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Baked Holiday Cookies!

Today I do not have a stamping project to share. I had a tag to show, but it is a similar one that I posted last Friday so I decided to have that post go live next November instead! My sister-in-law and niece made these cookies and gave them to me for Christmas. Aren't they cute?! They made tons of them. My favorite is the snowman. My niece did the design for most of them with the frosting. She drew out how the frosting should go on the cookies. I thought it would be fun to share these with all of you even though you cannot enjoy eating them!

The above shows the two gingerbread men and the candy cane cookie that were with the others. They are all so adorable! I told them that they should sell these.

I hope you enjoyed today's post and I will be back next Tuesday with a birthday card. Have a wonderful weekend and Happy New Year!

Another Holiday Thank You Card

I have another holiday thank you card to share today. This is the other thank you card that I made for my niece. I made several of these to add to the other set of thank you's for her to send to people to thank them for gifts she received over the holidays.

I used four Paper Smooches stamp sets to make this card! The Thank You is from the FOLKal Points set. The (Starbucks) coffee cup is from the Hot Concoctions set. The Santa hat is from the Santa Paws set. And the smiley face on the cup is from the Wake Up set. The tag is die cut from Crate Paper's Peppermint Collection 6x6 paper pad.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back on Friday with a card.

Stamps: Paper Smooches: Santa Paws, Wake Up, Hot Concoctions, FOLKal Points.
Paper: Neenah Natural White 110# card stock for the card base and Solar White 110# for the stamped images, Crate Paper Peppermint Collection 6x6 paper pad.
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black.
Markers: Copic Sketch Markers, Prismacolor Pencils.
Ribbon: Divine Twine Cherry twine.
Other Products: PTI Tag Sale #5 die.

Another Holiday Tag

I made this tag to give to my niece. I used the same techniques from Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. This is Day 4 of the tags. I followed the instructions that Ellen shows in her blog post. I used Copic Ice Mint, then sanded the ornament, applied a thin layer of Distress Rock Candy Crackle Paint. I applied a little more of the Crackle Paint at the top and bottom of the ornament and poured some Art Glitter Vintage Shards Glass Glitter to those areas.

The above photo shows the ornament up close where you can see the crackle on the foil. It is so much prettier in person! Give this technique a try. It is fun to make.

Here's wishing you a very Merry Christmas! Thanks for stopping by and I will be back next Tuesday with a card.

Paper: October Afternoon Holiday Style 8x8 paper pad, Neenah Solar White 110# card stock.
Markers: Copic Ice Mint.
Ribbon: May Arts Ivory Lace Ribbon with Pearl Center & May Arts White Silk.
Bling: Tim Holtz Baubles.
Other Products: Ranger Foil Tape Sheets, Essentials by Ellen Craft-a-Board, Sizzix Carved Ornaments 2 Die, Art Glitter Vintage Shards Glass Glitter - Krystallos.

Sympathy Card

I decided to make more sympathy cards to have on hand. I sent out more sympathy cards this year. Too many. Some relatives, former colleagues. I found that since I had a stash of them on hand, it made it SO much easier to send a card out quickly to the families.

I wanted to use the Memory Box Amira Flourish die and decided that the Tattered Florals die would go great with it! I used October Afternoon's new Farmhouse 8x8 paper pad for the patterned papers. I made the same flower I did in the shadowbox. The "With Love and Hugs" stamp is from the Unity With Sympathy set.

To make the flower, I die cut 2 pieces of each of the petals. Then I molded, stirred, cupped the petals that Susan Tierney Cockburn taught us in her flowers classes. Glued the pieces together and put one pearl in the middle.

The above photo shows the inside of the card. The saying is from the same stamp set - Unity With Sympathy.

I will have another project to share on Friday. Have a good week and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Unity With Sympathy set.
Paper: Neenah Natural White 110# card stock for the card base, October Afternoon Farmhouse 8x8 paper pad, Prism (Bazzill) Dark Suede Brown for the Amira Flourish die.
Ink: Ranger Coffee Archival ink.
Bling: Zva Creative Chocolate 5mm pearls.
Other Products: Memory Box Amira Flourish die, Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, 1/8" Corner Chomper.

