12 Days of Christmas - Heirloom Christmas Tree

Hello and welcome to my 12 days of Christmas projects.
Let's start with Mary's Heirloom Christmas Tree from SVGCuts.com.

What a wonderful project. I remember making ceramic ones with my Mom years ago.
I love the base too. I kept the vintage/retro theme with images from Retro Christmas Card Company here.
My bulbs were just a wee bit too small for the holes, so I used some Glass bead gel (Liquitex) over the areas and inserted the bulbs while it was wet.  They are glued in nice and firm now.

The project called for a candle lamp, but I didn't have one so... I improvised.  I took some twinkle lights (battery operated) wrapped them around a paper tube and inserted it into the base. You can't see the tube when the tree is on so I think it's a win/win.

Thanks Mary for a great project, you know I love you!  see you tomorrow!

Urban Scrapbook's Monthly Challenge Kit - December

Welcome to December! My favorite month of the year.
This month's kit from Urban Scrapbook, features Photoplay papers - A Mad Plaid Christmas.

The kit includes some wonderful extras like the foil die cut ornaments and frames, sequins, ribbon and the wood cut pieces.
I used foam tape on the back of some of the stickers to give the layout more dimension.
What about the border around the page?  Scored and sanded.

You can check out the rest of the festive layouts over at the Urban Scrapbook blog here.

Thanks for stopping by, I have been super busy making Christmas cards and decorations. Come back soon for the reveals. Cheers.

Urban Scrapbook's Monthly Challenge Kit - November

Welcome to November,

Sweater weather, short days, hibernation, and most importantly, a day of Remembrance. 

This month's kit at Urban Scrapbook features paper from Simple Stories along with some beautiful sparkly paper and doilies.  To check out the other design team's layouts, follow the link here.

 The pictures I found on Pinterest were absolutely PERFECT! The colors and the theme were exactly what I was looking for.  As I've said in the past, a great layout always starts with a great photo(s).

 above, you can get a closer look at the elements I created on the page. The poppy die wasn't a poppy  at all, it was a Hibiscus. I had this one in my stash for a while, I'm pretty sure it has been discontinued, but you could use any 5 petal flower for this and add the black center with a small circle.  The foliage is from Tim Holtz.

 
Thanks for stopping by,  Christmas Card making season is upon us, so I will be posting pics of my progress on that.  I think I'm leaning towards a more retro feel this year. Check back soon y'all.

Urban Scrapbook's Monthly Challenge Kit - October

Greetings all...
Pop on over to the Urban Scrapbook blog. There you can check out the design team's layouts for our spooktacular October kit.  Simple Stories - Spellbound.

For my layout, I used an image I purchased from Alpha Stamps. I printed it twice and cut away the window sections so that I could layer it. 
The skull and word "poison" were glittered using the jar of sparkly goodness that is included in the kit.  I added some twisty gnarled branches (Tim Holtz) and some purple and lime green foil to the layout..

thanks for stopping by and having a look. I will see you soon. Christmas is coming!!! woohoo!

Pumpkin Cottage

Greetings to you.
I had to share the adorable pumpkin cottage that I made last week. You can purchase the kit here.

Mary, I LOVE this kit. It is absolutely super cute.

The most work was planning the paper that I wanted to use.  I have a lot of downloaded graphic files that I have purchased from thehungryjpeg.com. This allows me to print my own patterned papers

I added some die cut vines...

the little mice are from the "Boo To You" graphic pack

thanks for looking!

Tropical Tiffany Lamp

Hello again, I haven't posted a lot of projects lately. I have been busy enjoying the nice weather and my newly landscaped back yard. It's still a work in progress, but I ran out of money hahaha 😫

I did make something just for me though. this project is from the Boho Butterflies SVG Kit

It took a bit of editing and piecing together, but I really love how it turned out. 
I've made a few of these lamps - halloween, Christmas, snowflakes...but this one is my FAVORITE

I used 3 different images for the "stained glass"; A tropical leaf, hibiscus and wave pattern. They were downloaded from the Silhouette Design store.

I had some really cool seashell patterned vellum in my stash, I bought it years ago. I don't think you can even get it anymore. 
I colored the vellum with my Copic markers using shades of green down to turquoise.
What'd'ya think? I think it turned out rather spectacular.

Thanks for stopping by, I will see you soon.

Urban Scrapbook's Monthly Challenge Kit - September

Sometimes things don't go your way, sometimes things work out.

Back in July, I had posted the last design for Urban Scrapbook's monthly kit not knowing that things would work out.  Instead of the store closing, at the 11th hour, one of our great team members ended up buying and taking over the store!!! I am absolutely delighted and grateful.

Nicole, thank you for keeping the store alive and for keeping the Urban team together. xo


Here is my layout for September, using the kit featuring Echo Park papers and chipboard.
The only extra things I added were the layered leaf die and embossing folder (Tim Holtz)
and the die cuts from the Fall Foliage thinlets set (Tim Holtz) which I had in my stash.

I colored the word "Autumn" with distress oxide inks and added some paint splatter.
I hope you like the layout, you can check out the other team member's work over at Urban Scrapbook's blog.   see you real soon if I can figure out my photo stream situation. I have somehow lost all my pics on my ipad. grrrr