Handmade Holidays Blog Hop ~

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 share with you handmade gifts, that can easily be made to share with family and friends.

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For my project I chose to make these tea stained muslin gift bags.   They are great for gift giving and beautiful to wrap that special gift or keepsake in.  They are not hard to make, just take a little time.  So here we go~

#1. Brew some strong hot tea and soak the muslin bags in the mix for 15 ~ 20 minutes.

#2. Remove from the hot tea and let them dry.

#3. Tea stain strips of muslin (just like above) 3" wide X 12" long.

#4. Twist and roll the strip of muslin. As you are rolling tag it with Aqua Mono Liquid Glue by Tombow, to keep it together.  

#5. Clip when necessary.

#6. Now the fun part starts!  Glue on lace, ribbon and the hand rolled roses with

 Aqua Mono Liquid Glue by Tombow.  

#7. Glue the buttons by Buttons Galore & More in the center of the roses.

#8. When I had everything glued, I put a heavy book on top of them and let them dry.

#9. They are ready to wrap that treasure in and give to that special someone.

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New Stamps with a Jillian Vance Design!

Hi guys!

I'm over at A Jillian Vance Design Today~

I'm sharing a set of cards I made using the Scattered Snow

 Background Stamp and Pine Trees.

I really love these two stamps!! So many creative possibilities.

Pine Trees

Scattered Snow

New introductions are going on this week, for the new girls added to the AJVD

 Design Team.  Check it out~you might learn something new about me but then maybe not :).

Have a great day and see ya soon!!!

Anchor's Aweigh with Quick Quotes!

Hi, Connie here with a scrapbook page using the new Anchor's Aweigh Collection by Quick Quotes. These papers were perfect for our photographs from Destin, Florida.

The sea shells on the Anchor's Aweigh 101 paper,  made great embellishments for the scrapbook page.  The Anchor embellishment was created with a stencil by Clear Scraps and inked with PowderPuff Chalk Ink/Midnight by Quick Quotes.  

Products used:

Quick Quotes / Anchor's Aweigh  101, 104 and 108.

Quick Quotes/ Anchor's Aweigh stickers and chipboard

Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Inks : Midnight Confession, Feather Grey, Seafoam.

Other:

Clear Scraps stencil

Wink of Stella 

twine, button and stickers.

   

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie Mercer/DT Memeber               

Splash!!!! with Clear Scraps.

Hi, Connie here with an acrylic scrapbook page to share, using the new stencil borders by Clear Scraps as embellishments for the scrapbook page.  Sounds like fun !!!! Let me show you what I'm talking about~



Instructions~
1. Select the images, from the border stencil, you would like to add as an embellishment for the scrapbook page.  Mask it off and add ink.  Quick Quotes PowderPuff Inks work well for this.



2. Next step is to cut out the image.



3.  If you are using an acrylic word ( splash )~ To add color to the word use StazOn ink.  It can be applied right from the pad or with a sponge type applicator.
4. Create the front of the scrapbook page and adhere to acrylic.



5. Adhere the pattern paper to the acrylic.  By adhering the images to the acrylic first you have a idea as to where the adhesive can be applied so it won't show on the acrylic.  In other words the adhesive can be strategically placed.
6. Speckle with black ink.

Products Used:
Hope is border stencil / Clear Scraps
He Lives border stencil/Clear Scraps
Expressions small Splash!/Clear Scraps
XL Scallops/Clear Scraps

Other:
Paper: Quick Quotes
Ink: StazOn Ink, Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Ink, Ranger
twine, button, stickers

Thanks for stopping by~
Connie Mercer/DT Member

A Jillian Vance Design~ in for Jillian with Pine Trees and Snow!

Hi guys!
I'm stepping in for Jillian today~
I have a Christmas card using the Pine Trees and Scattered Snow Stamps
 by A Jillian Vance Design.
No peek today you, get to see the card :)
 Other inspiration HERE~

Scattered Snow

Pine Trees

Thanks for stopping by~

Try It Tuesday~ nuts and bolts for inspiration!

Hi guys!

Thanks for stopping by for Try It Tuesday!

I never know where my next inspiration is coming from. I'm always surprised too!!

Anyway .....here it is my inspiration.

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Kinda of funny but I got this new set from Darkroom Door and all I

 could think of was, photographing a card in the nuts and bolts mess, I mean pile !!

Looks cool~

 Products used: Tool Shed by Darkroom Door.

Scratches/Texture Stamp by Darkroom Door.

Archival Ink

Paper/Kaiser

twine, corner punch

Tool Shed

Thanks for stooping by~

See ya soon!

His first tour of the Ranch~

Hi guys!

I have a fun and cute scrapbook page to share using October Afternoon.

 These papers were hanging out in the old but fabulous pile. 

Pretty simple page just wanted to remember~

I really loved the chocolate brown  check and the turquoise

 blue polka dot together.  This was #6's first tour of the ranch.  

Keeping it short ~ 

See ya soon