12 Tags of Christmas - Tag 11 My Way

Christmas, Grunge Paper/Board, Holidays, Lizzie Anne Designs, Stampin' UP!, Techniques, Wrinkle-Free Distress 21 Responses »
Dec 142009

Smiley from millan.net Good Monday morning!  I hope y’all had a fabulous weekend.  I know I did – – – Didn’t get out of my pj’s and spent many hours in the studio . . . it was marvelous!  Tonight is my first class at Lavender Sentiments and I’m super excited.  Hopefully it will go well and I’ll have a few more in the upcoming months.

I’m just about done with T!m’s Smiley from millan.net 12  Tags of Christmas.  I’ve had so much fun creating and working on these tags.  It’s been a great way to get the old mojo going!  Today I have Tag 11 for you.  Here’s T!m’s Smiley from millan.net Tag 11 and mine is below.   I decided to go with a softer look on this tag and I must say that I’m totally pleased with this one!

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The background was made with the Wrinkle-Free Distress Technique, using Broken China and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.  After the background dried, it was misted with Gold Perfect Pearls and water.  The reindeer is Grunge Board that I misted with Gold/Vintage Photo Pearlized Distress Mist and let it soak into the Grunge Board.  The holly was done the same way and the berries are Taylor’s Tiny Twinkles from Taylored Expressions, adhered with a bit of Fired Brick Distress Stickles.  The silk flowers were covered with Rock Candy and Fired Brick Distress Stickles.   For added interested I stamped the reindeer and the background in gold acrylic paint with flourishes.

  • Stamps:  Priceless from SU; Holiday Script from Lizzie Anne Designs
  • Paper:  Manila Shipping Tag; Mini White Tag
  • Ink:  Ranger Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Broken China, and Embossing Distress
  • Accessories:  Ranger Mini Misters, Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Gold Acrylic Paint Dabber, Gold Perfect Pearls, Rock Candy and Fired Brick Distress Stickles, Queens Gold Embossing Powder, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool; Tim Holtz idea-ology Long Fasteners, Plain Seasonal Grunge Board; May Arts Ribbon; Gold Cord; Silk Flowers; Foam Mounting Tape, Taylor’s Tiny Twinkles

Well, I’m off to get ready for tonight’s class and to work some more on the special projects I’ve got going.  Thanks for stopping in and spending some time with me on the BAD Side today . . . Have a fabulous day!

Smiley from millan.net

Posted by Sherry Cheever at 4:30 am

12 Tags of Christmas - Tag 10 My Way!

Alcohol Inks, Christmas, Grunge Paper/Board, Holidays, Spellbinders, Tag Art, Techniques 17 Responses »
Dec 122009

Smiley from millan.net 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 . . . Smiley from millan.net

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 Smiley from millan.net 12  Tags of Christmas this morning.  I’ve been putting on working on T!m’s Smiley from millan.net 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.

Tag10

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!

Smiley from millan.net

Posted by Sherry Cheever at 3:35 pm

12 Tags of Christmas - Tags 8 and 9 My Way!

Chipboard/Illustration Board, Christmas, Crafty Secrets, Grunge Paper/Board, Holidays, Lizzie Anne Designs, Spellbinders, Tag Art, Techniques 18 Responses »
Dec 112009

Smiley from millan.net Good Friday morning!  Is it cold and snowy where you are?  Here it’s just down right cold Smiley from millan.net. I’m just not cut out for this cold weather.  I prefer shorts and sandals over sweats/jeans and boots.   I think maybe I need to find a way to purchase that private island (including cabana boys) that I want . . . OR  . . . move to somewhere that’s warm year round.  Smiley from millan.net

I hope you’re not tired of all the Christmas tags by now, because I’m continuing on with T!m’s Smiley from millan.net 12  Tags of Christmas today.  Here’s T!m’s Smiley from millan.net Tag 8 and mine below.

