Christmas Recap

Yay it is finally over :) I love Christmas but it can be so stressful. So many people forget that it's the time of year for joy, peace, and harmony.

Weather did not permit Christmas Photos this year, so I tried to get at least one with the kids in their Christmas best. :) We spent Christmas Eve at my Grandpa's house. We all get together,eat watch the kids open presents and do a white elephant gift exchange. It is so fun.



Here is a pic of my mom and Q, hanging out watching everyone play pool.


Christmas morning the kids woke up surprised to find new bikes. Karlie also got a desk form Santa:) Just like moms she was so excited.



After we opened presents at our house we headed to my mom and dad's house.

My family has a unique sense of humor lol. As you can tell by my sister's ingenious decorating idea.


My parents spoiled all of us this year. And the barn of course went to Karlie, She has a slight obsession with horses.


Yes that is a red rider BB gun. Thanks to my sis and her man. First thing that came to mind. "You will shoot your eye out!" Seriously he's four. That will be tucked away for a few years.


And my little buddy got her own "New" scrapbook kit.


We had a great weekend with family and hope everyone had a safe and Merry Christmas. Now on to the new Year !! :)

Hugs
Jamie

Christmas Traditions

Over on Prima's Blog this month the Prima girls have been sharing what traditions we celebrate during the Holiday season. I enjoy reading all of the different activities from around the world and seeing how much we differ and how much we are a like.

Make sure you check in. and check in on Sharon's Day of Christmas. She has a little give a way as well ;) Christmas is my favorite time of year as most of you know. I love the color and warmth, the meaning of Christmas, the time we get to share with friends and family.

We always go out to the River with my parents and have a neighborhood party on Thanksgiving Weekend. It's a lot of fun and everyone decorates their golf carts and parades them through the community. We decorate the houses as well.


My little snow angel Karlie. Her and Quentin love spending time out there playing in the dirt, running around with friends. It's a great group of people to be with.


I tried getting a little tricky with my camera. And drew my initial out of the Christmas lights that were hung on the fence.


My dad and his Rhino all deck out ready to go. His co pilots sitting in the back pestering him to get a move on.



I wanted to give a personal touch to some of my gifts this year. So I decided to create my own wrapping paper. Very simple and inexpensive. If any of you have children and they have that lovely roll of drawing paper, steal a little. I used a Prima clear stamp and repeated the design over the drawing paper. Then I sprayed it all with Glimmer Mist. The rolled paper stands up well with the mist and does little buckling. I then added some May Art ribbon and Prima flowers and vines to accent the packages. The small beads on the vines came clear. I altered them with Copic Sketch markers. Custom coloring them to match my project.

Holiday decor can add a personal warm touch to your home or others. I reused some plain cardboard and cut them into the shape of a set of wings. Once they were layered and adhered I painted over them with a dry brush and Gesso. The flowers and banner add just the right color to the white wings.


And I couldn't leave out Karls. This was her favorite Christmas dress. It had been a flower girl dress that I dyed red for the holidays. Why not reuse a formal dress for more than one occasion. Get your money's worth. Especially with children's clothes. The color with the tule came out more pink but it looked festive and Christmasy non the less. The Flirty Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze matched perfectly, so I altered the Prima flowers with it. The round lolly pop flowers are actually pieces to one of Prima's necklaces. You can always deconstruct one thing to create another.


Merry Christmas everyone. I wish you and your family a very safe and happy holiday.

Hugs
Jamie

Christmas Cheer

Hello everyone. Can you believe we only have like a week left before Christmas!! *Scream*Scream* LOL Yeah I'm one of those last minute shoppers. I have been scrapping though. Here are a few projects I've been working on, using Websters Pages. I love their Christmas lines. They never over do it and still looks soft and pretty. I am very much the Victorian Christmas. Not a huge fan of your a typical RED and GREEN lol.

Karls my little best friend always inspires me. Even when she's been running around on a sugar high, playing in the dirt. I love that girl :) On this LO I used a fun little pen. It's a snow marker, made by Marvy. You draw and then heat it up with your heat gun and it puffs up like snow. I know they've been around forever. But it was fun to resurrect an oldie but goodie.

On the vellum background of the Lo I used alcohol ink and my can of compressed air to ink the page. The vellum helped spread the ink out and give it a watercolored look.


Here is a close up of some of the snow Marker. Adding to the already beautiful Prima Flower. I also used it on the birdcages as well.


My next Christmas project I made a tree. I used different trims and PP to spiral up a chipboard cone. The paper spiral flowers are accented with Martha Stewart MicroBeads. I lightly dabbed Tombow Mono Multi glue around the edges and poured the beads over the top. Once the glue set, I have yet to lose any :) The Websters Bloomers trim and altered it with Tattered ANgels Glimmer Mist. The color I used was Candy Cane. The bottom of the tree is a wooden candle holder I found unfinished at Michaels. It's painted with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze (Cowboy)


You know me, you don't often see me make cards, I don't know why but I find them extremely difficult to make. I promised Lance though that I would make them this year for the family :P


Merry Christmas everyone. Also don't forget to upload your Holiday projects over on Paper Issues !! :) We'd love to see what has been getting you into the holiday spirit. Have a wonderful rest of the week :)

Jamie

This Month With Tattered Angels

This month with Tattered Angels, we have working with all of the great paint products Tattered Angels provides and using it on glass. So many different possibilities when using these two mediums together. Here are a few.

On my first project I decided to alter a mason jar to hold votive candles. I dabbed on Glimmer Glaze (Cowboy,Flirty) with the same applicator as you would use on alcohol ink. (Felt) The Glimmer Chip owl was altered with Glimmer Glam as well. The Glaze creates a translucent shimmery color. The warm colors blend well with my Christmas Decorations. :)


Next project is this fun mirror I made for Karlie. Just a little reminder when she peeks into it. How special she really is.

I first masked off my heart shape with tape. Then painted over the mirror with Glimmer Glam (Bordeaux) Once that was dry I splattered it with Chalkboard Spray (Strawberry Shortcake) and heat set it with my heat gun. The wood frame was painted with the Bordeaux Glimmer Glam and sprayed with Pinecone Glimmer Mist. I drew on my frame and filled the empty spaces with Glimmer Glaze (Flirty) The flowers were altered with Pinecone and Tuttie Fruiti Glimmer Mist. The black pen I used to outline the hearts was an Elmers Painters Pen.


For my last project I decided to recycle a picture frame to create a piece of stained glass. I took the backing off and glued the glass into the frame. I used Gallery Glass Simulated Liquid Leading and drew out my design. Tip: You can print out a design or draw your own and set it under your piece of glass and trace over the top of it.

Once the Liquid leading was dry I heavily painted in the open spaces with Glimmer Glaze (Midnight Rendezvous,Flirty,Emerald Cove) Easy project and gift for Christmas.


Thank you for stopping by my blog. I do appreciate your comments :) Hugs everyone.

Jamie

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