These are a Few of My Favorite Things...

I'm playing along with Nathalie Kalbach...these are the last 6 of my favorite LO's from 2010. I don't do as many LO's as I should because I prefer creating STUFF...I resolve to do more this year...really! These LO's have incorporated Tattered Angels glimmer mist on each one...love that stuff!!! Drum roll please....

I'm playing along...are you??

I love this idea...an end of the year challenge by Nathalie Kahlbach...12 favorite layout's and 12 favorite photos. 
http://www.scrapbook-trends.com/?p=1290


Here are the first 6 layouts that are fav's!!Hope you enjoy them and I will be back tomorrow with the last 6.

THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS

The joy of brightening other lives,
bearing each others' burdens,
easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts
becomes for us the magic of Christmas.

WC Jones

Let it Snow...Let it Snow...Let it Snow...

DEC.22....ONLY 3 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT...
READY OR NOT HERE IT COMES!
 Greetings y'all {that's my southern accent}...For the Dec. TATTERED ANGELS design team projects the challenge was to work with glass and Tattered Angels paint products. I made several attempts and discovered that these 2 products, with a little pre-preparation, work beautifully together. If you have viewed all the other Design Team projects you have seen a vast plethora of projects. I'm pleased to show you what I have created.

PROJECT #1... KOSTA BODA SNOWBALL CANDLE HOLDER

{Designed in 1973 by Ann Warff}

This project was an easy one to complete with the irregular shape of this Swedish designed glass votive. I applied 2 thin coats of the Glimmer Glam and the glass took the finish immediately. I set it aside to dry overnight and jokingly thought that if I didn't like the effect I would just wash it off...ha...the finish wouldn't budge! So Lesson #1...Glimmer Glam will not wash off if applied to an irregular glass shape!

Kosta Boda Snowball Candle 
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam MERMAID

Here is the Snowball CANDLE holder paired with a wood frame that I made along with last month's wood projects. I set it aside thinking that it would work well for Christmas decorating. It is a reminder of how well Tattered Angels products work on several different surfaces and I think the candle holder fits right in with the snow theme.

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist...Santa Baby, Jack Frost & Gum Drop

Tattered Angels Glimmer Chips in Ephemera Frosty Memories 
brushed with Glimmer Glam Chandelier

 

Project #2 Glimmer Glass with Glimmer Glam

Since I was on a Christmas kick I thought I would try the effect on Tattered Angels Glimmer Glass products. I was digging though various supplies and pulled out this chipboard mini-house. Hmmm...the wheels started turning...I then stumbled across the Glimmer Glass snowflake and it all came together. I stamped and misted, I glammed and glazed and created the outside of this little house.

Here is my little snowflake window which has been coated with Glimmer Glam Chandelier but again hard to capture how sparkly it really is.

Now for the inside I wall papered & covered it with my absolute favorite finishing spray...Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold...unfortunately I couldn't get my camera to capture how pretty it looks. I used 2 Glimmer Glass snowflakes...one for the outside and the other for the inside to give it the look of a window. Of course I had to fill the inside with 2 of my most favorite people in this world...my daughter Cait and grandson Shane,framed in misted & glazed Tattered Angels Framed Fonts.

Project #3 Christmas Snow Globe

I can't help but think of Christmas snow globes when it comes time for decorating. Unfortunately I don't have any...until I saw this flower vase stuck away in my pantry. Perfect shape but how was I going to get anything to stick to the smooth & slick surface. My mind started churning...I realized I need something for the product to stick to. I painted a very thick coat of Clear Gesso onto the top and let it drip down over the globe. Once it dried overnight I was then able to give it a coat of TA Glimmer Mist Chalkboard in Chalk followed by Dazzling Diamonds...now I will tell you that I over sprayed until I was happy with the result. I finished off my snow globe with several coats of Glimmer Glam in Chandelier. Again I found it hard to capture the true sparkle that stems from these different applications. I added several plastic crystals to the top for the appearance of ice crystals. I now have my very own...giant sized snow globe. 

Doesn't my little house look right at home with it?

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all...

 as my friend Clark Griswold 

of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation fame

once said so wisely...

"HALLEJUAH, HOLY S#*T,

WHERE'S THE TYLENOL?"

Tattered Angels DT Dec. Reveal

Where has Dec. gone? It flew by between work and creating I'm hard pressed to say but I guess ...."TIME FLYS". Look what Santa is delivering to me tomorrow....I peeked...tee-hee.

