Day 12 (2 days late)

Well, can you believe that the 12 tags of Christmas have come to an end????
I have had tonz of fun, learned bunch, and enjoyed sharing the experience with you.
I loved the lessons that were taught on T!m Holtz blog... being the technique junkie that I am, it has been 12 wonderful exciting days.  (although, next year I am challenging myself to stay on track with the 12 days and not to have an open house party during the event!! - live & learn)
I hope you have enjoyed checking in on my life adventure.
~Jill

Day 11 - (3 days late)

Well, as I had feared having a cocktail party on Saturday and company for the weekend I am just getting back to my 12 days.
I didn't get to "make my stamp" out of a die cut (although, I promise I will, eventually), instead I used a snowflake stamp to emboss the background.  I used the tree stamp from the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz collection CMS 031, I stamped it onto GrungePaper and cut it out for the die cut tree.
Off to complete day 12.
See ya in a bit - thanks for stopping bye to check on my life adventure.
~Jill

Day 10 - T!m Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas

Day 10 ---- you would think that it would start getting easier???  NSM (as Mario would answer)
I really had to dig deep into the "how on earth am I going to do this??" pit, I obviously don't own the snowman die, however I do own the snowman & snowflake texture fade embossing folder (remember, I won it on T!m's Blog back in August/September).  To come up with a close similarity to todays tag I ran grunge paper and grunge board thru my cuttlebug with the snowman folder, then went to work with my scissors.  I was feeling really good about how it was all coming together, got my grunge on with the sandpaper, painting, and inking.  Then reality hit when I placed Mr. Snowman here onto the tag, WTF - he shrunk!!!  I am assuming (and we know what happens when I ass u me) that the embossed snowman and the die cut snowman are NOT the same size???
Well, at this point 1:10am Sat morn I had no choice but to finish as started....
I also ran into problems with the washers, as in, I have none....so, I cut out some 1/2" circles of metal duct tape, it was as close as I could get.
I ran into some scheduling conflicts today as in my son and his finance came in this afternoon from OKC, OK we were not expecting him until late in the night tonight, but NO a phone call at 10am informed me that he was 2 hours away!!  YIKES!!!!  Since I had spent the better part of the last 10 days playing in the loft (any guesses as to why???) I had to put on my Super-Mom cape and get to work, in hyper-drive!
Tomorrow, I don't think will be any easier, as we will still have company and I am hosting a Christmas open house here at our home.... (please, wish me luck).
With all that being laid out as my, "big fat excuse" as to why todays tag looks like yucko, I am still having fun, still learning, and still creating.
Thank you for stopping into check out my life adventure, until tomorrow...

~Jill

Day 9 - (& still) Playing with T!m Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas

This is what I came up with for today...I was seriously missing every single item needed to complete this tag.  So this is what I did!!  The rosette flower I made with the Martha Stewart scoreboard, using a 10" long piece of paper 1" wide scored every quarter of inch (reversed every score).  Again, I made my baubles out of glass beads.  I used the Blackletter font on my cricut using Core'dinations Vintage Collection in Starry Night.
I came up the stairs to the loft today... OMG you would not believe the mess that I have made up here in the last 9 days.... It's a crime, I tell you.
Thank you for stopping in on my life's adventure... hope to see you tomorrow.
~Jill

Day 8 - (still) Playing with T!m Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas

Today was so much fun!!!  I will never throw away the negative for a mask again - EVER!!!   I was so fortunate to already own the Seasonal Mask (woohoo)  again better lucky than smart!
I don't have the house on-the-edge die, I do however own grungepaper and scissors.... LOL, I know it's not the same but it's close enough for me!!
I love how today's tag turned out and I'm looking forward to the reveal in a few hours.  (2am is awfully late around here, but so far, I haven't been disappointed in waiting up)
Thank you for stopping by to check on my life adventure, it sure is fun...
see you tomorrow,
~Jill

Day 7 - Playing with T!m Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas

Todays tag was fun...and it was a pleasant surprise that I had so many of the products that were featured on T!m's Christmas Tag that he posted for Day 7.  (it better to be lucky, than smart!!)
The problem that I ran into today was I drowned the sticky back canvas which caused it to lose some of it's sticky back...however, it was fixable with a spot of Glossy Accents.
I have so much other stuff that I want to share on the blog, however, until the 12 Tags of Christmas are completed I'm going to put it all on hold for your viewing pleasure... LOL
Thank you for stopping in on my life adventure.
Come back tomorrow and see if I'm still hanging with T!m...  :-)
~Jill

Day 6 - I'm in Shock, Are You, You Should Be...

I'm having so much fun... I'm learning so much... and can you believe it I'm still with it!

While all my Christmas goodies are out - all over the place!!  I'm enjoying getting caught up with layouts that need to be scrapped for the family scrapbooks of Christmas's past.

Today was a challenge, however I really enjoyed learning the technique of stamping an image onto the embossing folder then transferring it to an image...super fun.  I love the way that it appears behind the raised image.

Thank you for stopping in to check on my life adventure, hope you will return tomorrow to see if I'm still here...lol

~Jill