Tag8

Since I didn’t have a light pole stamp, I improvised and made one using different elements of the Hardware set from Crafty Secrets.  I hand drew the actual lamp part since the Hardware elements didn’t fit that part of the lamp pole.  For the music background (even though I do have vellum) I decided to photocopy a page from one of my old hymnals, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.  Yes, there was a bit of irony with the hymn and the light pole!  I thought the tag needed something else so I added a top and bottom border and the big red silk bow.  The borders were die/cut embossed with Spellbinders™ Fleur De Lis Borderabilities.   The holly swag from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps was cut down to size and then covered with Distress Stickles.

It seems I got quite a bit done yesterday  . . . I not only got Tag 8 done, but also Tag 9!  This doesn’t happen.  Here’s T!m’s Smiley from millan.net Tag 9 and mine below.

Tag9

The photo is from 1997 when my sister and I thought it would be great fun to have our picture made with Santa and give it to our mother!  So nothing would do but drag my girls along and go sit on Santa’s lap.  I think maybe it’s time we have another made  . . . we’ve all changed some since 1997!  No stamps on this card.  The paper is My Mind’s Eye – The Merry Days of Christmas and the ribbon is some of that gorgeous silk May Arts Ribbon from my friend, Sharon.  I have a few extra rusty jingle bells that I attached with Tim Holtz idea-ology Jump Rings and a Trinket Pin.  Oh one more thing  . . . I printed out the photo and mounted it on illustration board, then sponged the edges of all the paper with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I’m getting ready to tackle the next few tags.  Patti (NWLady) asked me yesterday if I was going to put these tags on gifts.  Oh for pity sake’s no!!  They will become decorations and I’m thinking that I might pass them on to Kate.  She just purchased her first home and if she wants these tags, then they’ll probably be hers.  I’m thinking tree, wreath or swag decorations!

I hope you have a fabulous day and thanks for joining me on the BAD Side for a few minutes!

Smiley from millan.net

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I just found that smiley and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!!!  Reindeer or damned old train?  I’ll pick reindeer any day of the week!

Posted by Sherry Cheever at 4:30 am

12 Tags of Christmas - Tag 7 My Way!

Christmas, Holidays, Masking, Spellbinders, Stampers Anonymous, Tag Art, Techniques 11 Responses »
Dec 102009

Good morning!  I’m on the  move this morning having gotten up about 5:30 am.  Don’t ask me why, I don’t know why other than one of the pups came in whining.  I’ve had one pot of coffee, starting on the second and I’m in the studio.  Pretty amazing for me these days!

I actually started today’s Tag 7 of T!m’s Smiley from millan.net 12  Tags of Christmas last night.  I applied the stickles around 10 pm, and decided they needed to dry overnight so I turned off the lights, headed upstairs and finished the tag this morning.  Here’s  T!m’s Smiley from millan.net Tag 7.

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I decided to put the sentiment on a separate tag, and added some luscious silk May Arts Ribbon.  To highlight Santa’s beard and hat, I added some white Tulip Puffy Paint.  The tag is outlined with Gold paint and then I took an old toothbrush, dabbed it in the gold paint and splattered both the tag and sentiment panel.

  • Stamps:  Tim Holtz Collection – Mini Holidays and Retro Holiday from Stampers Anonymous; Pollen Dust from Fancy Pants Designs; Lg Sheet Music from Stampington & Company
  • Paper:  Manila Shipping Tag
  • Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black and Distress Embossing, Old Paper, Shabby Shutters, Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany
  • Accessories:  Spellbinders™ S5-014 Deckled Mega Rectangles – Small; Ranger Queen’s Gold Embossing Powder, Gold and Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabbers, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tools, Peeled Paint and Fired Brick Distress Stickles; Tim Holtz idea-ology Jump Ring, Mini Pins, Philosophy Tag; May Arts Ribbon; Offray Ribbon; Foam Mounting Tape; Toothbrush

As I write this, I was reminded of what my cousin and I used to call Santa.  For one of us it was Ho Ho and the other was Sin Cardy.  I forget now which was which, but my mother tells the story that we got into an argument one day about who was right and who was wrong. 

