Simon Says Stamp and Show Me...

..some LOVE.
Yeah, show me some llloooovvvveee.... lol.
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I have to admit, I'm not a lovey dovey person.  I know, I can see you rolling your eyes out there, like that's not really a big surprise, right? lol
I'm also not very much of a pink person.  What I'm really trying to tell you in a long winded way, is that I really had to bring out my inner girlie girl to make this project, lol.  It was a struggle, I'll admit, but I thought I did pretty good, if I do say so myself, working outside my normal box.  Geez, I'm almost tempted to paint my toenails or something...
I ended up making an easel card, which as it turns out, will also be Dewbird's Valentine card.  Shhh, he doesn't know....Here we go:

The base red paper is the backside of some paper from the Seasonal Paper Pack.  As is the paper attached to the chipboard heart, which I cut with a Sizzix die.  I slathered some Rock Candy Stickles on the heart.
The "I Love You" is from the Seasonal Salvage Stickers, which so lovingly coordinates with the Seasonal paper, gotta love that.  I ran some of the Core'dinations Whitewashed paper through the Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls Folder, sanded and lightly inked over the raised areas with Fired Brick Distress Ink.  I edged a little bit with Tea Dye Distress Ink.  I had some vintage pink rick rack that I adhered behind the embossed cardstock.
I thought I would get a little Lisa Pace-ish, and create a three layer rosette from vintage crepe paper, edged with Platinum stickles.  I think Lisa would be proud.. lol.. she would probably also like the tulle I tied around the embossed cardstock.
For embellishments, I attached a Charm Clip to the heart, then attached  a Bauble, a Maya Road Chandelier piece, and a pink blingie thing I had.  I used a Maya Road Star Trinket Pin behind the crepe paper rosette, upper left.

This week, our wonderful sponsors at Simon Says Stamp are giving away a $50 voucher!  Just think of all the great stuff you can order with THAT! lol!  So, be sure to create something and enter it for a chance to win!

Here's a list of the other design team members blogs, be sure to check out their wonderful creations!

Lynne

Nancy W

Nancy C

Linda C

Dan

Kim

Terry

Linda E - the DIRECTOR
Thanks for stopping by!

The Sunday Post..

...yep, unheard of for me. I rarely post on the weekends, just too much other stuff goin' on.  But, I wanted to get a challenge entry done, and I was sorta cleaning the studio this morning, so I went with what came to mind.  And I'm using the word "cleaning" loosely.  But, every little bit helps I guess.  Although now I have to clean again after I made this mess. lol.  Let's get on with it.
The Tag Tuesday challenge is Valentine.  Yes, it's that time of year again. 

Ya, I know, the white flourish is a little stark.  My personal challenge on this was to use up some bits and pieces I had laying around.
Details:
The base is the Core'idnations whitewashed paper, embossed with the CB Birds and Swirls folder, sanded, inked with Fired Brick.
You know those samples of die cuts you get when you buy a Sizzix die? Yeah, I don't throw those away either. Note the bird cage, painted gold and the flourish. lol.
Ok, the hearts are cooler in real life. I used some Dicro fiber, gilding, mica flakes and bits of thread under a laminate sheet.  All these products are US ArtQuest.  Put it under a hot iron, then adhered to pink paper and ran thru a heart die. As I said, more sparkly in real life.

Here's a card I made, from the same stuff, that I'm going to enter in the Order of the Opus Gluei Challenge from last week, which was KEYS or HEARTS. I thought I would make it before the deadline, but I didn't. I'll give it a shot anyways. 

Needs something in the upper left corner, but not sure what.  A larger sentiment, perhaps.  What can I say, it was getting close to lunch time and I don't work well on an empty stomach. lol  
Oh, maybe a fragment? Hmmmm......I'll let you know if I really finish it... 
Any who, thanks for stopping by...be sure to tune in tomorrow for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge!

Some Swap Stuff...

Thought I would show you some items I finished for a couple of swaps on the Everything Wendy Vecchi group.

One is a Seeing Red ATC swap, obviously, red is the predominant color, in case you couldn't have guessed that...lol...  I used all Wendy stamps, as I usually do for any swaps in this group.

