There’s stars on that Mantle!

I wanted to say there’s stars on thairs!  Get it?  Dr Suess!  OK, anyway on with the business of the day! 

I added these stars to my mantle garland today.  They look very pretty and added some glitz to my plain garland.  I am really into metallic accenting this Christmas. 

See the silver and burgundy ink!

Here’s what I did.  First I created this 3-D star with my Gypsy  and George and Basic Shapes, and I cut 18 of them.

I choose white paper because I wanted to use some silver Rub and Buff paint I had and I thought white would be best for this.

After cutting them out I scored them using my clear ruler and my bone folder.  I don’t have a Score Pal or Martha Stewart score board. 

Then I trimmed the tabs on a slant so they wouldn’t stick out when I glued the two stars together. 

 

Next I rubbed some Rub and Buff on my Swirls Cuttlebug folder and ran one side of each star through the Cuttlebug.

Next I used a cranberry  or pine ink pad to layer in some more color. 

Next I folded the star and tabs and shaped the star

I added glue to all the tabs.

Then press the star flat so that the edges meet and are sealed and if needed clip to hold tight until glue adheres.

And ta-da!  Cute huh!  From here I punched a small diameter hole, added red ribbon and put them on my mantle garland. 

Here they are on the garland.

That’s it for now!  I hope you are getting everything done you need to do!

Hey, where do I sit?

Well, you sit over there by that pumpkin!  He he he! 

OK, OK, I will cut the cuttin up!  No I didn’t use Cuttin’ Up for this project.  I used my pumpkin cut file from my wreath, made it smaller and made place cards for my Thanksgiving table. 

How did I do that! I am going to tell you.  I started with my pumpkin file made with George and cut 105!  I have 15 people sitting at my table this Thanksgiving and for each place card I need 7 pumpkins. 

Yeah! My expression hummed along for quite a long time.  Once they were all cut, I dragged out my Cuttlebug and embossed each one of all 105 pumpkins with my Dotted Swiss A2 folder. Sigh!  Yes, my arm did get tired!  OK you’re right. Not really! 

After embossing I folded each of the 105 pumpkins in half.  I know I keep saying 105!  I can’t help it!  That’s a lot of pumpkins!  After folding I trimmed the bottom of each pumpkin so that each pumpkin would sit even.  Can you see the trim? I had originally intended to ink these with gold ink, but I changed my mind.  I mean, come on . . . 105! 

At this point I glued them together and added a green stem to each pumpkin. 

I also cut three of each parts of the actual name plates. This cut came from Gypsy Wanderings and was cut at 3x2”. The leaf paper is the back and the green the front with the beige name plate.  Then I stamped the name plate with a Basic Grey $1 stamp, wrote each person’s name on the name plate, and added faux stitching.   The name plate is attached with a paper clip. 

Turned out sort of cute!  Now to finish all of them! 

My progress so far

Brrrrr! It’s chilly here this morning. Fall is here and I love fall. The colors, the air, and all the perks that come with fall make me in love it all the more. When I let my dog out this morning, I was surprised by the crisp, chilled air that me shiver, and yet I walked out on the deck and took a deep breath of it. It was one of those rare moments when the beauty of God’s creations and the privilege of being it overwhelmed me. Love it!

I know you are not here to hear of how I feel about fall! You are here to check out what has happened with the Halloween Countdown Book, and so I won’t make you wait. This is where I am at.

I cut 31 pieces of card stock at 3 3/8 x 2 7/8.

Next I cut these numbers using the square frame option from Designer’s Calendar with my Gypsy set at 2.34 x2.25.

Then I cut these tags from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More at 2.69 x3.74 and its shadow cut. This paper is from a Provocraft 24” pad, and no paper cuts better than this paper. Why doesn’t Provocraft produce some 12” paper of the same quality?

From this point honestly it was just a lot of faux stitching and inking which took way too long. I inked the black shadow tag with white. I liked the it turned out.

I finished it up watching Dancing with the Stars! Love that show. It’s because I can’t dance and even after years of music instruction I still have no natural sense of the beat! I dream of gliding across a dance floor!

Next I pulled out my Cuttlebug and started embossing the tags and the mats for the numbers. I used the D’Vine Swirls embossing folder and the Spots and Dots on the mats for the numbers. I’ve got to go back and label those Cuttlebug folders so that I know which one I’ve used, so I don’t have to look it up.

Next I start assembling the envelope pockets and tags. I hand wrote the activities for each day and am still doing that. This where I ended the process when I went to bed last night. I plan on using several different ribbons for the tags.

Darn! I wish I had better handwriting!

Today I hope to start assembling the pages, so that I can share that with you tomorrow.

Please make a comment especially if you have ideas for activities for the tags. I am still collecting ideas for the tags. I would love to hear from you.