#12 12 Days Of Christmas Tags... the last one...

Tag #12... of the 12 Days of Christmas

Oh.... I so don't want this to stop...

but Christmas is almost here...

not many days left...

are you ready???

 

Sunday is Solstice and

the shortest day of the year...

a day when we celebrate the light

and the dark of the day...

so on Monday the 22nd of December

we will be celebrating again

 

the return of the longer days..

and summer will in 6 months in full bloom.

Wow..

Time does fly when you are having FUN.

 

So

here is my last tag...

or my 12th DAY....

 

These last 11 days and this project have all been created for the Funkie Junkie's

12 Days of Christmas Challenge...

and for that challenge Linda has created a tag, 

which is absolutely WONDERFUL... 

of a window, wreath and peeking inside the warm and toasty home,

Oh what fun... 

so... 

My Inspiration...
from Linda's Tag is

The WREATH, The Window,

and the POINSETTIAS!!!! 

I had to go with a feeling that I had from the first tag I created, that I wanted to make a Poinsettia wreath... 

Finally I would be able to do that with this beautiful tag of Linda's....

I knew it would be a certain way... 

and it came out just the way I wanted it... 

 

So here it is...     

 

 

This is my little scene...

This is not large..

The wreath is only 4 inches in Diameter ...

The deer, it is about 3 inches...

but more on the deer later..

The little tree about 3 inches...

SMALL little scene.  and PINK... 

 

 

 

I will write about things as I go along..

and hopefully make this as short as possible... 

 

 

 

I received my Christmas trees, and they were squashed...

so I had to use a few of them in different ways..

One way, was to cut off the squashed section,

and put it into a box...

Voila'

so I made a 1.5 inch little box, and colored it...

and put my tree in it...

and then decorated it...

lots of liquid pearls,

and distress essences... 

had fun...

wet and gooey but okay..

it will dry...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I cut out 12 deer using chip board.

and glued them all together...

to create my deer...

I then embossed it with Adirondack Mushroom

and then attached the rusted star...

it is real metal... rusted... love it... 

 

Looking down on the scene 

 

Okay... my wreath...

Oh how much fun I had making this delightful

little wreath...

Thank You so very much Linda, for making a wreath the last challenge...

Oh... I totally enjoyed making this...

holding it,

moving it around to see it in all different lights...

it is really soft and sweet in all ways...

 

I used a circle frame, from the dollar store package of paper mache frames...  nothing special other than it was a circle, stronger than what I could make, and also colored GREEN... which I put on the back...

 

Okay.. now to decorate this..

Stamper Sunday Challenge...

create using a book theme...

a page of a book etc...

so the bottom layer on this wreath...

a row of poinsettias cut from book pages...

and then colored a very pale green...

Love the softness of that...

 

Then I started to make the poinsettias..

I used the Sizzix die cut of Poinsettias

 by Tim and used only the small flower...

 

This is also going into the Challenge over at Eileen Hull's

Sizzix Art with Heart... 

 

So my poinsettias were cut out of many different things...

coffee filters that were colored pale pink,

baby wipes that were pink, pale pickled raspberry, white, and even a few that had yellows, greens and browns on them...

each one very carefully chosen and then cut out...

then made into a small poinsettia...

with a JINGLE BELL in the center of it..

Carefully glued in place, along with some mistletoe berries, a little twig and of course some rock candy goo...  love that stuff...

I think I used three bottles on this project...

what do you think...???

I think I love the stuff..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My little sled.. started out like any wooden object that we get our hands onto... it was once a light tan wood...

now it weighs four times what it did...

and it has a fence glued to it... and a bunch of sticks for firewood,

and of course tons of glitter, glitter glues, rock candy and you name it... 

All ready for the wreath to be laid onto it...

I didn't glue it down,

as I think about putting it away at the end of winter...

and want the wreath to be pretty next year too...

 

 

On clear little pebbles

 

 

Hanging on black board. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh yes... each flower also got some rock candy,

and some other goodies... LOL... what fun I had

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My finished project...

 

 

It is going in a very special place... and will be shown on the glass with the clear little pebbles...

I love it...

hope that you enjoy it as much as I am going to... 

