Wild Wyoming Girl

Holiday gift tag...

Here's a gift tag I made using Hero Arts stamp sentiment, Spellbinders  copper metal foil, Paisley Impressabilities, and Nestabilities Label 6 .  Emboss the metal foil with the Paisley Impressability, then die cut with Labels 6 and sand.  Cut smaller Labels 6 and stamp sentiment with StazOn solvent ink, adhere to larger altered labels 6 die cut.  Punch hole at top and add ribbon. Quick and easy, but stunning results.

I also had to share some pictures of my "babies".  Arianna Faith and Mackenzie Hope.  Ok, they aren't babies anymore, but I still call them that.  They sang their hearts out at their Christmas program last night.

They had on such cute holiday dresses.  The red coat is Arianna's Aunt Bean's coat when she was a little girl.  Arianna loves to wear it.

 
I hope you're all enjoying the holiday season and taking time to appreciate family moments.

Happy "Holly-Days!"

 

A JustRite Merry Christmas Card...

I have really become addicted to JustRite stamps.  They are interchangeable and versatile, and work amazingly well with Spellbinders die templates. 

Make sure you visit the JustRite website and the JustRite blog for all the beautiful Christmas stamp ensembles available.  They ship super fast and have impeccable customer service. 

Other supplies include: Cosmo Cricket patterned paper, WorldWin cardstock, velvet ribbons, Ranger Distress Stickles and Distress Ink in walnut stain, Bo Bunny acrylic stamps,  and of course Spellbinders Standard Circle Large Nestabilities® and Classic Scalloped Circles Large Nestabilities.

I'll admit....December is such a busy month for me. I have two little girls - Arianna Faith who is 8, and Mackenzie Hope who is 6.  They keep me busy with singing, stories, letters to Santa, decorating, dancing class and getting ready for their school Christmas show.  But, lucky for me....they love to create handmade cards and ornaments just as much as I do.  So, we find time here and there to create in the spirit of Christmas.  I hope you get some time to do so as well.

Enjoy your week!  Thanks for stopping by.

Holly

Spellbinders Impressabilities ideas...

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!

I think being a mom is one of the hardest and best jobs I've ever had.  Some days it feels like a job...and other's it seems so effortless.  My girls and I went for a long walk on the trails today, ate ice cream, scrapbooked and laughed a lot.  Hubby is making me chicken marsala for dinner.  Last night Aaron and I watched "Yes Man".  OMG did we laugh and laugh and then talked about it and laughed some more! LOL  I hope you all had a wonderful, relaxing day filled with lots of laughter.

Here's my Mother's Day I card I created today.

 

I used My Mind's Eye - Penny Lane paper, Spellbinders Wizard, Flower Impressabilities,  Labels Four die template , Nested Birds die template, Sunflower Set Two die template, bottle cap that I smashed with the wizard, Colorbox Cat Eye pigment die ink, Coredinations Card Stock, Hero Art Stamps (floral background), Dymo label maker, black ink (which I use on everything:) and glue dots.

Techniques: Impressabilities Rock!

Most of them you can see just by looking at the card - cut, emboss and stencil.  But, there are a few you might like to know more about.  I cut the middle size nested bird, then left it in the die, placed it on top of flowers impressabilitie, then the tan rubber mat and embossed as usual.  I turned it over and sanded it!  That's why the bird is facing to the left.

I also cut apart my Impressabilities and stamped on them with a floral background stamp, with Staz On ink!  You can also alter the Impressabilities with Copic Markers or Alcohol Inks.  Impressabilities will eventually wear out, but they will last a very long time.  They are so reasonably priced that it's fun to cut them apart, alter them and use them as embellishments too.