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One Crafty Bitch: Holiday Tag Exchange 2014

January 14, 2015 / Erin Kys

SUPER LATE POST ALERT! Ok, now that that's out of the way...

This past holiday season I took part in a holiday tag exchange and I took this opportunity to try out some new paper crafting techniques that I have been meaning to for a long time now. Specifically - using water colour paints to create backgrounds and using embossing paste with a stencil. I have to say, for a first attempt, I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

Because I was playing around, every tag came out looking pretty differently & I like that!

It's hard to capture the sparkly beauty of these Stickles in a photo!

I went with a sentiment that had a Christmassy feel but was still multi-purpose enough to be used for winter birthdays, hostess gifts, etc as well.

Products Used:

Inky Antics stamp in Simple Pleasures
Tim Holtz Alterations dies in "Tag & Bookplates" & "Townscape"
StazOn ink in Stone Grey
Stickles in Diamond
Memory Box designer stencil in Winter Tiny Snowflakes
Dreamweaver Stencils embossing paste in Glossy White

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categories / Crafty
tags / papercraft, gift tag, Christmas, Tim Holtz, rubber stamp, painting, Stickles, ink, stencils, embossing paste, die cut, Memory Box

Advent Movie Challenge.

December 26, 2014 / Erin Kys

I. LOVE. CHRISTMAS SPECIALS.

I love them so much that this season I decided that I would watch a Christmas movie or TV special every day from December 1st to December 25. And I actually did it!

I figured I'd let the TV schedule dictate what I would watch what day, and if there was no special on or a special I had already watched I would draw a title at random out of a jar. A jar I filled with slips of paper with the names of about 27 different Christmas specials. Yeah. I took this seriously.

Unfortunately, this method prevented me from FINALLY watching Scrooged or Die Hard. When I do this again next year, I think I'll just start with those two.

Here's what I watched!