The Eleventh Punch Cup of Christmas for the Funkie Junkie Challenge

I decided to go monochromatic with this cup and add a smidge of mixed media...and by monochromatic I mean I started with purple but then a little bit of blue somehow wandered off from some purple ink in the glitter glue and then there is the silver...so it was more of a thought process..

Anyhow, I digress....let me show you WHY I wanted to stick with one color! Linda over at The Funkie Junkie has that blue that just POPS! Her tag also has quite a bit of texture...

I really liked that crackle paste look so I dragged up some gesso and painted my cup. Wanted a bit of texture too, so wrapped it in a wet paper towel before it dried on the outside. 

I liked the translucent look it had as well so I just added a bit of clear spray and glitter to the inside so you could see through it. 

I used a snowflake which was the theme of Linda's tag and also I added a gem on the top of the bow for my ornament. I stash busted a bit too since that purple angel has been hanging out in the stuff for years, so long I'm not even quite sure where I acquired it..That dove was something I got at the second hand store and I nested her in some snow with some white beads. I hadn't wanted any other colors besides just purple but the ink ran, which makes it look like snow with a shadow and instead of fighting it...I embraced it and added a little of the same color to the branches. 

I'll leave you with one last little close up of the frosted key, the angel ornament, and those lovely flowers that I bought at Linda's.  Linda's Shop, The Funkie Junkie is sponsoring this challenge and I treated myself to a shopping spree during black Friday. They are Petaloo Vintage Velvet flowers and I LOVE them!

Happy Tuesday!

Me on a Monday: Gold Pipecleaners, Vintage Ornaments and Centerpieces!

I do so enjoy the days leading up to Christmas. There is tweaking to the decorations around the house, places to go, people to see. Currently I'm stalking the Christmas section at the ReStore for Vintage glass ornaments. Got a couple of bags for a whole dollar the other day! Since I am STILL working on the large tree, that was pretty awesome! (I have completely embraced the whole Christmas thing and we have three trees...don't ask.)

This past weekend we were off to Civil Air Patrol for the First Annual Christmas Party. I had been asked to make centerpieces for all the tables and I was pleased to see that the basket full I made were enough! By basket I mean laundry basket...had to find something sturdy to use...mason jars aren't lite!

Speaking about lights..They had little battery operated candles, so it really improved the "mood" of the gym we were hanging out in..huge thanks to Lisa over at You Made Me Ink for the idea!

While I was on the red, white, gold and yellow kick...I made some angels for the two ladies who did the majority of the work getting the party organized.

I am really enjoying using up those vintage hankies and those gold pipe cleaners...I have a few more angels to make, but it's a busy week....and I've fallen quite behind on scrapbook pages...so we will see what I get done!

Happiest of Mondays to You and waving hi to Sian over at From High in the Sky, the Me at a Monday girl!

Merry Cupcake & VOSP Winners!

Yesterday I ran to Wegmans at lunch to grab a few things for a get together tonight. I was thinking bakery, although the last time we hung out it was a wine and cheese fest. Skip supper, eat cheese and drink wine...turns out I am epic at both the drinking and eating part. I am so good at both, I considered adding a line item to my resume under skill set.

Anyhow, I ran past the bakery as the cakes looked delish, but I couldn't settle on one in particular. I ended up over in the cake mix section. Some lady was studying the cake mixes on her scooter so I waited patiently back a ways. Then I saw her pick up her cane and start viciously whacking the cake mixes. Now I've always wanted to whack things with a cane in a store, but yet again it was Wegmans so I was a bit taken aback.

One mix succumbed to her onslaught, giving up it's place on the shelf and falling to the floor. Then she bent over her scooter and with the cane started to try to pull it towards her. It was at this point I decided to intervene.

Can I get that for you?

She looked up, smiled and asked if I would. Since the scooter was blocking my path to the mix, she then proceeded to back up a little. Since she meant to not back up but go forward, she rammed me with her scooter. It was preciously at this point I was asking myself why I couldn't go into public without a bit of drama.

She pulled forward after apologizing so I scooped in and grabbed the mix, handed it to her, and went back to pondering what to buy.

Then she want back to whacking the mixes.

I decided to intervene again. Turns out the mixes with pudding in them were on sale and the last four chocolate ones were all the way in the back and she wanted all four. I wasn't sure how the whacking would entice them forward so I offered to pull them out for her.

