The Second

I promise I am not doing my December Daily via my blog! 

This morning there was a "pep" in the boys steps on the way into school.  

Why?  Because I had just shared with them that tonight is the night that the The Late Late Toy Show is on tv. 

This year's theme / set design for the show is Toy Story and the presenter is going to dress up as Woody!  The Late Late Toy Show is an institution here in Ireland and guests tonight include Olly Murs and Jedward.

Spot the presenter?  Here they are in rehearsals.

Now ... onto a creation.

  Have you seen the Christmas tag challenge on Waltzingmouse Stamps?  Well, I knew I had to play along.  I made a 3D hanging tag that can then be used on a tree!

This started out life as a Cheerios box which I ran through my Big Shot with last year's Vintage Ornament dies by Spellbinders.  I found that Cheerios / Nestle do the whitest cardboard in their cereal boxes.

Supplies:  Vintage Ornaments - Waltzingmouse Stamps, Seasons of Love - WMS, 

Spellbinders - Vintage Ornament dies, oval and heart dies, Memento Ink - 

Bamboo Leaves, White gel pen, Tea Dye distress ink and blending tool, 

gingham ribbon - Gisela Graham, mini bells - Paperchase, 

adhesive and glossy accents.

I cut out first, then stamped then cut out the ovals, then distressed, glued and hey presto a tag for my hubby's gift this year.  Below is a shot of the production line for distressing!

Thanks for peeking.  Hope you have a great weekend.

Joy!

 

Supplies:  Vintage Ornaments and Basket Additions by 

Waltzingmouse Stamps, Memento ink - New Sprout, Copics, Memento 

ink - black tuxedo, A6 card blanks - Anita's, Green textured cardstock 

- Papermania, adhesive and Purple Cows guillotine.

This month's Christmas Card Challenge over on Waltzingmouse is a clean and simple trio!  So I made this trio for the Challenge.

 I didn't have enough of the green cardstock to mat and layer all three so there are some variations in the cards for a touch of individuality!

I ran each matted image through my sewing machine to create a row of even holes to show the ornament "hanging".

Thanks for peeking - you can check out the WMS Challenge here.  Hope you have a great Tuesday.

Guess who's coming to town?

Supplies:  Waltzingmouse Stamps - Vintage Ornaments, Santa's coming 

to town set, Memento Black Tuxedo ink, Spellbinders Vintage 
Ornament Dies 2010, Clear embossing powder, versamark ink, Tea dye 
distress ink and blending tool, pop dots, adhesive, kraft and black 
cardstock - Folia, mini bell - Paperchase, Anita's A6 card blank
and embroidery floss.

This week the challenge on Paperplay Challenges is "Cracked Glass" and I have this santa's silhouette stamped and "cracked" for the past few weeks on my desk and hadn't manage to make anything with him.  So here is my card using non - traditional Christmas colours and various techniques.

This is an upclose shot of the "crackle/cracked glass".

Waltzingmouse Stamps have had a Christmas Card Challenge running since the beginning of the year and I have taken part in April's one but really wanted to do more.  Going to add this card to February's Challenge which was "quick pick" - use something on your desk (mine was the cracked glass silhouette lying around begging to be used!).

Also entering this card to the following Challenges

Delightful Challenges - Snowflakes

Jellypark Challenges - Non traditional Christmas Colors

Cards for Men - Christmas Cards for Men

Happy 2nd Birthday to Waltzingmouse Stamps

 Did you know that Waltzingmouse Stamps are turning TWO tomorrow - 21st May.    Claire Brennan the owner of WMS is throwing a "tea party".  Full deets are here.  Still some time to play..... free templates available to make what you are bringing to the party.

I used the freebie teabag baggie template and created this fun summery pink baggie for my donation to the "tea party".  I decorated the back of the baggie too but forgot to take a photo in my haste to post it before the deadline.

I also stamped and coloured extra flowers to layer on top of the original stamped images (photo above). 

