Happy New Year! Celebrating With A Ladies' Diary

Hello friends and Happy New Year!  Angela Holt Designs and her Creative Design Team will be bringing you some awesome Graphic 45 projects all month long!  I had the pleasure of working with "A Ladies' Diary" and decided to make a home fit for a lady.  It has working lights and it filled with many fine details from beautiful ladies', little curtains, a nice porch with pillars, and a walk way into the back so the women can sit under a shade tree.

The house without lights.

The house with lights on.

Some close up's.

Ladies' on the porch.

Lady waving from the side of the house.

Lady in the upper left window.

Little curtain and lady in the upper right window.

Trees and cloud 

Roof close up.

Pillar on porch close up.

So there it is!  A house fit for a lady.  What a beautiful paper line this is and it was a pleasure to work with it.  On the 7th of January, I'll be sharing my new design of a glass door cabinet using "A Proper Gentleman".

Be sure to stop by the Creative Design Team's blogs to see even more inspiration!

Angela

Virginia

Jan

Scrappin Madge

Jennifer 

Shanna

and our Sponsor Graphic 45!

A Proper Gentleman's Old Fashioned Main Street

Hello friends!  Wishing you all a Happy New Year and hoping all your dreams and goals come true in 2013!  I'm not sure if we'll be celebrating or staying home this year.  Most years we have stayed home tocelebrate the birthday of our youngest, Zach. who will be 16.  We adopted Zach and his three siblings, Marnie, Ernie and Kim when Zach was two.  Marnie and Ernie are off to college, Kim and Zach are the only kiddo's living at home.  I'm looking forward to being empty nesters in a few years :)
The Angela Holt Designs Creative Design Team has been working with on some awesome projects that are sure to inspire you.  Guess who the sponsor is for our first projects?  Graphic 45!  My favorite company and we'll be using their products through January!  Woot!
I have several projects completed that I'll start sharing on the 1st of January.  The official Blog Hop starts on January 7th! I made an extra so I could get you all in the mood for some Graphic 45 goodness!  Stop in tomorrow for a look at my house with working lights and " A Ladies' Diary" paper line.

I've used "A Proper Gentleman" by Graphic 45" and have used wooden houses to build an old fashioned main street.  The windows are Retro Cafe Art and I've embellished with some Tim Holtz.

Some close ups.

Sure hoping that you'll join us for the Blog Hop!

HAPPY 2013!

Sleigh Rides

Hello friends!  I've been wanting to make a sleigh and when I saw the Nutcracker Sweet Collection by Graphic 45, I knew it would be perfect for my design.  I made a pattern and cut the medium weight chipboard with a craft knife.  I cut the Nutcracker Sweet papers and used my craft knife to cut close to the chipboard.

I've added some embossed Chipboard, Tim Holtz labels and Rosette die, Graphic 45 Metal Brads and Graphic 45 packaging on the mini.

Worldwin ColorMates were used on the inside of the sleigh.

Close up's.

Label close up, embossed with WOW! Gold embossing powder.

Also used are Purple and Red Embossing Powder.

If you save the packaging with the acetate, it makes for a great little shaker.  I used tiny Jingle Bells inside the acetate for the cover of my mini.

Cover with the Jingle Bell Shaker

Tim Holtz Gears and 7 gypsies Metal corners.

Embossing close up and Graphic 45 Metal Clothespin.

The rest of the pages.

Really Reasonable Ribbon Seam Binding.

Snowflake die is Spellbinder's and I've cut them out of a white foam sheet and applied glitter.  The scalloped top is an Accucut die.

Metal Corners are 7 Gypsies

The fence die cut is Heartfelt Creations.

3D Finalist at Retro Cafe Art

Hello friends!  I entered a cute little Christmas Caravan in the Retro Cafe Art Christmas Challenge and I see that my project is one of the three finalist...yipee!  The pattern I used is by Laura Denison Designs and the paper is Basic Grey.
I sure would appreciate your "like" on my project:)  Here's the link!
Voting will end tomorrow.
Here's a peek at the Caravan.

I've used a Christmas FREEBIE from Retro Cafe Art.

Angela Holt Designs, Creative Team

Hello friends!  I have some exciting news to share and I've been waiting to spill the beans.  I'm sure many of you have heard of Angela Holt Designs.  She's a professional Crafter/Artist and I will be joining Angela Holt Designs Creative Team!  What fun, huh?  She has been working so hard to get some great sponsors and it will be a blast to work with these companies!
The Creative Team consists of :
Alice Elizabeth, Coordinator
Angela Holt, Owner of Angela Holt Designs
Jan Hennings
Virginia Dare Burnett
Mandee Gillen
Jennifer Stahr
Shanna Shands
Here's a Christmas Tree I made to celebrate :)
I've used A Ladies' Diary by Graphic 45 and Tim Holtz, Ideaology, WOW Embossing Powder and Maya Road Trinket pins.

The tree is made up of individually wrapped presents that have been layered.

Some close up's.

Japanese Luminary

Hello friends!  Today I'm a guest at US Art Quest!  Have you tried their products?  They are so versatile and can be used in altered art, mixed media, home decor and paper crafts!  Here's a copy and paste from the US Art Quest blog.

Today, it’s all about mica, and I’ve used a MICACRAFT sheet and MICACOLOR Watercolor Palettes.  I coated my project with a generous layer of Antique Copper.  Talk about a great way to add a splash of elegant color to your projects! Papers are BIRDSONG collection from Graphic 45.

Japanese Luminary

A close up of the front with MICACRAFT sheet.

Drawer with MICACRAFT sheet insert.

I hope I’ve inspired you to give the MICACRAFT sheets a try!

Nutcracker Sweet: White Christmas Challenge

Hello friends!  I shared a much larger Ice House a couple days ago and wanted to show you a smaller version today.   I am entering the little cutie in the "Berry71 Bleu" White Christmas challenge. The papers are Graphic 45, Nutcracker Sweet Collection.  The Gingerbread House is an Accuct die.  With the die, because it  is a "Build an Album",  there are no sides or the roof, so I simply cut the needed size and PRESTO :)
I've used Beacon Glass, Metal and more adhesive and ordered the polyester sheets through Dick Blick Art Studio.

close up's