Winter Wonderland Ornaments... FIVE

Happy Monday!!! Today is day FIVE of my My Little Shoebox Winter Wonderland Ornament posts and with the chilly weather outside this one warms me right up! This is the famous Vaquero dish at one of my hometown favorites {thanks Dad!} and it is smothered in red and green chile. See the most frequently asked question in the state of New Mexico is "Red or Green?" meaning what kind of chile would you like with your meal and if you would like both you respond "CHRISTMAS!"

The other side of the ornament was made up of the Unity Tag Stamp from the Pretty Little Things collection on the GUM DROP LANE paper. The ink I used was Vintage Photo Distress Ink and the homemade flower embellishment was created with the EK Success punch on the SNOW FLAKE VALLEY paper.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Wishing you a super happy Monday and tune in tomorrow for day SIX!!!

Creative Cheers!

Winter Wonderland Ornaments... FOUR

It is hard to believe that it is December 4th...

And December 4th just happened to fall on a Sunday...

A gameday Sunday...

I promise I didn't plan this...

It was just one of those things that was meant to be...

For my Winter Wonderland Ornament number FOUR I was thinking of all the gifts our family has been blessed with, so of course it meant it was time to make a present. I loved opening those prewrapped box presents where the tops would just slide off but were wrapped to the nines with the same wrapping paper! There was just something about these types of presents that just got me as a kid! Silly I know, but it is those child-like memories that just warms the heart - especially when you are far from loved ones.

These are my dear friends who have traveled the same road that my husband and I have. They are amazing women who put their heart and soul into all that they do, whether it is a charity event or cooking for a loved one. They are real, they are God-fearing and some of the most loving people I have met in my life. Sadly, we are all in different parts of the country this year, it is remarkable how quickly things can change. I miss them everyday, especially Sundays! So for Rachel, Serah and Jamie... I love you all and miss you dearly!!!

Thank you for letting be a sap today...

Tomorrow is a non-sappy ornament - I PROMISE!!!

In fact... it's kinda SPICY!!!

Creative Cheers!

Winter Wonderland Ornaments... THREE

As we continue on our WINTER WONDERLAND Ornament journey I feel the need to explain where the photos came from to create these Christmas decorations. I don't know about you but I am not the most organized when it comes to photos... in fact I should fess up that I have over 25K on my computer just waiting to be sifted through and edited. I will get to it... "in my spare time!" I do have a stack of "must scrap" photos that have already been printed and so that became my starting point. I love photos, I love the story they tell...

Now on for day THREE...

This photo was taken soon after our last road trip to California.

We were so blessed to have Papa Mike and Nana Lisa help us with the move!

For the ornament I used day THREE from the COUNTDOWN paper and then jazzed it up a bit with Diamond Stickles and Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The white flower was made using a tutorial that KRIS showed us on the My Little Shoebox Blog awhile back! This is one of those techniques that just sticks with you!

Thank you for stopping by and tune in tomorrow for a special "game day" number FOUR!!!

Creative Cheers!

Winter Wonderland Ornaments... TWO

Hello all! Forgive me on being slightly tardy on getting the second ornament up today... to think it is only the second day of December and I am already late!!! Don't worry, I decided to ground myself to the basement and create more ornaments to make up for the lost hours... I kid, I kid!

So... onto Winter Wonderland Ornament #2!!! For this ornament I took another favorite photo {non-Christmas but still a favorite!!!} and decided to write down the first thing that came to my mind. These two little angels bring such joy to our family, only children are able to keep you on your toes and warm your heart all at the same time! I used a square scallop punch {it is so well loved that the brand name has worn off!} to make 2 pink squares using "B" side of COUNTING DOWN paper for the side of the ornament. I distressed, centered and layered the #2 on the front side of the COUNTING DOWN paper and then added one of the diecut flowers to the lower left corner. I trimmed the PEPPERMINT STICK mini alphas to serve as the center of the flower. For the tree, I took scraps from the STARBURST paper and cut them into triangles, then distressed and layered them. The button ornaments on the tree are from a random stash of odds and ends and the sheet music in the background is non-other-than my "go to" stamp from Stampabilities.

For the other side of the ornament I used an old eyelet {again, found in the stash} and Martha Stewarts Tourmaline Glitter for the polka dots. The ornament hangs from old lace found at an antique fair with dear friends, whenever I use it I think of them!!!
Thank you for stopping by today and again, look forward to tomorrow's #3 ornament! I promise not to be so very late!!!

Creative Cheers!

Winter Wonderland Ornaments... ONE

Greetings! It has been pretty chilly outside these past few days so the girls and I have been hanging out indoors. The weather outside has really got me in the snowy-wintery-snowflake mood so I have been playing with the new My Little Shoebox WINTER WONDERLAND collection and it has brought so much creative joy to our craft table.

