Hello Brush Lettering

Last week with the Black Friday sales I decided to buy some Tombow markers and try to do some brush lettering.  I just love watching all the videos and I thought this might be something fun to do at night while my husband and I sit and watch some tv. 

Below is one of my first attempts, I am happy with the merry and bright, I am not so happy with my Christmas lights doodles... I saw some pictures online and I got a little carried away...lol.

I know there are some beautiful brush lettering people out there, I just thought to share mine as possibly an encouragement to those of us who are just starting out. I thought I would share my journey if you will. It is sometimes discouraging to see some beautiful quotes you would like to try and then feel badly when yours doesn't come out just the way you thought it should. 

Well here's me keeping it real!

I hope you are all having a great day, till next time  :)

Christmas Ornaments Kits

Tomorrow night is Kids Club night at our church and I am a leader of the older girls group. Our group loves crafting.  Anything with glitter, glue, paper, painting and ink our group loves to do it!!
With Christmas right around the corner, I have been planning lots of fun crafts and tomorrow's craft is one of my favourites!!
I was inspired by the Papertrey Ink Christmas tag kit for this week's craft. We are going to make some ornaments with a cute Christmas scene inside.
I used my Gypsy and Cricut to cut out the little scene for the inside of these ornaments. I organized one Ziploc bag for each girl with all the cut out pieces and the ornament, I am determined not to lose anything...lol

 

I will try to post a finished ornament tomorrow night!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Christmas Fun!

Yesterday I had a great day of crafting!!!  I was determined to make a 3D globe ornament / tag and with the use of my Cricut Gypsy and a lot of trails I was able to make one that I was happy with!!

Having finished a couple I went to bed last night thinking up more designs I could create in the little ornament!! I felt every excited and think I will be at it again tomorrow :)

I was out at Michael's today (getting more ornaments...lol) and I was happy to find this Advent calendar Christmas tree.

I saw them there last year and hummed and hawed, when I had decided to get it they had all sold out. So when I saw them in stock today I grabbed one and I'm very happy to say at 50% off!!!
I am going to paint it and decorate it over the next couple of days and then to head out to the Bulk Barn for my festive candies :)

It is a wintery wonderland outside here tonight, which will be a perfect reason to stay home and craft!!!

I hope you have a great night :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Christmas Tags

I have been having a lot of fun over the last couple of weeks creating lots of different Christmas cards, so today I decided to make some fun and simple tags. :)




These were so nice and easy to make. I cut the tag from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 Cricut cartridge and stamped them with the 2011 Holiday Tag stamp set form Papertrey Ink.


With this being the first Sunday of advent, I spent some time this afternoon cleaning up our advent wreath. This is a nice family piece for me because it is the one my family used when I was little, it is nice to have it and use it with my boys.



I know that you're supposed to use a purple candle for the fourth candle, but my mom always used red one so that's what I have decided to do too :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Our Last Christmas Gathering

Today we are off to our last Christmas gathering of the season, which has been rescheduled twice already!!! I am happy that is a go for today, but I am having to go solo with the boys, my hubby is sick with the flu :(
It has been going through our house for the last month, popping up every time we have some where to go!!! lol. I have never had to canceled so many events over one season before!!!
It feels funny wrapping up presents, with Christmas almost two weeks ago, but I am happy we get to see everyone today :)
Today I wanted to share this cute wine label I made to "dress up" some wine that we are giving to my cousin:

It was really easy to make, it is a tag from the Tags, Bags, Boxes and more Cricut cartridge. I used my gypsy to lengthen it and then cut out this cute label from the Elegant Edges cartridge. I stamped it with some snowflakes and done, a cute and quick label :)
I hope that you are having a great day :)
Thanks for stopping by,
Cheryl

Another Christmas Card and Tag!

I can’t believe how close to Christmas we are getting! The Christmas spirit is alive and well in our house. My boys have been singing Christmas carols every morning on our walk to school and we are all excited to open our daily door in our advent calendar :) Today I started with some decorating, and I think that we have decided to put up our tree this Sunday...I am so excited!!!

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on a Christmas card and tag series, here is another card and tag;

All the paper is from Recollections and the patterned paper is from the Believe stack.  The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms and the twine is from Martha Stewart.  The faux stitching is done with a red glitter Jelly Roll pen. The Santa’s are from Simply Charmed Cricut cartridge.

This week I am entering the challage at Scrappy Moms, Click here to see more.

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

A Christmas Card and Tag

 We have a couple of very wet and cold days here...although this morning the rain has turned into snow.... J  Everything looked like a picture post card, well for a while anyway...lol !

Over the last couple of weeks I have been making some Christmas cards with matching or coordinating tags for family and friends. I have made this one about a week or so ago and had posted a video on my You Tube channel but did not have the time to share it here. So I wanted to do so today...

All the paper is from Recollections and he patterned paper is from the Believe stack. The stamps are from Papertrey Ink, Love Lives Here stamp set. I have used a red gel pen for the red on the holly, just to give it some sparkle J

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl

Getting ready for Christmas...

Hello!!

With Christmas coming I have decided to make some cards with matching tags to give with the gifts that I am giving to my family and friends.

I am hoping to make everyone their own unique and special card and tag.  My husband and I always give each other cards on Christmas morning and we hide them in the tree, so I am thinking if there are not too many I am going to hide them all in the tree!! I am hoping that the kids will find this exciting!!!

So here is my first card and tag...

To make the angle I have used the Love Lives Here: Holiday stamp set and matching die collection from Papaertrey Ink. The stamped sentiment is also from the same set.

The paper is from recollections and the patterned paper is from the Believe stack from Recollections.

The button twine is from Pappertrey Ink.

Here is a quick video of how I put it all together:

 Christmas Card and Tag Series Episode: 1 .

Thanks for stopping by,

Cheryl