That’s it for now!  Here’s hoping you have a fabulous day (even if there is snow where you are – none here and yes the neighbor’s tree is still standing) and thanks for stopping in!  Speaking of the neighbor’s tree . . . I decided that because I’m hoping it will fall so that I can redecorate, etc., it won’t.  That’s how my luck runs!

Posted by Sherry Cheever at 9:40 am

12 Tags of Christmas Tag 6 My Way!

Christmas, Emboss Resist, Grunge Paper/Board, Holidays, Just for Fun Rubber Stamps, Spellbinders, Tag Art, Techniques 18 Responses »
Dec 092009

Good morning and Smiley from millan.net. For those of you following my saga of my neighbor’s tree, well today could be the day . . . we are expecting wind gusts up to 60 mph. Mr. Stodgy, upon hearing today’s forecast, took some pictures up to our insurance company so that they had notice of the tree and our garage.  Of course, I’m looking at this as a means of redecorating . . . Mr. Stodgy not so much.  Can you even imagine?Smiley from millan.net  Hey maybe I’ll finally get that Smiley from millan.net  Mr. Stodgy was talking about parking his vehicle in the front of the house last night so that he could get out in the morning . . . just in case!  I told him my car was going to stay were it was Smiley from millan.net

Now that I’ve had my folly, lets get to Tag 6 of T!m’s Smiley from millan.net 12  Tags of Christmas.  Hey, I’m catching up  . . . almost!  Another day or two like yesterday in the studio and I’ll be smokin’!  Here’s T!m’s Smiley from millan.net Tag 6 (do you think someday there will be a smiling bowing to me  . . . Smiley from millan.net)

Tag6

I truly felt the need to make this tag.  It’s the car, definitely the car . . . AND I don’t even have the stamp!  Whatever am I thinking?  I have one of T!m’s Smiley from millan.net cars, but not this particular one.  Why the car you ask?  Because when I was a little girl my grandfather had a Model T Touring Car . . . no windows except a windshield.  It was great fun when he would pull the car out of the garage and take us for a drive around town.  People would look, stare, wave  . . . we absolutely LOVED it!  He eventually sold that car and purchased a Model A.  It wasn’t as much fun, but it did have heat and windows!  I traveled to many antique car shows with my grandparents in the car . . . top speed, maybe 35/45 mph.  My mother inherited the Model A when my grandfather passed away, storing it at my uncle’s business in Hodgenville.  She recently brought it home and I believe it is now in the possession of my sister and her husband (he’s a car buff too). 

Since I didn’t have the stamp, I went on a Google search and found a picture I thought I could substitute.  I printed it out and then glued it down to Grunge Board.  It was cut out and then inked with Vintage Photo and Black Soot Distress Ink to not be so darned photo’ish.  Oh I also covered the tag with some of my favorite script paper from K&Company.  For the snow on the tree, I added some Tulip Puff Paint and sprinkled on sparkly fluff, heat set it and then squashed it a little.  The sentiment is covered with Rock Candy Distress Stickles  . . . I love how glittery it is!

  • Stamps:  Pollen Dust from Fancy Pants Designs; D2615 All Good Cheer and D3074 Snowy Pine from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps
  • Paper:  Manila Tags; Graphic 45 Christmas Past Collection; Script from K&Company Ancestry.com Collection
  • Ink:  Ranger Black Soot, Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles and Old Paper Distress
  • Accessories:  Spellbinders™ S4-138 Petite Ovals – Large, S4-141 Petite Scalloped Ovals – Small, and S4-230 Labels Six; Ranger Glossy and Matte Accents, Gold Acrylic Paint Dabber, Rock Candy Distress Stickles, Clear Embossing Powder, Inkssentials Memory Foil Tape and Ink Blending Tools; Tim Holtz idea-ology Charm Fragments, Grunge Paper; Tulip White Puffy Paint; Ribbon; Making Memories Craft Wire; Foam Mounting Tape; Sparkly Fluff; Papertrey Jute

Wow, that was a bunch of accessories and I’m sure I’ve left something out . . . which is par for the course.  Anyhoo, you have a great day and thanks for stopping at the BAD Side for a visit!

Posted by Sherry Cheever at 4:40 am
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