Nirvana Christmas Card!!

Good morning and welcome to December!!!

It's Christmas Time...

To start our celebration here in our home, I have started to collect the

Holiday decorations, and also create some one of a kind 

home decor...

Who doesn't make Christmas Cards? 

I do make special ones for my special family and friends...

But I also love to make a few and leave them around my home in my decorations!

Here is one I've created using 

Marion Smith's new paper collections "Nirvana"!!

I love the vintage feel...earth tones...and of course touches

of trims and lace!

I just love this image of the little girl that is on 

one of the embellishment pages.

This little image could be my youngest daughter..so I knew

I wanted to use this image in my decor displays with pics 

of my girls...love it

Vintage sheet music I used to create the Rosette...

Used a Tim Holtz stencil with gesso to create the 

background.

wooden tree

dollar store snowflake

I just love the color tones in the "Nirvana" paper collection!

now to create some more holiday decor!!

Happy December!

Everyone..

and
Merry Christmas,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies

Marion Smith Designs-Nirvana Paper Collection

Tim Holtz-stencil Dot Fade  

Ranger-Distress ink-Vintage Photo and

Liquid Pearls white opal

Tattered Angels-glimmer mist Graphite

CTMH-Glitz silver glitter gel

trims and lace

OH CHRISTMAS TREE

Hi Artsy Addicts fans!

Peggy Lee here to share with you 

a little mixed media canvas.

Even though it's still November and Thanksgiving is next week.

I have already started listening to Christmas music...one of my favorites is...

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

How lovely are Thy Branches

Love that song!!!

So with that I have been playing and creating tree theme artwork.

"OH CHRISTMAS TREE"

mixed media canvas

Using a Canvas Corp's canvas

I started by spraying some Heidi Swapp Color Shine

in Tinsel and Teal  and  Perfect Pearls Mists in many colors.

to create the background...adding texture 

with Crafters Workshop stencils 

and stucco/gesso mixture.

To create even more texture-randomly stamp all over canvas

also splatters of Color Shine and Perfect Pearls Mists!!

Cut out Tattered Leaves (Tim Holtz die) out of linen fabric...

colored with Distressed Stains in Bundled Sage and Forest moss.

Edged with Viva Precious Metal Effects Paint in Gold!

Covered the colored, stamps leaves with gel medium to give strength.

which helps shape the leaves in place.

Title "Oh Christmas Tree" hand written and backed in burlap mesh...

same burlap mesh became a tree trunk.

Tree leaves adorn with tiny real pine cones glittered with

Precious Metal Effects Paint in Gold

Garland is Canvas Corps jute rope...I love the woodies feel it gives the tree.

Thanks for stopping in today,

Please leave comments for us with what's your favorite Christmas song!!

Like what music do you listen to while creating?

Happy Holidays,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies

Canvas Corp: canvas, jute rope

Heidi Swapp: color shine in tinsel, teal

Ranger: Distress ink in black soot

Distress stain in bundled sage, forest moss

Perfect Pearls Mists in blue patina, heirloom gold, biscotti

Tim Holtz tattered leaves die

CTMH: chipboard star

Creative Imaginations: viva precious metal effect paint in gold

Silks acrylic glaze in ice

Beacon: 3 in 1 glue

Stampendous: stamp carte postale

Linen fabric

Crafters Workshops: stencils

Stucco/gesso

Tiny real Pine Cones

Let's Remember-Tag Embellishment

                           Let's remember those who have served and who are serving us today!!! 
                                                                Happy Veteran's Day!!!

Today is our small town we love to show our love

with a ceremony....

the laying of the wreaths...

Here is a tag that I created to go onto a 

scrapbook layout

that I will share after I get these

wonderful remembering photos 

developed.

"Tag embellishment"

created out of Marion's new line Nirvana.

glued the Nirvana paper onto a shipping tag...

laid down some stucco

with a brick mask

white washed over the whole tag

sprayed some mists 

over the whole piece

using a baby wipe 

clean off to give a washed look.

before the splatters of mists...

