Walking in a Winter Wonderland

The Spirit of Christmas

The modern Christmas, in which believer and unbeliever may join in feasting, is one of the triumphs of tolerance born of human understanding natured over centuries of trial and error. Christmas is the feast, of not only man’s redemption, but of man himself. It is the feasting of humankind, because it releases – if only for a few days every year – emotions that a savage self-interest causes mankind, in the ordinary way, to repress. At Christmas-tide tyrants grow benevolent – even merciful, misers spend, not only freely, but willingly, the fierce flames of religious and political prejudice die for a short while to a cold cinder; selfish memories are stirred by the recollection – tardy, but intense – of the neglected and the outcast. For a few days, once a year, the atrophied souls of the grownups are filled again with that spirit which inspires the wisdom of fools and children. So the history of Christmas, unlike the history of so many other human things, is consistently a pleasant one. Author unknown

Kathi here to share with you my Chirstmas decor project & to wish you a 

Merry Christmas from Gina & the entire design team, 

I  decorated a 6 pane window with snow flakes, fake snow & Christmas Greeenery, with a few different flourish's from Gina's Designs,

 Layered Flourish with Christmas greenery

Walking in a winter wonderland.

Supples Used:

Glina's Designs:

Winter Shape Set

Title Winter Wonderland 

Layered Flourish Renata

Flourishes 2 

Snowflakes

Christmas Shape Set

Other supples Used;:

6 Window Pane

Fake Snow

Christmas Greenery

Silent Night

Kathi here today to share with you a Christmas decor project, simple yet elegant. 

Using a small metal bird cage & Christmas greenery I then placed the 

candle sticks in the center of the greenery,

Top View

The candlesticks were painted using distress paint, barn door, black soot & sustard seed,

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs:

Candlesticks

Other supplies used:

Wire Bird cage

Christmas greenery

Distress paint, barn door, black soot & sustard seed,

Nutcracker Sweet Ballerinas 12 X 12 Layouts

Hi, Kathi here today to share with you a diuble layout I created for this years Nutcracker event with my granddaughters, which is a tradition we started  3 years ago. I take them out to dinner or lunch then we attend the nutcracker, letting them buy a treasure during intermission. The photos will be added by the girks after the evening nutcracker.

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs:

Ballerinas Wall Art

Other Supplies Used:

Graphic 45 - paperlines - 

the nutcracker suite & the 12 days of Christmas

A Shabby Chic Doggies dream

Hi, Kathi here to share my first project for December 2014, a doggies dream, theses are my two dogs. A cocker spanial, & a king charles spanial. they are the King & Queen of our home.

 Full view wirhout photos

 Close up of flowers

 Full view wirh photos of Barkley & Bailey

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs:

Photo Display Tray-  Doggies Dream

Other Supplies Used:

Graphic 45 - paperline - Raining Cats & Dogs

Quick Quotes - quotes

    Craftsupplies1 -  ivory lace trim & Black Organza box pleted trim 

    Ivory flat back trim

  Prima - Flowers

   Recollections Flowers

  Distress paint - white, ivoey, walnut stain                                                                                                                                      

                             Thanks for stopping by, happy holidays.         

5 Christmas Cards

Good morning, Kathi here to share with you today is 4 Christmas cards I created using several of Gina's Christmas sets she has in the store. First up is this fun penguin card!

 For the base of each card, I used a black & ivory cardstock. I ran it through the the big shot using a snow flake embossing folder. Each of the chipboard shapes  painted with white gesso, then painted with distress paint.

 Once painted, the front of the penguins were then covered with white flocking. The Christmas bulbs are painted with stickles.

On this card the lamppost was painted and then covered with glossy accents. I used white flocking on the penguins the snowmen to give them dimension.

The berries are covered with red stickles, with a red ribbon tied on the left.

  

And last but not least, on this card the snowflakes are painted with white gesso and the bowtie is covered with glossy accents.

I used black card stock, the card was embossed with a cuddle bug embossing folder. 

All chipboard was first painted with white gesso, then painted with white distress paint.  Let it snow & the snowmans hat was covered with a wet glue then covered with red distress glitter.

Supplies Used: 

Gina's Designs:
Christmas Shape Set
 Winter Shape Set

Other Supplies Used:

White Gesso

Glossy Accents

White Flocking

Distress Paint

Stickles

Snow Flake Embossing Folder

Trim

Cardstock, Black & Ivory

Snowmen Christmas Cards

Hi, Kathi here to share with you several snowmen cards I made for a swap. 

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Supplies Used:

Red, White, Blue & Black card stock.

Snowmen Stamps

Tombo markers

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your holiday season.

Welcome crafting friends. Today I'm here to share with you , my latest project,  A day in Paris.

