These girls know how to party!!! We had a blast being silly, exchanging ornaments, EATING, and making Christmas tags at the Scrap Club party Friday night. I will have to get Suzie's recipe for Cranberry/Pecan/White Chocolate Clusters - a big hit! We feasted on fruit salad, chocolate covered strawberries, pork loin, sausages, brownies, onion dip, and so many more treats! We shared stories of our adventures and worked together - ahem! to create four gift tags for those special people that appreciate a handmade tag!
The first tag came from Becky Roberts at Inking Idaho. She actually sells tutorials for 12 Designs for the Twelve Days of Christmas so I splurged on a little extra holiday inspiration! Check out her her website at www.inkingidaho.com.
I used some retired tinsel trim to tie the chevron ribbon instead of baker's twine. I especially like the way she used two circle punches to cut a ring for the ribbon to tie on to. It uses the Festive Flurry stamp and punch.
The red "Oh What Fun" tag is actually a gift card holder. The template also came from Becky Roberts at Inking Idaho. I used the embossing folder to create an oval frame that perfectly fits the large oval punch for the sentiment.
I just had to have a Santa Claus in the mix so he peeks out from the top of a snowflake on a very quick and simple tag. Oh what fun! Supplies are available at www.lyndafalconer.stampinup.net
or email me at lyndafalconer57@gmail.com for more information.
Snow Flake Tag: Festive Flurry Framelits Dies Item #132193, Festive Flurry Stamp Set Item #131781, Frosted Finishes Embellishment Item #132150, Sentiment from Embellished Events Item #126497
Oh What Fun Gift Card Holder: Christmas Messages stamp Item #131790, Textured Impressions Designer Frames Item #123130
Santa Claus: Santa's List stamp set Item #131811, Festive Flurry Framelits Dies Item #132193, 1.5 and 1.25 inch circle punches
Just had to share two pics from our hotel window in St. Louis last week during the snow. Most snow was south of the city as we found out on our trip home!! The city was beautiful with the perfect dusting! We had time to tour the Westward Expansion Museum in the court house and saw the courtroom where the Dred Scott case was tried. Beautiful architecture and woodwork. They were going to have a period Christmas dance with people in costume the day after we left. That would have been fun to learn to dance the minuet or whatever they did in those days!
Today's post gives 2 ideas for what to do with those reverse images left when you cut out the Expressions Framelit
die. I just couldn't throw away what was left from the Merry so made some quick and oh so fun cards from them. Would love to know what you've done!
It's soooooo good to be home in my warm and cozy scrap room! I spent a harrowing 13 hours yesterday trying to get home from St. Louis with my hubby! Five hours were spent trapped in a traffic jam (mostly trucks) on I-55 in Southern Missouri then later in Arkansas because of truck accidents! Those boys just won't slow down!!! 5 hours!!!! just sitting on the road! Got to be a little scary once it started getting dark but the 2nd wreck was finally cleared and we made it home safe about 10:00 PM. Don't care to do that again! So grateful it was just us in the car - not kids or grandkids! Also grateful we were not involved in the accidents!
On a lighter note - it's almost Christmas!!! Can't wait to finish decorating and get treats made for our scrap group - they'll be here Friday for our Christmas party. I'll share pics here as soon as I get everything ready. For now - here are some quick cards I made with leftovers. I'm sure you'll recognize the pieces. The elf legs idea is from a You Tube video and made from the Top Note Die Cut - (Stampin' Up). That mischievous elf keeps turning upside down! Enjoy!
The first tag came from Becky Roberts at Inking Idaho. She actually sells tutorials for 12 Designs for the Twelve Days of Christmas so I splurged on a little extra holiday inspiration! Check out her her website at www.inkingidaho.com. I used some retired tinsel trim to tie the chevron ribbon instead of baker's twine. I especially like the way she used two circle punches to cut a ring for the ribbon to tie on to. It uses the Festive Flurry stamp and punch.
