My sister's Christmas present

I'm lucky because my sister, Marlena, loves the jewelry I make. This is a copy from something she saw when I was showing her the Vintaj website. I didn't say I could make it because I right away - yay - Christmas present. It took a bit longer than I anticipated. Mostly, just getting everything laid out right. Luckily, my jewelry making cohort girlfriend, Kristen, came by and gave me a few tips. I'll let you know how she likes it!

Quick Christmas Card

As I said, I was not making Christmas cards this year but since a good friend asked for MORE ornaments I put together a very quick card to hold her ornaments. I know this is a technique I read about on the ATT group although I can't remember who posted it (sorry). It is a piece of Tim's metal foil - embossed - alcohol ink and then grunged up a bit. I really liked the way it turned out and didn't want to complete cover it up so I just took one of the ornaments and used a Christmas tree brad to adhere to the card. So now she has an ornament on the cover and there are a couple more inside too.

OH MY it is Christmas already

I can't believe it is December already. Last year's card was such a production that I took this year off. I am making a few ornaments (requested by a very good friend) and thought I would post a picture of what I have so far. Of course, the dies are Tim Holtz. The reindeers are colored with Twinkling H20's. Snowman has Viva Decor Modeling Cream topped with Diamond Dust. His scarf is TH Crinkle Ribbon (love that stuff) colored with Radiant Rain Hot Cinnamon dauber. The Old Jalopy is painted with Metal Effects Paint and then Rusted along with some Viva Decor Ferro Paint.

Happy Birthday!

 A pair of earrings I made for my sister's birthday. It is next week but she doesn't know to check my blog so she won't see them! Now to get busy and make a card. We're off in a couple weeks to celebrate her birthday, her son in law's and my lovely eldest daughter. We all spending a weekend in Big Bear. I can't wait.

Quick Thank You Card

Of course I waited until the last minute....literally the night before to make a thank you card for my brother in law. It is always hard for me to come up with "masculine" cards. Not sure this is but I know I could have made it a lot more "girly" and didn't.

I used Tim Holtz's Birdcage die and colored it with Viva Decor's Ferro. Love the texture of this stuff. The bird and crown are painted with Viva Decor's Precious Metal paint. Another great Viva product. The background was one of Tim's techniques. Using an embossing folder on his sticky back foil and then coloring with alcohol inks and grunging it up with sand paper.

The WEDDING

Life is starting to get back to normal - little by little. All the hard work that led up to the wedding was so well worth it. Brittany said she would not have changed a thing. It truly was a magical evening filled with so much love and laughter and of course a few (happy) tears.