Oh, Christmas Tree

I needed to make a kinda manly Christmas card for my nephew, so I used the same tree die cuts I used for the tone-on-tone card I posted previously.  I just used a dark green paper and skipped the cute bird.  ;-)

I did add a little gold star on the top.  I hope that's not cutesy!  Teenage boys are so hard to make cards for, right??

I used some polka dotted Bazzill cardstock, die cutting both dies out of the same paper.  I added Christmas Red Stickles here and there and punched the star out of glitter paper.

Done.




I very happily dropped off the last batch of Christmas cards at the Post Office this morning.  YAY!!  How about you--are all your cards mailed?


~Cynthia

And a Cardinal in a Pear Tree-eee-eeeeee

So I took a few liberties with the "12 Days of Christmas" lyrics.

I put a cardinal in a Christmas tree.

I think it came out kinda pretty.  ;-)

You can't really see it in the picture, but I've got Rock Candy Stickles on the tree for a bit of sparkle.  The two tree die cuts are by Dee's Distinctively.  The bird is from Impression Obsession stamped with some Festive Berries Distress Ink.  And the star is a Martha Stewart punch.  The bird's eye is a simple dot with a sparkly black gel pen.

I like the simplicity of it and the tone-on-tone with pops of color.

And with that, I'm outta here!  Have a crafty one, people!

~Cynthia

A Pile of Leaves

Here's the companion shot to yesterday's page and photo.

For this one, I grabbed a piece of Chic Tags paper--complete with coffee mug rings!  I die cut the leaves from snippets of autumn colored papers.  A cute tag from Chic Tags found its way into the pile of leaves.  Then I made two feathers from washi tape, added a button and some twine and called it complete!  I stamped the date and just added the place name.  I don't think it needs any journaling, do you?  =D

Thanks for dropping in today.  Have a lovely one!

~Cynthia

A little autumn color for you

I'm totally getting this one posted under the wire tonight!  I don't know where my day goes anymore!  ;-)  I get out of bed with such good intentions--and a long To Do List too.  HA!

Here's my make for the day.  I took the photo back in November when the trees were in full color on my local hiking trail.

I used a bit of We R Memory Keepers paper, a piece of Simple Stories paper and a tag from Chick Tags.  The super cute feathers are from Studio Calico.  Then I added a few enamel dots and some splats of Dylusions spray ink, plus a BasicGrey brad.

And that's it for me tonight...or probably morning by the time I hit Publish!  ;-)

~Cynthia

Snowy Tree

Happy Monday to ya!  I can still say that even though I'm coming in under the wire tonight!  ;-)

Here's one of my Christmas cards.  I got the inspiration for it from Loll--she makes the prettiest cards!

It was kind of like working on one of Tim Holtz's tags...I didn't have any of the supplies Loll used so I had to improvise.  Just like Tim's Tags!  LOL!

Here's my MacGyver-ed card:

 

I used a Memory Box die cut for the trees (brown Bazzill cardstock.)  Then I dusted on some snow (Picket Fence Distress Paint) and a bit of sparkle (Gelly Roll glitter pen) and I stamped then fussy cut the bird (Impression Obsession--I think.)  I'm pretty sure that's a KaiserCraft sentiment stamp along with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I made several of these, assembly line style.  Each time I adhered the bird (using PopDots) to a different branch and moved the sentiment up and down a bit.

The weather here has been dreary for days, so I haven't been able to take photos of my December Daily album yet.  But I *have* managed to keep current with it!  Maybe the sun will come out this week for a bit!

Thanks for visiting today!


~Cynthia

Fuzzy Little Seed

The other day I saw this bit of fluff on the floor.  At first I thought it was a down feather from my comforter.  When I picked it up I saw it was one of those floating, fuzzy seed things.

Naturally I photographed it.

Because I always pick junk up off the floor and take pictures of it.

Like, don't you??

So I did a super close up shot of it and got this.

 

If you look closely, those tiny tentacles have fuzzy BARBS on them!  Who knew!!

I got the idea and layout from Lexi Bridges over on her Two Peas in a Bucket gallery.

The little Chic Tags stamp up there from on the right corner says, "Nerd Alert."

Heh.

Supplies used in random order cuz I really can't remember what I used anymore:

Bazzill (black and cream cardstock); Chic Tags (stamp and journaling tag); vellum; Tim Holtz (tissue tape); Mister Huey's (sparkly mist stuff)

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Cynthia

Tim's Tag for December

It's December 1st and you know what that means!  Tim's Tag Time!!

Woo hoo!!

And of course I had absolutely none of the products Tim Holtz used for his gorgeous tag.

And I do mean none.

So I went all MacGyver, as usual.

Check it out....

I tried really hard to capture the cool layers and the depth of the colors, but the Shrink Plastic I used is too shiny.

That's right.

I used Ranger's Shrink Plastic and didn't shrink it.

Heh.

I stamped and fussy cut the poinsettia and I die cut the leaves.  I used alcohol ink pens to color them.  To make the veins in the leaves, I drug the tip of a kinda dry alcohol pen down each leaf, removing the color.

I used 3D Glue Dots to adhere the flower and flat glue dots to adhere the leaves.

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and used black embossing powder.




Thanks so much for dropping by today--especially if you're visiting from Tim's blog!  And happy first day of Advent!!  =D


~Cynthia