Happy Saturday! Wow the time is sure flying by and Christmas will be here before we know it. I called my mother and the conversation went something like this:
Me: What cha doin’?
Mom: Decorating the big tree.
Me: The big tree?
Mom: Yep, the big tree.
Me: You mean you’re putting up the big tree?
Mom: Yes, I’m putting up the big tree! I have two flowers on it and that is all. But I’m putting up the big tree!
Me: WOO HOO, my mommy is having Christmas!
My mother hasn’t had Christmas since my dad passed away! This is a big deal!!!! Maybe it’s because she thinks my uncle will be here again, or that I’m having surgery this coming Friday (which she claims I did so I wouldn’t have to have Christmas and cook), or simply that she’s ready to have Christmas again! Either way, I’m super duper excited . . .
You know I can’t remember if I made it into the studio or not yesterday, I don’t think I did. Now I have to ask myself, that the hell did I do yesterday? That’s a darn good question! I guess it was just one of those days.
I worked on T!m’s 12 Tags of Christmas this morning. I’ve been putting on working on T!m’s Tag 10 because I just didn’t like the metal. After thinking about it for a few days, I came up with an idea that would suit me and also use the metal that he did. So here’s my Tag 10.
I took a piece of silver paper and embossed it using Spellbinders™ Snowflake Impressabilities. Once that was done, I found Grunge Board letters that spelled “Let it Snow” and glued them down to the tag. Now here’s where it get messy! I decided to run it all through the Wizard™. When it came out, the words were debossed and showed great on the back side of the tag. I removed them all and glued them to the back side of the tag in reverse order. This time when I ran the tag (with newly placed letters) and the embossed silver foil through the Wizard™, it came out right. I did forget to tell you that before I did embossing on the foil, I covered the entire piece with blues and purples alcohol inks. It seemed to me that these colors fit the snowflakes better than reds and greens.
I found some Grunge Board snowflakes, painted them white and then added some sparkle. “Let it snow” was sanded to reveal the silver paper, too! Once I got over the look of the metal, I had fun making this tag.
- Paper: Manila Shipping Tag
- Ink: Ranger Aqua, Cloudy Blue, Cool Peri, Eggplant and Pool Alcohol Inks; and Ranger Broken China Distress
- Accessories: Spellbinders™ I2-1003 Snowflake Impressabilities; Ranger Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber, Glossy Accents, Rock Candy Distress Stickles, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool, Felt; Sanding Tools; May Arts Ribbon; Tim Holtz idea-ology Long Fastener; Foam Mounting Tape; Darice Craft Wire
That’s all I have right now! I need to work on a few special projects and get ready for my class Monday night! Have a great day and thanks for spending some time of the BAD Side with me!