It's in the Bag 3D Challenge for Cardztv!

What a great, fun challenge we have 

for you today!  I love to decorate bags

as they always come out so unique.

Isn't this the cutest?????

I found this in the Silhouette store and

I just had to cut it out!

I dressed up the beard and mustache

with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I love the look!

Now it's your turn to create a gift bag!

I can't wait to see what you create!

Mimi

I'm so excited.....................

It's an exciting day for me!

I've been selected for the 2015

BellaCreationz
Timeless Twine Creative Crew.

I cannot wait to begin showing you the

awesome projects I am creating.

In the meantime,

hop over the the blog and see for yourself

what great things are in store

for you and your crafting needs.

http://timelesstwine.blogspot.com

Mimi

It's a Christmas Tea Invitation

I have a quick post for you showing

you a simple but elegant Christmas Tea

invitation I am sending out tomorrow.

I've blocked out the address, but I think you

can get the idea of how to create.  I used my

computer and printer for the invite part and 

then I relied on some glue, sequins, twine, die cuts

and stamps to finish this off.

This was a fun, fun project and I

hope I've inspired you to try your hand

at your own invitations this holiday season.

Here's a quick video.

Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure 

and leave me a comment and share 

what you would like to see for my videos.

Mimi

Cardztv 3D Challenge - 3 Small Tags!

First let me begin by saying

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I hope you all had a wonderful time with

family and friends and that you felt

the abundance of God's blessings.  My

husband and I spent the day with my oldest

son, his wife and two boys.  It was a great day!

I can get used to NOT being the hostess for all these

holidays.  It felt great to go to someone else's home

and share in the chores and cooking.

My DIL Carrie did a wonderful job

on the food and preparations for this

special day.  I'm so lucky - she is AWESOME!

Now onto the newest challenge

from Cardztv!  I love tags and I was

really excited when Mary announced this

was our challenge.    I never used to make

tags, but recently have found that I can create

them and have as much fun as I do

in making cards.

Here are my three tags!  Love them!

I found a shape in the Silhouette store and I 

wanted the shape to be curly at the top so 

it would look like a hat.

I also used the fill page feature and cut

out an entire sheet of 12x12 paper of these tags.

To finish off the tag, I glued another tag

on the back to hide all of the twine I wrapped

around for the hat.  I like the finished look

I am having a hard time uploading videos so I 

took a few pictures as I was creating the tags.

I used painter's tape and masked each tag

from where I wanted to create the colored

hat.  The next two photos show how

I used the new Tim Holtz mini distress inks

to color the hats.  BTW - I love the little

inkers!  I can see myself using these

now instead of the bigger ones.

You also see a "craft mat" that I have my tags

taped on.  This mat makes it so simple

to ink and clean up the mess!

Who doesn't love Peachy Keen Stamps????

I like the bigger sets so I can choose the

size I need based on what I'm creating.

I picked out three different snowman faces

to create my tags.  I then colored the nose with

my Copic markers and used chalk on the

eyes and nose.  I love the dimension.

I used two sets of Cardztv Stamps

SNOW DAY & CHRISTMAS JOY

I love how you can mix Mary's

stamps together!

Here again are the final design.  I had to add

some sequins!  Love the sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by!  Join us in this 

challenge for a chance to win a set of 

Cardztv Stamps.

Dates: November 28 - December 11

I can't wait to see your creations!

Mimi

Wishing you Comfort!

Let's face it, sometimes we need

a special card to send.  I needed several

sympathy cards this week and my stash was

empty so I wanted to give you a peak

at a card I made last evening.  I actually

made 5 of them.  Sadly I needed to use them all,

however I'm so glad that I could make something

special.

I used Stampin Up Cardstock for the base

card and designer paper for some color.

I then pulled out my stash of My Creative Time's

dies and stamp sets.  I LOVE the leaf dies and they

are perfect this time of year.  I used Tim Holtz

Distress inks on the leaves to change up the color.

I don't know the name of the Martha Stewart punch

but it's my favorite.

Just a hint!  When mailing a card like this with

some thickness due to the button, dies or even sequins,

use another piece of card stock over the front of the 

card to keep it from destroying the envelope.

Just add a little extra postage so your special

creation doesn't get ruined.

I have another quick cute video but I'm having

issues with getting it up on Youtube.  Stay tuned!

Thanks for stopping by!

Mimi