Let it snow...

Hello my dear friends

and happy Christmas Eve everybody!

It's Aneta here and I'm so honored to post this special post on this special day.

I made something special for today.

I think you agree, there is nothing more beautiful then 

when it's snowing outside and people gathering around the Christmas table

 enjoying a perfect Christmas dinner.

That was the image I had in mind making this canvas.

I used:

and a lot of gesso for a more Christmassy look.

At the end I just want to wish you 

The Blessings of Peace
The Beauty of Hope
The Spirit of Love
The Comfort of Faith
May these be your gifts this Christmas Season

xoxo

Aneta

Stocking Gift Card Holder by Tonya Gibbs

Hi everyone, just a few more days until Christmas, and time for me to start my wrapping.   Today, I  wanted to share with you a little gift card holder I made using Marion Smith's Nirvana and Mad Tea Party collection.

 

 

For the stocking I used the Bliss page from the Nirvana Collection.

 

 

Then I used the Tim Holtz Poinsettia die and cut the b-side of the Alice Paper to make the flower.  I have a tutorial on my YouTube channel that shows how to make the flower.

 

 

 

 

 I used the Typograph stamp to personalize the gift tag.  

 

 

 

The flower actually holds the flap down when the stocking is closed.

 

 

I love how elegant this gift card holder looks.  I think it would also be super cute for a baby shower.   The stocking shape is a cut file in the Silhouette store by Lori Whitlock. 

 

 

Thanks for stopping in today.  I hope you guys have a super awesome Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

Flying High Upon Your Christmas Tree!!

Flying High Upon Your Christmas Tree 

Handmade ornaments

using Marion Smith Designs Stamp sets.

I love handmade gifts, ornaments, food for the holidays...and I was playing around with

this amazing stamp sets "Flying High" and "Typo" by Marion.

I knew stamping the air balloon on Kraft card stock with brown Stazon ink!

I knew I had a gem...

"Vintage Grunge"   

"joy"

"noel"

"peace"

Here are some close ups of the ornament.

Stamped in brown ink. 

Folded in half and glued back to back.

Inked edges and glittered edges.

Cut and stamped out tiny banners

inked and glittered as well.

add a little jute, lace and buttons..

my favorite

vintage mother of pearl buttons

backside

I just love this stamp set...

Thinking outside the box with using stamp sets...and using up your stash!

Thanks Marion for a lovely stamp set!

and

Thank you for stopping by today.

Happy Holidays

hugs,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Marion Smith Designs Stamps I used...

      

Aqua and red

Hello everybody :)

How are you doing?

It´s Aneta here today and I bring you a Christmas Card in aquas and reds.

I like to consider myself more of a "Shabby Girl"

but when it comes to Christmas, all colors are welcome.

I started with putting a little bit of gesso on:

and cutting out a rose from:

and also cutting out some hearts from the same sheet.

 I put a lot of Glitter Finish from American Crafts on the deer and the star.

Love and Peace stamped with:

and the baloon:

I really like the outcome. How about you?

This card was sent to a very special person, 

who made me believe in me and thanks to her I feel like a stronger artist today :)

Iceland is covered in snow and it is really beautiful outside today

but I think I'm going to stay inside and make myself another cup of tea.

Have a really nice day and thank you again for all the comments and the love!

xoxo

Aneta

Curiosities Layout by Tonya Gibbs

When I first saw Nirvana I knew it was going to be one of my all time favorite collections.  I love the neutral design. This collection is on its way to becoming a CLASSIC in my scrappy world!   Today I'm going to share with you a Christmas layout with some of the scraps from my previous projects.

 

My photo was taken with my phone and ran through an Instagram filter.  Yes, I had just gotten the ap and did this with every photo (haaaaaa).  While the quality of the photo isn't perfect, it is trendy and fun with the high pass faded colors and lens blurs.  I loved how I captured that one moment of curiosity in her face - pure bliss and so precious.  This photo had to be scrapped!

 

 

To mimic the softness in the photo, I decided to watercolor my background.  I used Gelatos from Faber Castle Design Memory Craft on white watercolor paper.  For texture I made a ruffle out of crape paper streamers.  The ruffle reminds me of  a tree skirt.  

 

 

    

 

 

For the Christmas tree. I decided to keep the tree simple, and free of ornaments. It was already so full that I didn't want it to compete anymore with my small photo.  The Gold Color Shine gave the sparkle but kept the simplicity.