Actually, the one on the left was an extra I made. I used Verdigris embossing powder for the set of flowers on the left. The middle one is the main ATC for the swap, and the one on the right, I was kind of in a...Teesha Moore mood, I guess...lol... not that I could even come close to her style, but for some reason I just wanted to try dots.
All of the backgrounds are the good ole wrinkle free distress with red and brown inks, sprayed with a Perfect Pearls mix.  Then I overstamped the grid background on point, which I like to do with that stamp, to make diamonds.  The flowers are embossed with Aged Mahogany Distress Embossing Powder, which give a nice texture.  Little birdie is grungeboard with red distress ink and red Perfect Pearls.  They are.. quite..... red. hee
I also am hosting a postcard swap, all stamping, no layers, no paper, no dimension!  I thought it would be a piece of cake, but guess what.. it's not.  Although it is rather freeing to not have to consider embellishments. You really have to think about stamps used and placement.  I brought out the trusty white pen to add highlights and depth.

Front

 

Address side

 I used a lightweight chipboard for these, one of the sides was slick and white, must have been some packaging for something... imagine.  So I used alcohol inks on one, and some white paint first on the others, before applying inks.  Wendy's Mail Art stamp set came in real handy for these...lol.. love that hand.  So, a couple of more swaps done!  The postcards I've received so far have been great, I'll try to remember to take pictures for you!
Oh, and as for the Viewer's Choice from Monday's post, it was apparent that #2 was the favorite, with #4 coming in a close second, so I went with #2, and actually glued everything down, just waiting for it to dry..Thanks so much for your honest comments, I really appreciate it.  You know how it is when you look at something for so long, you just get tired of it. That's why I thought it would be good to defer to your expertise....
Thanks for stopping by...here's hoping tomorrow I get to 
Go Be Creative!
(although there's an ugly rumor floating around I may be setting up a new printer, lol)..

Viewer's Choice..

..before I get to that, the theme over at the CCC this week is Weathered Wood Grunge.
The theme at Hels Sunday Stamper is Buttons.  Once again, I'm combining the two challenges.
Speaking of the CCC, I was the random winner of the prize package! Woohoo! How cool is that?  I was terribly excited about that.
Ok, this piece is pretty grungey.  Lots of texture, thanks to Viva Ferro in the Iron Oxide color, and of course the main piece is grungeboard, showcasing the technique for the CCC.  I loosely interpreted the weathered wood grunge, as you will be able to see. I'm having trouble determining placement and/or the addition or subtraction of items.  I just couldn't pull off a major decision today.  So, I've taken several pics, and you can tell me what you think. If you think I should start over, let me know that too. lol.

Specimen 1, buttons on right

Specimen 2, only addition here is a metal corner, top left

Specimen 3, buttons on bottom

Specimen 4, buttons on top

 

The buttons are made from black UTEE, from a mold I made of a vintage button I have. Then I rubbed some Inka Gold from Viva, Old Gold color on top. The bird is from a mold using Tim's adornment (bird, obviously), and bronze UTEE, with more of the Inka Gold on top.

Then of course, you've seen the bookplates with Tim's stamp inside, covered with Glossy Accents.

For the grungeboard, I used Copper paint dabber.

So, that's about it for this installment of "I've kinda made something but I'm not sure what it is", tune in tomorrow for possibly more of the same....lol...

Thanks for stopping by!

Simon Says Stamp and Show Me...

....a childhood memory!
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I really had to rack my brain on this one.  My memory is bad enough as it is, let alone thinking of something from my childhood. lol.  However, I do remember a lot of good times at my Gramma and Grampas house. So, I went with that, and created a 12 x 12 scrapbook page.

Here's a list of some of the "ingredients":
Recipe page from the Seasonal Paper Pack
Fabulous Flourish Stamp 
Graphic 45 Botanicabella Paper
Thickers cloth covered letters, covered with Espresso paint, highlighted with Copper

Rosette die

Memo Pin

Maya Road What's Cooking mini chipboard pieces

Hero Hues Rhinestones and Pearls
Everything else is vintage stuff from my stash; lace, seam binding, and buttons

This week, our wonderful sponsors at Simon Says Stamp are giving away a $50 voucher!  Just think of all the great stuff you could pre order from CHA with THAT! lol!  So, be sure to create something and enter it for a chance to win!

Here's a list of the other design team members blogs, be sure to check out their wonderful creations!

Lynne

Nancy W

Nancy C

Linda C

Dan

Kim

Terry

Linda E - the DIRECTOR
Thanks for stopping by!

It's Winter, and There's a Scene...

