Just a note...

Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday! I am only dropping in real quick this morning to remind you of the latest Fashionista Friday challenge going on at the Shoe!  The challenge is to use Kraft (it closes tomorrow evening...so you still have a bit of time to get in on it!)...here are the samples I created for this challenge:

Supplies: Cardstock - PaperTrey Ink; Stamps - PaperTrey Ink; Ink - Copic, Memento Tuxedo Black; Nestabilities

Supplies:  Image - Angel Bear from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps; Ink - Copic and Memento Tuxedo Black; Diamond Stickles; Cardstock - PaperTrey Ink; Nestabilities Circle Dies

Now...I am off to get my federally declared disaster area of a scrap room cleaned up! It has finally reached the point of no return and a complete overhaul is in order.  I do this at least once a year...you can take a peek at last year's results here...wish me luck!

12 Tags of Christmas...the end...

well...not gonna say much other than I had a blast playing along with Tim Holtz and his 12 Tags of Christmas...this is the first year that I've been able to create all 12...had so much fun (and have the ink stained fingers to prove it!) and kind of sad that it's over all ready...oh well...can't wait to see what 2011 has in store!  Here is Tag #12, (of all 12..this is my fave that I made!)  and one last time...created by me...inspired by Tim Holtz:

Supplies: Stamps - Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous; Paper - Grungepaper and Basic Grey; Flowers from Prima; Rock Candy Crackle Paint; Idea-ology - mask sheets and corners; Cricut Joys of the Season cartridge; Ink: Distress Inks - Fired Brick, Walnut Stain: Ranger Archival Black; unknown ribbon and tulle

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 8

WOWZA!  ok...this tag (Day 8 from Tim Holtz) originally had me shaking in my furry boots...and then I tried it...and WOW!  LOVE LOVE LOVE this technique...definitely not as hard as I made it out to be...at least to me...made my own mask using blank mask sheets and Cricut Joys of the Season cart...

well...Tag #12 is done also...but that will come in my next post...

Supplies:  Stamps - Stampabilities, Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous, Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Grungepaper; Distress Inks in Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass; Ranger Archival ink in Black; Idea-ology corner, Distress Stickles in Peeled Paint and Fired Brick; American Crafts black cardstock and white gel pen; idea-ology mask sheet; Cricut Joys of the Season cartridge; Tiny attacher; Twinklets Diamond Dust; Ribbon from morex

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 11

woohooo!  here is my take on Tim's Day 11 Tag:

off to try and get Tag #8 done and then finish it up with #12!

Supplies:  Stamps - Stampers Anonymous: Tim Holtz and Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Ink - Distress inks: Peeled Paint, Stormy Sky, Broken China, Dusty Concord, Walnut Stain, VIntage Photo, Pine Needles, Ranger Archival in black; Distress Embossing Powder - SPeeled Paint, Snow-Tex, Distress Embossing Ink; UTEE Clear; Jute from Westrim Crafts; muse token and pin from idea-ology, bookplate from CTMH; Prima bling

12 Tags of Christmas...Parts 7, 9 and 10...

ok...still plugging away here getting inky and having fun playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas.  I'd been working through them in order, however, Day 8 tag is a bit intimidating..so i'm saving it for the end!  LOL!  anyways...here are tags 7, 9 and 10...created by me...inspired by Tim Holtz:

Tag 7:  Definitely had me working outside my creative box!  love the background and will definitely use that technique again...the flower...wow...just about kicked my tail end!

Supplies: Stamps - Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi, Ink - Distress Inks in Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Walnut Stain, Crushed Olive, VIntage Photo, Frayed Burlap, Memento Tuxedo Black, Paper -"25" from Tim Holtz idea-ology Lost and Found paper stash, Accessories - Claudine Helmuth Studio Sticky Back Canvas, Perfect Pearls Mist in Forever Red, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Apple and English Ivy, Fired Brick Distress Reinker, Rock Candy Distress Stickles, Tim Holtz Alterations Tattered Florals and Elegant Flourishes, Tim Holtz texture fade - oak, idea-ology type charms, Adirondack paint dabber in snow cap, Maya Road alphabet

Tag 9:  I think this is my absolute favorite of this year's 12 tags...picture doesn't really do it justice...but here goes:

Supplies: Stamps - stampabilities, Paper - Tim Holtz paper stash Lost & Found by idea-ology, Ink - Distress Inks in Wild Honey, Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain, Accessories - Glimmer Mist in Iridescent Gold and Wheatfields, Glimmer Glaze in Cowboy, Tim Holtz Sizzix Rosette Die, wings from Art Chix, Grungeboard alphas, Adirondack paint dabbers in Espresso and Black, Tim Holtz accoutrements from idea-ology, bling from Recollections, bird from Blue Moon beads, trim from Hobby lobby, Glossy Accents

Tag 10:  LOVED doing this one!  such a whimsical bit...had a lot of fun putting this one together:

Supplies: Stamps - Verve, Paper - Seasonal Grungeboard, Ink - Distress Inks in Stormy Sky, Broken China, Pumice Stone, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo, Memento TUxedo Black; Accessories - Distress Stickles in Peeled Paint, Stickles in Silver and Candy Cane, idea-ology word charm and jump ring; Adirondack paint dabber in snow cap and black, Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

ok...a few more tags to finish up...and then the 2010 version of 12 tags of Christmas is done...sniff...off to get inked up!

12 Tags of Christmas...Part 6

ok...a few days behind...but still having a blast playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas!  This is my take on Tim's Day 6 tag...didn't have some of the embossing folders he had, so I used stamps, embossed the image, then stamped over it (the embossed portion will resist ink) and then used a cuttlebug folder in place of his sizzix texture fade.  Here is my version...created by me...inspired by Tim Holtz:

hope to catch back up this weekend so that I can finish Day 12's tag the same day he posts...been having so much fun getting inky...hate that it's coming to a close so soon!  sniff!

Supplies: Stamps - Trees and snowflakes: Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous (Reindeer Flight), Wish from CTMH December Word Puzzle, Splatter stamp - Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Distress inks - Walnut Stain, Fired Brick, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood, Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss; Tissue Tape and Ticket from idea-ology; Seasonal Grungeboard; Pearls - Queen&Co; Stampn'Stuff Clear embossing powder; Adirondack Paint Dabbers in Gold and Juniper; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Snowflakes; Distress Stickles - Vintage Photo

Wishing you...

Ok...got one last tag done this weekend!  this one is for the Simon Says Stamp and Show...Stamp and Show a Tag challenge!  Decided to make a tag separate from all of the Tim tags I was making this weekend...and used my fab holiday Studio 490 stamps to do so!  Here is my tag:

Ok...now off to spend  the rest of the evening with the family!  

Supplies: Stamps - Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi; Distress Inks - Forest Moss, Antique Linen, Barn Door, Walnut Stain; Ranger Archival in Black; Bling - Prima; Grungepaper; Leaves - Prima; idea-ology paper clip; Button - unknown