It's been a Wonderful Weekend....

I have had the BEST time playing with paper this weekend and feel like I have accomplished ALOT!!!!!  Isn't that an AWESOME feeling!!!! 

BTW, My oldest son, Billy....gave the Altered Box with Journal to Brianna this evening and she flipped over it!!! She called and told me that is going to be "Her Secret Box"!!!  Made me smile!!!!  Her mama loved it too!!!  So it was a WONDERFUL feeling!!!!

Ok.....I had several swaps I wanted to get completed before the deadline......I was actually able to complete 4 of them...and thought I would share each of them with you...so this will probably end up being a long post......Are you ready??? Here we go!!!

This first piece is an ATC for a swap in my ARTHaven Creations & Friendships group...the theme is "Christmas Time"...to me snowflakes remind me of Christmas time......I used one of MY SNOWFLAKE Cut files I have on MY Website if you like this and would like to have it.......I used some K&C Christmas paper for this ATC ......I designed and created an ATC pattern in Inkscape and cut with SCAL2.....as well as the snowflake.....I then coated the snowflake in Glossy Accents by Ranger then coated with MS Garnet Glitter....I LOVE the Sparkle.....I used a Green Rhinestone in the center of the snowflake....the tree is an UM rubber stamp I stamped with my Versamark Inkpad then covered with Tinsel Embossing powder and embossed with my heat gun...the phrase I just stamped with Stazon Black ink....again with an UM stamp.....Added some little dots as accent and burnished the edges with Brick Red Tim Holtz Distress Inkpad....

 

This Next one is a card/envie set also for a swap in my ARTHaven Creations & Friendships Group.....the theme for this one was "It's Beginning to look alot like Christmas"........Again snowflakes remind me of Christmas.....I also used some more of My SNOWFLAKE cut files and made a shadow layer of them in Inkscape by duplicating them then doing Dynamic Offset.........I then took the shadow layer and the snowflakes and ran them through my Xyron to put adhesive on the top of them then I coated with glitter....clear on the bottom and a green MS glitter on the top........LOVE the bling!!! ;)  I created the Bracket cut and did a shadow layer of it as well...and used some more of my K&C Christmas paper....The two boys on the sleigh just happened to be the image already on the paper so I used it to my advantage when I had the Cricut cut the shape out...After it was cut I ran it through my Cuttlebug with a snowflake embossing folder then hit the high spots with my Versamark pad and then used a paint brush and put a layer of Pearl Ex on the raised spots...the layer really does glissen now.....Kinda hard to see in the photos.....I used another snowflake embossing sleeve I have on the bottom layer and then used two different Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads to color the decorative raised spots and the edges of the piece......Layered everything together then used a pretty red ribbon along with some teal colored dots......then  cut an envie with some decorative scrapbook paper to compliment the card!!!!!!

 

 

Now...this next one was super super fun!!! It again, is for a swap in My ARTHavenCreations & Friendships group.....We are making Row Houses.....this time we're working on a "Shop".....this is my version of the "Shop".....I had alot of fun with this....I created the shop pattern along with windows doors, steps awning in Inkscape and cut with my Cricut....I also printed the Shop name in Inkscape and then cut it out with SCAL......I used several different embossing folders in the creation of this house as well as Tim Holtz Distress Inkpads in Walnut Stain and Brick Red......I also used acetate to layer behind the window and door frames to make it look more like a pane of glass...I also found an image of the inside of a Christmas shop to use as my inside of my Store.........I'm VERY happy with the way this turned out......I have this file if anyone is interested in it you may email me and let me know........

 

 

 

 Now....just one more...hope you're not getting tired yet....LOL....I worked on one more swap.....again this is for My ARTHavenCreations & Friendships group....and this is a Tag Swap the theme being "Colors of Christmas".....I wanted to do something a bit different....so I again created my own tag shape with a background shadow layer....I also then created a Santa Head........I'm very proud of my Santa....as you can see looking at the images I did alot more work on the Santa after I cut him out....including using some of my "Color Fluff Stuff" on the pom pom on his hat and his brim on the hat......on the red part of the hat I used some Distress Stickles.....on his mustache and beard I took a q-tip and pulled the cotton of it and shredded it some....Used some Diamond Glaze and coated the areas I wanted to put the cotton and adhered it......I made his cheeks blush by using a q-tip and one of my Tim Holtz Disress Inkpads.....I "think" it was Tattered Rose.....Then I remembered I had some eyeballs so I pulled them out and used them..they were the perfect size.......then I used a scrap piece of red ribbon and used my Stazon Black inkpad and some of my UM rubber stamps and stamped the ribbon with the word Noel and the swirlies.....love how it turned out....I also used some of my colored glitter glue dots I make last weeknd.....I also ran the first layer of the card thorough my Cuttlebug with an embossing sleeve and then hit the high spots with the Brick Red Tim Holtz Distress Inkpad...as well as burnished the edges of both layers with the same color.......put an Eyelet in and some pretty ribbon and Whola.....

 

 

Now....If anyone is interested I'm attaching images of the two files I created on making this Tag.....If you would like the files just click the images below and they will take you to the page on My Website where you can download them for free in the svg format......they are available in the other formats for a small fee......

 

I am OFFICIALLY Pooped!!!! ROFL....Need to go back to work tomorrow to recouperate!!! ;)  But I sure did have ALOT of fun!!!!!!  Hoping I can be just as productive through the week....I would LOVE to hear what you think????  

As always, I want to say THANK YOU for stopping by to visit with me!!!!  I pray you all have a VERY blessed weekend....Please come by again...until next itme....