Christmas Presents...

Hello Peeps

Recently on my Desk on WOYWW I had some books as WIP.  I thought I would share them with you.  The blue one is my friend Stephanie's, a Quilting friend's,Christmas present.......

Papers are DCWV which I have had for ages and ages and ages.......  The base of the book and the TH mannequin are both cut from chipboard and painted with acrylic paint.  The mannequin is then stamped with TH flourish stamp.  The edges of the background cardstock is stamped with DI and flourish stamp (forgotten which make and my Craft Room is too cold for me to look in now).

The inside pages are made with pockets so that Stephanie can pop in notes, patterns, instructions etc....

The "lace" is TH die using the Snippets cut from the front cover sheet.

Here is the purple book which I will use as another Christmas present....

I cannot remember which paper this was and the darker pink in the flower is the reverse side.  The stamps used are the same and paint is lilac.  I have also used Snippets of lace on the mannequins. 

Similar interiors, though I need to add the card inserts in...

The TH Rosettes were left over from my Christmas Tree project, though they are flat.  The "Roses" were cut using Snippets and TH Pinecone die.  

I am entering this into the Playground as I have used some Snippets.  

Thanks for calling by.  Have a great weekend.  

Hugs

Hettie

Christmas Time...Tag 6...and a little of Bath

Hello There!

Gosh hasn't it got cold?  Almost too cold to play in the Playground so wrap up warm and try and keep warm and well.  

Onto today's crafting project.  Would you believe I have a tag to show you?  Surprised?  Yeah right!!

I am on Tag 6 now (yippee) of The Funkie Junkie's 12 Tags of Christmas, and still loving them.  (Let's face it, if I didn't I would have given up by now!)  If you are quick and have all your crafting jobs finished for Christmas you may still be able to get all 12 done before Monday, for the chance to win the prize as it is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  

As usual I will show you Linda's tag first.....

And here is mine....

I was trying to show you the schparkle on the background hence the wonky look!  I forgot to take a straight one but hey ho...I like this angle!

Here is a close up...

That is the top and here is the bottom.

I used a Snippet of a Czech book for the background and adhered it to the tag cut from cardstock with my TH die and once dried I used some packing tape to take off some of the print (distressing yeay!), then I inked the background with Pine Needles and Vintage Photo DIs.  I flicked some water and dried it with my heat gun. I stamped my TH snowflake stamp with clear schparkly embossing powder.  I cut a TH clock with a Snippet of chipboard then inked with Aged Mahogany DI and embossed it with several layers of UTEE before adhering it to the background.  The tree I stamped onto TH Cordinations cardstock using Forest Moss and Vintage Photo DI and edged with Bronze DS.  I then smooshed some Distress Stickles on there too.  

For the Snowflake, I was lucky enough to be given some small TH Snowflake die cuts (will be ordering that die very soon - I have the large one but it was way too big) and I swooshed it with Bronze DS before fixing it together and adhering it in the centre of the clock.  

The bow is stamped with a Sheena Douglas stamp, which I recently won from the Playground, and stamped with AM DI and clear embossing powder before painting it with AM DI and a water brush.  

The flower at the top left are some TH poinsettias that I have had forever, with a tag cut from the TH die and stamped with a SU stamp in AM DI.  The lace was out of my Snippets box too so more of my bits and pieces used up.  

I wanted to share some photos with you of Hubby and my trip to Bath on Sunday for the Christmas Market.  It was a lovely few hours that we spent there and all that was missing was a brass band, though there were lots of street buskers some of whom were fabulous.  (Jan can you be there next time for me!)

Right. That's all Folks for today.  Thanks for calling by and hope you like my tag and pictures. 

TTFN

Hettie

xx

I have been playing....

........................With my new toy!!

Hello Peeps

I have been a bit of a naughty Blogger this last few days.  Hubby and I were taking some time out and spending some time together and I have not been playing on the computer.  We went to Bath on Sunday for the last day of the Christmas Market and then Hereford on Monday.  It was lovely that we had a little time with no agenda or requirements.  Back to normal now, whatever "normal" is!  Tee Hee!

On Friday at my friend Lesley's house I got to play with my Memory Box die which I bought at the NEC last month.  So here is a card I threw together using it....

The tree is cut from Docrafts glitter cardstock, which had to be run through the Big Shot a few times.  I grabbed another dark piece of the same glitter cardstock to see the effect and liked it so much I decided that was going to be the background.  I found a Snippet of silver cardstock and then mounted it again on a piece of purple/grey cardstock before adhering it to the card itself.  

I was looking for some suitable brads to add to the corners and came across these snowflake eyelets which I must have had with my Cropadile some xxx years ago!!  

So there it is.  One card with no inking, no stamping, no ribbon, no sentiment, no distressing, no glossy accents - just CAS!!  Not like me at all but I like it!  I did use a Snippet so I can pop it into the Playground for all to see!

TTFN

Hettie

x

Dashing Through The Snow - Tag 5 - CC2C

Hello Bloggers

17 days to Christmas so I hope you have been good Girls and Boys!!

I was at my Friend Lesley's house yesterday for a Play Day and whilst I was there I rustled up another tag for my 12 Tags of Christmas with Linda at The Funkie Junkie blog.  Unfortunately I did not have access to a computer there so had to go from memory.  As usual, I will show you Linda's tag first.....

Here is mine......

I used a tag cut from SU Vanilla cardstock with my TH die.  I inked the background with Vintage Photo DI then stamped my WOW music stamp with Archival Coffee ink.  I stamped a PB stamp on the top corners with VP DI.  

Using my TH dies I cut the Doiley and Reindeer and MB die I cut out the Music die, all from SU Vanilla cardstock. The Rosette was cut out using my TH die and Russett Bazzill cardstock.  

I stamped the Reindeer with TH text stamp and the Dashing Through the Snow stamp, which I cut into individual words, with Archival Coffee. The MB Music die cut was inked with VP DI and then brushed with Rust Perfect pearls.

I could not use the embossing powder resist technique as I could not ruin Lesley's iron (I have an iron specifically for crafting, which is old so no worries if it gets embossing powder on it).  Lesley wanted a "lesson" on how to use Perfect Pearls having recently purchased her first PP, so I used my TH Snowflake stamp and Pearl PP with Perfect Medium.  I hope you can see them twinkling on here.

A little Theresa Collins sticker which I thought was a perfect match colourwise.  The Reindeer was edged with gold Krylon pen.

Some ribbon on the top and distressing and inking to the tag and elements and my tag went together.  And of course, a little Ranger Enamel for the Reindeer's eye so he may see where he is going.

Fortunately the Rosette also ties in with the CC2C Challenge this week which is hosted by  Linda of Studio 3ls fame.  Just turn to page 63 of Mr Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities II book and you will see how they are made.  Can you believe we are now on week 32?!!  No, me neither.

Of my 12 Tags of Christmas I now have six tags done and six to go!!  Woo Hoo!  Feel free to join in.  You have until 17th December to get all 12 tags done to be in with a chance of winning a prize from the sponsor The Funkie Junkie Shop.  

I also want to dedicate this Tag to the Nurses and Doctors of the world and especially to the family, friends and colleagues of Jacintha Saldanha who sadly died yesterday.  

Have a great weekend.

Hettie

Friday Funny - Glawegian Wedding

Two Glaswegians, Archie and Jimmy, are sitting in the pub discussing Jimmy's

forthcoming wedding.

"Och, it's all goin' pure brilliant," says Jimmy. "Ar've got everythin' organised awready, the fluers, the church, the caurs, the reception, the rings, the minister, even ma stag night".

Archie nods approvingly.

"I've even bought a kilt to be married in!" continues Jimmy.

"A kilt?" exclaims Archie, "That's magic, you'll look pure smart in that.What's the tartan?...."

"Och," says Jimmy, "A'd imagine she'll be in white.”

Tag 4 - A little bit of Country

Hello Friends

Brrrrrrr!  My phone this morning says -3 feels like -6!  Yep!  It certainly feels like jumping back into bed cold this morning.  I just wonder how my girls are in their coup!  

Over at The Funkie Junkie Linda's Tag 4 has a little Country feel to it.  So as usual I will show you Linda's tag first.....

Isn't it just divine?  I love how Linda displays her tags and I am trying to find a new way of displaying mine for photographs too, but I have to take the photos in my bay window in the lounge as that is the best place for light.  Let's see ey.

So here is my tag....

I changed the background colour as I wanted to try my new Festive Berries DI out that was screaming to be let out of the cellophane and so I stamped the background with my Wendy Vecchi stamp.  Love it.  So then I had to think which embossing folder I wanted to use and the Christmas Tree kept coming to the forefront as I was going through my embossing folder drawer, so out it came.  I used Cordinations cardstock and then sanded the edges a little and inked a little Vintage Photo for the trunks. I stamped the Crafty Individuals Believe stamp and tore the individual word out, inked the torn edges with Vintage Photo DI, added some Stickles on the dot of the i, and adhered it onto a rosette that happened to be in my Snippets box.

Whilst I was rummaging in my Snippets box I came across the mini reindeer which I had cut when my friend was up some time ago (note to self, get this mini die).  I stamped it with my TH flourish stamp and Festive Berries again and then swooshed some gold perfect pearls on there. I then had an idea to get the Rock Candy Distress Stickles on top, which I did and also the trees.  Unfortunately I am not sure the photo picks this up very well.  A little Snippet of lace at the bottom and a piece of holly cut with my TH Lamp post die and the tiniest Snippet of red SU pleated ribbon on the left.  Instead of using the berries from the die I wanted to add glass beads to give a little more dimension to counterbalance the rosette.

I stamped my TH Post Card stamp with Archival ink then quickly decided to add clear embossing powder to make it stand out a little more.  I distressed the edges using the TH distressing tool, and inked with Vintage Photo DI,  added some Snippets of ribbon and hey presto Tag 4 was complete!

So that is now 5 tags done, just 7 to go.  As I have some play time tomorrow I shall try and maybe do another one or two tags.  I will be very happy once I am over the half way mark!

Don't forget there is still time for you to join in this Challenge.  The Funkie Junkie Boutique are sponsoring this Challenge and if you win I know you are just going to love going shopping there!  Lovely goodies there!

Thanks for calling by and hope you like this tag.  Please let me know you have bee by leaving me a comment.

Hugs and wrap up warm.

Hettie

WOYWW 183 - Busy Busy Busy

Hello Friends

Today is Wednesday...yeah!  That means several things ....half way through the week....nearly the weekend....dancing.....only one working day left this week....oh yes!  It is What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday Day!!  Click HERE or on the button on my side bar to make your way over to to the Hostess of this Wednesday fun and frolics.  Here is my desk.....

Yes it is a little untidy but it is because I am in the middle of a project...two projects in fact.  I am making two books which I need to complete by Saturday.  One is for the Quilting Bran Tub and the other is for my friend Stephanie.  She usually tries to ensure she gets my gift out of the Bran Tub so I have made her one of her own!  The paper lace you see is to go on the pages for decoration.  In the jar to the left of the blue tool pot is my distressed clothes pins (pegs to us in the UK) which I bought from The Funkie Junkie.  Lovely colours of string in there!  You cannot go wrong with a bit of string! 

I promised I would show you the Christmas Album which I was making at The Crop, today.  Here it is....

 The front is not decorated yet.  I leave that until the end!

Unfortunately I cannot get any photos printed at the moment.  Our new printer seems to have run out of ink despite us not using it much!  I have saved the photos so far on a memory stick so I can play catch up on Friday.  Day 3 is a journal page too.  

I thought I would also show you my first three of my (hopefully) 12 Tags of Christmas!  I am having so much fun making these and they are making me think "outside the box".  Still to join in!

Right.  That is enough waffle from me.  Sorry Julia if it is bit of a long post but it is nearly Christmas! 

I am off dancing this evening but I will join in the fun when I come back and if I don't get to you tonight I will call by later in the week.

TTFN and keeeeeeeeep crafting!

Hettie