How are you today? Christine S. here.  Only 10 more days until Christmas! I'm showing a few tags & star decors using the North Pole collection by Kaisercraft for the Christmas countdown.  If you love chalkboard, light blues, reds, mint greens & whites for Christmas colors, then this collection is for you.  Remember that this is the last week of the countdown so you better load up your entries for the competition to win some prizes.  Let’s start off with the Christmas tags:

   I’ve used the 6×4 Captured Moments cards as the base for all these tags.  Simply trim the edges, punch a hole on top…easy.  These cards are very handy to have, even if you’re not into pocket page scrapbooking.  You can also use them for cards, mini albums, traditional layouts, etc.  Most of the die cut pieces are from the Collectables & some are fussy cut. 
  These tags are really versatile, & I'll show you an example.  Yesterday I'm finishing writing my Christmas cards to send off, then I realize that I'm short of 1 card...eeek!!! Straight away I thought of using one of these tags.  With a big sigh of relief, here's the result:


   I know this week is all about tags & gift wrapping for the countdown, but I also managed to create a couple more Christmas decors to share with you, using the same collection of course.  I bought a plain white standing star at the warehouse a few weeks ago.  It’s nice as it is but I bought it so I can liven it up.  Here they are:

Hello Beverley here - this countdown is going so fast I can't believe it is Christmas  in 12 DAYS time!  My project today was inspired by something I saw while blog hopping. Someone, I can't remember who sorry, had altered an artists palette wooden tray. I found some in a local stationery store and thought it would be a great idea to create a Christmas decor mixed media piece for the countdown. I have used mainly Kaisercraft's North Pole Collection collectables and lots of other embellishments.


To prepare the palette I painted the whole thing with gesso and let it dry.  Using the Prima Decor Two stencil and moulding paste I added some texture to the palette. I then used Heidi Swapp Tinsel Colour Shine to add the silver colour.  To create the darker bits I sprayed more layers of the Colour Shine.

To finish off the project I layered tags, diecuts, flowers and other embellishments together. The round circles filled with bling are a ribbon that has been cut up.  Here are some closeups - I think I got carried away with the soft focus though!




Hope you are all getting into the Christmas Spirit! Have you put up your decorations and tree yet?
If you do make some decorations or decor pieces make sure to load them here for a chance to win some prizes.

Hi there ChristineB here with some pyramid or teepee trees I have made as table decorations....


I have used green cardstock as my base and Simple Stories DIY Christmas for the patterned paper and stickers to embellish.  I made them following this fabulous tutorial here.  

These next 3 photos show the 3 different sides of the same tree. This one is the 4" tree.




These small ones are made from 2" squares and I have added names to them and will use them as placenames for my Christmas dinner table.



I have added wooden stars to the tops - were hard to attach so think I might have to go back and glue again the wonky ones!!

TFL

Happy Creating!

Christine B

Good morning! :) Lisa here once again, and this time I have a few Christmas-themed home decor items to share. I've had fun putting these together, and am looking forward to displaying them around the house when I decorate.

The first two items I've made feature a little upcycling-- I've repurposed some packaging from Prima's wooden veneers as  dimensional frames/tiny shadow-boxes. I couldn't bring myself to throw them away and figured I'd surely find some use for them, and well-- here it is. :)


The first shadow box uses Kaisercraft's cute North Pole collection-- love this range! I cut a selection of the patterned papers to size to fit into the little recesses, and attached them with double-sided tape. I've layered a variety of things in top in each section: some word stickers, some Collectables, and a little paper flower. Quick and easy, and I think, pretty cute. :)


The second shadow box is pretty much created in the same way, but this time I've used an older Basic Grey range (which I don't think is in the shop any longer, but if you ask the girls nicely, they may be able to sort you out some.) Again, I've used a selection of patterned paper in the recesses, along with a little veneer tree (which I coloured green with some Tim Holtz Distress Stain) and a silvery bling heart. I hand-cut the little deer from one of the Basic Grey sheets, and attached it to the front to add a little dimension.

My last creations are made using some of the groovy Teresa Collins Christmas papers from the Candy Cane Lane range. I did some more repurposing/upcycling by covering an old Pringles tin with some of the red & white candy cane paper. I added some red velvet ribbon around the top of the tin, then punched the "Joy" from another sheet and attached it to the front. The vintage-style Santa is from another sheet of paper in the range, and is affixed to the inside back of the tin, which I then filled with candy canes. :)  I also used the same candy cane paper to make a festive bookmark, finished off with a punched image of Santa, some word stickers and a red ribbon. Such a quick and easy gift idea!

Hopefully there's some inspiration in amongst all this for someone, and as always, thanks so much for looking! I'll see you again later in the month. :)

Cheers,
Lisa

Hello Again :)

Today I have another decoration to share with you.  I had an idea in my head of what I wanted my project to look like, but like lots of ideas I have once I start the process it takes on a whole different direction lol.  I also wanted to incorporate a Christmas decoration into the project because it creates depth and dimension to what could otherwise be a flat piece.


I found this sleigh at Hands while I was looking for something else.  I've left it as it is, I haven't painted it or inked around it.  Originally I wanted to hang some ice skates from it but I just couldn't find what I wanted.  And yes I probably could of made some, but Im nothing if not impatient!! and that would have taken time.  Besides I wanted it like, now ;)  So my whole perspective on how I wanted it to look changed, but Im really really thrilled with how it turned out, so this means Im keeping this particular dust collector ;)


This time Ive used the Yuletide Collection from Kaisercraft, namely the Collectables to create my cluster - and Ive used quite a lot of it lol.  I love Collectables, they are brilliant little gems of embellishments that can a make any project pop just by adding foam/chipboard behind them and tucking them into little nooks and crannies.  The only thing I have added from my stash is the vine which is Petaloo, and only half of it - Ive saved the rest for another project.


Heres a close up of the cluster for you so you get an idea of just how many of the collectables Ive used.  Theres actually seven in this part of the cluster alone!  The bells are made of up of three different pieces from the set, with the bottom two bells mounted under chipboard to create depth.


I love the vintage look of this decoration, which was why I picked it.  I found this little gem at Kirkcaldie & Stains Christmas Shop - can I just say that was like looking in a lolly shop, OM goodness talk about heaven!!!!!  If you get the chance do pop down there!!

I'll see you next week with some more Christmas goodies, and don't forget to keep adding your projects to the gallery! :)
See  you next time!

Hi All, Fiona here. How time flies we are into week five of the Christmas Countdown. With Christmas just around the corner it is definitely time to get those Christmas Decorations up.

Today I am sharing a Christmas Decoration I have made by up cycling  a book. For this project I have used Kaisercraft Yuletide Collection of papers and embellishments.












First I cut the cover to suit the shape of the specialty paper. I then used Glossy Accents to fuse the pages of the book, once they were dry I cut a cavity out to suit my embellishment sizes I am using and lined it with paper. I have decorated the Kaisercraft Wooden Christmas Tree by embossing it in a green, then decorating it with red and gold beads. The Kaisercraft Wooden Presents have also been embossed in gold. I have used a photo of my son Josh dressed as an elf, which I have cut out to complete the three dimensional effect of my project.


This was such a fun project to do, remember to upload your photo's of any Christmas Decorations you create here for a chance to win in the Christmas Countdown Challenge.

Happy Scrapping

Fiona

I freehand cut the triangles, sewed down the middle, lifted the edges of the tree, and finished it with a small star.  The "merry" is from a sticker sheet of words and icons, and I machine stitched it to secure it and for texture. 


The background paper is a 4 x 6 cut apart journalling card.

   I painted the edges with Kaisercraft Scarlet acrylic paint (I really like this color!).  I also added the painted the wooden tree flourish with the same paint.  I didn't embellish the box as this is my daughters' job.  I hope you enjoyed looking at it as much as I created them.  Don't forget to join in the fun with the Christmas Countdown competition for your chance to win some prizes.  Have a great day!