The Remember This:

11-11-11

is

11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th Month

remembering those who have served 

and who are serving....

Thanks for stopping by,

I will be sharing soon the complete layout...

Peggy Lee

Let's remember!

Marion Smith Designs: Nirvana Paper Collection

Stucco/Gesso

Heidi Swapp: color shine in teal, tinsel

Tattered Angels: glimmer mist in raven

Ranger: Distress ink in black soot

A Card In Minutes!!!!

When your card stash is running low what is a person to do? Reach for some beautiful digitals papers and embellishments...for a quick card in minutes.

Over at www.marionsmithsdesigns.com has some beautiful and easy digitals to purchase, print out and cut away to create simple and quick cards.

Here is a quick card using "Scarlet" digital paper collection! Which I so loved how easy and pretty the papers work together!

I used a white cardstock base 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

Using the On the Edge Die-Brackets by Tim Holtz.

Grabbed some embellishments from the paper line,

this adorable pocket was perfect to use as the focal point to tuck in little bits!!!

Added a little seam binding bow!!

There you have it a card in minutes!!!!!!

Don't forget to decorate the inside of your card.

Here I also grabbed some journal spots from the paper line.

whoola!!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

supplies:

Marion Smith Designs-Scarlet

Tim Holtz-On the Edge Bracket Die and Distressed Ink-Brushed Corduroy

3-n-1 Glue

Seam Binding

Trims

Sakura-Gelly Roll in clear star

Father's Day Card

 With "Father's Day" coming upon us soon, I decided to share with you one of my cards I created to celebrate this special day for the men in our lives. I knew I wanted a grunge feel with warm colors, I started with kraft card stock 6x12 folded in half. Distressed all the paper edges and used Distress ink-walnut stain to give the worn and weather look..one of my favs!  So love the tiny clothespin from Canvas Corp (which comes in a rainbow of colors perfect for your projects).

Here is a look at the papers I used from 7gypsies two paper collections.

"Travel and Epicurean"

it's great to mix and match

I know every man needs some gears on their cards, so I used Tim Holtz Gears Die cut from chip board and papers, glued together and embossed with a embossing folder, inked all edges.

The gears needed something more

 so I grabbed my 7gypsies

 awesome Time Steampunk Rubons!

I was thirlled with the way it came out....

I've been playing with this adorable

CTMH stamp-Perfect Fit Dad-Holiday set.

To finish off the card I couldn't create a project without "glimmer mist"!

Grabbed my Graphite glimmer mist from Tattered Angels and started

to splatter the whole card.

"super cool effect"

What are you creating for your special men in your life?

Thanks for stopping by,

 Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Canvas Corp: kraft cardstock, mixed media glue, clothespins in black

Tattered Angels: graphite glimmer mist

7Gypsies: Hampton Art Script stamp, 6x6 paper pad in Travel and Epicurean, Time Steampunk Rubons

Colorbok: black and red cardstock

Tim Holtz: gears die, distress ink in walnut stain, archival ink black

CTMH: Perfect Fit Day-Holiday stamp, black and vineyard berry ink

and Cricut Artiste and Art Philosophy Cartridges.

Spread Your Wings Tag

That's exactly how I felt this past weekend, I could have spread my wings and flown away! If I had wings well I could have created some. What a busy time it was you see my youngest daughter had Prom this past weekend and you all know how getting ready for Prom is so busy and sometimes crazy and a little stressful but in the end it's one of the most beautiful times in your teenagers life.

Along with busy weekend with Prom my oldest daughter who is away to college turned 20 years old on Sunday and since her college is only 3 hours away we decided to drive down and surprise her on her special day lets just say she cried and bear hugged us to death...what a blessed weekend.

Let's get to the tag before I start to cry!

"Spread Your Wings" fits so well with this tag it all started with the butterfly stamp from 7gypsies.

I had stamped the butterfly onto Canvas Corps Ivory Chipboard Handmade Paper oh my this paper is amazing and thick! I just randomly ripped a piece off  then stamped the butterfly. Also stamped another butterfly on a separate piece of the same paper to cut out and pop up to give the butterfly some movement and depth.

 Colored with a couple of markers, added some splatters of Tattered Angels Graphite glimmer mist.

And this is the end result-Love It!

Tag Tutorial

Step 1: I stamped randomly on some tissue paper to create my own background.

Step 2: On my craft sheet sprayed different colors of blue mist from Tattered Angels, then dipped the tag repeatedly into mist to give color depths. (this part is really cool because it's always different every time).

also used Graphite glimmer mist in areas for shading...same as above.

Step 3: Using gel medium glued the tissue paper to both sides of tag.

Step 4: This part is one of my faves I laid down a Prima crackle mask and using stucco and gesso smoothed over the mask to give the tag some peaks and depth...let it dry.

Step 5: Burlap Flower and Leaves-using Canvas Corps colored burlap in slate grey and smokey blue perfect colors to match the tag...I cut the burlap to fit over the Tattered Floral die by Tim Holtz. I also used the Tattered Leaves die by Tim Holtz in the natural burlap for the leaves.

Since I used natural burlap I used Army Green Simply Sheer mist.

Amazing color!

Step 6: In order to keep the burlap flower from falling apart I used a nice layer of gel medium over the flowers and leaves to hold it's shape, plus you can mold your flower into shape. Let it dry then glue together.

And there you have your tag!

Also I did color seam binding and cheese cloth to match the blues with the same mist. Did some random stamping on the tag added some splatters with some glimmer mist. Then on Kraft card stock wrote in sharpie marker my title cut apart and outlined the words and adhered down.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, I know I did while creating this tag and funny thing is my daughters Prom dress was the same shades of blue. Which gives me inspiration for a scrapbook layout with her Prom pics.

See inspiration is all around us...

Thanks for starting your week with me.

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies:

Canvas Corp:

Colored Burlap and Natural Burlap

Kraft Card Stock

Ivory Chipboard Handmade paper

Black Cord hemp rope

7gypsies:

Butterfly stamp from Hampton Art

Tattered Angels:

Graphite glimmer mist

Blue Bird Plain Jane baseboard

Imperial Blue Simply Sheer

Army Green Simply Sheer

Prima:

Crackle Mask

Ranger:

Claudine Hellmuth Studio-multi-medium matte

Archival Ink-jet black

Distress Ink-black soot

Stamps:

Tim Holtz Collection-Mixed Media by Stampers Anonymous

Carte Postale by Stampamdous

CTMH Marker-brown bag

Stampin Up Marker-Brocade Blue

Martha Stewart-stucco

Gesso

Cheese Cloth

Seam Binding

Vintage Button

Natural Tissue paper

Secret Keepsake Box

I thought I would share with you all one of my little creations I did just recently for the Graphic 45 DT Call they had out. Sadly I didn't make the second round but it was so fun to try out for this team. I created this little secret keepsake box, I painted it black and then distressed all edges of the papers glued them down leaving a 1/4 edge of the painted black box showing.

I used the Olde Curiosity Shoppe paper collection from G45. I fuzzy cut most of the images right from the paper collection, along with some chipboard piece I had left in my stash.

I used the "tattered floral die" by Tim Holtz to create my flowers from the paper collection. Added some Prima bling, purple feather from the department store. The pic below I glued images under the glass top of the box, it's really cool seeing the pig with wings, bottles, butterflies and an eye ball staring up at you!!

love the eye glasses...

for the finishing touches I covered the inside of the box as well...

Thanks for stopping by today,

Peggy Lee

http://pegbaker.blogspot.com

Supplies used all Graphic 45, Prima, Tim Holtz, wooden box and little creative thinking!