The theme for Tag Tuesday this week is - WINTER. (you just had to go and remind us, didn't you, Louise? lol!)
And the theme over at Order of the Opus Gluei is - MAKE A SCENE (I don't think they meant..make a scene in WalMart, although that's been done before. Not by me.)
So, when Dewbird has control of the remote, I sit there thinking of what I'm going to do for these challenges.  Because normally he's watching something I'm not interested in. But hey, at least I'm in the same room. lol.  I digress...so I'm thinking... winter..... scene..... winter.... scene....BAMMO.. it hits me, how about a winter scene? BRILLIANT.  Sheesh. There's a couple of hours I won't get back. he he. 
So, that's what I did, in the form of a tag (for Tag Tuesday, hello?) and a card for the poobahs at OOG.  Here we go:

Errr, the tag is all Stampscapes stamps, the card, I'm not so sure, had it for ages.  Both on glossy cardstock, black stamping with Staz On, then colored with Adirondack dye inks in Stonewash and Denim, and a touch of Chipped Sapphire distress ink. Then I used some white Enamel Accents for some snow.  The saying on the card is embossed with Seafoam White powder. The snowflakes are some stickers that I've had lying around.  Boy, those blues really make it ... chilly!
Thanks for stopping by, I'm off to fix a cup of hot tea or cocoa, haven't decided yet... lol...till next time...
Go Be Creative!

CCC and some awards!

The challenge posted by LINDA this week is....colorful layered fragments.  And we're on #28 this week, which I find very hard to believe....remember the OLD 7-11 commercial for their slurpees? Believe it..or slurp it. It just popped in my head...sorry.

Ok, I must say, I'm not really happy with the way mine turned out, I should say, the finished card.  The fragment piece itself is ok, I guess.  But, I'm entering it anyways.

 I do have one of the products needed, just ONE.  I was not about to refill a gazillion times with a gazillion different colors, so I opted for the "old" method, which had to be done very carefully.
The butterfly stamps I used are from the Hero Arts Antique Engraving set. Love those.  The sentiment is Wendy's from Card Art Essentials.  This would be a good card for say...an overachiever. lol.
The one thing I did like was the background. It's alcohol ink on glossy card. And I placed the colors on my felt pad, starting at the edge, orange, meadow rose, yellow, meadow rose, orange. With me? Then I placed the tool on the card in one spot and turned the tool in a circle.  Did this several times, as you can see, so the background has big circles all over it.  Overstamped that with the French Script stamp and Pumpkin Staz On. 
Ok, on to the awards portion.  My blog buddy, Vicki, was so kind in the comments she made about my blog, crediting my artistic ability (who knew?) and my quirky sense of humor (guess that's better than the term sarcastic that I always use in describing my sense of humor, lol).  She bestowed not one, but TWO awards on me. 

 

Then, I have to tell eight things you might not know about me, and bestow them on four other bloggers. So, the eight things... I'll kind of take Vicki's lead on this, but somehow I don't think these will be big secrets, lol:
1) The only international travel I have done is to Canada and Mexico, yes, adjoining land masses.  I don't foresee any other international travel in my future unless: 1) I win that lotto, or 2) a trip to Canada in the middle of the night to avoid a run in with the law. Kidding.
2) Music tastes - well, you all know I love rock 'n roll, usually from a couple of decades ago. When I was in high school, it was New Wave. Now I listen to pop, and interestingly enough, I like Lady Gaga. Yep. The only country I like is the older stuff. I do like Christmas music, and you may laugh, but I like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Christmas. Told you.
3) Favorite foods - I know this isn't a secret, really, all food is my favorite. At the top of the list though, cocktail shrimp and macaroni and cheese, and yes, within the same meal if possible.
4) Fave colors - light brown, medium brown and dark brown. lol. Must be why I love vintage things so much...
5) Something I try to do every day...make art, of course.  Doesn't always happen, but the intent is there.
6) Biggest wish... is that people all over the world would "just do the right thing".  I don't understand why this is so difficult.
7) Biggest fear... I'm sure I'm in the higher percentile when I say... cancer.
8) Jobs I've had...mostly in finance/accounting..but in 2003 I worked in a huge greenhouse that supplied flowers to the big box stores, and I loved it. I helped load semi's and handled truck dispatch. I'm sure you can imagine that with no problem.
Now, for the hard part...passing it along to four other bloggers.
There are so many that I love viewing for inspiration, and who encourage me, but I'll try and narrow it down to:
1) Electra - Wishin' I Knew How to Blog....oh, don't worry, she knows how to blog alright. lol.  Hysterically funny and the most talented digital artist I know.
2) Ellen - 1036 Art... she's pretty darn funny too, and shares the same love for all things Tim and Wendy...need I say more?
3) Susan - Nimble Fingers... and that she does...she recently started blogging and is doing a wonderful job at it, and I have watched her art evolve by leaps and bounds over the past year or so. Plus, she's a local art friend, which is sometimes difficult to find! (oh yeah, she loves Wendy and Tim stuff, too)
4) Linda - Friends in Art...another local artist who is a constant source of inspiration, and I've been fortunate enough to take classes from her. Her design team credits are astounding, you know, up there in the realm of Tim and Wendy, but I also consider her a personal friend.
Thanks for stopping by today, Go Be Creative! NOW! lol...

Simon Says Stamp and Show Me...

..POLKA DOTS!

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After thinking about this for a bit, I decided to go with Studio 490 stamps again this week.  That and some Jenni Bowlin mini papers equals this:

The base is the small square Art Part, covered with Jenni Bowlin mini paper, then stamped with the fern from Make Mine Mini Art.  I also cut some chip using the Scallops on the edge die, and painted it with black Paint Dabber, and when dry, smeared some Brushed Pewter Distress Stickles on it.

I stamped the dress from Fashion Style and Art on more Jenni Bowlin paper and cut out.  I added some Maya Road pleated ribbon to the hem and the cuffs to snazz it up, along with some little black blingy things. The hand is stamped on grungepaper, inked with Vintage Photo DI, and in a brainstorm moment, I cut a little slit right above the thumb (ouch!) and inserted the hanger, which is from Maya Road's Sew Cute mini chipboard set. Brilliant, huh? Looks like the hand is holding the hanger...I was quite proud of myself.. lol..
The flowers are from Live and Make Art, and the colors of distress ink I used are Vintage Photo and Fired Brick. The polka dot stamp on the flowers is Wendy's too.. from  All About Art. 

The sentiment is on chipboard, and is also Wendy's, as is the houndstooth background stamp that I used under the sentiment.
A black Sakura pen adds some details, and a Maya Road hanging chandelier for some more bling, and hey, after all that, I'm ready to shop!
Here's a list of the other design team blogs, be sure to check out their wonderful creations!

Lynne

Nancy W

Nancy C

Linda C

Dan

Kim

Terry

Linda E - the DIRECTOR
Thanks for stopping by!

Fabric and Diamonds....

..a girl's best friend.  The fabric part would probably apply more... to, say... a quilter.  I  for one, appreciate stainless steel. lol. 
WARNING - digression....For Christmas Dewbird bought me a new set of stainless step bars for my truck, which I should really take a picture of, just so you can see how cool they are.  Along with the stainless brush guard that I purchased, because, well...it was meant to be.
I walked in the shop to pick out my step bars (aka nerf bars), when I spied this really, really cool brush guard.  I nonchalantly asked the salesman how much those are, out of curiosity.  I've always wanted one.
He says, "Well, that one there would be a great deal because some guy ordered it and hasn't picked it up in six months, so I would sell that at cost just to move it."
I say, "Really, what truck does it fit?" (fingers crossed)
He says, "2004 Chevy Silverado"
I say, "NO WAY!" (That just happens to be my year and model)
For some reason he asks, "Why do you want one?" (like women aren't supposed to want brush guards, I guess.  I didn't mention that I may be purchasing a gun rack later.)
I say, deadpan look on my face, "To ram people in the Walmart parking lot who drive like idiots and irritate me".
After he recovers and removes the shocked look off his face, he starts laughing. (Little did he know that I was partly serious. Did you see the movie Fried Green Tomatoes? "TOWANDA"!!! lol! I loved that part)
So, any who, that's how I came to buy the brush guard.  Forsaking all hopes of buying new stash from the upcoming CHA releases. lol.


The theme of Hels Sunday Stamper challenge this week is Diamonds.

And the theme for Louise's Tag Tuesday Challenge is .. Fabric.

I'm getting pretty good at the two-fer challenges, I can really see why people do that.. lol.

Here we go:

For the diamonds part, I used one of my favorite background stamps, Tim's grungey Harlequin stamp, which I inked with Tea Dye distress ink and used Ranger's Antiquities Rust embossing powder on.  The background of the tag itself is the infamous wrinkle free distress tech using Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany and Tea Dye.
The fabric is a piece of old muslin that is worn so thin you can almost see the background thru it!  I did age it a little more with some Tea Dye ink and water.  Then stamped Tim's sentiment with Adirondack Black Pigment ink, heat set.  I sewed the label to the tag, must have shifted a bit, I see it's a little wonky.  I'm calling it "character". lol
The flourishes are cut from white matboard with a Sizzix flourish, painted with Espresso paint, then swiped with White paint to give it that shabby look.  The rose is grungepaper, and is one I had from a swap a while ago.
A little Idea-ology on the ribbon at the top, and a little lace at the bottom, Viola!
Thanks for stopping and reading my blithering, much appreciated!
Now, Go Be Creative!

Scrapbooking??? Really?

..well, that is how many of us started in paper crafts. And it's something I really need to do more of.  I have thousands of pictures on my computer, very few in the last several years have made it to a scrapbook.  So, that got me thinking...why not do some scrapbooking along with the challenges I participate in? Brilliant. lol.
The theme of the CCC this week is distress misting masks. ( Click HERE to go to Linda's blog to check out the details!)
I started with a piece of the 7 Gypsies Paddington 6 x 6 paper, laid down a couple of Tim's mini masks, and sprayed away with my mini mister.  I left it kind of rough, just enough to see the masking.  Then added all the little doo dads, kinda cute, I know, but... I think Rocky is kinda cute.

He THINKS he's King of Everything. (most days he is.. Cesar would cringe..we would be in rehab for weeks.. lol)
Oh yeah, I have to tell you, that frisbee in the picture lasted about two weeks, max.
And the pet album is done in black, white and red. Makes it easier, I must say!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Rocky really appreciates it! lol!

Simon Says Stamp and Show Me...

...something MASKED!

To check out the other wonderful design team entries, you can visit the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog!

Click on the link if you would like to go directly to the Simon Says Stamp online store!

Maybe it's the time of year or something, but I've been creating using some brighter colors.
For this challenge, I also wanted to demonstrate the versatility of Studio 490 stamps, they're not just for vintage stuff, you know! lol!
I also wanted to challenge myself to use masking in a different way, using paint dabbers.
Here's how I made the mask for the butterflies:

I stamped the butterflies from the Nature's Art, Botanical Art and Make Mine Mini Art sets onto a tag cut from mask sheets using the tag and bookplate die, then carefully cut out the butterflies and used the negative mask to fill in the butterflies with paint dabbers in Red Pepper, Sunset Orange and Purple Twilight.  I had a little bleed around the edges in some areas, but not so bad that it couldn't be fixed.  I then removed the negative mask, and overstamped the butterflies with the actual stamp in archival black, and went over the lines with the Sakura black glaze pen.  It really wasn't that difficult to line up the stamp with the painted mask image, a tad off perhaps, but not really visible to the naked eye unless you get really close...

The bright yellow flower is grungepaper stamped with the flower from the Rose Art Part II set. The plaid stamp used on the flower and the sentiment are from Be Inspired..Make Art .  

Pool, Denim and Lettuce paint dabbers were used for the background, stamped with scrolls from Art Parts. A black Sakura glaze pen adds some details, as does the frame covered with tissue tape and painted with the Red Pepper dabber, highlighted with Denim on the inside edge!

Here's a list of the other design team member's blogs, be sure to check out their wonderful creations!

Lynne

Nancy W

Nancy C

Linda C

Dan

Kim

Terry

Linda E - the DIRECTOR

Be sure to create something wonderful and link it to the challenge blog, if you want to be in the running for a great prize!
Go Be Creative!

It's a Mosiac, .... Man

The theme for Louise's' Tag Tuesday this week is Mosiac; and the theme for Hels Sunday Stamper is Charms and/or Man.  So, I had an idea, and it sprouted and became a two-fer. lol.
Here we go:

I covered the tag with Espresso paint dabber for the "grout".  I then cut up scraps from the Lost and Found paper stack, and glued them down.  One thing I have found about this technique, other than I spend way too much time arranging my pieces, is making sure your pieces have three or four sides only. lol. Once the adhering was done, I covered all the pieces with Dimensional Glaze. Glossy Accents would work just fine, too. 
The "man" (I have no idea who he is, he's from the Lost and Found...paper stack that is), was adhered to a gadget gear cut from grungeboard, and covered with Rock Candy Crackle.  The gadget gears are covered with a mixture of gold and vintage photo distress ep.  The gadget gear above him had Tim's clock stamp as a background, you can barely see it, but it's there!
Then, some black ribbon behind the dude on the gear, attached with the tiny attacher (love it!), and some Idea-ology bits, DONE! Woohoo!
In retrospect, the mosiac is so busy, the other gadget gears don't show up very well, so I could have left those off, but they're on there for good now.
Ah, come to think of it, there's no stamping on this at all, so I'm not sure it qualifies for Hels challenge, but I'll give it a try. Worse that can happen is deletion of my link and banned for eternity from future challenges, I guess.
Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget, there's still time to enter the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge - the theme is Show Your Newest Stamp!
Go Be Creative!