Full view

 Dress form

Gears, heart, victorian 

Supplies Used:

Wings assortment'

Flourish Fames - Bella

Gears shape set

Butterfly of Gears

Steampunk Hearts
 Botanical Journaling Blocks

Other supplies used:

Craftsupplies1: metal butterflies

Printed burlap fabric

Lace trim

Black beaded trim

distress Paint

Glossy Accents

Distress Glitter

Metal cameo broach

Metal Feur D le 

Tim Holtz chipboard clock/hands

Altered Mason Jars

Hello, fellow crafters, today I am here to share with you two of the alterd Mason Jars I have created for a fall bazzar. 

These are two of the Mason Jars,

I first placed the candle stick on the base of the mason jar, then colored the jars a light yellow, using food coloring & mod podge. Let them dry. Then I cut from graphic 45 paper 3 1/2" X 12" paper. One jar I used Old Curoisty Shop & the other I used the French Country.  

I added a hand crafted flower to the center front of the jar, adding embelishments to the front of the flower as well as tucked in behind the flower. This jar I placed a key & lock from Gina's, then stuffing behind the flower, a dress form, an antique chair,  durby hat & a top hat & flourishes. along with tags from the paper line,  finished the jar wit a black ribbon tied into a bow on the rim of the lid.

Close up of the embelishments.

Jar #2

I added a hand crafted flower to the center front of the jar, adding embelishments to the front of the flower as well as tucked in behind the flower. as I did on the first jar.  Stuffing behind the flower, a dress form,  durby hat & a top hat & wings. along with tags from the paper line,  finished the jar wit a black ribbon tied into a bow on the rim of the lid, and trim on the top & bottom of the paper. The bottom trim is from Craftsupplies1. It is a box pleated organza trim.  

Close up of the front of jar #2.

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs:

Dressforms 1 Miniature Shape Set

Steampunk Shape Set

Miniatures Shape Set - Guy Thing

 

Craftsupplies1

Black Organza Box pleated trim 

Other supplies Used:

Graphic 45 paperlines:

Old Curiosity Shop

French Country 

hand crafted flowers by Kathi

 

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day. 

Time Traveler Memory Keepers Organizer

Today I am sharing my first project for November, the paper I used was Time Traveler by Kitty Scrap Post.

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs:

Memory Keepers Organizer 

Craftsupplies1

Rosses

Butterflies

 

Other Supplies Used:

Paper - Time Traveler by Kitty Scrap Post.

Embelishments - Tim Holtz Idioology

 

Tea Time

Thanks for stopping by as we participate in a cross promotional with Craftsupplies1,  Kathi here today to share with you my 12 X 12 layout Tea Time.

 Full View

 Close-up of memories & metal butterfly

 Close-up of cardstock doily

 Vintage Phone

Close-up of dressform with cotton lace on the bottice of dressform with red roses 

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts:

Page Frame Art Deco

Dressform Shape Set 1

Cardstock Doily Set 1

Vintage Phones

Words & Phrases 1

Tea Time Shape & Boarder Set

Craftsupplies1"

Roses

 https://www.zibbet.com/craftsupplies1/red-roses-8ca1f413-b38c-4c8a-8f8d-c074b5b676ba

 White Cotton Lace

https://www.zibbet.com/craftsupplies1/white-cotton-lace-c7d13d08-a22f-490c-8581-ddb3879128cc  

Metal Butterfly

Other Supplies Used:

Prima paperline - Romantique Collection - Estella

Perfect PearlsMists - Interference Red

Metalic Rub on 

Tim Holtz Prina Butterfly

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Tissue Wrap -composed

WOC - flowers

Recollection - flowers

Brush Caddy cross promotion Gina's Designs & Craftsupplies1

Hello, Kathi here today to share with you a cross promotion project with craftspplies1, my project is the brush caddy from Gina's Designs, with box ribbon, flowers & embelishments from craftsupplies1.

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts:

Brush Caddy

Crafrsupplies1:

Medium Red Roses

https://www.zibbet.com/craftsupplies1/red-roses-9d4de281-e942-44df-b441-dd17bb49da8b 

Small Red Roses

https://www.zibbet.com/craftsupplies1/red-roses-fe65af70-72b1-484f-9ae6-0f5f07a73a11

 

Black Satin Pleated Trim 

https://www.zibbet.com/craftsupplies1/black-satin-pleated-trim     

Other Supplies used: 

Paper from Kitty scrap post

embelishments from Tim Holts & my stash

Glossy accents

Distress Paint - Black soot  by Tim Holtz

Fall cigarbox & mini album

 
Hello fellow craftrs, thanks for joining me today. I am sharing a cigar box I created using the fall shape set & birdhouse wall hanging from Gina's.

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts:

Fall Shape Set

Birdhouse Wall Hanging

Flourishes 1 

Flourishes 2

Other Supplies Used:

Graphic 45 - An Erie Tell paperline

Recoleelection flowers

Handmade glass flower

Distress Ink - Black Soot

Distress Paint - Black Soot

Thanks for stopping by today, have a blessed day & have fun crafting.