2014 Holiday Gift Tags

I don't know, I just started making them for the "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" set and then tried a few more.  A couple of my private clients bought some to go with their formal cards, but I wasn't sure how popular they would be in general.  What do you think - do you like using special gift tags?

Here are a couple I did just to see.....

2014 Holiday Card Collection - Winter-Themed General Cards

I also did several custom orders for sets of general cards, but with a wintery theme.  I used a whole lot of different papers and embellishments - Anna Griffin, Authentique, Dazzles, and some others I am afraid I can't identify.

Holiday Cards 2014 - The Formal Line

One of my New Year's Resolutions is to recommit myself to this blog!  So let's just go ahead and get started and show you what I got up to for this season!  This year, I did 3 main Holiday Collections, plus some other custom orders, a formal line, using primarily Anna Griffin products, a more informal line, using a combination of Anna's lines, G45, and some Authentique.  Of course, there are always bits and pieces of other things - this year I used a lot of Ranger Ink Stickles Glitter, and HOTP Dazzles - I love my Dazzles!

I'll post each line separately, for organization's sake!

Here is the formal line:

 

Happy Halloween!

Confession:  Halloween is not my favorite holiday; my participation has waxed and waned over the years.  I do love giving out candy - seeing all the cute costumes!  After Harry Potter became popular, I started decorating mainly with spiders.... <smile>

A few years ago, however, a friend began asking me to make Halloween cards for her.  It was the first request I had ever had!  So, I have been doing it for about 3 years now, and starting to get into the various styles.  Last post, I shared the set I made with the Graphic 45 Steampunk Collection - it really captured my favorite style!  I thought I would share the other cards I made - my friend inspired me to send a few myself!

 

I made this one for my nephew Russell - we spent a morning crafting together and this uses images he liked working with!

 

 

 

I made this one for my nephew Raymond, a newly-minted teen who doesn't trick or treat any more, but still deserves to celebrate!

 

 

This card I made for my friend who started all this - I thought she deserved to get a card, too!

 

 

 

This one uses a Martha Stewart 4x6 card stock sheet as the "topper" - the bats and pumpkin are embossed.

 

Another take on the same theme - I love the ghost - stamped on black card stock, embossed with white and added googly-eyes!  The tag is done on a resist card stock - love it in black!

 

I took the tines off the witches hat brad and just glued it on the edge of the tag; love the white felt ghost!  I like the smoky effect on the tag - I used a gray pan pastel to edge it.

 

It was fun to do those different takes on the same theme - and my friend loved these as a set!

 

All of these were made with the leftovers from the Graphic 45 set and some Martha Stewart thrown in.  I also used a lot of Cricut images, mostly from the Theresa Collins Chic and Scary cartridge and the October 31st set - both I use digitally in the Cricut Craft Room (have you trued that out yet? - fun!)  Some of the little "ornament"-type embellishments were from Reflections.

 

 

Now - it is time to clean out the craft studio and get out the HOLIDAYS!  YAY!  I found a huge haul at the Goodwill last spring - someone had gotten rid of a huge amount of holiday craft stuff - and much of it not even opened. I got almost 2 grocery bags FULL of stuff for under $10 - awesome!  I put it all away in a box and now I get to open it and play!

 

 

Stay tuned for Holiday Fun!

 

 



Another Flower Soft Challenge!

If you are into paper crafting, and have gotten involved in any online craft communities, you have probably run into creative challenges.  I have only just begun to explore that world myself, but one of my favorite product lines, Flower Soft, runs regular ones and I have enjoyed entering!  Here's my entry for their latest one:

This is using one of their card toppers and FS product (Spring mix).  You should check out their newest holiday/winter lines!                   Visit Flower Soft Website

Now - go embellish something!

Fall Cards

Well, around here, it can be difficult to pinpoint just what "season" it is!  Yesterday it got to 90 degrees - and we are in day 49 with no measurable rain. It certainly has been beautiful!

I've been going through my stash - finding lots of stuff I have never even used - and having fun making new projects in fall colors.  Here's one of my favorites - made from foiled paper, 3-D, die-cuts.

The side flourish and corners on the sentiment tag are Dazzles; I added gems to the centers of the two 3-D embellishments, both made of foiled papers.  The papers are from Hot Off the Press' Chocolate Pack.  I'm pretty sure the foiled paper embellishments are also HOTP.

Here's another one with products from the same line:

Since this picture, I have added a sentiment "Thinking of You" from Anna Griffith's adhesive-backed sentiments line.  It turns the card to be horizontal...  Such beautiful colors!

Now - go embellish something!