12 Tags of Christmas Ornament 6

Mason Jar Lid 6

I can't believe we're already at the 1/2 way mark for this challenge and I mean to tell you, the inspiration tags and all the entries rolling in are just incredible!!   If you haven't checked out Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge yet, give yourself a visual treat and head on over to The Funkie Junkie and see for yourself!

Here's my starter lid and rusty metal spray painted snowflake. 

Taking inspiration from Linda's 6th tag on the left, I was drawn to the snowflakes and her flower had a pine cone texture to it, so I added a pine cone on mine. The sentiment made me think of people so I included a little wooden family inside my lid.  The random pearls symbolize the pearly snowflakes Linda used on hers.

 

I used the rusty spray paint to coat everything first and then added cream spray paint, black soot, wild honey Distress paints for my lid. The snowflake has speckles of black soot added and the inside background is embossed with clear powder, colored with wild honey and then stained with Oak gel stain from Americana. 

A couple more closeups for detail.

The challenge is still open to play and there are wonderful prizes being offered from Linda's store 

The Funkie Junkie Boutique.   

So happy you stopped in to visit me.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Lisa xx

I'm thankful for 'Love In Every Stitch'

Hello and welcome back wonderful people!

I was asked to share in the fun at Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog this month, by my good blog buddy Jeanne (who by the way has been published in so many magazines it's crazy cool and yet remains so incredibly humble. She's truly a kind and talented lady!), for their November challenge of Thankful!  I was thrilled and honored and humbly accepted and I can't wait to share with you what I used from their delightful store!

 Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog

 Narrowing down my options was so much harder than I thought it would be. The store is filled with stamps and die cuts and morsels of creative inspiration. Choosing a focal point was challenging, but so much fun!

Here I've used Quilted Pumpkin and Be Thankful

We have a very special tradition in my husband's family that I just adore.  It's so sad when a relative passes away but they not only remember their wonderful memories together, but some of the women create a keepsake from favorite articles of clothing.  One year we got a quilt made from Grandpa Sullivan's flannel shirts and another year we received a stuffed teddy bear made from Grandma Sullivan's robe.  It's like being hugged by them all over again and just knowing that there's love in every stitch makes me so thankful for my family and this precious tradition.

That is why when I saw this gorgeous Autumn pumpkin with the various patterns, I thought it would be fun to paper piece it together, as if it were grandpa's flannels and then add faux stitching as well as the ever wonderful sentiment to live by.

 The Thankful challenge runs for a month and there will be more inspiration coming in a few weeks, but if you'd like to participate, please refer to the rules here and then have a blast perusing the virtual aisles in Serendipity Stamps, a FABULOUS store run by Mary, who I thank whole heatedly for sending me such impeccable stamps and die cuts....thank you!!

EVEN MORE GREAT NEWS!!!

This week’s sale will be 20% off both the Thanksgiving and the Autumn Categories!! . 

This special is good through 12 November 2014.

Need even more inspiration?  

Then please visit the extremely fabulous Design Team and see what they're thankful for too!

Julie Warner

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Vickie Zimmer

Jeanne Jachna

Jenny Gropp

ser-en-dip-et-e 

 n: 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. 2. good fortune or luck.

Thank you EVER so much for your visit today. I'm so happy you stopped by.

I hope this finds you well, happy, and crafty!

hugs,

Lisa xx

'Won't ya be my neighbor..."

"Hello boys and girls!"

  OMG...were you subjected to Mister Roger's Neighborhood growing up?  That man drove me nuts and his little hand puppets gave me nightmares. I did however love the Eddie Murphy version on Saturday Night Live when I got older.  'Our special word for the day is..."

I never could appreciate dollhouses or Barbies when I was little. There wasn't a Barbie ever purchased for me that I didn't immediately separate her head from her shoulders. I couldn't understand the fascination.  Now I find myself in my 40's having the time of my life playing house!

 

Regina at The Cutting Cafe has designed for you a set of houses that would be 'Just Right' for Goldilocks and perfectly suited for the 3 Bears and it's called 3D House Set..  They come in big, small and tall and so many accessories as well.  

You could make a Halloween town, a Christmas village, OR your own little Woodbury if you're Walking Dead freaks like me!  

They even come with plenty of storage space. Something we're all looking for in a home!

 

Here you can see that it comes with a cut file to make a base as well. This holds the house very securely and gives you great space to decorate around the house. 

I've also used the file Halloween and Fall Basic Images; which include the little leaves on the trees.

Please stay tuned to The Cutting Cafe Blog for all the DT's makes and if you leave a simple compliment, you could win 3 free cut files of your choice! 

So happy you stopped in today.  

Make sure to grab some homemade cookies and spiced cider on your way out.

HUGS and Happy Crafting,

Goodbye Boys and Girls, goodbye....

Lisa xx

12 Tags of Christmas Ornament 4 and 5

Mason Jar Lid Ornament 4

Pumpkin Toffee Rum Spiced Coffee, Supernatural on Netflix and fingers covered in paint and glue... it's the simple things that make life great and that is why I love this challenge so much. I can just sit and create a little Christmas heirloom while I sip coffee, watch hunky men battle demons and ghosts, and just have a blast!

So here is my 4th offering for the challenge 12 Tags of Christmas, hosted by Linda at The Funkie Junkie.   Above you will notice the 4th tag of Linda's and next to it I've highlighted of few of things that she inspired me with.  I love, love, lurve the red and vintage evergreen of this tag. Completely retro feeling so I tried to capture that in my colors too. The deer are obviously wonderful as well as the berries and the Christmas tree. I decided to keep my tree traditional green and add green Stickles in various places. The wave of the ribbon and the triangle border led me to make the chevron background in this lid.

Again, a cheapy plastic snowflake covered in a light layer of Gesso and then colored with Distress Paint and heated for shrinkage and wear. 

Mason Jar Lid Ornament 5

You ever slam your head accidentally into the corner of a cabinet or step on an unsuspecting tack nail in the carpet and really just lose your wits? Well, why then does it seem okay to get 3rd degree burns from your hot glue gun and somehow maintain your sanity? It must be the love of creating and making art. 

Bright side, I can now pursue a career in larceny as I no longer have fingerprints.

 So, that's something...

Let's just say I really got my hands into this project!

Here is Linda's stunning tag for challenge 5 and the canning lid base.

 

Isn't that tag just striking?!  What is not inspiring on this...absolutely everything is scrumptious.  Linda says that she used Weather Wood Distress Paint on her tag so that is what I painted on the lid base, after first applying crackle paste.

The great thing about plastic ornaments...you can simply heat them up a little bit and then apply your own desired coverage on them. I used embossing powder here to maintain the silver theme.

What really caught my eye on Linda's tag beyond the fact that it so incredibly different from the 'traditional' colors of Christmas is that gentleman carrying a wreath. I decided that my lid would represent his wreath and have it be silvery metal in appearance.

I scavenged for random bits of pleasing pieces and then began the gluing.. 

                                                                                                                                                                             Little trio of happy clusters             ready for even more gluing.                                                                               

The burns were so worth it!

Since there is the word 'family' on the wreath I thought it would be fun to use the cut file of

Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.

And that's that....

This challenge goes until the 21st of December so there's still plenty of time to join in and make whatever you want as long as it's inspired by Linda's tags.

                      12 Tags of Christmas Challenge  

      rules and regulations here      Prizes Sponsored by Linda's Boutique

 

A little flashback for those of you that haven't heard of Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas.

It's been going on for a few years  Here is what I made the past 3 years

and I know she'd love it if you joined in too!

                         2013 Bauble Ornaments             2012 Altoids Can Ornaments

 

2011 Milk Carton Ornaments 

Thank you SOOOO much for stopping by.

I hope you have a great day and get some crafting time.

Hugs to you,

Lisa x

12 Tags of Christmas Ornament 3

Mason Jar Lid Ornament 3

Hello, hello, hello and welcome back again. I've been plugging away at my favorite holiday challenge, The 12 Tags of Christmas, hosted by Linda at The Funkie Junkie.

This is my very clean and simple rendition of Linda's 3rd tag (below).  

 

The inspiration that was offered up on her tag was the immense snowflake, the mixture of greens and blues and the metal embellishments.  I even love how she edged the tag with embossing powder so I too added a little Frantage to the edges of my mason jar lid.

There's still PLENTY of time to join in the fun and I know Linda would love to have you play along and it's all done at your own pace, so hop on over and join in the festivities.

Thank you SO much for your very sweet time.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,

Lisa x

12 Tags Challenge                            Prize Sponsor 

 

12 Tags of Christmas Ornament 2

Mason Jar Lid Ornament 2

Hello and welcome back!

It's my second entry for the 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge.  This entire challenge I'll be submitting mason jar lid ornaments. I hope you enjoy them and they inspire you to play along in the fun at 

The Funkie Junkie.

As with all my entries each year, I like to pick a common theme and then embellish it based on what inspires me from Linda's challenge tags.  This year you will see that I have chosen to convert Mason Jar Lids and plastic snowflakes (melted below with heat tool) as the common elements.

 

This is Linda's inspiration tag #2.  What truly knocked my socks off at first glance were the red  bows and that fabulous background.  I've included a picture to detail what I used to make a similar background for my ornament.  The following details that peaked my interest  was the paper star and the clear snowflake.  I chose to duplicate like things on my ornament as well.

 

Handmade Kraft 3D stars glazed with Stickles and red gingham bow.

I'm getting so excited to see what these will look like on the Christmas tree!

If I have your interest peaked, then please pop over for a look at this year's contest and start making your very own craft interpretation of Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas challenge!!

                        The Funkie Junkie Challenge               Prizes Sponsored by...

 

I, honest to goodness, am so grateful for your visit today.

Thank you so much and hugs to you and happy crafting!!

Lisa x

12 Tags of Christmas Ornament 1

Mason Jar Lid Ornament 1

I'm so excited I could pee! But I won't. Instead I'll contain my bladder and just tell you that the 

12 Tags of Christmas are back for the 2014 year. Linda is off and running with her tag inspirations over at The Funkie Junkie and everyone has until December 21st to play along.

The fun in playing along is that you get to see a gorgeous sample inspiration tag, made by Linda herself, and then you create ANYTHING you want; that is of course INSPIRED by her tag, and explain what and why in your post. 

Firstly, I was captivated by the vintage blue green of that bow and so I've used that color on the lid.  As usual, everything she includes is so wonderful and it was difficult to eliminate anything, but I was drawn to creating a vintage snowflake, 25, tree that echoes her silver charm, Merry Christmas and of course, Santa and the reindeer.  All paper elements were cut on the Silhouette Cameo and colored with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and then powder embossed for stiffness.

 

The plastic CHEAP snowflake was bought in a set of 6 from the The Dollar Tree and I dabbed it with a light coat of Gesso and then painted with Distress inks as well.  I found that drying the snowflake with a heat tool shrunk and curved the snowflake to a perfect size and gave it a very neat worn and used look.

There will be 11 more of these lids that I'll be showing over the next few weeks, but it would be so much fun if you played along and created one of a kind ornaments for  your tree or a gift for someone.

              The Funkie Junkie 12 Tag Challenge          Prizes by The Funkie Junkie Boutique

                        

I'm so happy you stopped by today. I hope you found this inspiring.

Big huge hugs and happy crafting to YOU!

Lisa xx