I wanted a delicate wreath... and I got it...

I might even put this with my little white village...

You never know...

 

 

 

 

Remember the other day... I made my tag box???

Well here it is with my tags all in it...

 

 

 

 

The Christmas side of the box... 

 

The angelic side of the box...

my favorite actually...

 

It is sitting right here in front of me...

and as I type I am loving it more and more...

It will go into our den soon...

but for now...

it is sitting here being admired... 

Please make sure you go to the FUNKIE JUNKIE

and see all the wonderful work of all that are creating these

12 days of Christmas Tags,

and also go and view the

 FUNKIE JUNKIE BOUTIQUE….

Lots of fun there too… wow…

you name it…

It is a wonderland all unto it’s self…

I have finished all 12 tags, and hope that you have seen them all... and enjoy each and every part of each tag...
they were made with lots of love so that it would vibrate out to you during this season of LOVE...
I drew this yesterday for you to enjoy too...

Thanks again for all the love you all have given to me in comments and personal letters... I truly appreciate them all...
Hope you have the best ever holiday, and enjoy your family, friends and community around you...


Love to all of you.
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie 

#11 Silver Bells.... Silver Bells... oh no... more singing????

I have been having such fun with this Challenge... 

I have busy making

things of all kinds for the

 FUNKIE JUNKIE CHALLENGE

 

of the 12 days of Christmas... 

 

I do hope you will take a run over there and look

at all the fun that every one has been having..

 

The 20th is the cut off date for these tags..

and I can really see the end of this challenge as being

sort of depressing in one way...

but I have so totally enjoyed doing all these fun things...

and THINGS they are...

 

I got a little carried away with this one...

I have to admit, that when I first saw this particular tag,

 that I got so very excited...

I was in the middle of doing something else...

stopped doing that...

 and started to create another present for a friend...

the silver got me into making these fun little trees...

and I made a whole city of them for a friend...

for her birthday...

she loves them....

 

BUT then I had to have some too...

so this is what I did...

 

only a few of these...

as I took way to many pictures...

 

 

 

I think it is fair to say that this tag totally stimulated me..

yes???

 

Okay... 

 

I used old jewelry that is most likely at least over 80 years old...

and then used old bottles etc...

little buckets that are at least 20 years old...

and pearls etc...

what fun... anyway... that is not my challenge tag...

 

I was just playing and had to share with you...

 

Loving this stuff...

 

 

 

The Silver and the TURQUOISE is so very wonderfully stimulating to my soul... I love it...

Well.. this ANGEL has been patiently waiting to be put onto some tag... and here she is...

in all her GLORY...

 

I also had these BABY frames... and never used them... they are funny... in that they are sort of glossy and this one had a moon and stars... so it was perfect for this tag... with this angel... and it was the exact color...  I didn't paint it that color... it came that way...

 

BUT I did add some gathered twigs brown to it... and then some silver... 

 

I wish I had taken a picture of the tag and the holly frame

prior to covering them up... they were simply lovely... I really have to try and make some more paper like that...

it was white, turquoise, and silver...

oh yummmm

 

Anyway... I did use the gathered twigs around the holly one

and then put it behind the frame...  GREAT...

love the layers...

 

Then I used one of these felt snowflakes that I really don't know why I ever bought them... but I had a stack of them... they had adhesive on the backs... which is great when you remove that... and stick it in glitter...

 

INSTANT silver snowflake...

wow...

love it... 

 

 

Well...  now on to the last tag..

Oh DEAR ME...

The last one...

 I am going to have to make this one last the longest...

 

Do I really have to finish this????

Can we go on and on....

 more and more...

 

How about 100 days of Christmas... and start sometime next week... ???

 

Thanks again Linda for all the challenges... this was a great time... 

I have really enjoyed making all of these...

 

Please make sure you go to the FUNKIE JUNKIE

and see all the wonderful work of all that are creating these

12 days of Christmas Tags,

and also go and view the

 FUNKIE JUNKIE BOUTIQUE….

Lots of fun there too… wow…

you name it…

It is a wonderland all unto it’s self…

 

Hope you all have a GREAT DAY...

 

Oh what fun it is to ride...

on a one horse open sleigh...

 

Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie