Merry Christmas bird

 Merry Christmas in July... what fun this is.. I have been working on some Christmas tags for the past few days here... so have been all into Christmas anyway... and I love it... especially on these super hot days... makes me think of winter and the cool days, and the possibility of snow and sometimes I actually feel cooler... oh well.. maybe a little tiny bit...  


This week I have made this ornament for two challenges... one is for the GRUNGY MONDAY challenge... On this one we have to use GRUNGE Board... which is a favorite of Tim Holtz  ... so this is also for Simon Says Stamp and Show which is to emboss something...  


So I went over to my work table which is covered with all kinds of things for Christmas.. .and thought about what I could create... sitting there were also my newest Just Rite Stamps... oh what a pretties they are...  So I started to stamp out a few of them.. and I embossed a few... colored them and totally enjoyed playing with them...  


The grunge board was not a problem for me at all... as I use that in a lot of creations these days...  so that was the easy part... I saw this cute little bird cage sitting all empty and decided to create something for the inside and outside of this....  Now of course I would need a little bird... not a problem...A little Grunge board... some Fired Red Distress ink and some tissue tape... all Tim's creations..my bird was done.. and ready to be hung inside the cage...     something on the bottom of the cage... sheet music... that is just right... 

Okay... now for the ornaments on the side... both from my newest  stamps from Just Rite... a little embossing and coloring  and a little Jingle Bells... 

Christmas will be here before we know it... yikes... 

I also wanted to share with you another Christmas item... a Tag from the collection that I am working on... I love this one... so very special... 

I am going to be teaching a few classes at a local store with these Tags... so am getting everything ready for them...  here is this special tag... 

Of course the reason I chose this one, is that it also has embossing and grunge board on it...  The wings, letters and fancy tag are all Grunge board...  I added a little lace, and also some Perfect pearls to finish the look off... 


I know that I will have fun teaching this one... as it is so much fun using all these fun toys...  


Hope that you have a happy day and enjoy the summer-ness that is all around us...  


Thanks for stopping by for a visit... come back soon for more chit chat...  and some paper fun... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie