From Valentine's to Christmas...

Hey there!

{I am delighted that this card was chosen at a Merry Monday Honorable Mention on 1/27/14}

I have been sharing Valentine projects the last few days, but I am moving backwards, (or way forward) with Christmas. I have good intentions to try and work on Christmas early, but I don't usually get a lot of extra crafty time these days.  I saw some inspiration both at Festive Friday and Merry Monday that jumped started my mojo. I love the inspiration at Festive Friday. For me, it gave a homespun feeling which is the direction I went with today. 

I started with a red card base onto which I added my layers of Kraft cardstock and red gingham check patterned paper. Taking a cue from the inspiration photo at Merry Monday, I grabbed a piece of vintage book print and added to the card front. I added some ric-rac velvet trim and tucked a snippet of a doily at the bottom.

From Waltzingmouse 2011 Holiday Ornaments, I stamped the reindeer ornament in cream pigment ink which has been heat embossed then cut with the coordinating die. A red seam binding bow was added to the top of the ornament embellished with a white poinsettia flower and a tag using a sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps Seasons of Love - Tags set.

As mentioned, inspiration for this card was found at Festive Friday

and Merry Monday Christmas Challenge.

I am also sharing at: Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes, Just B Creative - January Linky Party. Saying hi again at: Pixie's Crafty Snippet Playground! 

I hope you have a warm and fabulous Friday!

~Tammy~

Waltzingmouse Sketch 120

Hello~

In the effort to keep knocking those Christmas Cards out, I am sharing another today using the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge for inspiration.

Super simple, but super fun with cute papers and fantastic stamps! Victorian Frippery was used as my focal image and the white embossed sentiment comes from Seasons of Love. 

Here is the sketch from WMS

I rarely share photos other than the creative kind,  but I thought I would share a couple of photos from our weekend. We went apple picking this weekend after the short stacks soccer game. 

I also made a new friend!

Now, we must figure out what to do with these apples! :-) 

Thanks for popping by today!

~Tammy~

Joy

Hi!

Brace yourselves because I am back with another Christmas Card! That is Two in one week, so that makes three done! Yipee!

Still having dreadful weather, so dreadful pictures sorry!

I started this card with a piece of beautiful patterned paper that was from the LUSH collection and added it to my rustic cream cardstock. It has a velour texture. YUMMY!  I took a length of satin ribbon and wrapped the card vertically down the center embellishing with two beautiful red roses at the top and bottom of the card front.

I created the ornament by making my chipboard using a Trader Joe's Cracker Box.

After I painted it.

I love to use my paper sander to distress the edges for an antique look.

After it dried I used Cherry Cobbler Ink to stamp an ornament from Waltzingmouse Vintage Ornaments to the painted chipboard and as the ink soaked into the paint it gave it a more faded antique look. A prima glittered rose was added to the center along with three gold leaves that were cut from some May Arts Ribbon. A Tim Holtz Memory Pin was added to hold my stamped sentiment which is also from the Waltzingmouse Vintage Ornaments collection. 

I found my inspiration from the Waltingmouse Sketch Challenge.

Jingle Belles - Peace on Earth Day (Use something Recycled)

Rudolph Day Challenge

I hope that you have a wonderful start to your weekend!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Waltzingmouse stamps: Vintage Ornaments

Paper: CS: PTI, PP: MME

Ink: Stampin' UP! Cherry Cobbler
Other: Dies: Spellbinders, Ribbon: American Crafts, Roses: Prima and Michael's, Leaves: May Arts Ribbon, Memory Pin: Tim Holtz

Bonne Fete

Bonjour,

Hoping to see some sun after days of wet cold rain.  I have a little french country birthday card to share with you today!

I started this card by stamping a background pattern from Walzingmouse set called French Country in Crushed Curry ink. It's so pretty! Next I added a scalloped border die-cut in navy blue to the top portion of the stamped background. Next I stamped a border from French Country in Tim Holtz Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire was trimmed and applied to the center of my background panel. The sentiment Bonne Fete was stamped in Chipped Sapphire to the lower right corner of the panel.  

With Whisper White cardstock, I die-cut a Labels 18 die that coordinates nicely with Waltzingmouse Vintage Labels 18 which was stamped in the Chipped Sapphire. To the center of the focal die-cut Mr. Rooster was added using Crushed Curry.

I found my color inspiration from: Colour Create Challenge: Yellow, Blue, and White 

I am also joining in at Crafty Friends Challenge: Use two die-cuts and
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Birthdays

So that sums up this little French Country Birthday Card....Thanks for visiting me today!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Waltzingmouse stamps: French Country and Vintage Labels 18

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!

Ink: Stampin' UP! Crushed Curry and Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Chipped Sapphire
Other: Dies: Spellbinders and PTI

All Hearts Come Home For Christmas

Hi There!

What Christmas in April....yes, no time like the present to get started on those Christmas cards especially as the holidays approach things get hectic. That is why I think the year round Christmas Challenges out there are pure genius. It can really help you get some of those cards made. I need motivation with flowers blooming, birds singing and sun brightly shining.

Here is my Christmas Card inspired by the Merry Monday Challenge.

To get started I created my own chipboard embellishment out of a Cheerios Box and painted it (not very neatly) with white craft paint.

This is the back! Recycling at it's best!

The front with some paint slapped on and sanded.

Next I cut the coordinating hearts and stamped the sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps Seasons of Love and distressed the images with vintage tea stain. 

I took a kraft card base and embossed with my Cuddlebug Swiss dots embossing folder for some added texture which coordinated with the patterned paper I chose for the middle strip. To tie in the heart focal images, a punched heart border was adhered below the polka dotted patterned paper. Next blue checked gingham patterned paper was cut into a scalloped rectangle to border the snowflake paper found in my scrap pile which has had the edges distressed. 

All that was left was to adhere the the heart sentiment embellishment and add some crafty white paint. to the card base for a shabby touch!

As mentioned, I found my inspiration from Merry Monday Christmas Sketch Challenge. 

Stampin' Sisters In Christ - Something Joy-ful or Celebratory 
Stampendous - Recycle something into a a stamping project.

Thanks for popping in! Hope you are having a fantastic weekend!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Waltzingmouse: Seasons of Love

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, PP: Scraps

Ink: Momento: Tuxedo Black, Vintage Tea Stain
Other: Dies: Spellbinders, White Craft Paint, Punch: Martha Stewart

The Shabby Tea Room ~ Birthstones

Edit to note: This card made The Shabby Tea Room's Honorable Mention Cup of Tea! Yay! Thank you so much!

Hi there! Here today with a post for The Shabby Tea Room's challenge to create a card using the colors of your birthstone!

My birthstone is Amethyst!

I used a variety of goodness on my creation today! I started with a Kraft card base and the gingham paper is a free download from here.  I used the DeNami Designs Solid Decorative Crest stamped in my glue pad and doused in Martha Stewart Glitter. I cut a nested heart by spellbinders and then stamped The Heart from Season of Love by Waltzingmouse Stamps using the glue pad and adding glitter.

I used some flowers I have had forever from Prima! The rose bud are those **sniff sniff** being discontinued from Michael's. I added some lace trim and crinkle ribbon for a finishing touch.

I hope you have a Terrific Thursday!
~Tammy~

Thank You So Very Much

Hi all!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

I needed a thank you note and with unpacking and organizing my crafty things I found a stamp set that I had not inked up yet from Walzing Mouse Stamps, so I challenged myself to ink it up and I used the colors from the Scrapmaster's Paradise Color Combo challenge to work with.

I have not found all my inks, so I worked with what I could.  I did find Soft Suede so that was easy!

I used the Waltzing Mouse Vintage Labels 10 and the sentiment is from Mint Motif. As I unpack, something I am finding I have an abundance of, is ribbon! I can't help it! I love it, so I added some silky ribbon and a fun little button to my bow.  I distressed my edges with Soft Suede ink then following up with Vintage Tea Stain inks.

I am going to play along with Ribbon Carousel: Get Edgy (distressed edges), and  4 Crafty Chicks: Twine

I hope you have a wonderful weekend my friends!

Till next time!

~Tammy~