Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Great Christmas Tags

Thought I'd get you into the Christmas mood with these great tags.  They were fun to make and will make your gift truly stand out!

Here, I used Stacy Stamps, Mini Poinsettia and attached it to the middle of a JustRite Christmas Ornament stamp. The poinsettia was colored with Copics and the ornaments were cut out using Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornament dies.  To make it all sparkle, I used stickles!

For the next tag, I used JustRite, O Christmas Tree stamp set.  I also stamped the Holly Background with Hero Arts and then used the matching embossing folder to give it lots of dimension.  This is a wonderful set from Hero Arts and Sizzix!
I also saw somewhere that someone had used a part of a rosette and so I tried it here, using one of the smaller rosette's from Tim Holtz.  Also used lots of stickles and Elizabeth Crafts, Canadian Blue micro fine glitter for the finishing touches!

For the third tag, I used Dee's Candle die (from Elizabeth Crafts), the pine punch from Nellie Snellen and Spellbinders Large Ovals. 
Of course, stickles was added to the pine branches and the flame.  It's a simple design yet impressive.

Hope this gives you some ideas for the upcoming holidays and get you started on your projects.  Christmas will be here before you know it!

Thanks for stopping by,
       ~Anna

Friday, October 5, 2012

Upcoming Great Classes with Jan Randolph

I am happy to announce the following great classes with Jan Randolph.

First, Colors of Distress Inks, a great introduction to distress inks where you will learn several techniques in how to use these inks and ink pads.  And here is a sample of the cards you will make in this class.  It will be offered twice:  Friday, October 12 at 1PM and on Saturday, October 20 at 11AM.



In November, Jan will have a fabulous class, Fun with Acetate and create the cards below:


Here you will make beautiful backgrounds with inks and Impression Obsession stamps and then stamp the acetate and put the card together.  These cards of course look so much better in real life!  Believe me, you will not be disappointed!  And as a bonus, you'll even create a tag!!!  This class will be offered on Friday, November 16 at 1PM and on Saturday, November 17 at 11AM.

And in December, you'll still get a chance to join Jan and make Christmas cards!  These cards are made with Impression Obsession background stamps and are quick and easy, yet very pretty!!!

Sign up today for Saturday, December 8 at 11AM.  Perfect time for those last minute Christmas cards!

(Remember, you can click on any picture and see an enlarged version.)

Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
                 ~Anna