 Supplies:  WMS freebie tea bag baggie template, WMS Free Spirit Boy (flowers), 

WMS Holiday Label No 14, Spellbinders Labels 14 die, WMS 

Vintage Ornaments - With love sentiment, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, 

pop dots, Memriemare Ribbon - Etsy, Black & pink cardstock - Folia, 

White textured cardstock - Papermania, Scor-pal, Copics RV02 RV04 and RV23.

I had some much fun creating this for the "tea party".  Thanks so much for peeking and a HUGE congrats to Claire and all the DT over on Waltzingmouse Stamps for lots of fun, inspiration and amazing products over the past two years.  

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for stopping by.

Paperplay - Use an object not intended for crafting

This week's challenge on Paperplay Challenges is set by DT Member - Karen.  She wants us all "to use an object not intended for Crafting"... coins, cans/jars, onion or garlic netted bags, shells, cardboard box bits etc.

We are very kindly sponsored by Waltzingmouse Stamps this week - the random winner will receive a set of their choice.  Wish I could play !!!  

My non crafting bits - I used bias binding (bottom left of photo)

I scrunched one length up and dyed in a ziploc bag with scattered straw distress ink and the other length I didn't scrunch as much and dyed with spiced marmalade distress ink.  I used my heat tool to dry and I loved the distress/vintage/un-uniform look to it.

The other non crafting thing I used was a to-go coffee cup sleeve!  You can see it in the left of the photo after I ran it through my Big Shot. 

I then used the Vintage Ornaments set by Waltzingmouse Stamps and stamped on pp from Basic Grey - sugared range and clear embossed.  I heated, added more clear ep, then heated again so that the stamped image was very thick and glossy - just like a christmas bauble!  The sentiment (Seasons of Love set - WMS) was stamped on some white cardstock with scattered straw distress ink and placed under the bauble cut out to create a raised frame.

Supplies:  WMS Seasons of Love and Vintage Ornaments, Scattered Straw 
and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks, Cuttlebug Snow dots embossing folder, 
Big Shot, White cardstock, kraft card blank - docrafts, clear embossing powder, 
heat gun, pearls, machine stitching, pop dots and adhesive.

I am entering my card into this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge

and also into the Waltzingmouse Christmas Card Challenge for April.  If you haven't heard about this fun challenge be sure to pop over and check out all the details at waltzingmousehouse.com or follow the links from here.

Challenges
Let's Ink it Up - Show us your stitching (no digis)
Christmas Challenge - use yellow and oval shape (my greeting is oval!)

Hope you will get a chance to play along with Paperplay this week and thanks so much for stopping by.

Paperplay - Create a gift tag for the holidays!

Woohoo... it's Thursday so it's challenge time on Paperplay.  The challenge this week is set by "moi" and it is to create a Holiday/Christmas/Gift Tag for the Holiday Season.

I was inspired by this wonderful creation by Belinda Chang Langner.  I just ADORED what Belinda created so I used the idea and dies and set to work.  Belinda stuffed hers as a gift card holder/ornament but I just wanted mine to be a straight tag with no openings.

So, I used my Spellbinders Vintage Ornament dies to cut the cerise pink felt and then stamped the Waltzing mouse Vintage ornament stamp on some pink cardstock and used clear embossing powder.  Then I cut around the stamped/embossed image and placed it on top of the felt.  I very carefully stitched it through the cardstock and felt to create two layers/some texture. I then added a sentiment again from Waltzing mouse and two cerise mini bells I picked up on Saturday by Paperchase.  Added sheer ribbon and hey presto ... cute bright pink cheery tag!

Hope you get a chance to play along this week.  Full details are on the Paperplay blog here.

Entering these into
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Christmas but no red or green! (think these qualify!!)
- Papertake Weekly Challenge - red or green must not be seen!
- Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Christmas
- Dutch Dare Card Challenges -  Christmas themed tag, card or ornament.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are staying warm where ever you are.