create.

Just For Fun Color Challenge #19

Happy Friday and welcome to Just For Fun's Color Challenge #19!  These are our colors: Light Blue, Brown and Cream.  What fun colors they are to play with!  Why don't you come play with us and you might be the winner of a $50 spending spree at JFF Stamps!  All you have to do is create a card or project using these colors and JFF Stamps if you have them.  If you don't have any yet, just use whatever you have but use these colors.  Once you have a card or project, just go to the Just For Fun Blog jffstamps.typepad.com/jffstamps/ and link back to your card or project.  Now go create and I look forward to seeing what you come up with!  Now here is my card!  The light reflected off parts of the top layer and it looks like the embossing doesn't go all the way round, but it does.  Sorry for terrible photo!

The stamp I used is F2714 - Wildflower Silhouette you can purchase it here:  jffstamps.com

I stamped the image with Stormy Sky Ranger Distress Ink.  I made lots and lots of layers using the colors in card stock and Spellbinders Dies.  Once I had all my layers assembled, I mounted them on a base card of light blue.  Lots and lots of cutting!  I used a texture folder to add dimension to one of the layers!  I hope you enjoy!  Now why don't you visit the Blogs of the other JFF Designers participating in this week's challenge.  You just might get inspired.....I know I do when I visit!

JFF Design Team Members:

Sherry Cheever - DT Coordinator

Broni Holcombe

Sandy Sandrus

Starla Nelson

Terre Fry

Roni Johnson

Beth Moore

Margaruta Ybarra

Glenda Brooks - You are here

JFF Blog

Supplies list:

JFF Stamps

Ranger Distress Ink

Card Stock

Spellbinders Dies

Texture Fades from Tim Holtz