Christmas Greetings

WOW!  It's been so long since I posted that I almost forgot how.  But let me tell you, I've got a tag that used almost everything in my craft room.  This was the Christmas card (or tag) I made for the Gigglers this year.  I made a different (easier one) for everyone else. 

     I started out with a 8 X 4 tag from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  Linda (the owner) has the best prices around, but due to her moving her home, she's closed until 1-20-13.  But mark your calenders because when she reopens, she's having a discount on her already low prices. 

Looks start at the top and work our way down.  The background has been done in Distress inks of Chipped Sapphire and Stormy Sky.  I distressed the border with the Tim Holtz Distressing Tool and sponged with Distress Vintage Photo.  Then a spritzed it with Sparkle.   The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps.  I LOVE their stamps.  Using a blending tool I colored the die cut tree with DI Pine Needles and Vintgage Photo. 

On to the roof!  This is Tim Holtz's Rickety House die.  I embossed it with Distress Embossing Powder which gave it a sandpapery texture.  I used the plastic packing that came with the die to used on both the upstairs and downstairs windows.  For the upstairs window treatment I used some lace and some material I had in my material box.  Right under the roof I used some Paper Studio pearls for lights.  

For the house itself I used the TH Bricked embossing folder, first coloring the debossed side with DI Black Soot.  Using a blending tool I rubbed on Fired Brick and then I used the ink pad directly on the embossing giving it a two-tone brick look.  The wreath is TH Movers and Shapers die cut wreath using TH Coreordinates paper.  I then embossed it with SU Square Lattice ef, and sanded it to show the core.  Next was some Distress Peeled Paint Stickles.  The bow (from the same die set) is SU Cherry Cobbler and Distress Rock Candy Crackle Paint.  Besides the clear plastic in the window, it also used cardstock with DI Squeezed Lemonade.  I didn't want you to see right though the house.  Right?  The deer I found at the Fairy Garden center of the Country Cupboard in Lewisburg, PA.  An EK punch supplied the snowman, with Shoestring Paper frosting for the body and nose.  The hat is made of felt, of course.  His scarf, a scrap of material.  The snowy hill in the back is SU Shimmery White. 



A TH die made the fence with DI Vintage Photo for color.  Some Flower Soft Polar White for the frosty tips and a light strand from a mini tree decoration section at Hobby Lobby.  The name plate was done on my computer and punch with my SU small oval.  I used a couple eyelets and jump rings to connect the red and white bakers twine from SU. 

For each giggler, I typed their last name for the sign and their house numbers beside the deer to make it personal.