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Hello!  I have a giant tag for you today.  You can put this on any gift or, use it on your tree or really anywhere as a great Christmas decoration.       Here are the items you need:   Tag Substrate - Here I cut out my own giant tag (approx. 6 x 8 inches) You can use any tag you like Paper - I used a variety of papers from my stash Collage Images - AP2045 Lovely Winter Blue Girls Embossing Powder - I used Emerald Creek Neon blue and Aurora Borealis Stamps Adhesive Acrylic Paint - Blue Music sheet  or vintage text    I chose the Lovely Winter Blue Girls Collage sheet because I like Christmas colors other than red and green. These were great to use and they have text you can use as well. I tore up several complimentary colors of papers. I did not use any strong seasonal prints here because I wanted the collage image and the stamped images to stand out. I adhere them to the tag in a random patter...

Have you attended any festive events?   Maybe a work luncheon or a cookie exchange or just good friends have a cup of coffee? It has been a whirlwind at our home and it's not over yet!  I have several groups in which we exchange tokens of our friendship.   This year I made ornaments for gifts.    They were easy and fun, embellishing is the TRICK!   At this time of year anything goes with decorations!   A florist once told me, you can truly get away with TACKY at Christmas!  If it's shiny and bright it's OK. Here are some photos - I started with our Paper Mache Cones and inked the edge with Mementos Love Letter Red  ink. I then used Kaisercraft Mint Twist paper pad to cover the cones. I found the easiest way to create my template was to place the point of the cone at one corner of the paper and rolling it while I made a pencil outline of the shape.  I was able to fit two cones onto each piece of paper.  Since the cones a...

I love using products from AlteredPages to produce items of art that make me smile. This was no exception! I also got to use a great product provided by our sponsor for the month, Craft Attitude. I love the Craft Attitude printable film and can now see how wonderful and versatile it is.   I can’t wait to experiment  even more with Craft Attitude!   I  loved coming up with the armature style tree and adding sweet Christmas styled ornaments on it. I hope you too will enjoy my journey into fun.   Supplies: Aluminum Wire Cutters Scrap wood block Glass Glitter from AlteredPages Mini Christmas Tags from AlteredPages Craft Attitude™ Glue Pliers Printer Circular Punch Hole Puncher Zip ties for holding the bunch together See you next month, Happy Thanksgiving!

'Tis the Season...to get making those holiday crafts and gifties!    For the month of November Altered Pages is teaming with Craft Attitude to bring you all kinds of awesomeness!  Be sure to check the blog daily and make sure to comment on each post...this will enter you into the monthly drawing for fun, fun stuff!  So for today's offering I have made a set of three mini Christmas Trees using Altered Pages collage images printed on  Craft Attitude printable sheets. They almost have a topiary look, don't they?  I will add a supply list at the end of the post so you can find everything you need to make some of your very own.  I think these would make great hostess, teacher or neighbor gifts. Or, better yet keep 'em all to yourself.  Okay, maybe give away two and keep one!  :-)  I started out with three paper mache cones and three different sized wooden blocks and gave everything a coat of gess...