Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #7 & the 12 Days of Holiday Inspiration 2014

It's time for another fun challenge over at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog. This month we're playing TIC-TAC-TOE!! Just make Tic-Tac-Toe in any direction and be sure to tell us in your description which three things you did in your project. If you can make it more than one way, be sure to tell us.

This is also my first project for the 12 Days of Holiday Projects. 

Here's my December Holiday Project. I made Tic-Tac-Toe by using a Star, Die (star), and Glitter.  For information on how I created this canvas, please see the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog, I have a detailed tutorial there.

This background was inspired by a canvas I saw Christy Tomlinson make on a video in one of her online classes. She is amazing, if you haven't taken one of her online classes yet, I would highly recommend that you do. And, she puts the older one on sale several times a year!!

This is so fun and really easy to do. I hope you will try something like this and let me know when you do so I can take a look!! I would love to see how you interpret this process. Keep reading for info of the  12 Days of Holiday Inspiration Blog Event. This is also my Day 1 Project.

Welcome to Day 1 of the 12 Days of Holiday Inspiration Blog Event brought to you by "The Inspiration Crew".  We’re just a group of online crafty blog friends who love being creative. This time we're doing a 12-day event to provide you with tons of Holiday Inspiration.

We're making crafty projects using products we like and some of us are even offering prizes. Check each blog and the information there for what prizes are being offered and when the winners will be announced on that blog.

I'm offering a prize box, check back each day. I'll have picture of my prize posted soon!! I'll announce the winner of my blog candy on Saturday, December 13. To qualify for my prize make sure you are a follower of my blog and leave a comment. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!!

Below is a list of all the crafty ladies participating in this event. Be sure to visit all the blogs each day for loads of fun, prizes, and Holiday craft ideas.

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman

Ceal Pritchett

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Lynn Kopas

Misty Buck

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 12 & Blog Candy

Welcome to Day 12 of the 12 Days of Holiday Projects. I can't believe it's our last day. I have had so much fun sharing my holiday projects and getting inspiration from all the other girls amazing projects. Thanks to everyone who has been stopping by our blogs and commenting, we really appreciate it. You can still find our projects after today on our new 12 Days of Holiday Projects Pinterest Board. 

It's a very inspiring board and I hope you will check it out. http://pinterest.com/corgidusty/12-days-of-holiday-projects-2012/

For my Day 12 Project I'm sharing a large Tim Holtz Christmas Configurations box that I decorated. I used Tim Holtz seasonal papers, seasonal tissue tape, and various charms and embellishments. I love to make these and I've never made a big on like this before. I've been gathering items over the past year so I can make several of these. I put the paper on them in June and didn't finish this one until last night. I think these make great gifts because they are truly made from the heart and they are very pretty. I've taken pictures at several angles so you can see the details better. 

Thanks so much for supporting us with the 12 Day of Holiday Projects and I hope you will stop back by my blog and stay in touch. If you have time, please stop by the other ladies blogs. I know they will all be sharing amazing Day 12 projects with you. Scroll down to see this month's blog candy.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can make it to the blogs of the other ladies to see the awesome holiday projects they are sharing with you today.

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

January 1 Blog Candy

Here's my monthly blog candy post. I've got lots of goodies this month. To be entered to win you just need to be a follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post. That's it - easy peasy. Leave your comment before midnight EST December 31. I'll do my best to post the winner on January 1 or shortly thereafter. Good luck!

What's in the candy?

1. Two Stampin' Up Clear Stamp Sets - Button Buddies & Happy Greetings

2. One Stampin' Up wood mount set - Circle Circus

3. Several Calendar Stickers

4. Gina K. Stamp Set - Clear - Take Note

5. Douglas Cuddle Toy - Mr. Tibbits the Pug

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 11

We now have a Pinterest page featuring the projects of many of the designers participating in the 12 Days of Holiday Projects. It's a very inspiring board and I hope you will check it out. http://pinterest.com/corgidusty/12-days-of-holiday-projects-2012/

Welcome to Day 11 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends and I decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun. We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make, something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

For my Day 11 Project I'm sharing some more ornaments I made with my favorite large Sizzix ornament die. When I got my second order of Claudine Hellmuth acrylic paints, I LOVED the teal color and I was inspired to make these teal ornaments with some Tim Holtz retro dies. These are definitely non-traditional ornaments in color and subject matter, but I really like them and think they would look great on a tree. 

