CHRISTMAS IN THE BANK (01/2014) a

It's time to start thinking about Christmas!  I know you are rolling your eyes and groaning but honestly if you do a bit each month along the way you will be ready.  I am not going to offer challenges this year but try and keep to my goal of crafting Christmas continually throughout the year and sharing my ideas with you.  I would love to hear what you are doing!

I fell in love with Graphic 45's "Twelve Days of Christmas" and plan to use that throughout the year.  My first project is what I call a mini/mini.  It's more than a card but less than a typical mini album.  I have used two paper bags and bound it with my Bind It All.

The cover background is "My True Love", inside I have used "Joyeux Noel", the first day tag and an assortment of scraps from other G45 papers (one of the great things about G45 is the ability to mix a lot of the basics).  I have left the inside free of embellishment so that it can be personalized at the time of gifting.  I will tuck in a few scraps so they don't get misplaced or used elsewhere.  I have used a vintage snowflake as the element to build the cover upon.  Yes, I am going to use my vintage holiday stash this year!  I love the mini bottle brush tree.  (use E6000 glue)

SUMMER OF COLOUR #2 - ICE CREAM INSPIRATIONS WEEK 5

It's not too late to check out Kristin's Summer of Colour 2 for an amazing variety of inspiration!  This week's inspiration "Wild 'n Reckless" sherbet.

Purple, blues and green - wow!  I'm still multi-tasking with my projects, these are the perfect colours (not as subdued as this scan appears)  to work into the Mermaid themed mini card swap with JoAnne of The Vintage Dragonfly.  

Images are from Steam Dust Studios on Etsy and are mounted on a background I created in Colour Love 101, not sure that you can see the beach I created at the bottom with Glossy Accents and sand, I embedded sea  charms and shell sequins from AlphaStamps, hotfixed Swarovski crystals and framed it all with a lovely blue green Twinkling H20.