Holiday Style Tag

I had fun putting this tag together! I was checking Tim Holtz's blog with his 12 Tags of Christmas this month and decided to try the vintage mercury glass ornaments. This was Tag 10 of Tim's. When I was rubbing the paper off the clear packing tape at my kitchen sink, it suddenly dawned on me that this felt familiar! But I couldn't figure out why! My first attempt at this didn't come out too good so I threw it away. I was then looking at Karen Burniston's blog as she was doing the tags each day and Karen answered my question! Photo transfers. Then I remembered that Impress Rubber Stamps had a demo on this photo transfer technique many years ago. Either using the pen OR this rubbing paper off the packing tape! That's where I learned this, but I never took to it. My attempts at it were not good back then and I never did anything with whatever it was I tried doing! But now, I am loving this technique! Here is Karen's post about her Tag 10. I did not have the Facets that Tim used so I used my Charm Fragments. I used some images from one of the sheets of patterned papers out of the new October Afternoon Holiday Style 8x8 paper pad for the fragments.

For my tag, I used Neenah Solar White 110# weight card stock and ran it through my Big Shot with Sizzix's Tag & Bookplates die. Then I ran a piece of October Afternoon's paper from the Holiday Style 8x8 paper pad through the tag die again. I then tape the two together. I prefer a sturdy tag. Then I proceeded to decorate the tag with what you see.

The above photo shows the same tag, but I put 2 snowmen in the fragments (the first tag has a snowman and a house in the fragments). And in this second photo, you will see the foil coming through the packing tape/image! I will be back next Tuesday with another project. Thanks for stopping by!

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110# weight card stock, October Afternoon Holiday Style 8x8 paper pad.
Ribbon: May Arts Ivory Lace Ribbon with Pearl Center, May Arts White Silk.
Other Products: Sizzix Tim Holtz Tags & Bookplates die, Ranger Charm Fragments, Ranger Foil Tape sheets, Ranger Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Jingle Bell purchased from Michelle Wooderson.

Rosette Bottle Cap Ornaments

I made these little ornaments from Tim Holtz's Rosette die and some bottle caps. My inspiration is from Cindy Lyles here. I love making these rosettes. They are so fun to make! I thought these would make great little ornaments to hang on the tree. Or you can eliminate the string and put the rosette on a card, decorate a package.

The little snowmen faces in the bottle caps are from October Afternoon's Good Cheer line that is retired. The little orange kitty is from October Afternoon's 5 & Dime line. The rosette is made with October Afternoon's new Holiday Style patterned paper.

I will be back on Friday with a project. Maybe a tag. Anyway, have a good week and thanks for stopping by!

Paper: October Afternoon Holiday Style - Snow & Mistletoe 12x12 patterned paper, October Afternoon Good Cheer - Falling Snow 12x12 patterned paper (retired), October Afternoon 5 & Dime 8x8 paper pad, Memory Box Parsley for the scalloped piece under the rosette.
Ribbon: Silver twine from my stash.
Other Products: Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circles & Pinking Circles, Bottle Cap Inc -Bottle caps & Epoxy Dots, Prima Rose Leaves.

Thank You Holiday Card

Today I have a thank you card to share with you. I made several of these to put in my niece's Christmas stocking so that she has some cards to send to people for gifts she receives for the holidays. I remember my sister-in-law had my niece send thank you notes to people for any gifts she received for Christmas and birthdays from the time she was very little.

I used PTI's house die from the Love Lives Here stamp and die set. I die cut a piece of Craft-a-Board to raise the image a little and then die cut a patterned piece of paper from October Afternoon's new 8x8 Holiday Style paper pad. I applied some Ranger Distress Rock Candy Stickles around the metal rimmed tag. I found the little embellishments I put on the tags. The little tree and reindeer plus there are many other shapes. I have no idea who put them out. I bought them so long ago and never used them until now!

Have a great weekend and I will post a project next Tueday. Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: PTI Love Lives Here stamp set, Paper Smooches FOLKal Points stamp set.
Paper: Neenah Natural White for the card base, Memory Box Parsley, October Afternoon Holiday Style 8x8 paper pad.
Ink: Impress Fresh Ink Chocolate for the stamped roof.
Other Products: PTI Love Lives Here die set, PTI Mat Stack 4 die, Essentials by Ellen Craft-A-Board, Metal Rimmed Tag, Ranger Distress Rock Candy Stickles.

