A Papercrafter's Christmas!!!!

Today I want to show y'all two little Christmas ornaments I made using supplies from Flamingo Scraps and from my stash!!  The first is this Christmas tree, which can be free standing -- how cute would a little forest of these be -- or hung on your tree!

Rosette Tree

I used my Tim Holtz Rosette Dies to cut two large, two medium, and one small rosettes from this solid winter white side of Carta Bella Winter Fun paper.  I think it is pretty clear that these dies are two of my favorites as worn as they are!!  I cut the paper into two 6x12 pieces, ran one sheet through my xyron machine and adhered them together, then cut.  I wanted to make the parts of the tree sturdy so it would last more than one Christmas!

The Tim Holtz Dies can be special ordered through Flamingo Scraps!

The Carta Bella paper is from the Combination and/or the Paper Warehouse Boxes

I sprayed both sides of each rosette with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist

I used a Maya Road Wood Spool for the trunk
and round pearls from my stash to space the rosettes

I used white Prima Chalk Ink to stain the spool and a Maya Road
Pearl embellishment as a topper; I rolled the edges in wet adhesive and
then rolled them in some micro beads from my stash for a little bling --
glitter or even stickles would also work well

This tiny little ornament is as simple as can be!  

I used the small green tree from a Fancy Pants Mini Tree pack and the smaller of these adorable glass domes from Tim Holtz (each package has two each of two sizes)

I twisted off the wood base of the tree and stuck the wire stem into the cork stopper 

At just under two inches, this would be so sweet on a miniature tree, a Christmas tableaux, or even in a doll's house!

Items which can be special ordered from Flamingo Scraps

Tim Holtz Mini Glass Domes

Tim Holtz Alterations Dies -- Large Rosette and Medium and Small Rosettes

Contact Suzanne at flamingoscraps@yahoo.com to place a special order!

Items from Flamingo Scraps -- 

limited supply available, then can be special ordered

Fancy Pants Mini Christmas Trees -- Traditional

Carta Bella Winter Fun cardstock

Maya Road Wood Spools

Maya Road Pearl Embellishments

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

A New Journey, Two Page LO, With Nirvana

When I pre-ordered  the new Marion Smith line - Nirvana,  I knew it was going to be good, but I was wrong. It was AWESOME!! I started in one direction with this wonderful paper, but the ideas were swirling around in my little brain like a tornado. I had planned on making a LO for my new grandson, Ethan, and his Baptism. I couldn't get the "Journey" concept going, then thought, I'll do a LO with the journey leading to his birth. BINGO!!! What better way to start the tale than the proverbial boy meets girl scenario? My son met his future bride, Julie, at the YMCA pool. He had gone there to meet up with some friends and chat about training for an upcoming triathlon. Julie was there, looking like a drowned rat, just out of the pool. She was a friend of the friends. Personally, I think it was a set up, and a great one at that. The rest is history.

I love making two page LOs. I am a chatty person, I have a lot to say, and so do my projects. I did very little journaling on this. I will leave that to Julie, so she can put her own personal touches on this. Ethan will have journaling by Mommy and Gammy in his scrapbooks and I think that's a wonderful way for him to remember me.

I loved using the Fancy Pants Cork Heart and Arrow Shapes on the tags. You can also get cork stars. The tags from this collection are super, and it was hard to decide which one to use first. I put the baby shower photo on the perfectly matched frame, which is probably a journal tag, and inserted a journal tag behind that. Julie was so tiny at seven months, that I used a cork arrow to point to her tummy. The lace around the wedding photo is trim I got in the FlamingoScraps Warehouse Grab Box - Embellies, and I soaked it in coffee to get the color. The metal tags, and the tulle they are are on, are also from the grab box. If you haven't gotten yours, you've got to get it! They rock! You can choose from the box of papers, embellies or a mix of both. It's a great deal; you can't go wrong.

I had cut the circle on the wrong section of the paper, but, not to fear! A mixture of different rub ons from my stash soon took care of that problem. I "scored " the brown paper in the circle with a gray chalk pen, after I had inked it, to make it match the balloon on the first page. Once again, I used a cork heart, topped with an "E" and tied on with a tulle bow. Prima Bling SIIC and SIIP, wooden clocks, and mini roses helps to complete the "frame" around the photo. I used the balloon to help tie the two pages together, like I did with the scored paper.

I happened to have a sheet of sticky back cork in my stash, and used it here as a frame to represent a cork board that you put photos and memos on. I used Maya Road Trinket Pins - Yellow and Turquoise Stars  to pin the word "FAMILY" on, and star pins on the top for decoration.I also used the Maya Road Trinket Pinks Hearts and Pearls. Also available are the AWESOME  Nirvana Typography Stamp Sets by Marion Smith as well as the Nirvana Flying High Stamps also by our talented friend Marion Smith !

Well I hope you enjoyed my little Journey with Nirvana . If you are an 80's music fan, I bet you thought this was a concert LO, didn't you ? *wink*  *wink*! Be sure to check out the new lines  from FlamingoScraps.com .  You can applaud me afterwards. I'm going to scrap !!

 Until next time, stay happy, and be scrappy !!

Kathleen