It was like I was pulling calves outta a cow. Who knew the damn shelves were so deep. I was on my knees in my good wool coat pulling out cake mixes as she explained that if I added a banana and an extra egg to the pudding mixes, I would have an amazing banana bread that could be whatever other flavor the cake mix was. There was a lot more to the story, including complaints about great grandchildren who sadly had lives so couldn't visit her enough and a plea that she needed help to put the banana bread cakes in the oven.

I escaped as soon as humanly possible to the dairy section for cream cheese for the frosting and before I offered to go home with her. She appeared mostly harmless and just needing a bit of help, but I had reports to send & cupcakes to bake. The point of the story being though....

I did however have a cupcake while writing this post and picking winners! (and yes, I added a banana and extra egg)

So winner from Day 1 of the Vintage Goodies in a Cigar Box is: Lisa from A Mermaid's Crafts! I see she uses a lot of seam binding so I'm anxious to see what she makes of this stash!

Day 2:  Winner of  Tiny Dancer Milk Carton that was made from a cutting file from one of the sponsors, THE CUTTING CAFE is: Carol from La Crosse!

And the Grand Prize Winner of Day 3: Catherine Childs Morrison!

Yippe! WOW, that was a lot of fun! Puts me in the mood for another cupcake!

Message me your address if you will. My email address is on the left hand side of my blog there in the middle-ish!

TGIF!

The Tenth Punch Cup of Christmas for the Funkie Junkie Challenge

We are in the double digits now for the Funkie Junkie tags! Oh no, only two left to do! Eeeek! I have so been enjoying these! This one was exceptionally simple. Just some white gold spray paint and copper drips down the edges...

Let me show you what inspired me....

Linda chose gold, white and a burgundy crystal. It is so simple & elegant, which is why I chose just three colors and the last, a red gem is very minimal.

The little dancer was a download from The Graphics Fairy although I added the flower with the gem! And how do you like those flowers? Those were a Black Friday purchase over at Linda's Shop, The Funkie Junkie and are Petaloo. Thankfully I accidentally ordered two so I won't hoard them so badly...

They have gem centers, OMG with copper wire....which is why I went with copper vs gold accents...It was a nice change for me. I have been using a LOT of gold in my crafting lately!

 Linda's Shop, The Funkie Junkie is sponsoring this challenge and I must say I really enjoyed my little shopping spree there recently! Inspiration in a box!

Happy Hump Day!

Day 3 of Visions of Sugar Plums: Snowflake and Icicle Vintage Metal Tape Canisters Giveaway

Welcome back to the last day of Visions of Sugar Plums! I do so enjoy VOSP every single year! I saved the biggest for last!

I wanted to share with you today three altered containers that are upcyled. I am also giving these away! I will explain how to win them shortly, but first I need to explain how to make them!

Here is what I started with! Sorry the cookies are all gone, so step one would be to eat the cookies...

I made myself a pile of embossed tape to cover the tins. The tape is something sold at hardware stores or Amazon for duct work. I personally love using it for projects so I have my own roll.

I just used pieces of washi to hold strips of tape together so I could emboss large chunks. It's adhesive on the back, so it was easy to peel off the backing and carefully cover the metal.

I also really wanted to use feet on the large canister, but they were for a square box, so I improvised with a square base upcycled base, super glue, and some brads. Wait 'til you see what I did with those icicles!

Here is what the canisters looked like after covering them in the tape.

I then used a burgundy spray paint & gold to cover the tape. The colors mixed a bit and gave it a really pretty look.

Love love love how I got the whole square bottom thing to work with those icicles!

The tops are even cool! Really excited about those knobs! So pretty with the snowflakes!

Check out that little metal piece on the front of the bigger canister. I found that at an antique store and thought it worked out well.

You can win this and many other prizes by commenting on all the blogs! Every comment you leave enters in you in the running! Also Lori from ChouxChoux Paper Art who is hosting this hop also has a themed challenge! You can link up Christmas or Winter projects and be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift cert to Lawn Fawn!

And if you are interested in more winning, Canvas Pop has another great giveaway going on right now - you could WIN YOUR CHRISTMAS!  Enter by December 11th.

Enter the WIN YOUR CHRISTMAS giveaway HERE.

I really appreciate your visit and would like to invite you to hop along to these other blogs for more inspiration and prizes! 

