How old is your oldest ornament?

How old is the oldest ornament on your tree??? 

So my first few Christmas trees that were ‘mine’ to decorate were decorated on a students budget - so they all had homemade decorations like the ole popcorn/cranberry chains, salt dough cookie cutters ornaments and pinecone angels that I had made with pine ones, milkweed pods, wooden bobbles and pipe cleaners and sprayed gold - they haven’t made it through the years unfortunately!

However this Little hand crafted Angel - she was a gift from a coworker/friend  - so if my memory and math is current I have had her over 30 years that she’s topped my tree! 

Goodness how’s that possible? She still looks as amazing as the day I got her!

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

Favorite Ornaments and the Story behind them!

 

Over in my GelMoment  VIP group on Facebook we are sharing our favorite ornaments and the stories behind them!

 

 

 

This is one of my favorite ornaments - it’s a handmade memorial ornament for my fur baby Nevada who passed away little over three years ago.I rescued her in 2003 from a pot light in Las Vegas when on vacation ~ she was the light during a challenging time in my life!

 

 

Several months later we rescued Lily and Luna, not to replace her but to help fill the hole in our hearts she’d left behind! 

 

 

Since being infertile and having had my hysterectomy so young I had never had a “shower” of any kind so my amazing friends threw me a surprise “fur baby shower” with all sorts of fun stuff for the newest additions to our hearts and one of the gifts was this memorial ornament for our dear Nevada along with some adorable ones of Lily and Luna to add to our tree!

 

Every year I pop it up I remember not only how much we loved Nevada and what she brought to our lives but how much I really appreciated my friends in showering me with the only “baby shower” I am gonna have - a fur baby one!

 

Do you have a favorite ornament you'd like to share the story about?

 

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

 

*post contains affiliate links

How cute is this little Santa manicure?

Is it this the cutest little Santa that you ever did see! 

Let’s recreate this look!! It’s as easy as 1,2,3….4!

I would recreate using:

• In the Mood is a nice nude for skin tone
•  Lovee Dovee 
•  Ravens Kiss
• Gilty Soirée or Chandelier for your buckle
• Choose whichever Christmas Red you want for Santa’s

Be as Bold As your Gelmoment Nail Polish 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh,Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

*this post contains affiliate links 

Bright Baubles

OK I already loved the Bright Baubles Bundle but seeing this Artisan team member inspiration and now he layered them to really make them POP I want it even more!!! 

So intricate and elegant! They’d look lovely hanging on a tree too! I just love making paper ornaments for my tree! 

Tombow glue is perfect for intricate gluing and dries clear. A little trick I use if I need a really intricate dab of glue is make a puddle in my silicone mar and use the paper poker to dot on OR I use a sponge and dab the glue onto sponge and than dab onto the paper dies for a nice even application.

 

Here is the entire Bright Baubles bundle!

 
Photo credit and full details here: 

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love
Be Totallyawake4-life

Any Buffalo Plaid fans?

Buffalo Plaid? Checkered?  

Regardless of what it is the GelMoment stamping plates are so versatile to create amazing looks! This look was created using Stamping Plate 4 - stripes.

 

Colours used:

• London Dreams

• White Stamping Gel

• Black Stamping Gel

• Clearly Frisky 

Check out this awesome tutorial from the amazing Free Range Manicures showing how easy it is to create this stunning nail art! 

Also you can combine the Chromes with the stamping gels to make your plaid in more colours! This look in Christmas colours would look amazing!!

May your Day be as Bold as your GelMoment!

Margaret 
Live, Laugh, Love
Be Totallyawake4-life

*post contains affiliate links

Peaceful Christmas Paper Pumpkin - alternatives

 OMG how stinking adorable is this month's kit?

 

Like Laura I love maximizing all the materials in the kit including the leftover pieces. This card uses the leftover vellum die cut tree pieces as the focal point for this beautiful Christmas/Holiday handmade card.

 

 These ones from Rachel are awesome as well!

 

 

Next months is adorable too! 

We all love to see piles of presents on Christmas morning. Make that your reality with the Gifts Galore Paper Pumpkin Kit! With classic Christmas sentiments, bright and festive colors, a sweet snowman, a tree with all the trimmings, or a playful pile of presents, you’ll have everything you need to make eye-catching treat packages that are sure to spread Christmas cheer. Each Gifts Galore box contains enough supplies to create nine treat packages—three each of three designs—and nine food-safe bags that are adorably styled for easy Christmas gifting. There’s plenty of joy to share with Gifts Galore!

Plus if you do not need all the contents for the intended treats demonstrators like myself love to share lots of alternative ideas for cards, scrapbook layouts and more!

Sign up for yours here before November 10th to get in on it!

 

Happy Stampin'

 

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life  

 

*post has affiliate links

How stinking cute are these?

 

 Love how Artisan team member Leah used some clear ornaments, window sheets, faux snow and the Peace and Joy dies from this bundle to create stunning sparkly ornaments! 

 

 This Peace & Joy bundle is a true stunner! So many amazing home decor and hostess gifts you can make with it!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life 

*post contains affiliate links

Quick and Simple Christmas card!

 Designing today for the Scrapbook Nerds & Friends over on Facebook and I think I found a new addiction - Doodlebug Designs!

The whole line of everything is just ADORABLE!!!!

I loved the little Mrs. Claus and paired her with some shape sprinkles and the Concord and 9th Seasons of Cheer sentiment dies! Also got to play with my Pink Fresh Studios Slim line Stitched Rectangles Essentials dies

 

The Slim line stitched rectangle dies are just so fun - a staple for every crafter!

The Concord and 9th Seasons of Cheers is going to make a lot of fun cards!

Together they helped to make a quick and easy yet, in my humble opinion, a totally adorable holiday card in less than 5 minutes!

Happy Stampin'

Margaret

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life  

*this post contains affiliate links

Gnome for the Holidays

Today I am guest designing for the Scrapbook Nerds! Today I am playing with a card kit called "Gnome for the Holidays" from Photoplay.

 

 

It is such an adorable little kit! You get everything you need to make 8 adorable cards with an instruction sheet!  PLUS 3 extra sheets of each paper to create your own cards just add different embellishments!  

 These are the 8 cards I made using the instructions - cannot wait to create some more outside the box with the left overs and other stamps from my stash!

 

 

Happy Stampin'

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake40life

*this post contains affiliate links