Every Time A Bell Rings...Ornaments!

From It's a Wonderful Life, "Every time a bell rings, an Angel gets his wings.", or in this case 'her' wings. I made these for an ornament swap, and kept one for myself, as I loved them so much.

Using a combination of vintage items and Tim Holtz Idea-ology and Sizzix goodies, I threw it all together, using Ranger Multi Medium and Alcohol Ink, and few extras. I forgot to take step out photos, but they are pretty self explanatory. I used Pearl Mixative to color the soap dishes, and Gold Mixative on the bells, wings, Roses, and fragment dolls. I pounced on Mushroom Alcohol Ink on the gold frames.

Using a Leather piece from Sizzix, I embossed it with Tim's Kaleidoscope 3D Texture Fade...LOVE this one. I adhered it to the soap dish and then attached the frame on top of that. Then I just added the pieces on with Multi Medium and Jump Rings. The sentiment is computer generated, and I added Platinum Stickles around it. The flower bases that the Baubles are in are from Prima Mechanicals called Metal Lotus.

 

 

 

Thanks again for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow with Christmas Cards.
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Christmas Gift Tags

Hey everyone, and happy one week to go! Yikes! I have several things to share with you this week, and hopefully I'll have time to get to them all. I decided to throw in a nasty head cold in the mix of last things to do. Yuck. Anyway, these are the tags I created this year to go on presents. They were super easy to make, and I did each while wrapping presents.  

Using three stamp sets from Tim Holtz and Stamper's Anonymous and three inks and a Stickles from Ranger, I was able to whip 30 of these out pretty quick...an hour and a half.

I stamped the holly from Tim's Yuletide Set on three places in the upper portion of the kraft tags, and the sentiment from the Christmastime Set, in Jet Black Archival. I used a white pen to color in the open areas on the sentiment, and Christmas Red Stickles to color in the berries. I also like to ink over the holes on the kraft tags to make them match the colors a little better...I'm strange that way.

I added names to each tag using Tim's Worn Text letters...love that set...stamped in Wendy Vecchi's Red Geranium Archival. Then I gave the letters shadow with the white pen. I sewed around the bottom edges of the tag, and added string in the holes. I also inked the edges in Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. Simple and yet special for the recipients.

I also made some simple black and white tags as well, just using a wide width white pen and regular white pen, doodling, and then added more Stickles.

I tend to go a little nuts and get messy while wrapping, but then I love to clean it all up and stack the presents strategically under the tree.

I'll be back again tomorrow with ornaments. Thanks for stopping by, especially at this busy time! 

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Ranger Letter IT Christmas Ornaments and Cards

Hello all! Today, I have a double Christmas crafty treat for you...a tutorial over at Ranger for making these cute little Letter IT Sliced Wood Branch Christmas Ornaments with lots of Tim Holtz goodness too, AND a tutorial here for making two of the same style yet different color Letter IT Christmas Cards! Hope you enjoy both and thanks for stopping by.

These ornaments were super fast to make and fun too. I'm going to use these to adorn family Christmas presents, and after the presents are opened the fam can hang them on the tree...bonus! Here are some close ups of each one. 

 Now onto the cards...

For these cards I think I used almost the whole gamut of the Letter IT product line. The gray metallic tones card is more my style, but I wanted to make one with bright nontraditional colors as well to see if I could, and I think it's so stinking fun. The gorgeous calligraphic hand-lettered stamps are so eye catching...I wish my handwriting was this beautiful.

I laid out my design like this so I could use the space as efficiently as possible, using all the Christmas words stamps.

Using the pinks, blues, and greens, I stamped and heat embossing in coordinating colors and did the same for the gray card.

I turned the stencil so I could do more of a candy cane pattern alternating colors. Then I used Tim's design ruler to outline the stamps with the Metallic Pens and a green gel pen.

Using another set of stamps, Encouragement, I used the 'believe' to stamp the main focal image word on the small tags and heat embossed with Ranger's Black Embossing Powder.

I colored string with Distress Spray Stain in Antiqued Bronze for the gray card, and used the Rose Madder Archival Ink to color the string for the other card, then tied fussy bows. I stitched and layered cardstock behind the main cards.

I stamped and cut out the holly leaves and colored them in with more coordinating colors of Perfect Pearls.

Again, thanks for stopping by. I'll be back soon as I've done nothing lately but Christmas craft the days away, as I'm sure most of you are as well...'tis the season!

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

The First Starry Night Christmas Ornament Canvas

I'm back again, and this time to show you The First Starry Night Christmas Mixed Media Ornament Canvas that I will be teaching at The Crafty Scrapper in a few weeks.  This is my third Christmas canvas to teach, and this one uses Dina Wakley Media from Ranger and the new Tim Holtz Wisemen dies from Sizzix, and is on a 16 inch round canvas. There are a few spots left, and you can call the store to sign up.

 

 

 

 

Hope to see you in class, and thanks for stopping by!
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

The Crafty Scrapper's Christmas Card Make N Take Express

Hello all! Just a quick post today, to tell you about an event I planned and designed for The Crafty Scrapper...The Christmas Card Make-N-Take Express. There will be door prizes, bundled specials, sales, photos with Santa, food, and five Make-N-Take Christmas Cards for the first 100 people, on December 8, 2018, so come on down and see me and the ladies running the shop.  

All five cards feature products from Tim Holtz's Sizzix Alterations, Stamper's Anonymous, Idea-ology, and Ranger line.

 

 

 

 

The cards will take about an hour to make, and you can call the store for more details and to reserve your ticket! Hope to see you there. I'll be back tomorrow with another post on a class I am teaching the next day after the event.

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Thanksgiving Painted Birch Trees Cards

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been awhile. I've been so busy getting ready for a big event and classes that I've barely had time to do anything else. I finally made some time though this week to make these cards for some family and friends that we won't see this year for Thanksgiving. I had been painting on canvas, and decided to throw some paint on paper to make these, and I had such fun doing that as it's rare that I use paints on a card. Anyway, I wish my American friends and those that celebrate this Thursday as Thanksgiving, a wonderful and blessed day with fabulous food, and I am truly thankful for all of you that follow along with my goings on. My cup always runneth over!

The pictures do not do these cards justice...they really are stunning. I made 8 in total.

Using the numbered game sheet piece from Tim Holtz's Materialize Paper Stash, I filled in the columns with stripes of Distress Paint from Tim and Ranger...lots of Distress Paint, one color at a time randomly, using a small paintbrush.

I die cut the painted sheets with the Branched Birch, Tangled Twigs, and Skeleton Leaves Thinlets from Tim and Sizzix, and then again with Tim's Gold Metallic Cardstock to layer the painted pieces on. Then I matted and sewed around the Birch Trees. The caption was made from an old Dymo, and I added brown velvet ribbon and gold lacey ribbon. I switched background cardstock colors as well, just to see what looked best, and I liked these two the best.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today, and again, a very happy Thanksgiving to all.

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!