Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas Day 1 & 2

I can’t BELIEVE it is already December.  This year has literally flown by!  I am creating Christmas tags again this year based on the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas.  If you are interested in following along, check out his blog.  Each day until the 12th, at 12:01 AM he posts a new tag along with instructions and pictures to help you complete the tag.  I really look forward to it each year.  Here are the first two days of tags I made:

This week…

I have been preparing all the goodies for the class I am teaching tonight and tomorrow.  This will be my last class of the year (since the holidays have snuck up on me again!).  And, just because a good blog post needs pics, here are the tags we will be doing in class and a pic I took of my daughter this week.

Have a great weekend!!!!!!

Halloween Tag #3

Here is tag 3 of 3.  Tim's tags are too much fun.  I actually had to make a run to the store to by the little beads to hang on the bird cage.  Tim is releasing some baubles, but they are not here yet :( 



There is a whole lot going on in this tag:  Poioson label stamp: stampers anonymous, ornate on the edge die and bird cage die: Tim Holtz, washers and brads (distressed with distress hammer): Tim Holtz, locker key and keyhole: Tim Holtz, Wood grain embossing folder: yep you guessed it Tim Holtz, the chain was from my stash and the beads were from Michaels.  I used the Distress it All for the edges of the poison label - I totally love that tool. 



Halloween Tag #2

Here is the 2nd Halloween tag. 

For this tag I used the calendar and cat stamp, and the Bingo embossing folder from Tim Holtz.  The clock face and spinner are also Mr. Holtz and of course some distress inks and stickles!  I had those sequins laying around in my stash for a long time!  

Halloween Tag #1

I saw this in the current issue of Papercrafts magazine and really liked it.  Then a customer emailed me about what you would need to make it and it intigued me to make it myself.  This is the first of three tags. 

For this tag I used one of the new Tim Holtz embossing folders, his fabulous skeleton stamp, grungeboard, tiny attacher for the mini staples, and of course distress inks.



Tag Class #2 this weekend

I will be teaching the 2nd of 3 tags classes this Friday and Saturday based on Tim Holtz's 12 tags of Christmas from last year :)  If you are local and you have not already reserved your spot you can reserve online at http://www.scrapbookgadgets.com/



An Actual Finished Layout!

It has been a little too long since I completed a layout.  It feels good to get back to scrapbooking.  I made this layout of my son at age 3 (2007).  I think that it is actually better for me to scrapbook things a year or so later.  There are things that I notice and appreciate in the pictures from a couple of years ago that I do not think I would have noticed at the time the picture was taken.