The CCC Meets the Order of the Opus Gluei..

The theme of the CCC #26 this week is Rusted Grunge.  Click HERE to get all the details and check out other great entries for the challenge!
I grabbed a few photos off of Val's blog, the Sum of All Crafts.  She has WONDERFUL vintage images that she so generously shares with the world, not to mention she is a very talented artist.
So remember when I said I just couldn't work with vintage images?  Apparently I can, I just need to make them humorous.  When I saw the images, I had some phrases that immediately came to mind, so I made a few ATC's.  Hope you get as good a laugh as I did. Well, I'm easily amused, what can I say.  Here we go:

The rusted grunge tech is the little flourish and the latch.  The little grunge pieces are from the grungeboard elements I think.  Is that image cute or what?
Here's another:

Ok, this next one is my favorite.  I'm entering this into the Order of the Opus Gluei challenge this week, which is New Year's Baby.  Anything as long as it's NEW (hot off the craft sheet tonight, lol), or something to do with YEAR or BABY.  I've covered two of those, so I think I'm good for the challenge.

I'm still laughing at this one.  I could do several more ATC's with this image, lol.  On all of these ATC's I used Tea Dye distress ink, a black Sakura glaze pen, some vintage lace, buttons and ric rak, black enamel accents, and on this last one, a Maya Road chipboard crown, inked, stamped and edged with a gold paint dabber. Oh, and I'm sure you noticed I actually SEWED on the first two.
Thanks for stopping by, always great to hear what your thinkin'!

Simon Says Stamp and Show Me...

...your NEWEST STAMP!

To check out the other wonderful design team entries, you can visit the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge Blog!

Click on the link if you would like to go directly to the Simon Says Stamp online store!

I don't know what is my newest stamp is, (ok, that's a blatant lie, it's one of Tim's Christmas sets, but I'm so over that right now, lol) HOWEVER, I do know that a couple of Studio 490 stamps would be included in the "new" group!  The newest stamps I used were from the Be Happy...Make Art, and Fashion Style and Art sets.  The vines were made with grungeboard and the Regal Crest die, and a bright background in plaid using Cranberry and Butterscotch Colorwash help make this tag cheerful enough to pull me out of the winter doldrums!  I also used stamps from:  It's More Flower Art, It's Face Art, Art-Fully Said, and Dimensional Rose Art.

I used Stream dye ink for the birdie, and distress inks in Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Fired Brick and Vintage Photo for the other elements.  An Inkssentials white pen was used to highlight the stamping in spots.  If you haven't tried using a white pen to highlight, you should.  It really makes the stamping pop!

Here's a list of the other design team member's blogs, be sure to check out their wonderful creations!

Lynne

Nancy W

Nancy C

Linda C

Dan

Kim

Terry

Linda E - the DIRECTOR

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to make some time to create something, you might win the prize this week!

Christmas Leftovers....

...That's the theme this week at Tag Tuesday!
I don't know about you, but I always save stuff from Christmas that I THINK I will use in a project.  I've started to draw the line at wrapping paper...I only have so much room you know...lol.. I don't want to be featured on one of those shows on TLC....although it does kill me to throw the wrapping paper in a garbage bag.  I'm usually thinking...let it go, let it go....rofl....
So...it's a quick tag...and from the description of what I used  below, you'll be able to tell that my family likes chocolate...and cashews, well, most any kind of roasted nut.  Let the "nuts" jokes begin...

Ok, the JOY paper is from a money envelope, unfortunately, there was no money "leftover". ha.
The gold piece it's mounted on is from the gold foil cardboard from the aforementioned nuts.  Yes, Koeze's nuts are a tradition in my family. 
Then, that's mounted on some wrappers from chocolate....mmmmm 
..... I kind of pleated them around the edge.
The tag background itself is covered with glittery tissue paper from gift packaging....
The beauty part is...I can lop off the left side and plop it on a Christmas card for next year... so, consider yourself warned...lol....
Go check out the other "leftover" creations on Louise's blog, I'm sure there is plenty of inspiration for you to start digging thru your stash! (Come on, I know you have some stuff from Christmas, don't even try to tell me you don't...lol)
Go Be Creative!