Shadowbox

Today I have a 7 Gypsies White Solo Shadowbox Tray to share that I was going to post last week and I was fussing over it as I wasn't sure what to put in the little boxes! It finally came together when I decided to use The Girl's Paperie Whimsy line of papers. These papers are no longer available unless you happen to find them in your local stamp or scrapbook stores or online stores.

In the first box on the left hand side, I made the little begonia flowers myself. I used the Punch Bunch Medium Begonia Petals punch and the Small Geranium punch. I colored each petal with Copic markers and then shaded with Faber Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils. Susan Tierney Cockburn designed these punches for Punch Bunch. I was very fortunate to take classes from Susan in the Seattle area at a local stamp store about 7 years ago. The fence is balsa wood that I purchased from Cindy Lyles here. I love this balsa wood! It is very light and ran through my Big Shot just fine. I used Taylored Expressions Picket Fence Border die. I applied some Ranger Old Paper Distress Stain on the fence. I put a pearl headpin in this little box as well to add some sparkle!

In the middle box, I put some of the rolled papers that I did in my post here. I wanted to add these rolled papers as it gives it such a unique look.

In the last box on the right, I made another flower from Sizzix's Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die. I molded the leaves as I did with the begonias and glued the pieces together and added a pink pearl in the middle. I am loving this Tattered Florals die! I added some Prima Rose Leaves and put another pearl headpin in the box to again give it a little sparkle.

The kitty in the picture is named Lilac. She does not belong to me! She lives way up the hill and road from me. She first came to visit in May 2007 when my dad was dying and I was taking care of him. I found out later that Lilac had been hanging out across the road at my neighbor's house first. Then wandered across the road to snoop around over here!

There is more to the Lilac story, but I don't want to bore anyone! I'll be posting a card or project on Saturday so stop by again. Thanks for stopping by and have a good week!

Paper: The Girl's Paperie Whimsy 12x12 patterned papers.
Markers: Copic Sketch Markers & Prismacolor Pencils.
Other Products: Taylored Expressions Picket Fence Border die, Balsa Wood, Ranger Old Paper Distress Stain, Punch Bunch Medium Begonia Petals punch, Punch Bunch Small Geranium punch, Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, Prima Rose Leaves, Pearl Pins, 7 Gypsies Solo Shadowbox - White.

Country Landscape Bag & Card

Today I am sharing a bag I put together using PTI's Front & Center #1 die. My inspiration came from Cindy Lyles' post here. I used Memory Box Thistle Distressed Dots patterned paper for the front and back of the bag. I used a brown paper lunch bag for the bag between the front and back. I need to get some white bags.

The above picture is the card that goes into the bag. Or rather 6 of these cards and matching envelopes I will put in the bag and give as a gift. The inspriration for this card came from Julie Ebersole's post here. I used Ellen Hutson's Crystal Clear Plastic, Medium. This is the best crystal clear plastic I have used. I used the heavyweight for the window card I did here.

On the die cut piece on the bag and the card, I applied some Ranger Star Dust Stickles on the houses, trees and ground. I stamped Lawn Fawn snowflakes from the Making Frosty Friends set with StazOn Cotton White ink on the plastic. I have had this ink pad and inker for years (when it first came out!) and this is the first time I have used it! LOL!

I'll be back next Wednesday with a card or maybe a project. I had something in mind to do for today's post and I'm fussing over it. Hope you are enjoying your Saturday and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: PTI Loves Lives Here: Holiday (the saying on the front of the card), Lawn Fawn Making Frosty Friends (snowflakes are from this set).
Paper: Memory Box Thistle for the card base, Memory Box Thistle Distressed Dots patterned paper for the bag, Neenah Solar White for the country landscape die piece, Prism (Bazzill) Dark Suede Brown.
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, StazOn Cotton White ink.
Ribbon: Divine Twine Cherry twine.
Other Products: Memory Box Country Landscape die, Essentials by Ellen Crystal Clear Plastic in Medium weight.