Lisa Minkler

Tracey Kelly

Maria Patrick

Char Cundy

Karon Hughes

Silje Aunan

Debbie Fisher

Cherry Nelson

Jeanne Jachna

Lori Hairston

And our sponsors:

Lawn Fawn - $25.00 Gift Certificate

The Funkie Junkie Boutique - $25.00 Gift Certificate

The Cutting Cafe - 3 Sets of Choice to a Winner

Moonlighting & Co. -  1 Set of Choice to Three Winners

PPinky Dolls - 1 Digital Stamp Image of Choice

Baers Design Studio - 1 Set of Choice to Three Winners

CanvasPop -  one 16x20 canvas of your favorite photo

ChouxChoux Paper Art -  Mega Giveaway of Christmas Crafting Goodies

Have a great Tuesday and best of luck with the winning! 

Day 2 of Visions of Sugar Plums: New Blue Birds with Vintage Holly & Mercury Glass Bases

While shopping for Christmas stuff at Michaels, I noticed a few ceramic birds on clearance for half off. I decided that they would make most excellent candidates for candle stick make-overs! One of my most favorite spots in the Restore is where they have all the candles & candle sticks. Normally they have odd ones that are in need of repurposing! Plus your money goes to help Habitat for Humanity.

Let me show you what I started with.

I didn't do much to any of the candle sticks or the silver base that I also found at the Restore. The one candle stick & glass plate got a coat of looking glass spray paint so it would look like mercury glass. I wrote a post on how to do that here if you are interested. The silver got a little white tooth paste polish to take off the tarnish. I picked up a set of white sparkly branches to augument the vintage velvet holly leaves I also found at the Restore. After that it was hot glue gun work!

 A little spanish moss as a nest, some velvet flowers & holly berries and voila! Three upcycled decorations fit for my mantle!

Clustered up with a few other vintage finds, it's super pretty! Love those deer!

Blue birds, a vintage Scotty & elves all get along, right?

I really appreciate your visit and would like to invite you to hop along to these other blogs for more inspiration and prizes! (Don't leave yet though, I have more to tell you about my prize!)

Lisa Minkler

Tracey Kelly

Maria Patrick

Char Cundy

Regina Easter

Karon Hughes

Silje Aunan

Debbie Fisher

Cherry Nelson

Jeanne Jachna

Lori Hairston

And our sponsors:

Lawn Fawn - $25.00 Gift Certificate

The Funkie Junkie Boutique - $25.00 Gift Certificate

The Cutting Cafe - 3 Sets of Choice to a Winner

Moonlighting & Co. -  1 Set of Choice to Three Winners

PPinky Dolls - 1 Digital Stamp Image of Choice

Baers Design Studio - 1 Set of Choice to Three Winners

CanvasPop -  one 16x20 canvas of your favorite photo

ChouxChoux Paper Art -  Mega Giveaway of Christmas Crafting Goodies

My giveway is this Tiny Dancer Milk Carton that was made from a cutting file from one of the sponsors, THE CUTTING CAFE! You can win this and many other prizes by commenting on all the blogs! Every comment you leave enters in you in the running! Also Lori from ChouxChoux Paper Art who is hosting this hop also has a themed challenge! You can link up Christmas or Winter projects and be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift cert to Lawn Fawn!

And if you are interested in more winning, Canvas Pop has another great giveaway going on right now - you could WIN YOUR CHRISTMAS!  Enter by December 11th.

Enter the WIN YOUR CHRISTMAS giveaway HERE.

Fun times! Thanks for hanging with me and go check out all those other blogs! I wish you lots of winning!

Day 1 of Visions of Sugar Plums: Reindeer Food Cards with THE CUTTING CAFE

Hey there! Waving from New York at all you peeps visiting from the Visions of Sugar Plum blog hop! I'm so excited to share my first project with you. I used a cutting file from The Cutting Cafe, one of the sponsors who is near and dear to my heart. (Get it? I was trying to be punny you know with the deer on the cards??)

I cut those deer with the print & cut feature on my Silhouette and also those lovely Christmas Treat Cups that I filled with Reindeer Food! It was super easy to make the ornament treat cup!

My favorite part was making the cards all girlie with the pretty rainbow ribbon, rainbow embossed banner, and some Christmas washi.

There are four little girls I know who are anxious for that visit from St. Nick and plan on spreading reindeer food on their lawn before they go to sleep! I always loved that tradition with my kids! Mine are too old now, sadly! So glad I had a great cutting file to use to make these!

For more inspiration, the following blogs are participating in Visions of Sugar Plums so you'll want to visit...don't leave yet though...I have a giveaway to tell you about!