My daughters love to "scrap" with mommy and it is very entertaining watch them play with alpha stickers or punches! I am thankful we share a love of creating!!! One afternoon we decided to make a few ornaments since ours didn't make it in our last two moves which led to an idea... using the COUNTING DOWN paper, I trimmed each number and decided to create 25 tag-like ornaments. Each one is different, has it's own story, it's own picture... I LOVE THIS PROJECT! So... if you all will bare with me for the next 25 days, I would love to show you our 25 ornaments! Since today is December 1st, well here is the first ornament!

ONE: A special welcome to the world story

The photo was a 4x6 and sadly I didn't have a tag that would fit this picture so I was veryGREEN in that I used the cardboard from the leftover KIX cereal box! I trimmed it up to fit a 4x4 and stamped the backside with my go-to Stampabilities sheet music stamp. The ink was Vintage Photo Distress Ink {of course!} and then I used Diamond Stickles to add some sparkle to the COUNTING DOWN #1. For the "journalling" I used the PEPPERMINT STICK mini alphas from My Little Shoebox. The ornament hangs with some old lace I found at an antique market with my dear bay area friends {miss you all!!!}

Our little Avery was an early Christmas present and I was so very thankful that I had the stockings done early!!! This is my favorite photo of Avery that Christmas - I mean really, how many times can you say you actually FIT in your stocking???

To create the snowy border, I smudged some Glossy Accents along the sides and then sprinkled Martha Stewarts Crystal Fine Glitter. To make the poinsettia, I used the large EK Success flower punch and just trimmed the curved edges of two flowers to come to a point. The leaves are made from the square flag diecut cut in half, distressed and then layered. The pearls in the center are from an old dress up gown the girls wore plain out!

Here's to hoping you are nice and toasty as you create!!!

Creative Cheers!!!

MLS Thanksgiving Tag & WINNER!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

This is the time of year to which I list all the things I am thankful for... it's a looooooooong list!!! One of those things is the gift of creating, I love it! I have been so very blessed through this craft and recognize that every.single.day!!!

Another thing I am thankful for are the teachers at my girls' school! They are amazing and their ability to pour God's love into those little children is a gift. To say thank you for all that they do I picked up a few loaves of bread {Great Harvest Bread Company} and made these little tags to go with a yummy french toast recipe! The tags were SO stinking easy {I made 16 in less than an hour} and they turned out pretty cute!

I used the B sides from My Little Shoebox's PLAYTIME and PRETTY LITTLE THINGS collections along with a few punches, random paper clips, and random pieces of green ribbon. With the help of a little Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Thermoweb Zots... VIOLIA!!!

And now for the WINNER from Monday's blog hop... drum roll please:

Angie said...

Clever how you created the tree, way to use your products and think outside of the box. Thank you for the inspiration!

NOVEMBER 21, 2011 7:54 PM

CONGRATULATIONS! I have some yummy blog candy to be sent your way so please email me your address to outoftheboxcreative@yahoo.com and I will get your My Little Shoebox goodies out your way!

Happy Thanksgiving to all and Creative Cheers!!!

WINTER WONDERLAND BLOG HOP...

Greetings! Today a few of us are featuring the new super cute line from My Little Shoebox called WINTER WONDERLAND!!! You should be joining me from the ever-so-talented KEELY YOWLER's blog, isn't her card SNOW fantastic?!?!?! If I am your first stop I suggest you start HERE to make sure you don't miss our on all the scrappy holiday cheer!

It was so very hard to choose which paper to start with since they are all full of bright fun winter colors. I ultimately had to do the eenie-meanie-mynee-mip-catch-the-Winter-Wonderland-by-the-paper-tip!!!

So I started with the Winter Folly paper and then turned to my stash of minis. I am a big fan of the minis, they provide such inspiration when thinking out of the box and the APPLES minis were just meant to be a Christmas tree for the center of this card. With the help of a little Flower Soft and Glossy Accents the rest of the card just came together!

SUPPLIES:

My Little Shoebox Winter Folly

My Little Shoebox Snow Flake Valley

My Little Shoebox Starburst

My Little Shoebox Mini Alphas - Apples

Idea-o-ogy Tiny Attacher

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Ranger Gossy Accents

Yellow Twine

Flora Soft

EK Success circle punch

We so appreciate you joining us today for our Winter Wonderland Inspirational Card Hop! To say thank you there are a variety of scrappy candy being given away today! There will be two Winter Wonderland collections given away on the My Little Shoebox Blog to two random commenters. But that's not all, be sure to leave comments all along the hop because some us have special prizes to give away too!!! Prizes will be announced Tuesday, November 22nd!

Now keep on hoppin' and check out what dear, sweet SHEMAINE SMITH has created! Her heartfelt cards are just beautiful!

Creative Cheers!