 

 

To create the tree, I punched scraps of the following  Nirvana designs with the Martha Stewart Medium Branch Punch. 

 

 

 

Most of the tree was punched from the B side of this paper. I love the look of the ledgers when punched.    The Curiosities title on the A side was perfect for my layout title.

 

Both sides of this paper were perfect. 

 

I used the A side of this paper.

 

 

 

 

I started at the top, then formed a triangle overlapping the branches for a dense look. Apply glue only to the base of  the leaf, so that the tips can be elevated.  I made sure all my branches where pointed upward except the ones on the sides, they were tilted to a slight angle.   To give a spruce look, I focused on the brown tones towards the bottom, and the bluish green punched pieces on the top layers.   This variation in color gives depth to your tree.  The text and patterns on the paper give interest. 

 

 

For the stack of presents under the tree I used the Tim Holtz Collection Sizzix Bigz Die - Packages & Bows with scraps of these papers from Marion's Nirvana and Mad Tea Party Lines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think this layout is going down as one of my all time favorites.  I love the softness, and sheer elegance of the design.   I know I hit a home run when my teenage boy walked in and said "hey that tree is cool!"  

 

 

Thanks for stopping in today.

 

Tonya A. Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Card designed by Tonya Gibbs

Hi everyone, I hope you're having a fantastic Sunday.  Today I would like to share with you a simple yet very elegant Christmas card I made with Marion's Designs. 

 

 

 

 

I kept the design simple, so that the card could easily be duplicated and mailed. For the background, I decided to use white card stock that was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder.   This gave texture to the card, without a lot of fuss.

 

 

Then I trimmed a small piece from the B-side of the Mad Tea Party - Wonderland paper to make a banner. I love the softness of this paper and thought the mint was a nice "trendy" color for my card.   Since I only used a 2 inch strip, I can easily duplicate this card multiple times from one 12x12 sheet of paper.

 

 

Chalk boards are super trendy right now too, so I used the one from Marion's Scarlet Printable Collection for my sentiment. I can easily reprint the chalkboard as often as I need to since this piece is a digital file. This collection is currently on sale for half price in Marion's Store.   Click here for more details.  

 

Finally, I added a twine bow, and poinsettia to give the card a festive look. The rich red velvet hand made flower gave this card the WOW factor.

 

Here is a tutorial on how to create the Poinsettia.

 

 

I love that this card makes a wow statement without a lot of effort. Handmade cards are so special to me, because I know how much time and effort went into designing them.  Do you make your holiday cards?  If so, please share them with us on Facebook. Make sure you tag me in the post, so that I can admire your work.

 

Thank you for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

 

 

A Steampunk Style Christmas Layout Using Nirvana by Kim Price

Hi again. Today I wanted to share with you a layout I created using the stunning Nirvana collection. I love all the little bits in these papers - and especially the adorable vintage style bowler and top hats and I've decided this year Santa needed a change of head wear. I'm thinking he is looking pretty dapper too!

This is one of my favourite Christmas photographs taken of the girls when they were young. Turning it into a subtle sepia toned print made it perfect for the steampunk style layout I had in mind and I've built the whole layout around this top hat wearing Santa Claus.

My background was created using a heavy white cardstock and watered down acrylic paint, adding more water to the cardstock for that drippy paint splatter look. After the paint had completely dried I then inked the edges and began to build the layers of my steampunked banner. Not one for measuring or cutting a straight line I just chose some of my favourite prints from Nirvana and cut strips of paper - layering them up with foam dots and punching some of the layers for an even more funky distressed look. I've also hand dyed some cotton lace with Distress Stain and tucked that in between a couple of the layers. Once I was happy with my banner layers I added the vintage rule embellishment along with a brad and the ticket stubs from Documented patterned paper. I trimmed two of the vintage typewriter numbers to form my title for my page - 25 - and added one of the gorgeous clockface images from the reverse side of Family Record patterned paper.

I'm really loving how this layout turned out and I've also grown to love the Nirvana collection even more! Here is a closer look at those yummy layers.

And these are the papers I've used in this layout:

Thanks so much for calling in again today. Why not try your hand at a steampunk themed project using the Nirvana kit yourself! And you can find more of my creations on my scrapbooking blog here.

- Kim Price