To make them, I die cut the ornaments from Tim Holtz Grunge Board and painted the ball Teal and I painted the hanger with Tim Holtz Brushed Pewter Crackle Paint. When it dried I went over the ornament with Black Soot distress ink (see www.timholtz.com) and sprayed it with Perfect Pearls Mist. Then I die cut the shapes and painted them with black acrylic paint and Brushed Pewter crackle paint for the accents. The fabric hanger is Tim Holtz trim that I died with Brushed Pewter Distress Stain. I glued them on with Glossy Accents. They were really fun to make!  I can't believe we only have 1 day left. I have a big project to show you tomorrow. I hope you can stop by to see my Day 12 project. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can make it to the blogs of the other ladies to see the awesome holiday projects they are sharing with you today.

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 10

We now have a Pinterest page featuring the projects of many of the designers participating in the 12 Days of Holiday Projects. It's a very inspiring board and I hope you will check it out. http://pinterest.com/corgidusty/12-days-of-holiday-projects-2012/

Welcome to Day 10 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends and I decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun. We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make, something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

For my Day 10 Project I'm sharing a set of little white pails that I decorate with holiday dies. I order these little pails from Oriental Trading Company. Since they're white, you can use them for many different occasions. To make these I die cut these holiday shapes on Tim Holtz Grunge Paper and colored them with Tim Holtz Distress Stains. I painted the top of the ornament with Brushed Pewter Crackle Paint and added some bling to the tree and the ornament. For the holly berry, I covered the berry with Glossy Accents to make it shiny. These pails are perfect for little gifts, candy, food, etc... You could add ribbon and tissue paper to make a beautiful gift. To be honest I wanted to put some tissue paper in them, but I've wrapped so many presents in the last few days I'm out. I only had some pink and orange and I did think those colors would go with my holiday theme!! I can't believe we only have 2 days left. I hope you can stop by tomorrow to see my Day 11 project. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can make it to the blogs of the other ladies to see the awesome holiday projects they are sharing with you today.

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 8

Welcome to Day 8 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends and I decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun.  The projects will be anything crafty like cards, ornaments, wreaths, advent calendars, etc… We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make, something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

For my Day 8 Project I'm sharing a snowflake wreath I made. I order several different sizes and styles of wooden snowflakes from Internet craft stores (I've had them a while and don't remember where I got them from!!). I got a flat wooden circle frame from Michaels and painted it white and I hot glued the snowflakes on the frame. Each snowflake is three layers - a large colored one, a medium one that is white and a small one that is the same color as the larger one. I covered all of them in Martha Stewart Glitter Glue and then dipped them in Martha Stewart fine glitter using cool winter colors - white, purples, blues, & silver. I love the shiny look of the fine glitter and I really love these colors. It's hanging on my craft room door. I keep thinking I should add a bow, but I don't want to cover any of the shiny snowflakes!! Thanks for stopping by and hope you will come back tomorrow to check out my Day 9 project.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can make it to the blogs of the other ladies to see the awesome holiday projects they are sharing with you today.

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun.  The projects will be anything crafty like cards, ornaments, wreaths, advent calendars, etc… We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make, something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

For my Day 7 project I'm sharing a card that I'm entering into the one of my favorite challenges - Cupcake Craft Challenges. The theme for this week is It'll be White on the Night - they want white with white and a little more white. It took a while to get this snowman interesting (not sure how much you can tell in the photo), he has many layers of Tim Holtz crackle paint, Perfect Pearls Mist and Martha Stewart Glitter. I die cut the hills on white glitter paper. The buttons, embossing folder and tinsel trim are from Stampin' Up. The hill dies are PTI. The snowman die and trim are Tim Holtz. The buttons are from Michaels and the rick rack is from my local fabric store. This card has a lot elements which is a little beyond my normal comfort zone - but I like how it turned out. Thanks for taking a look and I hope you stop back tomorrow for my Day 8 project.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will be able to visit the other girls on the list below and check out their fun holiday projects!!   

