Yuletide Calendar Layout

Each year I love to make several calendars as a lil' extra gift for all the ladies in my family. This year I thought it would be great to make a 12 days of Christmas calendar and 2011 calendar (not shown) using K & Company Yuletide Collection using just one design paper. I wanted to incorporate a few of the beautiful Holiday Starburst Stains by lindystampgang.com on my project. These colors will be available soon on their website. These colors are just absolutely gorgeous. I first sprayed the design paper with Moon Glow's Glitz Spritz in Desert Moon Cactus Gold then highlighted the candle lights and star with the Mica Powder in Glittering Gold . Certain part of the Christmas tree is also highlighted with the Magicals in the Lucky Shamrock to give it an extra shine. The Petal Card die by Sizzix is one of my favorite dies and knew it would fit perfect for this project. This makes a quick and FUN project to make for your friends and family.


Starburst Stain in Frosty Forest Green

Starburst Stain in Golden Sleigh Bells

Starburst Stain in Golden Lump O'Coal

Starburst Stain in Silent Night Silver


To create this project you'll need K & Company's Yuletide paper pad (This works perfect because it come with 12 double sided designs), coordinating adhesive border strips, chipboard, assorted tags(the tags measures 3 3/4") and Moon Glow's products. I also incorporated Prima laces and used several of my Stampin Up! punches. To create the numbers, I printed those using the #8 font in BOLD and printed it on the design paper( 1/2" SU! circle punch). I placed the layout on 12x12 heavy weight chipboard then edged with my distress tool and distressed with Walnut Stain. I then added 2 extra large eyelets and white tulle for hanging. There are several different ways to displays this. You can add magnets to the back or place it on an easel. This project can also be a 12 month calendar too. Just like the calendar I used with my Coaster Mini Calendar, I will add each months calendar on the tag then create a section on the layout to display the current month. You can use any of K & Company's collections for the 12 month calendar. Have fun creating!

My latest Nail Art

No worries, I didn't stop crafting. heehee I've always had my nails done, but I've SO lovin the Japanese 3D Nail Art and I'm HOOKED. I went crazy online the other day and purchased a ton of Nail Art supplies. Oh my! another hobby... but I LOVE it!(Another hobby I'm hooked on is Decoden....but I'll share that later. heehee)
I did my nails today and I love the combination of the black and silver with silver glitter polish. I can't wait to get my Nail Art stuff and create more designs.

My Girls Nail Art

I was so happy when my two younger girls Maddy and Ashley came into my craft room and asked me to do 3D Nail Art on their nails. My face was full of smiles. Of course their nails are so tiny that I had to use my tiny nail rhinestones. Maddy wanted PINK glittered nails with a heart, diamond and star. Ashley also wanted PINK glittered nails but one hand she wanted with a heart and triangles and the other hand with a heart and stars. They wanted to play as if they were coming in a Nail Salon and I was the Nail Technician. It was SO fun. I'm so blessed to have 4 girls....it was so meant to be. heehee

Maddy's nails.

Ashley's nails.