Christmas Tags - Outlines

Hallo,
A quick post before I head off to work tonight .....
I got alot of crafting done today - all the boxes for the nieces and nephews finished and ready to mail on friday. I really had fun with the boy ones - LOVE how they turned out!!!! I will show you those tomorrow....
For today I did up 2 tags for the current challenge over at Outlines - which is for tags of course :)
I just got this stamp with my last order from Outlines - I had won a recent weekly challenge and so was able to get more stamps!!! :)
I colored Miss Kitty here with copics and layered her to some DP with some Christmas sticker embellishments,
The backs of the tags are stamped with part of an ornament topper and then decorated with vvia decor pens and stickles glitter. The I added some ribbon and there you are :)

Check out the Outlines blog to find out about this weeks challenge - www.outlineswithkathy.blogspot.com
All for now - Take Care
Tera

Christmas glasses

Hallo,
Well my morning got off to a bang - literally....
I went out for a walk with my ol pooch and was only about 3 blocks from home - its a busy street and I waited for a truck to go by, and then after he got by I kinda turned sideways to check traffic prepareing to cross the street, only to see the truck that just passed me get t-boned by someone who ran the stop sign - going fast enough that it tipped the truck over on its side. (unfortunalty accidents are commen at that intersection as many people ignore the stop sign).
Well here I am running for the truck while dialing 911 - he had a small child with him, I had seen as he passed me - the 911 operator had to have me repeat the intersection info and then my name as I was puffing so much from running (good grief) . Before I even managed to get the 2 blocks to the truck - the guy was lifting the kiddo up out the side window so I could see the kiddo was alright and Dad was at least alright enough to do that much - and about 4 other people were there ahead of me....no cuts, scrapes or visable injuries to either Dad and kiddo - or the other driver either for that matter - which was good!!!

Well once I got home I made for the craft room (chores can wait until after lunch right?) and finished off this card for the current challenge over at the Impression Obsession blog which is for you favorite drink....I have limited 'drink-type' IO stamps so this one represents the Christmas tea that one of the local lunch places has right now (iced cranberry tea) - since the glasses are Christmassy.
This stamp is of course from IO - and is called 'Cocktail glasses' #D2371.
I have been into the vintagey thing lately so that is where this one ended up too - embossed the glasses onto brown paper and distressed the edges with distress ink, added 3 rows of ribbon - green, a thin feltish brown and then the lace trim. I also added some pearlys with viva decor pens in gold and bronze.
Check out the current challenge over at IO - here - www.mitrafriant.typepad.com
Take Care
Tera

Teacup Christmas

Hallo,
Well didn't get much of anything done yet today - slept a bit late after work last night (didn't get up till 3) and here at 5 I am going with DH and kiddos for the local Christmas parade - the kids are marching with ROTC and we will be dropping them off at one end and picking them up at the other :).
I did this card way back in July for one of the challenges from Flourishes (I think it was for the 'patriotic Christmas' theme)
I just love these teacups from Flourishes. They are colred with copics. I cut them out with a Spellbinders labels die and edged them with a red mettalic pen.
All for today - gotta get out of my PJ's and get ready to go to the parade.
Take Care
Tera

Christmas Ornaments

Hallo,
A quick batch of ornaments this am before I head off to sleep - DH is keeping the bed warm for me this am (I love Sunday mornings coming home from work sometimes :)
I did several batches of ornaments to send to family and friends.
The first 2 ornaments here - I used some Tim Holtz paper and sprayed them with glimmer mist (red, green and gold) before stamping on them.
The stamp I used is one of my new ones from Outlines - I won their weekly challenge last week and this is one of the stamps I got. I now have 3 of the ornament toppers - LOVE them!!!
I used 'Beads in a bottle' by Tulip for the accents - copper on the first and silver on the second one.



The third ornament was done with a different ornament topper onto purple paper and I used a gold viva decor pen for the accents.
I am hoping to do another batch or 2 of ornaments for the Etsy shop but I need to finish and mail my family Christmas projects first :).
All for this am - Take Care
Tera

Christmas boxes

Hallo,
Just a quick post before I head for work tonight. I have been making boxes like crazy the last few days....I am making these for my nieces (with boy ones to follow). I plan to fill them with a nail kit and some nail polish to follow the theme of a spa day - and maybe some candy too.
I am hoping to have them all done to get them in the mail early this week.
The stamps are from My Favorite Things and colored with prismacolor pencils.
I am pretty safe showing these here as noone in my family except my Mom ever looks at the ol blog :)
I have really had fun with these - I had 7 cigar boxes all of the same size so it really made the cutting paper times quick. Showing the first 6 today - one more girl one to finish and then 3 boy ones to do....
All for tonight - Have a great weekend!!!
Tera

Mitten Christmas

Hallo,
Headed for some crafting time this evening- My Chief Enabler and I went to lunch and a round of thrift shops at 2 towns just north of us - I even found another teacup and saucer with "Made in Occupied Japan" on it - and then at the Antique store found a whole set (minus 2 pieces) of china that had it printed ont he bottom (they wanted 694 dollars for the set - needless to say- it was waaaayyy outta MY price range!!!
I did these 2 cards for a challenge over at Stamp Tv some time ago and hadn't shown you here yet....All stamps from Gina K and I used the Spellbinders mitten dies to cut them out with - and a cuttlebug folder on the second pair of mittens....
Ok - off tto the couch to color and cut.
Take Care :)
Tera

The Great Outdoors

Hallo,
Quick post tonight - spent a good amount of the day today in my craft room. Got a few ornaments done and working on the boxes I am making for the nieces and nephews.....
I am posting this for the current challenge over at Mo's blog - here - www.mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com
The challenge this time is for 'the great outdoors'
I covered this 6-pack drink holder to use as a gift box and used Mo's fisherman for the box and one of the tags. The imahes are colored with copics - except the sunset was colored with prismacolor pencils.
The background paper is a brown coredinations paper run through a wood grain texture folder. Then I added a fishermans tied fly for decoration on the box bottom edge and on the tags.
All for tonight - need to get my Christmas boxes done to send off the begining of the week...
Take Care
Tera