Glitz Cross Promo #3

The Chic Tags, Glitz Design product swap was pretty great.  The two products mixed together so well, creating was easy.  Here is my last project creating using the two Christmas collections.

At this time of year, I love sitting in the dark with nothing but the Christmas lights on.  It almost makes the entire headache of putting the lights up in the first place worth it, haha.

I cut the popular Christmas poem quote using my Silhouette Cameo.  The strip of red is actually part of the fab ribbon that Cassie, from Paper Issues wraps all her packages in.  Super easy to reuse/recycle.

You can see more combo creations by the Chic Tags girls here, and the Glitz girls here.

Thanks for stopping by today friends!

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Chic Tags & Glitz Design

Our team at Chic Tags paired up with Glitz Design this month for a product swap.  A few of us got to play around with their Hello December collection.  The colours were a perfect match for our Good Tidings collection.  Here are 2 of my 3 projects:

First up is this tin I altered to fill with Christmas goodies for the girls' piano teacher.

Christmas music is one of my favourite things about the season.  As soon as December 1st hits the tunes come out in full force.  I thought it might be fun to document a few of my favourite cds.  That wood grain paper is so divine.  I wish I could have a pack of it.  The starts are printed directly onto the paper.  I've placed a couple of gold rub-ons over top, but I just love this sheet, and see what I mean about the two collections matching perfectly?!

There are way more fabulous projects to see up on the Chic Tags blog as well as the Glitz Design blog. I think both teams did a fabulous job mixing and matching the two collections.  For you chance at the entire Good Tiding Collection from Chic Tags hop over here and leave a comment.  And there's also a Glitz Hello December Collection up for grabs here.

Thanks for stopping by today friends, I'll have the last of my projects to share with you next week. Pin It

Creative Scrappers Reveal

Another great sketch to reveal to you today.  

Here is the Creative Scrappers sketch #254 by the talented Jenny Evens

Products Used: Flair: A Flair For Buttons, Alphas: American Crafts, Stamp: Glitz Design, Mist: Heidi Swapp, Envelope: Fancy Pants, Cork: Studio Calico, Tags: Chic Tags, Jillibean Soup, Enamel Dots: My Mind's Eye, Freckled Fawn, Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye, Simple Stories, Cardstock: American Crafts

Hop over to the Creative Scrappers site to see how the rest of the talented dt used the sketch.  

• To win a prize package from our sponsor Die-Namites complete at least one layout from sketch 252 -253 and upload it using our inLinkz at the bottom of the appropriate reveals. The deadline to submit your layout(s) for 252-253  is October 31 2013 (You are free to enter as many times as you like, simply create a new project each time)
• The deadline to submit your layout for 254-255 is November 30th 2013 - Our Sponsor(s) will be posted November 1st ;-)
• *** We have another special reveal coming November 1st! We've partnered up with White With 1 challenge blog and we'll be here to give you more inspiration! ***

Thanks for stopping by today friends.  I hope you've had a wonderful weekend thus far.

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Oh Baby!

Did you know that Chic Tags has some really cute baby themed tags?  They are part of a recently released collection called Oh Baby!  There is a pink line for girls and a blue line for boys.  It's been a while since I have heard the pitter patter of little feet in my home, but I just had to use these sweet tags on a layout.  

This is where sweet, sweet Ella comes in.

This little lady sure knows how to light up a room.  She's so intelligent, and cuter than a button.  Her mom sent me this adorable photo of her loving her new pink tutu, a perfect match for the Oh Baby! collection.

Because I didn't really have the exact shade of pink in any of my patterned papers, I decided to go with a variety of pinks, mixed with some black, white, and off white.  I really like the end result.

If you know my scrappy style, you know how much I love office supply tags.  How cute are these Oh Baby! ones, shown here tucked behind the "Sweet Baby Girl Icon"

That super cute chevron card is also form the collection

See that circle/star cut file?  It's a Chic Tags cut file, you can grab it yourself for FREE right here.

I many no longer have babies to raise, but I am not going to let that stop me from using the adorable Oh Baby collection.

Hope you feel inspired to create something beautiful today!

Tags Used
Oh Baby! Girl Icons
Oh Baby! Girl Mini Tags
Oh Baby! Girl Milestones
Circle/Star Cluster Cut File

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Sunday Challenge & Free Cut File

Good Morning friends!

We have another Sunday Challenge for you over at Chic Tags today.  We challenge you to use washi tape.  I have never really gotten into the washi tape craze, as it kind of scares me to be honest.  I have received a few rolls along the way through different kit clubs and/or prize packs.  I decided to use washi in place of patterned paper.  

I actually quite like the result.  Because of all the colour it added to my layout I decided to use a black and white photo.  I think the combo really worked.

I've used a few Everyday Life II tags on this layout (the Snip'em Tags, the A/B tags (my favourites in the collection), and a Month Tag).  The wash is a combination of Glitz Design, Doodlebug, and Tim Holtz.  The flair buttons are by Cre8tive Cre8tions.

Those Cutie Pie Polaroid frames are my own Silhouette Cameo design.  And I'd like to share them with you.  Here is what the collection the collection look like.

All you need is a Dropbox account and you can download the files here.  These are my gift to you, for use in your personal crafting.  I would be very thankful if you would kindly link back to me if you use them, giving me credit for my hard work.

You can see more amazing washi inspo on the Chic Tags blog.  Be sure to link up if you play along, as you could be our random winner of a $25 gift card to the Chic Tags store. Pin It

He Loves Him

I used Glitz design to create my layout for this week's Let's Get Sketchy Reveal.

Ashley created a fabulous sketch for us to work with.  I loved it, it was different than my usual style, but yet easy to work with.

Created this layout to document the fact Wilson our poodle may not act like he cares for Darwin much (as proved by the way he is my second shadow all day long, and then Isabelle's shadow once she arrives home from school), but really he loves the daddy too.  He was super happy to have the whole family back home after we'd been away for Spring Break, and was particularly happy to have some cuddle time with the man of the house.  Darwin doesn't usually pay Wilson too much attention, but he was pretty happy to have some cuddle time with this little guy too.  It was a win-win.

Pop over to the Let's Get Sketchy blog to see some more fabulous takes on the Ashley's sketch, and link up your own.  Did you know that if you play along with us for 3 out of 4 of our monthly sketches you are eligible to win our sponsor prize?  And just simply for playing along you may get a chance to be our featured Artist or Member spotlight for the month.  Hope to see you jumping in.  We love to see your work. Pin It