Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Cathy

I hope everyone has a very merry, fun, and relaxing Christmas!

We are taking a little time off from the store to enjoy time with our family. So any orders placed between now and Sunday, January 2 will ship on January 3. We will still be around to answer questions and the digital downloads are always available.

Well, I only had 2 entries in the free digi Alyssa’s Stocking contest – so I decided to award both of them a prize for being such good sports – and for creating such beautiful cards.

You can see Viv’s beaututiful creation here.

And Cindy’s lovely work here.

Merry Christmas everyone!

A tasty treat bucket…

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Cathy

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Another tag, and more Eat Cake Graphics stamps!

I made this from a little bucket I got at the Target dollar spot (I think 2 for a dollar?). I filled it with candy cane Hershey kisses (they are yummy!) in a treat bag.

I decorated the bucket top and bottom with a thin strip of Hippy Girl paper from the Kaisercraft pad (I really like the colors in the paper – some of it is glittery too!). The bucket is tapered, so I had to keep the strips thin to get them to adhere well. Then I added rhinestones to the snowflakes on the bucket.

The tag is made with the Letter to Santa cling set (isn’t Sophie just the cutest?). I colored her with Copics and cut her out with a Spellbinders oval die. Then I mounted the image on a Labels 10 die cut to make the tag. I couldn’t resist adding a little glitter too!

And since I had all the stuff out (on the DISASTER that is my stamping desk ), I decided to make a coordinating card too….

The cute snowman is also from the Letter to Santa set. I also used the Winter Trees cling stamp in the background. I cut the snowman out and popped him up on foam tape to give more dimension.

Just a couple reminders – our “Tag you’re it” challenge is still open until the 6th so share your tag projects with us for a chance to win. More info and the linky in this post.

Also, we’re having a pens and paper sale in the store. Save 25% on Copic sketch markers and patterned paper pads – including the Hippy Girl I used here.

I’m off to finish decorating the house!

Oh – almost forgot. Our Creative Corner has the exact same challenge (same name and everything!). Weird huh? Well, since I made 2 tag projects, I think I’ll enter this one in their challenge *wink*…..

And…. I just discovered a new challenge site (new to me anyway) called Paper Variety. I missed the last challenge (darn it!), but I think the current challenge is very clever. You play Tic-Tac-Toe! Cute – go check it out. So… I’m claiming card, holiday theme, and die cut machine for my challenge.

Fourth Friday Fun Challenge for November

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Cathy

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(I know – I’m posting a little early. But I don’t want to forget with all the partying going on here )

Its another 4th Friday… you know what that means… So – if you are not out there shopping… come join the fun!

This month our challenge is “Tag – you’re it”.

Create a project the is a tag, contains a tag, or could be used as a tag… we want to see them all!

You prize? This month its my all time favorite Kraftin Kimmie stamp – Clara and the bird.

The rules – pretty simple. Please include only newly created projects (although feel free to combine this challenge with others out there in blogland). For this month – feel free to enter as many projects as you’d like. Please link back to this challenge if at all possible. You have until midnight (EST) on Monday, Dec. 6 to enter.

To enter, just use the little froggy face at the bottom of this post to link up your creation.

For my tag project, I created a tin full of tags.

Its no secret that I adore Eat Cake Graphics images. I got to use a whole bunch of them to create my tags. So fun!

The tags are small folded cards and I sized them to fit in the square tin. The kraft base is 2 3/8″ by 4 3/4″ – scored in the middle. Then I layered a scalloped square Spellbinders die on top. The images were stamped and cut out using a smooth square die and then colored with Copics. I also added a little Burlap Distress ink around the edges of the white squares. With the images layered with foam tape (as I did here), the tin holds 9 tags.

Some of the images I wanted to use were larger than the square. So I just cut and embossed my paper, and then stamped the part of the image I wanted before removing the die. I find I get the best impression when I do this with a pad beneath the paper. I use a sheet of craft foam. (Make sure you clean your die after stamping so you don’t get ink smudges on your next project).

For the tin itself, I covered the outside with a strip of kraft cardstock and then wrapped ribbon around it. I added the sentiment from the Mr. and Mrs. Clause cling set, also cut with Spellbinders dies. Last, I wrapped twill ribbon around the lid of the tin.