One present down....

and how many more Christmas presents to make?  Oh, I don't think I want to know.  I've got a HUGE project planned for my son - I'll share another time.  Here's a frame I made for a dear friend.  (I got the frame at M's for $1).  I colored the Tildas with copics, made the rosettes, and grabbed the rest from my stash.   The flowers are the cutest little primas!  I love the color of paint I had - it looks very copper-y/rich.
The paper is wonderful Graphic 45 Christmas past, and if  you look closely I've got some Tim Holtz tissue tape on it.

Metal Christmas Trays

Finally some time to play and post.  These are some small trays which I bought several months ago from a thrift store.  I just knew I'd be able to do something with them.  I recently saw a couple of pictures of altered vintage trays, so I just had to try these.  I think they are cute -- my biggest problem know is deciding whether I keep for myself or use as a present!

The trays were covered with a vintage-inspired paper from BoBunny.  It was so cute, I had a hard time covering it up!

This tray was embellished with a prima flower and leaves, scrap ribbon, an apple tree ornament, and TimHoltz clock hand.  The clock face was a scrap from my husband's stash of watch parts.  The red flourish was from my stash - it was white and I used a copic marker to color; I liked the way the marker did not cover it evenly - there are streaks of darker colors thru it.

This tray was embellished using lace ribbon - I stitched along one side of the ribbon and then pulled it into a circle, glued and embellished with golden colored gems, scrap lace, and a string of pearls.  The green flower is from my stash, and the keyhole and key are from Tim Holtz.

This tray was fun to decorate.  The larger cream rosette was cut from Tim Holtz's rosette die, and then embellished with a button.  "Dec 25" is from some loose stickers in my stash, as were the hearts and charm.  The package in the lower left corner is a button.  The tiny rosette was a strip cut 12" x 1" and scored on my MS score board every 1/4".  Then folded mountain-valley and gathered into a circle and embellished with another loose charm.

This tray has yellow ribbon from my stash and buttons which I absolutely love and had a hard time using (!) were from a thrift store.  The snowflake in between the button is from a MS punch, inked with brown ink.  The bottom right corner is an ornament from M's which I took apart and using my imagination I'm calling them "sugar plums" to match the paper!


THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS - someone asked the size of the trays.  They are 3 x 6 - I've been told they might be vintage appetizer plates.  They were stamped with a fruit design which I hated to cover up, but just couldn't decide what to do with them.  I don't think I would have felt comfortable putting food directly on them, so I like them this way!

Fleur de Lis Ornaments

These Fleur de Lis Ornaments were made using the shapeabilities die.  I got the directions for this from here and then changed them a  little.  I found it easier to cut the burgundy paper an extra time and then glue it together on the white paper.  I added stickles to the ribbon spool and obviously used different brads in the center.  They are reallly pretty and as much as I hate to admit it, really easy.  Try them!

Tags

I think tags are one of my most favorite things!! Love tags.

 Frosty kisses was cut and shadowed from the Cricut Winter Woodland carts; the blue background was run thru my cuttlebug.

This tag was cut and shadowed from the Cricut cart A Child's Year - everything on that cart is just so sweet.

House Mouse Christmas Card

A buddy of mine sent me this cute little House Mouse stamp (thank you Lisa!!) and it makes just the cutest card.  I colored with my copics, used prima flowers and wreaths from my stash.  I inked around the inside of the card with an Ink Dot.  Seasons Greetings was cut from the Cricut cart Winter Woodland.

Gruffies Christmas Card

I just love these little guys.  This was colored with copics; the blingy tree on the right is from Basic Grey.  There is lace from my stash, and the remainder of the embellishments are just cut from leftover Christmas paper.

Tilda Christmas Card

More Christmas Cards!

On this card, I used a MS punch for the snowflakes and silver smooch on the poinsettias Tilda is holding.  I'm afraid the silvery smooch doesn't show up well on the picture.  This was my first time using Smooch and I love it.  It is a sharp silver that really stands out.  The remainder of the card was colored with copics.