crafting this and that

Hello!  Yesterday I finished making up 30 penguin tags for the upcoming craft fair I'll be at.  Seems like there is never enough time to make everything you want to make, right?  I guess it's partly because I want to make everything!  I am trying to cut back on that!  I still have lots to pack up and inventory.  I think that might be my least favorite part of this whole venture.  All the paper work and keeping track of everything makes my brain hurt.  But I want to start so I am not rushing at the last minute. These cute penguins are from Mama Elephant.  But the speech bubble, to and heart is from Lawn Fawn.  I did some masking to place the penguin's Santa hat and then to place him onto the floating iceberg. Here is another penguin.  He looks a bit wobbly. Then the last penguin who is on his behind.  These are so cute to add to gifts.  I'll be packing them in sets of 5 for the fair. The Moanalua 99 ...

Hello!  It is The Greeting Farm's weekly Farm Fresh Friday !  Kelli is challenging us to use Bright Colors on our projects.  I thought TGF's newly released clear stamp set Holiday Blessings would be perfect to make some bright tags.  And yes, I did what some stampers may consider a horror and that is I cut the sentiments away from the image.  But I really wanted to curve my sentiments to fit the circle so I carefully cut them apart with some skinny and sharp scissors.  I didn't cut the sentiment itself apart though.  I just selectively stamped the sentiment so I could get part of it over and under the image. I selectively stamped which images I wanted also.  There are 5 trees in a row but I just wanted 3. I added Stickles and some glossy accents to each tag. The tags are from PTI's tag die.  I really like the shape of this tag cause it reminds me of an ornament. Alrighty, head over to TGF's blog to see what bright creations...

Hi!  Here are some mitten tags I made from Spellbinders mitten dies.  One side has the red felt and the other some PTI cardstock so we could write the names on.  I used Liquid Stitch to glue the mittens together and the snowflake.    The red felt I just bought at Ben Franklin.  It cut pretty well.  The snowflake is the medium sized one from My Favorite Things Die-namics dies.  I used PTI felt for the snowflakes.  I tried using less expensive felt but it just wouldn't cut cleanly even when I tried to fatten up the layering recipe on the Big Shot.  Even with the PTI felt I used a sheet of cardstock to cut the snowflake out nicely.  I used some ribbon for the trim and red baker's twine.  I colored some clear bling with my red copic pen for the center of the snowflake. On the reverse side of the mitten, I used PTI's Tiny Treats Xmas set (I use this set a lot!).  I thought the mittens matched so nicely.  I added some ...