Merry Christmas - SOUS DT

 

Welcome dear friends.

 

It's my Reveal Day over at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

With my final Christmas layout

 for now!

 

Using this wonderful sketch

 from our Leah.

Using some older papers from

 Webster's Pages

 "Home For The Holidays"

from 2009.

 

 Have I really had it

 THAT long.....

The flourish bling is

 from Kaiser.

White flourish dies from

 Memory Box

 "Frostyville Border"

 and

Wild Rose Studio

"Winter Bouquet".

The lace and wee gold

Christmas Trees are from

 my stash.

The title and cherries are

 Kaiser Collectables

 from the

"Turtle Dove"

collection.

And beautiful photo's of son,

daughter in law, and

 middle Granddaughter,

Erin.

 

I hope you will have time to

 join our sketch challenge

 this time around.

 

And don't forget to drop by the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 every day for tons of inspiration

 from my SOUS Sisters.

 

Thanks for dropping by today

and for any comments.

Love reading what you think.

 

Hugs

 

50th Reverse Canvas Book Box!

 

Thought I would pop in today

 to show the card and gift I made

 for my cousin's

50th Birthday

 yesterday.

 

The card and its box...

 



Made with

 Spellbinders

 "Grand Labels Four"

Spellbinders

"Floral Ovals"

Webster's Trim

Skeleton Leaves

 and

 flowers from my stash.

The beautiful bow - a triple loop, double bow.

Made with the Zutter "Bow-It-All"

 

I have had a few bow making tools

 over the years, but let me

 tell you girls - this is

 THE ONE!

 

I have always admired the stunning bows

that our card making sisters are

 producing and never thought I

 would be able to

 reproduce them!

 

Now I can, in just a few minutes!

 

This was only my second attempt

 (didn't pull centre tight enough at first go!).

 

I am sooooo delighted with

 this tool.

 

I'll showcase some other bows

I have made on

another post

 - so easy!

For the gift I made a

 Reverse Canvas Book Box

of Envelopes!

 

The canvas is 10 x 10 inches.

Pion Designs Paper

 "Studio of Memories"

Marianne Creatables

 "Anja's Vintage Frames"

 

 



The envelopes were all made

 using the

We R Memory Keepers

"Envelope Punch Board".

 

8 envelopes in total,

 in the recess of the canvas,

 tied with an organza ribbon.

Lace trims from stash.

The bow on the front of the box

 was again made using the

 Zutter

 "Bow-It-All".

I hope you enjoyed seeing

my projects.

 

I loved making them,

 and my cousin was thrilled.

 

Happy Days.

 

See you again soon.

 

Hugs 

 

 

 

Whimsical Designs Blog Hop

Welcome! Welcome!
Welcome!

 

To the Whimsical Designs

"Give Thanks"
 Blog Hop!

The Hop runs from
 Friday 8th Nov 7pm EST
until
Sunday 10th Nov midnight EST.

For those of us in the UK
 that means midnight on Friday 8th
 until 5am Monday 11th.
Confusing or what....lol

(And to make it even more confusing,
 my Blog still thinks it lives in
 Perth, Western Australia!!!
 So the time and date on the post will be
 different again. I have tried to change it,
 but whichever country you set it up
 in is the country it stays in...lol)

 

You should have arrived here from
 Nanne's Blog.

  

If not, return to
 Whimsical Designs,
 where a complete list of
participating Blogs
 is given.

 

You don't want to miss any
 of the gorgeous projects
 on show.

 



I have created a layout for the Hop.

 

A recent photo of my gorgeous
 eldest Granddaughter
 from our recent trip
 to London

My background paper is from
 Webster's Designs
 "Nature's Storybook".

Title and date
Sassafras Lass
"Khaki Type"
Alphas.

The leaves are
 "Shabby Chic Autumn Leaves"
by
 Just Rite Stamps
on Vanilla
American Crafts cardstock.

And then some colouring fun with

 Distress Markers!

spiced marmalade

rusty hinge

shabby shutters

antique linen

scattered straw

crushed olive

tea dye.

I then painted a thin coating of

 KindyGlitz "Crystalina"

 over them and

 the frame.

The frame is from

Scrapmatts

 "Ornate Frames 11".

In the wee plastic bag

 is one of the leaves

 from the photograph.

And I have written the story

of the leaf on the back

 of the layout.

 

 A treasured moment with my

 Granddaughter!

 (Click on picture to enlarge

 and read - quite cute!)

Your next stop on the Hop

 is the gorgeous

 Sheila.....

 

 

And, a final photo....

 

How stunning is this!!

 

 

Enjoy the Hop

 

Hugs

 

SOUS Card Sketch Reveal

Welcome to my blog today,

on Card Sketch Reveal at

 Stuck On U Sketches.

With a beautiful sketch

 by our co-leader Sandi

My card....

Sandi's gorgeous sketch...

Papers used are

 Kaiser "Miss Nelly" Collection

The green flower is

 Pima "Lilliput Roses Lime Cooler"

The mat frame for the verse

 was cut using

 Spellbinders "Adorning Squares"

and the

 verse from "Labels Fifteen"

The butterfly was cut from

 Spellbinders "Les Papillons Two"

 

Some ribbon and lace from stash,

 a Webster's stick pin,

 Kaiser pearls "Denin"

and VersaColor ink "Cyan"

Now girls, head over to the

SOUS Blog

and see what my fellow

 DT girls have made with

 the sketch and then

 why not join in too.

You have two weeks

 to make and upload

 your project and we will

 all come by and leave some love.

See you over at SOUS

Hugs