2023 Christmas Card

Hello! 

 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

I just want to take a moment to share 

a heartfelt wish with y'all for a very 

happy holiday season.

Whatever you celebrate, may it be

wonderful.

This is the Christmas card I sent out to family

and friends this year.
I love it and have received many compliments

on it.

Here is the sentiment I put inside and

I'm wishing you all the same.

Enjoy your holidays and I'll see y'all 

soon.

 

2021 Christmas Ornaments

Hello blog fans!

I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season.

A few years ago I started a new tradition in our family.  

Whoever comes to Christmas dinner receives

a home made ornament from me.

My son and daughter in law have been hosting

Christmas dinner the last couple years, 

but I've continued the tradition.

This year, these are the ornaments I made.

They started out like this.

 Several years ago I was out shopping at one 

of the craft stores and found packages of

metal tags dirt cheap on clearance.  Of course I couldn't pass up

that deal, so I bought a couple packages.  Had no idea

what I might do with them, but knew I'd come up with something.

This year I came up with something.

I used alcohol inks to color the metal tags,

then used stamps and Alcohol Lift Ink to

lift the ink from the tag.

It's a very simple process that turns out looking great.

I did find that some colors lifted easier than others.

Surprisingly I found some of the lighter colors were

harder to lift than the darker ones.
It's all a matter of trial and error.

I also found that some stamps did not work as well as

others and it seems rubber stamps worked better than 

the clear acrylic/polymer stamps did.

The amount of ink used also made a difference.

If I did more than one coat to make the color 

appear darker, it was harder to get the ink to lift off.

But with persistence and repeated stamping, most of

them did work.

Although there were a few that just wouldn't lift.

I'm not sure why that was.

One of the great things about using the alcohol ink

on metal, is that if you don't like the color, the way it stamps

or if the ink won't lift, all you need to do is use some

 rubbing alcohol and remove the ink and start again.

I stamped the year on the back of each ornament.

This is one case where the polymer stamps worked

well.  It may be because it was such a solid 

image, but I can't say for sure.

I'm very happy with how this year's ornaments

turned out.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit, 

come again soon.

Until then,

have a happy and healthy 

new year.

Let's all make 2022 a 

wonderful and creative year!

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Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays one and all!

Just want to take a moment to wish you all the best,

 whatever holiday you celebrate.

For us, it's Christmas and here is a picture of my 

sweet little Snowbaby tree that my hubby

put up for me while I was out of town visiting 

a friend and having a crafty weekend

Over the last several years we have pared down

what we do with our Christmas decorating and gift

giving.  We enjoy our time with family and 

friends and try to let the craziness go away.
Of course, we now have a 2 yr old granddaughter,

so things will be a little hectic, but that will

be fun.  

And for Christmas we are going to have a 

gender reveal and find out what the new baby will be.

It's sure to be an exciting Christmas and 2022 for us.
Our son and daughter in law just moved into their new home,

they are expecting baby number 2 in June.

Our daughter is getting married in May and we

are thrilled about that and love her fiance. 

Bring it on 2022!

Thanks for stopping by today and every time you

come to visit.  I love doing my blog and hope you

enjoy your visits and that you are inspired in some

way with what you find here.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a

fabulous 2022

 

Art Swap Christmas Card

Greetings!

I belong to an Art Swap Group, it's a group 

of ladies who met years ago on a stamping 

message board.  We now have our group on Facebook.

Each year we do a swap at Christmas time.  This year

we are doing a card swap with one other person in

the group.

Some of us are from the US, some from Canada

and some from Australia.

I always look forward to seeing what everyone does

for their swap.

I decided to do a card with an inlaid technique.

I had this star design in my library of my

Silhouette Design Studio Software

and love it.

I cut it out of metallic textured card stock

and gold glitter card stock.

The holly leaves, berries and ribbon are cut from

plain colored card stock.

I adhered double sided tape to the back of the star

and then went about placing the pieces into the star

cut out.

I was really loving this card, but it needed a little something.

I think the white dash lines around the card 

give it a finishing touch.

I hope the gal that I'm sending this to likes it

as much as I do.

Have you made any different Christmas cards this year?

The one I make for this swap is always different

than the others I make.

I'm glad you came to spend a little time with me today,

I hope you enjoyed your time here and will come again

soon.

Until then,

have a happy holiday season!

 

Happy Holidays

Hello cyber friends!

I keep saying I need to start making my Christmas cards and I keep "playing" around with ideas, but haven't decided on a card yet.

Today I'd like to show you one of the cards I made while "playing around"

I quite like it, but I don't think this will be the one I make to send out.

This is a very simple card, just some stripped paper, card stock, buttons and a "Happy Holidays" metallic sticker.

Thanks for stopping by today. Leave me a comment if you wish and come back again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!