Twelve Days of Christmas Day Four: Shaker Tag Ornament

Happy Day Four of the Twelve Days of Christmas!!  Today I have a little shaker tag that I plan on using as an ornament on my tree.  Ever since Betsy Veldman made this card, I have been dying to try out a shaker tag for myself! Betsy is so amazing and she inspires me beyond measure!  Thank you Betsy for the inspiration!!

To make the shaker tag:

1. Cut out 5 tags- one out of patterned paper, one out of cream paper, one out of clear cardstock and two out of chipboard.  
2. Cut the centers out of all the tags except the base tag.  
3. Glue together the 2 chipboard tags.
4. Stamp the cream base tag with City Scene stamps and adhere it to the back side of the chipboard layers. 
5.  Add some glitter dots with the stamp set using sticky embossing powder and sprinkled it with glitter.  
6. Add some glitter to the inside and then adhere the clear cardstock tag on top of the chipboard tags and seal.
7. Cover with patterned paper.

 I love to make things!  It just makes my heart happy and so I thought I would leave you with this inspiring word:

Crafting your heart out makes room for your soul to grow.  ~ Sara Lanan

May you grow by leaps and bounds this holiday season!!
Thanks for stopping by and joining in the Twelve Days of Christmas Fun!!
Have a wonderful evening!!
Kristii

Supplies Used:
Tag Sale #8
City Scene Stamps and Dies
Confetti Garland Stamps and Dies
October Afternoon papers from my stash
Peaceful Pinecone Stamps
Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers Stamps
Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, and Simply Chartreuse Ink

The Twelve Days of Christmas: Day One

Happy December dear friends!! Whooo hooo!  It's my favorite time of the year!! I am so excited to bring you my take on the Twelve Days of Christmas once again!!!  I will spend the next 12 days sharing different projects and goodies with you celebrating all things Christmas!!

My first project for this series is based on the Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge #142: Decorated Kraft Bags.  I was so excited to use up some scraps for this challenge and break out one of my favorite PTI Sets: Shape Up Snowman.  Love, love, love this set!!

 I used PTI's Autumn Pattern Pieces to create the bottom border.  Another set I absolutely love!! I stamped the red in Pure Poppy Ink and the white was stamped with Versamark and then embossed with fine embossing powder.  I added a Confetti Garland border between my fussy cut images and the stamped border.  There are so many PTI sets that I love!!  This project uses so many of my favorites!! I love it!

The trees, gingerbread house, and snow man are all cut from various Webster's Pages papers that I have had around for quite a long time!! Whooo  hoo!!  So glad I was able to use them finally!

Isn't that little snowman the cutest!!  Sigh....I love Christmas!!!
Thanks for joining me for the first day of the 12 Days of Christmas!!  I will see you tomorrow for another installment in the series!!!!
Kristii

Festive Friday Element Challenge

Happy Friday dear friends!!  I have been having a ball this week with my family and I can't believe it's Friday already!!  Time does fly when you're having fun!!

My sweet friend Meredith from the Festive Friday Challenge invited me to join along in the fun this week!! 

Here's the challenge:

On to this week's challenge... it's time for an Element Challenge!

and here's my take on the challenge:

When I saw the challenge was using Candy Canes, I wasn't sure what I would do.  I really don't have any candy cane stamps or paper.  Then I remembered my trusty Friendship Jar Stamps from PTI!!  It has been a while since I've used them and they would be a perfect fit with my favorite PTI Snowman Die and Stamps!  Since I had all of my favorites out, I thought I would go ahead and use my favorite Glitz Design Patterned paper once again.

To make the Candy Canes.  I stamped the Candy Canes onto PTI's Vellum paper using Versamark Ink and then embossed using Ultra Fine Embossing Powder. Once the candy canes were embossed, I colored the back side of the Vellum with a R29 Lipstick Red Copic Marker.  I love the way it turned out!!  Totally fits with my Vintagy distressed snowman!!

Thank you to my friend Meredith for inviting me to play along with this week's challenge!!  I think I may have to join in more often so my Christmas Cards will be done on time!!

Supplies Used:

PTI Shape Series Snowman Die

PTI Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers

PTI Shape Up Snowman Accessories

PTI Cream Ribbon and Felt

PTI Sweet Blush Buttons

October Afternoon Tag

Glitz Design 6x6 Hello Friend Paper Pack

R29 Lipstick Red Copic Marker

Ultra Fine Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Kristii