A Glittery Snowman Surprise

I love snow and especially snowmen decorations this time of year. A Gingersnaps Creation challenge  titled "Snowpeople" #GC81 is running, so I tried something different and made a tiny snowman box. I'll use it  for Christmas to put a little treat in for my darling daughter. I covered the shaped box with mounds of white glitter and filled it with sparkly yarn. I stamped then painted and embellished a snowman image on acetate, so you could see all the snow white glitter underneath.
Can't tell you what will be inside this special little box till after Christmas.

View of box closed.

View of box open.




 



Our dining room table covered with snowmen.



Christmas Card Bonanza

Thought I'd sneak in this little post because Hooray! I just finished 65 handmade Christmas Holiday cards. Each one is unique and in all kinds of colors and themes, with lots of glitter and bling. When it comes to Christmas I must have MSD (Multiple Style Disorder) LOL! Here's a few of my favorites. If Santa is good to you, you might get one of my favorites this year.

London Had Always Loved Her.

This is a large collage(12 X12) I created for a Stitching challenge (GC#79) for Gingersnaps Creation. It contains individual tags tied with lace and two pairs of shoes all placed on scrapbook paper. I stitched around the page with a sewing machine but then, hand drew in all the little stitches for the flowers, leaves and shoes. I know I was crazy to do but, it really didn't take much time and I now love the way it looks.The tags are recycled garment tags and the London images are cut from tea boxes!  Hope  you enjoy your trip to London. Cheerio!

London had always loved her.

We're so alike

The Gingersnap Creations challenge#78 this week was to use sewing notions as your inspiration. Had some great vintage images from Artchix and Stampington Co on this theme so I combined them.  I added some buttons, bling, ribbon, words and german scrap to complete the collage. The story reads "We're so alike...trying to remember delightful things." (An update to last weeks "Haute Couture" collage, Woo Hoo...I received another Gingersnaps badge!)
Till next time, lets all try to remember the delightful things in our lives.



"We're so alike...trying to remember delightful things." 



La Mode Parisienne

Here's a collage for Gingersnaps Creation  challenge#77, which was to be inspired by the term
"Haute Couture". Well, this stately women just spoke to me of Paris, pearls and pailletes. I used my Paris themed rubber stamps including; the corsetted mannequin which I really love. The black cutwork in the background is actually a recycled garment tag. LOL.
Till next time, artfully yours.

"La Mode Parisienne"

Home For The Holidays

Our daughter was home from college for the Thanksgiving holiday and it was delightful. We spent time with family and friends; we laughed, ate too much and shopped together. Can't believe how grown up she is. In her honor, I made this scrapbook page using Tattered Angels products surrounding a picture of her as a little baby. Oh, how quickly they grow up....



"Our lovely daughter."



Like shooting stars in a hot night

Woo hoo! Last weeks blue collage "When into thine eyes I gaze" for Gingersnap creations won me a Ginger Gem badge that I will be able to post on a blog.(Once I figure out how to do it!) Of all the entries they pick a number that they like and give those people the honor of the badge. It was also the first picture of the Ginger Gems for that Arch challenge.

So based on last weeks success, I decided to enter this weeks challenge which is to use Avocado,Eggplant and Pumpkin( gingersnapcreations GC76). The wild woman below spoke to me of hot Exotic nights. (I know I'm kinda crazy.) Assembling the collage I used watercolors again for the background and flowers. I am really loving the versatility of that medium. Adding some German scrap and bling and I was all set.
Enjoy this weeks post, Artfully yours...


"Her dreams of him whisper like shooting stars in a hot night."