Handmade with The Curtsey Boutique!

Hey guys~

 Christmas tags are OK for ornaments!!

 They look awesome!!!!

 These were made using items from The Curtsey Boutique.  The tags come that way with the material on the tag, ready to embellish.  The burlap stars, snow flakes, lamp post, twine ~ all from the Etsy shop and all handmade:):)

Just a little bit of extra special "love" go into handmade:):)

I hope by next year to have enough handmade ornaments to cover my tree~

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Have a great weekend~

see ya soon!!!

Sentiment crafting projects~ a bird nest!

Hi, Connie here with a quick , delicate and pretty project.  Adding a sentiment to your Christmas crafting~

I used the sentiments from "Stitched Christmas" by Darkroom Door ~

It was perfect~

Yes those are bird nests that I have collected.   The top one is from our yard and the second one from my son's place in Indiana.  They raise chickens and this one has feathers in it.  

enjoy!!!!!

C. Mercer

Try It Tuesday~handmade with The Curstey Boutique!

I love handmade and I think it loves me right back. I would, so, buy handmade all the time if I could.

Take a look at some of these handmade embellies that I used on these layout~compliments of

 The Curtsey Boutique

Lovely tags~all kinds, black, white, cork, burlap, embossed, die-cut~

and the library card (she has them in 5 different colors) :):)

Take a look at this one~doily love!!!!

All dyed different colors, and the cork die-cut animals are so cute!!!!

The Esty shop for The Curtsey Boutique is plum full, plan to visit!!!!:):)

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see ya soon~

Christmas Texas style~

Hi, Connie here with a Christmas card using the Windmill Photo Stamp by Darkroom Door.

I put a Texas Christmas swing on it~hope you like.

 I got back into my scraps of paper to make this card.  It makes me feel like I got something for free:)

I stamped the windmill out on white cardstock and then inked it up with Tim Holtz's inks by Ranger

I used the brown, green and blue shades.

The tag is stuck in a small envelope and I began to build around that. I also used the Montage~Dear Santa by Darkroom Door.   The sentiment is from the Stitched Christmas set.

Thanks for stopping by~

C. Mercer

Send it clear ~ with Clear Scraps!

  Hi guys~

One more day until Thanksgiving, so that means one more day before we get turkey and all the fixin's:):):) ~ hard to wait, right!

This is a Send It Clear Card by Clear Scraps!!!

I used S.E.I. paper and Beacon adhesive to complete my card~

"giving thanks" 

"Blessings" 

vintage 1980 by r. mercer 4 yrs old

Try It Tuesday~birds and a nest!

Hi guys~

It is time for 

and it is slim pickens this week:):)

I don't have any, way cool, technique. I don't have a,way cool, re-purposed item and I don't have any junkin' stuff but...................................................

I did find this~

 Spring of this year~things were starting to get green and this guy stopped and had a feast of the new berries coming on.  The product I used is Paper Studio, 7gypsies, American Crafts and Prima.  Gonna come clean, this one Hobby Lobby passed on~

and this~

just blowing around in the yard, just lookin' super cute.   Be looking for this guy again, all decorated up for Christmas:):)~

and one more thing, pretty exciting, it always is~

I'm guesting for Shimelle. com in December ( I think) ~ no confirmed date yet:):)  Always happy about this!!!

see ya soon~

Christmas cards, tags and a layout~

Hi guys!!!

Five day count down to Disney, can't wait to have us all together:):)

I have a couple of cards and a Christmas layout for you~

This is how we did, exchanging gifts last year, with our Indiana bunch~

The i-pad came in real handy.  I used Paper Studio, and the border is made using EK Success punch.   With the punch you can also roll the border and it will become a flower.  

 Two simple cards (5x5) using Paper Studio paper and stickers~

the Hobby Lobby Brand.

and one more~

 

Two  Christmas tags using Authentique paper and Clear Scraps acrylic tags.

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See ya soon~