Merry Christmas

May your day be spent with loved ones celebrating the joy of the Savior's birth!

Merry Christmas!

Suzz

TIme of Wonder

Day 23!  I went a little different path today with a yellow and coral misted background.

I love the pretty blend of colors and decided that the white rub-ons along with white embossing powder would bring another layer of light to the soft pretty pastels.

The stamp is Hero Arts and the rub-ons Idea-ology - Holiday Remnants, The mists are Heidi Swapp Color Shine.

Happy eve of Christmas Eve!

Suzz

Christmas PostCards

Another oldy but goody for Day 22!  I love this Stampendous collage stamp with the bird. 

All I had to do was stamp it and add some color.  I trimmed it out with some Ric-Rac and a rusty old heart.

I colored it again with my favorite STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell watercolor pencils.   Maybe that will be my New Years Resolution to rotate through my coloring choices (watercolor pencils, distress inks, copics... :)

Christmas is coming!  Everyone is home and we are enjoying some time together between everyone running off with their friends!

Suzz

Christmas Finery

Day 21!  It is flying by quickly... I love the displays where they create a tree all full of peacock feathers and the colors associated with a peacock.  They are so beautiful together.

When I was searching my stamps for birds I remembered this gorgeous Peacock from Stampendous and decided to layer him over some beautiful Christmas pattern Paper.  I added the Idea-ology remnant of the Merry on top but the Christmas was trailing off the paper already.

I colored this with STAEDTLER watercolor pencils with just a touch of white gel pen highlights!

Wishing you a blessed Sunday!

Suzz 

Joy to You!

Day 20 and I went into golden overload on this tag!

I had the gold out from another project and decided to use a golden background and add a doily and add gold to that and kept going. 

The stamp is from Impression Obsession and he is a chickadee I believe. He is also supposed to be holding a candy cane. I always stamp him and trim away the candy cane.

Happy Day 20!   I have mounds of wrapping to do but my shopping is complete!

Suzz

Dreaming of a White Christmas

Happy Day 19th!  These are my favorite types of inky projects... Soft inky background a tree and some birds...

This is going to sound crazy but I actually am dreaming of a white Christmas.  We have a cold spell happening right now and I wouldn't mind some nice fluffy snowflakes before Christmas. (Not too much of course!) 

I am getting nearly ready for the holiday and just a little bit more preparations! 

Have a beautiful Thursday! 

Suzz

Season's Greeting

Day 17!

I loved this beautiful paper (from Authentique I believe) that I created a second tag with different hints of color in the flowers.

I added a bird nestled in the flowers with a touch of music.

Happy Wednesday!

Suzz

Beauty of the Season

Another one of my favorites today from my 25 birds of Christmas.  A little more shabby chic and a touch of homespun charm with the gingham ribbon.

The birds are Stampendous.  I colored them with Staedtler watercolor pencils and cut them out to pop them up.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!  I am getting so close to my vacation!  I can't wait for long days full of family time, inking and maybe catching up on some projects around the house that don't get that much attention! :)

Suzz

Parisian Holiday

Day 15!  I am not ready that is for sure!  I have been out buying gifts, decorating and doing lots of holiday activities but our first family get together is on Sunday and I am not fully prepared.  I will need to get in some serious gift wrapping this week.

This tag was inspired by the tissue tape from Cavallini  & Co. which had lovely French images and birds. I mixed it in with some stamping and a few embellishments.

A Parisian Holiday!

Suzz

Peace On Earth

I love how this turned out.  The teal and silver together and the touch of softness.

I stamped the background using the new Darkroom Door Eclectic stamps - Snowflakes and splattered a hint of silver on the background.  The frame was embossed in silver.  I  cut the bird and inked him up in blue. 

Products: Darkroom Door - Eclectic snowflakes, Memory Box Bird Die, Idea-ology Holiday Remnants, Sizzix Die, Ranger Archival Ink

Suzz

Joy, Hope & Wonder

A slow start.. today... I have all my tags done but finding them in all my photos is another thing...

The colors didnt' photograph today the way I had hoped but I had a lovely minty green along with coral to give a pretty alternative mix of reds & greens.

 I stamped the background with a background stamp of stars stamped in the light green. I colored the stars in with coral/pink and outlined them with white. 

I stamped the bird on the branch (Stampers Anonymous - Visual Artistry)  I stamped the bird again and popped him up.

I added the sentiment (Penny Black)  one of my Christmas favorites.  That's it for today. Tomorrows is beautiful if I say so myself. :)

Suzz

On Ice

These little penguins are out in their Christmas finery.  I provided a crown on Mr. Penguin with half of a snowflake and Mrs. has a glittery gem necklace.

There is a tulle tuft on top but it is hard to see in the photo. The background is stamped with Ranger Archival Ink - Rose Madder using Memory Box - Vintage Christmas Words.  The images are from Penny Black - Nature Walk. 

Yeah Friday again and the weekend!

Suzz

Holly Birds!

Holly and Birds!  Day 11 is here.  I can't believe we are a short 2 weeks before Christmas!  There is so much to do and I haven't even finished putting up all our holiday decor yet.  

I can't get enough of these sweet birds from Stampendous.  I stamped them on a manila tag and colored them with STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell watercolor pencils. I used the Darkroom Door stamp to add a touch of splatter around the edges.  Then I used the Signo Uni-Ball White gel pen with a layer of snow on the branches.

Happy Thursday!

Suzz

Christmas Collage

This was such a simple tag to create! This is the old Hero Arts collage stamp and all I had to do was stamp and color.

I did layer the image in the middle, add a few birds and stamp the number 9 in the circle but the stamp is so pretty I just let it shine!

Happy day 9! 

Suzz

Birds of a Feather

Day # 6 of the birds.  I love this bird stamp from Artistic Outpost and wanted to use it on one of the tags. 

After stamping the bird amidst a series of branches and pine cones I added a bit of glittery moss on the bottom for a nest.  The branches and pine-cone stamps are from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives stamp set.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Suzz

Joyeux Noel

A golden tag or day # 5 of the birds of Christmas. 

A scrap of wood grain pattern paper, a leftover snowflake and a freshly cut wreath and bird simply misted with some gold spray and assembled in layers.

The snowflake is covered in glittery embossing powder.  I smudged the edges of the tag with white ink to soften them.  The dies are sizzix and Memory Box for the wreath and bird.

Have a lovely Friday!

Suzz

Flowery Day Four

I love this paper and I think I used it on a few of the tags so expect to see it again!  :)  Day 4 today and the star of the tag is the paper.  I just added some shading and a hint of glitter.

 

There are some stamps that you just adore and re-use over and over again and I think a lot of the stamps on my 25 days fit that category for me.   The three little birds I have had forever and love because they can be stamped in as a little detail.  The Memory Box Heaven and Nature I just love.

 

Have a wonderful Thursday!  (Still working on my other projects but have hit a design block. Hate when that happens!)

 

Suzz 

Day 3 Tag!

Day 3 is here and I decided it was time to bring out Frosty the Snowman with a sweet little bluebird on his mitten as he has a bird for my birds of Christmas and he fits the card concept challenge to create a tag and snowmen.  I went for the Freestyle collage style for the challenge.  I also am entering this in the Artistic Outpost - Show us your Art December challenge! 

I stamped a bit of music in the background around the snowman.  The bottom has a rub-on added to finish off the image.

I added a touch of color to the image with STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell watercolor pencils.

Products:  Artistic Outpost - Winter Wonderland, Memory Box - Twelve Days Music,  Idea-Ology - Holiday Remnants, Maya Road Bingo, STAEDTLER - Karat Aquarell Watercolor Pencils

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz