Santa's Balloon Ride by Dianna

Hi everyone, I hope that your holidays were wonderful!  Here is my take on 

Santa's Christmas delivery from a balloon with a steampunk twist.

I took a 12 x 12 canvas and painted the sides and border a light brown.  I used Mod Podge to seal the paint and adhere the Bo-Bunny: Silver and Gold - Festivities paper.  The compass is from Gina's Designs and painted gold. It looked like it was printed on the paper so I raised it for dimension. 

I used Sparkling H20's Crystal Green on the  raw chipboard and got an iridescent effect on the trees.  I stamped a jingle bells music stamp on the trees and finished the edges with Stickles - Pantina. I placed chipboard under the trees at different thicknesses to create a 3D look.  I hand drew Santa, colored him with Copic markers and used a snow writer on his coat and hat. The chipboard basket was colored with Sparkling H20's and Bo-Bunny paper.  The list was an old stamp on tan paper and distressed with brown ink.

Gina's Designs Mini Display Tray -Hot Air Balloon tops the canvas on a cardboard "hinge".  I used the Sparkling H20's on the outside of the balloon.  Bo-Bunny - Silver and Gold paper line was used on the whole balloon.  I used Tim Holtz rosette die by Sizzix under the clock face and hands, and a super small one was used as a gear.  A fence from Gina's Beach Shape Set was cut down to make a ladder for the elf.  Gina's gears were painted with silver, gold and bronze.  The peppermint was painted white, red and distressed with brown ink to give it a gear look.  I used a Gina's Design Type Writer Key "25" as gear. The snowflake was daubed with Stickles - Icicle, Gold and Pantina. The Bo-Bunny - Elf Magic paper elves were fussy cut out and the magic ticket was punched out using an EK Success Punch.  Gina's flourishes miniatures were painted black and gold.  The dream in a circle is new for Gina's Design and will be available in the store in 2015!

Gina's Designs Products Used
Pine Trees Shape Set
Mini Display Tray
Compass
Gears Shape Set
Skeleton clocks
Clock Hands Shape Set
Christmas Shape Set
Mini Flourishes Bella
Winter Shape Set
Beach Shape Set
Type Writer Keys

Other Products Used
BO-Bunny: Elf Magic & Silver and Gold
12 x 12 canvas
Mod Podge
Paint: light brown, gold, silver, bronze, white, red, black
Sparkling H2O's: Crystal Green
stamps
Stickles: Pantina, Gold, Icicle
Copic Markers
snow writer
brown ink
Tim Holtz: Rosette Die
EK Success Ticket Punch

Two Christmas Cards by Dianna

Hi Everyone Dianna here with two Christmas Cards.

The first card is Santa with a tree, wreath and word Believe from Gina's Designs.  The background paper is "Beauty" from Authentique which is not actually "Christmas paper", but has a victorian look to it, so it works well with card.  The Christmas tree chipboard is covered with music paper that had been distressed with brown ink.  I used Stickles on the edges and to create the internal branches.  I used Sparkling H2O's on the Believe and Wreath.

I used copic on Santa, the bear and rocking horse. 

Santa's fur is a Snow Writer with Stickles daubed on it.  A white fur ball was used to finish off Santa's hat. 

The Second card's background is layed with scrap paper.  The bottom layer of vintage is a Christmas word stamp on tea stained paper.  The Jingle Bells is a stamp and was stamped on a torn piece of scrap card stock.  The Gina's Design Music Note was painted gold and then daubed with brown and gold Stickles.  The Robin Stamp was colored with copic and the snow is from a snow writer. 

Items Used

Gina's Designs

Pine Tree Shape Set

10 Words

Christmas Shape Set

Music Title Shape Set

Copic

Santa - Y21, R29, R24, R46, R37, R39, RV69, N2, N4, N6, N8, E09, E15, E37, E74, YR24

G16 and G19

Robin -Y21, R29, R24, R46 and RV69

Stamps

Stampendous Stamps

Cling - Jingle Music

Cling- Jumbo Dear Santa

Cling - Snow Bird

Nature Inspired Memo Board by Nancy

Hi Everyone, Nancy here!  Today I am sharing a nature inspired Memo Board, one of my favorite pieces from the Home Decor section of our store.   I wanted my memo board to be both beautiful and functional.  I have left the center of the piece free of any dimensional embellishments, and a lined notepad from the dollar section of Michaels fits perfectly in the space and would be held in place by the addition of a metal clip as shown in the close up below.

With the simple addition of the Tim Holtz Clipboard Clip I was able to achieve a fully functional memo board to hold interchangeable and inexpensive basic memo pads.  I painted the clip to blend in with the rest of the design as shown in the closeup below.  I attached the clip with E6000 and also with brads in the holes.  I simply punched holes with my cropodile, added the glue to the back of the clip, then secured the clip with the brads.

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Memo Board

Feathery Flourishes Set

Pine Tree Shapes Set

Other:

Tim Holtz Ideology Clipboard Clip
Tim Holtz rub-ons
Sizzix Botanical Leaves (Die with Embossing Folder Set)
BoBunny Enchanted Garden Paper
Prima Nest and Flowers
Dragonflies by Renea Bouquets
Gesso
Prima Chalk Inks
Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Tarnished Brass