Lisa Minkler

Tracey Kelly

Maria Patrick

Char Cundy

Regina Easter

Karon Hughes

Silje Aunan

Debbie Fisher

Cherry Nelson

Jeanne Jachna

Lori Hairston

And our sponsors:

Lawn Fawn - $25.00 Gift Certificate

The Funkie Junkie Boutique - $25.00 Gift Certificate

The Cutting Cafe - 3 Sets of Choice to a Winner

Moonlighting & Co. -  1 Set of Choice to Three Winners

PPinky Dolls - 1 Digital Stamp Image of Choice

Baers Design Studio - 1 Set of Choice to Three Winners

CanvasPop -  one 16x20 canvas of your favorite photo

ChouxChoux Paper Art -  Mega Giveaway of Christmas Crafting Goodies

My giveaway has vintage laces, keys, a dove, some roses, and some of the hand dyed rainbow ribbon. It also comes to you in a vintage cigar box so you can make something right away! You can win this and many other prizes by commenting on all the blogs! Every comment you leave enters in you in the running! Also Lori from ChouxChoux Paper Art who is hosting this hop also has a themed challenge! You can link up Christmas or Winter projects and be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift cert to Lawn Fawn!

And if you are interested in more winning, Canvas Pop has another great giveaway going on right now - you could WIN YOUR CHRISTMAS!  Enter by December 11th.

Enter the WIN YOUR CHRISTMAS giveaway HERE.

Now scroll back up and get hopping! Best of luck with the winning and enjoy the inspiration! 

Duncan Layout: 1st Photo

Finally getting around to make a page from the first photo we took of Duncan. He's our new to us Second Hand Dog. Love that pup! As much as I love him though he makes me crazy. I told him this weekend his new middle name was not Donut but Dennis like Dennis the Menace! ;-)

In this photo, he had just gotten out of the truck from the shelter and Luke was giving him a little walk around the place. Used some papers that made me happy including a slab of water color that Lexi made.

I saved a tag that come home with Duncan & matched it up with that black star paper and those script leaves. Love that black against the color. It's a happy page!

Just a little layering, some black splatter and some gold grundge paint! Happy Times!

Hope you have a fabulous Thursday!

The Ninth Punch Cup of Christmas for the Funkie Junkie Challenge

The pile of glass cups is getting so small..only three to go now that I have the Ninth Cup done and dusted! This one was so much fun! I have a thing for elves so I was excited to find this very small elf at Michaels. Had to fix his paint a little..it wasn't quite up to snuff, so then he got coated in some clear nail polish & glitter...Of course I had to make a real scarf....

You might be wondering HOW even this pertains to Linda's tag which is a cup of coffee...

Well, you are aren't you...Ok, let me go with what I was thinking....COFFEE IS MAGICAL OMG. Plus I was already using a cup so adding another seemed like overkill....I did use that very large snowflake as a background that you can see behind the elf that matches up on the coffee cup.

Other than that, I divereged wildly from her tag with a bunch of rainbow colors including orange glass toadstools. I had to build a little shelf out of foam for the elf, which I hot glued in and coated in glitter glue & glitter.

Added some gold gems to the rim & inked up some of the white paint.

Added some other bright colored inks on the outside & more gold & glitter glue. Was going for a funky tea shop look!

Currently I am stalking the mailbox! Grabbed a bunch of goodies from Linda's Shop on Black Friday. In fact, it was some of the only shopping I did! Good times! Linda's Shop, The Funkie Junkie is sponsoring this challenge and I saw a lot of the awesome elements she has used on past tags for sale!

Happy Hump Day!

Confession Time Layout for Another Freaking Scrappy

Oh my, it's the first of the month again! We offically start the count down to Christmas today!

Anne over at Another Freaking Scrappy asked us to scrap a favorite Christmas memory. My parents have been talking about this since I was a wee one. I'm STILL traumatized over it. Yes, let me get you a close up of the journaling...

My father maintains he was hanging out watching the trainwreck...which seems to fit since only a guy would let a small person go on about dead rabbits and all that in public.

How do you like that awesome wreath! The paper & die cuts came from a lovely Close to My Heart crafternoon I went to recently. (Thanks Jean!) I added the flowers & gold paint. had to get the grunge going!

Another page for my ME album done and dusted! Come play along & that a happy Christmas memory scrapped! Happy Tuesday!