Tim Holtz VAGABOND

Tomorrow is my reveal day for the Tattered Angels Design Team. Stop back tomorrow...we'll have some egg nog and cookies and take a look at what Tattered Angels paint products look like applied to glass. Stay warm and BREATHE...it will all get done.

Erika Taylor & Harry Potter = YUMMY!!!

You must take a look at Erika Taylor's Tattered Angels Dec. project...TDF!!! Really...OMG TDF. It is also Erika's blog anniversary and she has pulled out all the stops. Check everything out at her blog...OMGTDF!!!

http://taylordconcepts.blogspot.com/2010/12/most-wonderful-time-of-year.html?

BLOGS are HAZARDOUS to your WALLET!

READING blogs CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR wallet! As I was reading Design Sponge Online{http://www.designspongeonline.com/} I ran across this site.

There is something so refreshing about SUBWAY ART...no gimicks...just right to the point. Check out this site...after the Holidays I think I NEED a few of these!
http://www.avintageposter.com/

HAPPY FRIDAY ;)

BUFFALO STAMPS & STUFF

Over the Thanksgiving weekend I traveled up to Buffalo, NY to attend a family wedding and was very fortunate to not only visit my favorite LSS, BUFFALO STAMPS & STUFF, but actually got to take a Tim Holtz Christmas Configuration class with Sharon Klima, the owner. This place is filled with the best scrapbooking/stamping eye candy and I just get giddy with 

              excitement when I'm there...my wallet on the other hand cringes...LOL! 

                         Debby Schuh was teaching a class the next day but I wasn't able to take her class :( 

Here are just a few pics of Buffalo Stamps & Stuff, 

if you ever get to that neck of the woods you MUST stop in!

Sharon Klima...Creator of all this Goodness

Mike Klima...Official Snowflake Hanger

Marty..

Maddie the Mascot

My partner in crime and ENABLER...Kathy Gielow[rt.]

Buffalo Stamps & Stuff3314 Sheridan DriveAmherst, NY  14226

Phone
716-834-3540

Contact E-Mail
buffalostamps@yahoo.com

LOOK...LOOK...LOOK

SPRING 2011 LTD. ED. GLIMMER MIST

Will be back this weekend with a glimpse of my trip up to Buffalo, NY, a class @ Buffalo Stamps & Stuff {my fav. LSS}, a family wedding & snow! Lots of pictures...thank you tomorrow is TGIF!!!

Knock on WOOD...

I'm so excited to be able to share my Nov. projects designed for Tattered Angels. This month was all about wood and Tattered Angels products...what could you do with the two...re-cycled, re-used, re-purposed. I am not a wood person so the first thing I had to do was come up with something wood...that was the easy part...then I started experimenting on scrap pieces...the effect was AMAZING...I WAS SOLD! Wood & Tattered Angels is a match made in heaven.

PROJECT #1 CANDLESTICKS ~  Unfinished wood candlesticks, toy wheels, wood balls, wood spindle toppers and the oh so glorious FALL 2010 Glimmer Mist Colors...this is what you get.

PROJECT #2 SHADOW BOX ~ Before I knew about this project I had ordered this beautiful Angel Wings Shadow Box made by Twiddleybitz, an Australian Company, to celebrate my being chosen to be on the Tattered Angels Design Team. It arrived just in the nick of time and I had so much fun putting it together and creating it. This incorporated unfinished wood with Glimmer Mist, Glimmer Glaze, Glimmer Glam, Regal Font, Vintaj, Prima and Parisian Anthology paper from Pink Paislee.

PROJECT #3 PICTURE FRAME ~  Unfinished wood picture frame, Tattered Angels Clear Stamps, Staz-on Black, Glimmer Glazes, Glimmer Mist and a favorite PaPaYa card. This started out to be a frame for a mirror. I couldn't find a mirror that size and was being really lazy so I hit up my stash of cards...this happens to be one of my favs. I almost fell over when I realized that the colors were perfect together...providence! The two were made for each other. 

I hope you enjoyed these projects. I can say that working with the different paint products that Tattered Angels offers and wood has opened up a whole new avenue of creating...try it! 

I would like to extend Happy Thanksgiving greetings to everyone. Hopefully the Tattered Angels new website will be up soon...stop back and see what we are creating for Dec....you won't want to miss it! My day for posting will be the 22nd of every month.