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

The Play Date Cafe #160 & 12 Days of Holiday Projects Day 6

Welcome to The Play Date Cafe Challenge! This week our colors Mountain Top, Ice Blue and Snowflake. Perfect for you wintery cards. I used the mitten die and sweater background stamp from Papertrey Ink for my card to keep my card "wintery". The sentiment, snowflake, and twine are also from PTI. The snowflake die is from Stampin' Up and the small tag is a Tim Holtz die. The ink on the mitten is Baha Breeze from Stampin' Up and the ink on the tag is Cornflower Blue from Color Box. The buttons and light blue card stock are Baha Breeze from Stampin' Up. The cream paper and dark blue are from my Studio Calico kit club papers. I just love the graphic nature of this mitten and I really love using the sweater pattern stamp on it. 

I hope you will join us this week. I can't wait to see what you create!!

Since this card is very Winter Holiday - it is my Holiday Project for Day 6 of the 12 Days of Holiday Projects blog event I'm participating in with my other crafty friends. I have links to their blogs below. If you would like to see some amazingly creative holiday projects, please stop by their blogs. 

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This is also my projects for Day 6 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects. I hope you can visit the other ladies participating in the "12 Days" for more holiday inspiration.

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun.  The projects will be anything crafty like cards, ornaments, wreaths, advent calendars, etc… We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

Today I'm sharing a wintery shadow box with you. The images are from the Lawn Fawn Making Frosty Friends stamp set. The shadow box is a from Darcie - it's the Addison Large 2 Chipboard Shadowbox. The patterned paper is 12 Days of Christmas from My Minds Eye. I also used Frosted Lace Stickles. The Sticker  is from Holly Jolly Christmas by Echo Park. I colored the images with Copic Markers. I think these chipboard shadowboxes are so fun and inexpensive. I have several that I still need to decorate and I cannot wait to get to them. Maybe I'll do a Valentine's one. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will be able to visit the other ladies blogs and leave them some love. They've been working very hard on some amazing holiday projects to share with you.

Barb Murphy
Ceal Pritchett
Donna Bowman (me)
Jen Cuthbertson
Lalo Ik
Libby Hickson
Rachel Izakowicz
Rachel Kleinman
Regina Hardy
Veronica Zalis

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun.  The projects will be anything crafty like cards, ornaments, wreaths, advent calendars, etc… We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

The project I'm sharing for Day 4 is a CAS Christmas card using Washi Tape. I'm going to enter it into a new challenge blog called Keep It Simple and the theme this week is Washi Tape. I used some Martha Stewart Washi Tape I've had since last year and never used and some die cuts from Little Yellow Bicycle. The star is a wooden star that I covered with gold Stickles.

 Here's my card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will be able to visit the other ladies blogs and leave them some love. They've been working very hard on some amazing holiday projects to share with you.

Barb Murphy
Ceal Pritchett
Donna Bowman (me)
Jen Cuthbertson
Lalo Ik
Libby Hickson
Rachel Izakowicz
Rachel Kleinman
Regina Hardy
Veronica Zalis

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun.  The projects will be anything crafty like cards, ornaments, wreaths, advent calendars, etc… We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

The project I'm sharing for Day 3 is a set of 3 ornaments. To make these I used a large ornament die from Sizzix and cut it out in Grungboard. I painted the tops with Tim Holtz Brushed Pewter Crackle Paint. I painted the colors on the ornaments using Claudine Helmuth acrylic paints and then I sprayed them with Perfect Pearls Mist in Perfect Pearls to give them a little sheen. Then, I used Dyan Reaveley's Dylusions stencils and the acrylic paints to paint on the images. When it dried I put Stickles in a matching color over the images. I love how colorful and fun these turned out. And, they were easy too. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will be able to visit the other ladies blogs and leave them some love. They've been working very hard on some amazing holiday projects to share with you. 

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman (me)

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun.  The projects will be anything crafty like cards, ornaments, wreaths, advent calendars, etc… We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make, something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

For my second project I'm sharing an advent calendar I made. I probably should've shown this yesterday, but I didn't get the pictures taken in time!! The little guy getting this isn't getting it until today, so he'll just have to double up today and then get on track! This is a Karen Foster Advent Calendar that I purchased at A.C. Moore. Once again I used my new favorite Christmas papers - Jolly Days from Cosmo Cricket. I used the template that came with the calendar and cut out the fronts of the doors and adhered the paper to the fronts of the drawers with Glue & Seal. I decorated the doors with various number stickers, cardstock stickers and Gold Stickles. I hope you can visit again tomorrow for Day 3!!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will be able to visit the other girls on the list below and check out their fun holiday projects!!   

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis