OCC Holiday Style Day 5 & 25 Days of Christmas Tags & HLS November Christmas Challenge

It is amazing how much more crafting time I have when soccer season ends. Today I played around with a few more ideas from the Online Card Classes: Holiday Style and ended up with 2 cards and a tag to share.




This first card is a one layer, stamped and masked card using the snowmen from Paper Smooches Swanky Snowmen set along with a Mama Elephant Jingle Greetings sentiment.

The falling snow is added using a Simon Says Stamp stencil and modeling paste.

This next card is made in a similar way, with the Santa cap stamped first, masked and then the bird added.

The snow and Santa's cap are highlighted with Ranger Liquid Pearls.

The shaker tag is created with PTI's Luggage Tag die and another Paper Smooches snowman.

There is one large snowflake floating around with the microbeads and star confetti. I'd love to find tiny snowflake confetti, so please let me know if you come across any.

I'm any linking this tag to Happy Little Stampers November Christmas Challenge: Tags and Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags where I was inspired by the Day 9 post with contributions from the Paper Smooches Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

OCC Holiday Style Day 3 & CASology 172: Give + 25 Days of Christmas Tags + HLS November Christmas

Does anyone else struggle with getting good photos when we switch back and forth between Daylight Savings and Standard Time? I usually have time to take photos late in the day, but my light is fading too quickly right now and they are darker than I like, but will have to do for now.

First I'm going to share this tag cut with a Lawn Fawn die and made into a shaker.

The Mama Elephant Jingle Greetings stamp set was an impulse by at a local store last weekend and I am really loving the sentiments.  A couple of Paper Smooches burlap holly leaves left over from yesterday, Martha Stewart Coarse Glitter and microbeads finish the shaker tag off. This is being linked to the CASology Week 172: Give challenge, Happy Little Stampers November Christmas Challenge: Tags and 25 Days of Christmas Tags.

This card is more homework for Day 3 of the Holiday Style class at Online Card Classes. Not visible in the photo is the Wink of Stella adding glitter to my large snowflake.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

RIC95 + SSS Thanks & 25 Days of Christmas Tags + HLS November Christmas

I had a little fun in the office today, ending up with a card and tag to share.

The Runway Inspired Challenge #95 gives us a striking Marchesa Notte dress with a lacey floral pattern that immediately made me think of the Tremaine Square die from Memory Box.  I inked a panel with Salty Ocean Distress Ink before cutting it with the die. A second die cut is made from Raspberry Fizz cardstock and the flowers are snipped and layered on the blue die cut. 

This lacey, floral panel is adhered on the outside edges to a navy panel and then to a slightly larger pink panel. A PTI sentiment finishes off the card and fits the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge this week, Simon Says Thanks/Thanksgiving.

My second little project is a tag using the PTI Warmest Wishes stamps and dies. I just could not resist this polar bear!

I was inspired by Ashley Marcu's tag on Day 1 of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags celebration and the Happy Little Stampers November Christmas challenge to make a tag.

Tomorrow morning I'm off to play with Mixed Media canvas and maybe sneak in a little shopping. Hope you have some crafting time lined up for the weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie

Craft Hoarders Anonymous November 2015 Blog Hop

Welcome to the 

Craft Hoarders Anonymous November 2015 Blog Hop!

I have a set of Christmas tags to share this month.

You should be coming to my blog from Debbie's blog, A Peek Into My Stamping Room. After visiting me, head over to Tracey's Garden of Grace blog. To start at the beginning of the Blog Hop, and for a full list of participants, head over to Gloria's Scraps of Life blog. 

This month I cut into some Christmas paper that I have hoarded for a few years. Basic Gray's Eskimo Kisses was released in 2009 and I decided that it was time to use this pretty nontraditional Christmas paper for a few gift tags. 

The patterned paper is cut with a PTI Folded Tag die and a Rustic Wreath sentiment is stamped inside. This tag is attached at the top to a PTI Tag Sale #7 die cut from light blue cardstock. The larger tag is embossed and a narrow adhesive strip glittered for a touch of shine.

I also dug into my hoard of seam binding and sheer ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon to trim the top of the tag. A jingle bell is added and tied to the ribbon with a silver cord bow.

A Wink of Stella is brushed over all the ornaments on the patterned paper to echo the glitter strip at the bottom of the larger tag.

Do you have a big eye beading needle? I love this thing! This needle allows me to easily thread the silver cord (without fraying) through the eye of the bell and through the tied ribbon.

This tag is being linked to the Happy Little Stampers November Christmas Challenge and to Tracey 

McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags where I was inspired by Shay's layered tag on the Day 2 post.

The next stop on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Blog Hop is the talented Tracey Sabella at Gardens of Grace. If you get lost along the way, or want to start at the beginning, go to Gloria Stengel's Scraps of Life blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie