Love to Create Challenge - Give thanks

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Good morning everyone!!! Happy Monday!!!!!

                                          This week the LOVE TO CREATE Challenge is   

Give Thanks!

Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish.  I have made a center step card (I think that is what they are called!) and used some fun springy paper from my stash.  I love how it looks like she is walking through a garden!  The butterflies are from my layering EK Success punch.  I have coloured her with Copics and added stickles to her wings.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Lexi's Creations - thanks/thanksgiving
Lollipop Crafts - Thanks
My Craft Spot - Thanksgiving
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Thanksgiving
The Pink Elephant - Giving Thanks

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Head on over to the challenge blog to check it out!!! HOPE to see you joining us!!!!!

Hugs,

Chris



Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Hip to be SQUARE

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!

                           This week the Incy Wincy Design team has a GREAT challenge for you.....
                                                 HIP TO BE SQUARE

Our fabby sponsor this week is The Stamp Fairy
Wow, I love Gerda's digis! But you already know that.....they are all SOOOOO cute! Please be sure to check them out!!! 
And then, head on over to the CHALLENGE blog and see what the rest of my teamies have done!!!!

Here is my card for this week:

I have used Mimi Winter 1

Isn't she cute? I love her little snowman, he looks sad!!!!  I have coloured her with Copics.  The DP is from my stash but I thought it went perfectly with a snowy image!!! 

 

I am entering this in Bunny Zoe's monthly challenge which is WINTER. I am also entering this in Fashionista challenge which is BLUE CHRISTMAS. The Paper Girls challenge blogs theme this week is Christmas or Winter.


Have fun and good luck!!! I hope you'll join us this week! If you do, you could win a GREAT prize this week!!! WOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Christmas Vintage Tags

A couple weeks ago I went to a scrapbooking retreat in the mountains.  I still wasn't feeling well, so my mojo was also MIA! My friend got me started on a tag using some of her Tim Holtz stamps (blueprints) and her Distress inks.  AND  I went CRAZY! They were so fun...messy, but FUN!!!! 

I used manila tags that I bought AGES ago thinking I could keep up with the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas, but I couldn't! Vintage is SO out of my comfort zone, it freaks me out...literally freaks me out!!!! LOL   I stamped the image on the tag, then used distress inks (2 or 3 colours) to smudge around the image.  Then I stamped on the background image (either snowflakes or leaves), distressed the edges with my TH distresser tool, and then inked them.  I coloured the images and the ribbon with my TH distress inks.  THEN I spritzed them with some pearly spray that my friend had (I told you - I used EVERYTHING of hers except the tags! LOL)  These look sooooo much nicer in person, they are shimmery!  VERY cool!!!!

I have them up for sale in my Etsy shop IF you are interested!!!! 

 Here are the tags I made: 

I am entering this into the following challenges:
 ADDICTED TO STAMPS challenge which is Tags (& you have to use a stamp, which I did!),
CRAFTY EMBELLIES which is Vintage Shabby Chic with altered art (I THINK this fits there),
 Robyn's Fetish which is Vintage,
STAMPING SENSATIONS which is Traditional Christmas,
the CRAFTY PAD which is Christmas,
CRAZY4CHALLENGES which is Tags,
Di's Digi Downloads which is Autumn colours (entering the orange and red tags here!).

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you love my tags!!!!  I know I do!!!!