Let It Snow - Shaker Card

I bought this lovely chunky glitter last year because it reminded me of snow. Its been sitting on my desk ever since, waiting patiently to be used. Well at last its chance to sparkle has arrived.

Using the Papertrey Tinsel and Tag die kit along with their Snow die which has coordinating stamps I created this fun little shaker card.

I will say this card was a bit tricky due to the scene I wanted to place inside, in the end I figured it out and while it's not a loose shaker card I think the concept is there.

 

 

Papertrey Ink - Snow Die, Let it stamp, Holly Leaves stamp and die, pointsetta stamp and die, shaker card die, scene it or Make It Tinsel and Tag dies

 

Lawn Fawn - Pattern Paper

Simon Says - Embossed cardstock

Other - Enamel Dots

Christmas Cards - No Peeking

Keeping it simple.  I am using MTF stamp/die elf combo that I colored with copics and a sentiment die from Penny Black. I also used the MTF stitched die as an embossing element.

I have to say these little elves are super cute and remind me of those elves from the Rudolph The Reindeer movies. I still like to watch those at Christmas Time, they seem so nostalgic.

 

My Favorite Things - BB Santa's Helpers Dies and Stamps, Die-namics Basic Stitch Die

Pebbles  - We Go Together Pattern Paper
Penny Black - Sentiment Die
Other - Enamel Dots

Christmas Time

Halloween is now officially over at my house, all the decorations have been put away and I started on my Christmas Cards. I have to say it feels strange to be starting these but since I also started my Christmas shopping last week I guess it really shouldn't. We all know how time flies and next thing you know Christmas will actually be here so I guess it's best to get a leg up while I can.

Keeping it a bit simple this week. I stamped the sequin tree and die cut that plus two more from pp and of course added a few sequins for decoration. I also added some glitter snow to the background using a falling snow template. And then stamped the sentiment and popped up the center tree.

MFT - Tree Stamp and Dies
Papertrey Ink - Sentiment Stamp, Ink
Simon Says Stamp - Falling Snow Stencil, Stitched Rectangle die
Aleene's - Glitter Snow Paste
Chickinadiddy - Pattern Paper
Other - Sequins

Disney - Wait Bags

Another project I am completing are these wait bags for lack of a better term. Basically I am filling bags with little toys and goodies to help keep the boys busy when they get tired or frustrated with waiting.

I have been on the hunt for little toys and then decorated the bags, Disney style. I have also armed myself with bubbles, a mini kaleidoscope, a lava toy, a rubberband powered butterfly and of all things a Instax camera ( I figured letting them take a picture and then having to wait for it to be developed would be a time killer)

Here are the bags, simple but effective since these will most likely get tossed. Made from Vinyl and Washi Tape

 

Hopefully these will be effective in helping little ones learn to wait their turn patiently.

Getting Ready for Disney

In a few short weeks I will be off to Disneyland with my youngest two grandsons and their mother. Needless to say this trip was actually planned for August of next year, but Disneyland decided to extend their Halloween season beginning in August which meant ride closures for the period we would be there so they can put up the ride overlays.

We then changed the date to May of next year but wouldn't you know it with their announcement of the new Star Wars land they are going to close Rivers of America, the railroad, Mark Twain riverboat and the Columbus ship along with the Pirates Lair or as I so fondly remember if Tom Sawyer island. Well darn it all we either wait 2 years longer or go now, we opted to go now.

My middle grandson suffers from Autism as so many children and people in general do. Since his disability isn't visible I had read about wearing shirts so that people can see he does have a disability and therefore hopefully will be a little more patient.

Therefore I made these shirts for the boys using my Cameo and some heat transfer vinyl. It's things like this project that truly makes me appreciate my electronic die cutter.

 

 

And for the littlest one

 

Halloween - Get Your Witchy On

As you can see I am still obsessed with water coloring and I have a confession. I purchased some Peerless watercolors and stupid me thought they were horrible until I realized I was using the wrong side (face palm) and now that I have them figured out I really like them. I also have some Japanese watercolors and used both on this card.

Funny I didn't figure out the coloring until after this card but I guess as long as I know now that's what matters.

The stamp is from Bella and really not too much on the coloring creativity since I copied what was shown on the package, why mess with a good thing. I was taken a back that the whole scene is one stamp since I was expecting at least three pieces.

Halloween - Ghostly Greetings

I used more watercolors trying to create a night scape. Using purple and blacks for depth and then I used both sliver mist and a white gel pen to create stars.

The witch was colored with copics and fussy cut. I also die cut the clouds from vellum and the moon was first stamped then die cut.

The ghostly sentiment was layered to give some thickness and the greetings was heat embossed.

Stamp is from Stampin Up
Ghostly die is from Memory Box
Greetings die is from Kraftin Kimmie
Clouds and Moon are from Paptertrey Ink