12 Tags of 2012 December

Well I have been on a mission to get the 12 tags of 2012 converted to a pure Christmas version and I have succeed ..not without interruptions or "life happening"  you understand!  Which is why I have not blogged about them properly yet as we have just come back from a 3 day trip up to my brother in law's farm, but that will come.

I am officially now on leave from my studio, though I will be going into the Scrapbook store for the mornings to give Alison a bit of a break so she can get on with her hardware store stuff!

Here are the last two tags for the year of 2012.  As usual I don't have all of Tim's equipment...something I am working on though I can assure you...and have had to change things up a bit.  Instead of his snowman I have used his angel from the Joyful song set and have cut off her printed wings to add my metal ones for dimension. And on the other tag I have swapped out the die cut words for the printed words from the same stamp set.  The rest of the two tags techniques are per Tim's instructions on his blog.

Here are the last 6 tags all together in their month order and as promised I will take photos of them in daylight and blog them separately.

Thanks for the visit

Bella

Tim's 12 Tags of 2012 Christmas version No3

Well as you know from my previous post, I got a bit ahead of myself...but then I have to go to work tonight (last class for the year) so the chances of me doing a tag are slim to none and I had the night "off" yesterday....

Here is Tim's April tag and the techniques are all on his blog...

Tim's 12 Tags of 2012 Christmas version fast forward!

Well the idea was that I would do one a day till Christmas...I had the night "off" (in other words I did not have to teach, design pages, cards or do any other homework) and so I got another 4 tags done tonight!

Here they are as a group. I will photograph them individually in daylight and show you Tim's tag with the link on each upcoming day!  At least the stress is off to create one a day so if "life happens" which it does a lot around here then there is no need to panic!

Thanks for the visit.

Bella

12 Tags of 2012 Christmas version No2

I am loving this challenge which I have set for myself...turning Tims 12 tags of 2012 into my own Christmas version using all the same techniques!

Below is Tim's Tag for March

Thanks for the visit

Bella

What's on my workdesk Wednesday 184? Tim's Tag

Hello fellow desk hoppers!  I have been missing in action lately as this time of the year is a bit manic while I try to wind up my studio for the year and help run the store.  At last things seem to have calmed down to a mild panic and I have 3 days of teaching left before taking a months break over the silly season.  Even the store will be shut for 2 weeks of that time so I will get a decent amount of down time.

I decided yesterday that I am missing Tim's 12 tags of Christmas too much and have taken his 12 Tags of 2012 and am making a Christmas version of each one, starting with February, which means I should be finished just in time for Christmas with 2 days spare in case "life happens".

So here you see what my desk looked like as I left it last night from taking the photo above for the previous post.  Total chaos surrounding the blank canvas I use to take my photos on.

Hope to see you next week too...Now I am off to Julia's (our host) desk to see who else has managed to join in the world wide desk snoop and peek...except she seems to be having a lie in today!

Thanks for the visit.

Bella

Tim's 12 Tags of 2012 Christmas version No1

Hello there

Well its official!   I have withdrawals from the 12 tags of Christmas (never mind that tomorrow is the 12 day...) and have decided to start from the February tag and make each one into a Christmas version of the monthly tags that Tim did this year.  Starting NOW...I should be finished in time for Christmas if I do one a day...and even have two days spare!

Here is Tim's February Tag and the technique instructions can be found on his blog in the Tag archives here.

Christmas Gifts

I have been burning the midnight oil again making gifts and samples for the shop.

Here is a 2 mug tray and a multimedia canvas that I have just finished using all sorts of Ranger products.  So many in fact I am not even going to begin to start mentioning them...

This is a close up of the crackle accents I added to a cog after it was covered in silver paint dabber and sprayed with colour wash.

The tray has printed cut outs from the CSI site where I am a member.

So that is 2 gifts done...

Whats on My Workdesk Wednesday 182? Birthday stuff and a blank canvas!

 I have been a tad busy lately and even nearly missed a post for today, but here it is...

There is a  bag full of Birthday cards from friends to whom I have been writing thank you notes and a 12"x 12"still blank canvas which is a sample I must make for the school holiday program I am running at my store. in the second week of December

Then there is a pile of Christmas cards I have made for sale or personal use, depending on how many are left...hoping to sell them...and not have too many left for personal use!

So that's me, now I am off to see who else has put their desk up for scrutiny over at Julia's place called Stamping Ground.

Bella

Whats on my workdesk Wednesday

Really? It is Wednesday again?  I seemed to have missed a few along the way too...I only realised I had missed last week when I was about to shut the computer down at midnight SA time and saw Kim's post!

I have been burning the candle, beginning, middle and end since opening the store a month ago, which is going nicely and I have been frantically designing cards to teach and pages as well.  Just not enough daylight hours or days in the week!

I shut my Art studio for the Christmas break in exactly a month today and I can't really get my head round it!

It is my 40th today and I am planning a high tea with my friends this coming Saturday, so my desk is covered in pink stuff for decor and eating...not much crafting other than baking going to happen around here for the next few days, but that counts doesn't it, in its own creative way?

Here you see the light pink tissue paper for decor, dark pink table cloth and paper serviettes as well as the pink feathers for the flower arrangements.  The stripy straws are for the cupcake pops along with the wooden sticks and the pink 100s and 1000s, the rest is for eating along with cucumber sandwiches vanilla cake and chocolate mouse that is going in 36 of those little plastic sherry glasses...

Oh well folks, thanks for popping by on my special day, It hasn't really hit me yet...40...

Bella

Tim's 12 Tags of 2012 - November

Here is my take on Tim's November tag of the 12 tags of 2012.

As usual I have done the techniques he used, just not with the stamps he has got!

We don't really celebrate Thanksgiving here in South Africa so I made it more of a seasonal one by using the Fir tree branch stamp (locally produced) and the Happy Holidays stamp from Tim's Holiday Wishes set.  I also used the pine-cone stamp from the same set on the die cut from the Festive Greenery Sizlet because it fits perfectly.  (Tim is so clever that way - I don't think that was an accident...)

Thanks for your visit


Bella