my canvas...

Thought I would go ahead and show my canvas before I have finished it cause it could be hung on the wall like this but I am making some little fobs to hang down from the screw eyes that are on the bottom of the canvas but life invades time and I don't have them done yet.  Well they are done they just aren't on the canvas yet!

I think that the whole thing has come together rather nicely.  I love the looks of the greens, reds, and blues together on the red background but it would work as well on a green background too!

Maybe today I can get the fobs fixed on the canvas and post a picture of the finished item tomorrow!  I am doing this for a class on Saturday so if you are interested call Scrap That 310-3400 and book your seat.

Limited time and quantity...

If you would like to purchase either the embossing machine or the talking tags please let me know or click on the catalog on the right and it will take you to my online store where you can purchase these items!



Due to our partnership with Sizzix, we are pleased to be able to offer a test run of the Texture Boutique Embossing Machine in our North American markets. We have 4,000 available to be sold only while supplies last. If this product test goes well, we may offer the Texture Boutique again in the future.
The Texture Boutique works with Textured Impressions Embossing Folders to transform ordinary cardstock, paper, metallic foil, or vellum into an embossed, textured masterpiece. This machine embosses only; it does not die cut. Because this is a product test, the Texture Boutique is not branded with the Stampin' Up! logo.
'Tis the season of giving, and the Texture Boutique makes a wonderful gift for anyone who wants to create their own elegant embossed art. To help you with your gift-giving needs, we're offering a special value bundle that saves you $5.90. If you prefer, you can also purchase the Texture Boutique alone. Looking for stocking stuffers? Pick up some additional embossing folders.
Texture Boutique Bundle
Item 132700
$39.95 (a $45.85 value) Includes

• Texture Boutique Embossing Machine, 1 Pair of Standard Embossing Pads, 1 Mylar Shim
• Flower Garden Textured Impressions Embossing Folder-Stampin' Up! exclusive
• Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder-Stampin' Up! exclusive

Texture Boutique Embossing Machine
Item 132657 $29.95
Includes:

• Texture Boutique Embossing Machine, 1 pair of Standard Embossing Pads, 1 Mylar Shim

Here's a video with a demonstration on this new product.  Remember there is only a very limited number of these available right now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Gd1x9PWGmXc

New! Talking Tags

With Talking Tag, you can send a gift that is uniquely you. Talking Tag is a message label you can attach to cards, invitations, gifts . . . anything! Personalize birthday cards, Christmas gifts or even record quick instructions for a project. Now your pictures really can say a thousand words! How to send a voice message: Download the FREE TalkingTagT App on you smartphone from talkingtag.mobi, iTunes® or Google PlayT. Adhere the message tag to your card or gift. Open TalkingTagT App and scan the code. Record your message (recording starts immediately, so make sure your ready!).

You will have the opportunity to listen, re-record, cancel, or confirm your message after you've completed recording it. Each label allows up to 60 seconds of a greeting, song, or product message.
To play the message, recipients will need to download the app and scan the code.  Messages are saved for two years, so they can listen to it over and over.
What will they think of next!  I can see my teenage son using these with his friends.  What a great gift for those tech savvy young people that love the newest gadgets!  
How to Buy Talking Tags:
Buy 'em by the sheet! You get 10 tags for just $7.95 (item 129723).

WOYWW #180

Wednesday again!  Oh my time for WOYWW!  Time is going faster and faster each week it seems.  Christmas is drawing closer and I am afraid that I am not going to be able to keep shoving it into the background much longer.  Need to get out the Christmas papers box and get my cards made and the letter written cause I leave on a cruise the 2 December for a week and I don't want to contend with them once I get back all relaxed and whatnot!

WOYWW...whats that?  A group of bloggers that link up each Wednesday to check out one anothers desks to see what is going on.  To have a good old fashioned snoop legally!!  If you would like more info click on over to Stamping Ground where the most gracious of hostesses, the queen of desk snoops, Julia will tell you what to do!

This is a picture of my desk today...  Sorry it is so dark but it is about 0100 here in Oklahoma and I didn't want to use flash.  OMG! you say...well yes it is a mess but it is a lot better then what it was earlier today.  I have been really busy this week working on the tags for my tag canvas/class that will be happening on 24 and 29 November and it has made a mess of my workspace for sure!  The mess is the part you don't see!  Check back previous few days posts to see the tags that are going on the canvas.

I decided that the tag canvas needed some hanged down things from the bottom of the canvas so I am in the process of making a banner that says 2012 that I cut out with the Vagabond and Spellbinders.  Now I need to unearth the Cricut so I can cut out some numbers.    The snow flakes on the lower middle part of the desk will go on the green recipe cards I am in the process of making.  I am making 2 more recipe cards for a swap.  Here is a picture of one that is completed...

Easy peasy recipe!  I love cake mixes!

I made a chocolate cake yesterday from scratch using the master mix I made up from Ginger Lemon Girl site that is a blog run by Carrie Forbes.  BTW I bought her new slow cooker cookbook and it has a lot of really yummy gluten free recipes in it!  Each week Carrie puts out a weeks worth of meals and recipes for those folks who need some help.  Check her blog out cause she has all sorts of free recipes available also!

 

Made it through week four of my diet changes and it is becoming a little easier to say no without having to explain everything to everyone.  Most people know someone who has food allergies or intolerance and go out of their way to be helpful! 

I guess I will leave it like this for today and mosey on over to Julia's and log in for the blog hopping.  I need a cup of tea and a snack and will visit a few before going to bed tonight.  Check back tomorrow to see the finished canvas!

and a repeat...three more tags

Today I have three more tags to share with you then I will show you the completed canvas tomorrow...

BTW did you know that there are a lot of different tag sizes available precut to purchase?  I didn't but I found a site that sells tags in bulk and they have this graph showing all the different sizes available and all the different weights of tags.  I don't know if I will purchase any since I already have all 3 Tim Holtz tag dies for the #2, #5, and #8 tags and cut them myself most of the time. To check out the graph or purchasing go to xpresstags.com

Here are the tags I am sharing with you today:

 

Tag 1 is a small #2 size tag that I stamped with a stamp from the Holiday Holidays 3 from Tim Holtz (TH).  It is a Christmas Carol...appropriate I think.  The stamping and distressing was done in Vintage Photo.  The wreath is cut out with TH Movers and Shapers mini wreath and bow dies.   I used the old Martha Stewart branch punch (that I have had forever) to punch a lot of branches then I glued them to the wreath.  The bow is cut from red card stock and I used red Stickles on it and let it dry then covered it with Glossy Accents.  Some red Stickles were dotted around the wreath to simulate berries.   

Tag 2 is a #5 tag that I ran through the TH pine branch embossing folder then inked it with Iced Spruce and distressed it with Vintage Photo.  The pine branches and pine cones are made with the Tattered Pine cone die then I iced them with Lace Stickles and a red bow.  I twisted up a couple pipe cleaners to get a candy cane for the tag canvas.

  

Tag 3 is a #8 tag that I covered with a piece of Holidays Past seasonal paper from TH!  I then distressed around the edges in Pine Needles and Festive Berries.   The poinsettia is made with the Tattered Poinsettia die and pages from a dictionary that I distressed with the Festive Berries.  The leaves were run through a crimper and distressed with the Vintage Photo.and Noel die was used on glitter card stock.  I finished it up with a velvet brad in the center of the poinsettia.  All card stock used is from Stampin'Up! including that used to make the manila tags.

and three more tags

I decided to share 3 more tags today.  The first two tags are a  lot alike in that they are both 5 1/2" x 2 1/2" and both are embossed with the Tim Holtz (TH) Snow Flurries texture fade that I highlighted the snow flake emboss with the Faded Jeans distress ink and that is where the similarity ends!

 The Tim Holtz Winter Wonder snowman die was used to cut the snowman out and I embossed it with a different snowflake folder after cutting out the 25 with TH Movers and Shapers Mini Reindeer and 25 set.  I backed the 25 with a piece of Seasonal Paper and filled the cut area with Glossy Accents.  The hat and nose were colored with Spectrum Noir markers and a bit of holly bling was glued on.  The scarf is a piece of the seasonal color tinsel from TH Ideology.

 The TH Toy Soldier die was used to cut this soldier out using Stampin' Up! card stock.  Black soot was used to 'highlight' him. 

 

The third tag today is one of the small 1 5/8" x 3 1/4" tags.  I used Festive berries and Evergreen bough to make the colored back ground then stamped a different background in Archival black from the Holiday Collections stamp set.  I used a bling strip of 'lights', gingerbread girl and boy and tree buttons from my stash to finish up this tag.  

I love making tags.  I don't care what holiday or what reason they are just a lot of fun to create!

More tags!

Here are a couple more tags that I want to share for the tag canvas!  This is really becoming a lot of fun after losing the original ones that I made last month!!  I hate it when I do something like that...put them up for safety then lose them!!! Urgggghhhhh!!!

This is one of the small 1 5/8" x 3 1/4"tags that I embossed with a holly and berries folder from Sizzix then using Evergreen Bough and then highlighted the tops of the embossing with Pine Needles.   I added a few dots of Christmas Red Stickles for my berries.  The little tag brad is from my stash as is the glittery poinsettia from Michael's dollar bin and I just added a little red Festive Berries to it to make it pop!

This JOY tag was really easy peasy to make but just took a bit of time to get it done.  The tag itself is a #8 tag I cut from a manila folder and embossed with the Tim Holtz Snow Flake die.  The tag was then colored with Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, and Vintage photo!    The red card stock was first adhered to medium weight chipboard then cut out with the Tim Holtz Ornament die and the Joy Mover and Shapers inset die.  I glued a small piece of Seasonal Stash Paper to the back of the cut out section and then I covered the whole thing with a layer of Glossy Accents and it took forever to dry!   When I do this again I am going to do some random Stickling in contrasting colors before adding a THINNER layer of Glossy Accents to the finish it up.  I think that would make it look more like the old vintage ornaments of my childhood!  To finish the tag up I used a ticket I made from the Odds and Ends stamp set from TH!  I tied a string of tinsel in the tag hole and a string of elastic string around the top of the ornament and called it done!

The third and last tag today is another one of the 1 5/8" x 3 1/4"  and a really easy peasy tag!  Unfortunately it doesn't so up so well on the red background because it is a manila tag edged in the Festive Berries distress ink and then I stamped the Santa collage with Archival Black ink and Tim Holtz stamp that is part of the Holiday Collections stamp set.  I tied a key with red and white bakers twine through the tag hole and added a Christmas muse token to the bottom of the tag.  All done!

I am having fun sharing my tags and I am hoping you are enjoying seeing them. 

Recipe Card Class

I am starting a monthly recipe card class or as one person told me, a 6" x 6" layout class at my local scrapbook store here in Norman.  I am doing this class in addition to the monthly tag class and a monthly altered art class so stay tuned for more information on those classes to come.

The recipe cards I am going to be teaching are the ones that I prepared for a swap on SplitcoastStampers this year and several people who saw them asked if I would teach them so here goes.

The cost of the class is $15 each month and each month will be new recipes with a seasonal flavor!  If  you are interested in taking the class please call Scrap That on Main St. at 405.310.3400