And *NOW* I have to buy more Alcohol Inks!

This is what happens when we all put our minds together. ;) I have fabulous creative buddies!!! Imagine what we could do if we all lived in the same state?! Watch out Prima! hehe!



See Cool huh?? So go check out Nancy's blog Scraps & Ink cause she's the only one of us that took the time to document our brilliance ;)

Always Kiss Me Goodnight

So here is the sign I have been trying to get made for almost a year! LOL




Rob got me this DCWV wall quote for our anniversary last year. The shape is loosely based on the DB stamp shape which is still one of my favorites!



again my favorite silver leaf Krylon pen I used to outline it ;) oh and I got to use my Black & Decker mouse sander that Dh got me for xmas. OMG I LOVE that thing! it is really light weight and easy to hold. my hands are kind of small and I have a hard time with most drills and stuff but this is *perfect*. now I just wish I had the guts to distress the letters on here :P

After seeing the silvery aqua I used (the border) I am debating painting our bed this color. our walls are like kraft paper color in our bedroom and the nightstands are white with the blue on the drawers and nickel cupped drawer pulls. I have shabby chic trays that sit on top of the nightstands. they are white and I painted the flat inset surface this aqua too. undecided still. I guess we still have some time to decide since we aren't painting it until we have a box spring delivered.

Tag 11

Tim's Tag

stole a few moments to finish this one. not one of my favorites of mine but it's done. :P one more to go! may have to wait until after Xmas!

Mine

Tag 10

Tim's tag

Mine



Instead of putting the ink directly on the foil with the pens I used a pen ONLY as a you would an H2O brush. a light wash of black to the background just to give it a slight pewter look and then dabbed black lightly over the surface like you'd see on a vintage mercury glass ornament. do this with the alcohol inks so that if you use too much you can erase it with blending solution.

tops of letters got a snow effect of Frosted Lace stickles and iridescent "buffalo" type snow.

I like mine *much* better than Tim's LOL! actually I almost skipped this tag but promised myself to do all 12 this year. there were a few nights I wanted to throw in the towel too! Now, I'm sad there are only two left!

Tag 9 - My favorite!

Tim's tag

Mine

This is a picture of me screaming on Santa's lap. It is the only picture I have of me on Santa's lap so I am going to guess it either traumatized me or my Mother! LOL Maybe Both! My Mom tells me my grandma made my Mom go through with it even though I was pitching a fit. I (obviously) don't remember all this but I am glad she got this picture.



OH! and I didn't have the filmstrip stuff actually. I just made my own with a free digital frame thingy I had. printed it on transparency and then inked a bit using alcohol inks on a Q-Tip! so easy!

Now you may all covet my vintage woodgrain DYMO tape hehehe! No 1970's holiday is complete without a little woodgrain right??!

Tag 8

Tim's tag


Mine
the day before he posted this I was at the craft store with those keys in my hand...and put them down! don't you HATE THAT? ugh! two trips to the craft store so far. And I would just like to say more stores need to remember to carry the black alcohol ink! they all carry the collections and I don't think pitch black even COMES in a collection. does it??





I had to improv on the key a bit with a cute charm and some alcohol inks. the hitching post thingy I didn't have either so mine is a pony bead and a full sized brad painted with a Krylon Leafing pen (have I mentioned how much I LOVE these pens??!!!) Every year I say I am going to remember to buy some of the "right" bells and forget :P I am not going back to the craft store!!

Tag 7

Tim's tag

Mine
I will probably be redoing this one. Leave it to a man (Sorry Tim!) to make things harder than they need to be LOL! Save yourself the aggravation and just stamp the white flourishes near the end, right before you do the embossing powder (with the mask still on the Santa's face). you'll thank me for it! ;)

I added a pom-pom to Santa's hat too ;)