Merry Bookmas! TTTC#262

 

A stack of books, a snowstorm and a cozy fire sounds good to me this time of year!  This is such a cute die/stencil set from Waffle Flower but I don't think I have scratched the surface of ways to use it. I just used some distress inks and strips of paper behind the cut outs to define the books.  If life slows down around here in the next week or two (ha!) I will play with this set some more as I have several book loving friends! But meanwhile it worked for the Tic Tac Toe Board - right across the middle!

Stencil/Die Set: Merry Bookmas (Waffle Flower)

Distress Inks: Twisted Citron, Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade

Snowflake Embossing Die (SU!)

The Holiday Season....FMS665

 

And just like that winter and the holiday season arrived in a hurry here!  We had a wonderful Thanksgiving snowstorm and a terrific feast at my daughter's house. Miss Emma set a delightful table and we had a houseful of people.... and pups!

I have been busy finishing tags, cards and wrapping in my craft room so when I saw Kim's sketch this week I knew I could sift through the mess on my desk and come up with something quickly - which I did! I always start crafting with a clean put together desk except for the holidays......chaos reigns in my craft room from all the holiday prep!  It will all be put back together by the New Year!

Hope you have fun with Kim's sketch this week at Freshly Made Sketches!  Join us!

Festive Trees....FMS664

 

I recently took a holiday card class from On Line Card Classes - so many great instructors and wonderful ideas!  Kristina Werner designed the Holiday Assortment Stamp Set with Concord and 9th that was used throughout the classes.  I used stamps and dies from that set in my card today....and I just happened to have some left over gold snowflakes from all those tags to add to the design!

It's a busy week here as we get ready for the holiday season.  My daughter is hosting Thanksgiving dinner  - and I am bringing three pies.  So if you are reading this on Wednesday please know that I am covered in flour and working away in my kirchen.............

I am hosting this week at Freshly Made Sketches - hope you can sneak in some time to create this week!

                      

Holiday Home....FMS663

 

Such a sweet sketch calls for a sweet image!  I used assorted scraps of paper from my "holiday scraps" and an image from Humble Home.  I've been busy this week making fifty tags for a friend who makes holiday baskets for a local hospital.  Last year we went with a Christmas Tree theme .....this year snowflakes! 25 tags were made from gold metallic paper and silver snowflakes and 25 were made with silver metallic paper and gold snowflakes.  I watched a lot of Netflix while making sure all those little bits were punched out of the snowflakes.  I am still finding shiny bits here and there!  The gold bits on the swirl above the door were added at the last minute when I noticed some gold sparkles still scattered on my desk!

Jen Mitchell did not disappoint me - I always love her square sketches! Join us at Freshly Made Sketches!