A Tea Light Lamp

Yes, Merry Christmas to YOU!

My Christmas was awesome,
because I was with part of my family
(and will be with more next week)

and with my guy, John.  He proposed to

me, on Christmas day, and I said YES!!

I'm sharing a Tea Light Lamp and card

that I created for a recent class at my LSS
Memories of Time.

The lamp was created using some gorgeous

papers from my favorite company,

Graphic 45, and it's called "Twelve Days of Christmas."

The lamp itself was created using a cutting file

from SVG Cuts, called

Maison de Madeline Collection.

*Please click on the photos for a larger view*

Close-up of floral detail

Card size:  4.25" x 5.5"

Dies used:

Sizzix Framelits, tags, fancy

SpellBinders Poinsettia

Punch used:

Martha Stewart's Cherish

Ink used to distress edges:

Ranger Vintage Photo

I hope that you had a Blessed Christmas

Happy New Year!╰⊰⊹✿ Marilou ✿⊹⊱╮

Bonjour mon ami!

Good day my friend!

I have a very special box and tag to share

with you today.  If you've followed my

posts, at all, then you know that I love

Graphic 45 collections!!

Today, I'm sharing an octagon shaped box,

and a coordinating tag, made using papers from

the Graphic 45 French Country Collection.

I love it!! :)

The box is part of a cutting file collection from SVG Cuts
and it's called "Maison de Madeline."
I cut it out using my Silhouette Cameo.

Side note:  I am in love with my Cameo, again,

because I have re-discovered it using
SVG Cuts files!  They are created so well

and are so easy to use.  Mary and Leo do all they can

to make each kit really special and to provide

us will clear instructions for assembly.

**please click on photos to enlarge**

Here's another look at the top and inside of the box

and it let's you see just how beautiful these

double sided papers really are.

The tag was cut with a file from Bird's Cards,

but try as I might, I could not locate it

(so I could give you a link) and didn't want to
take the time to do it right now.

If I find it later, I will update this post with a link.

She's got some gorgeous new files, so I know

I'm going to have to go back and download them!!
Please do stop by her site and leave her a tip,

if you download her freebies!!

Box and Tag ingredients:

DP:
Graphic 45 French Country Collection:
"Abundance" and "Provance"

Stamps:

Graphic 45 Stamp set:  #1C0215

Kaiser Stamp set:  Flourishes - #C5721

Copic Markers:  G94, Y13, Y15, Y17, Y23, YR18

Punch: Martha Stewart "3-in-1 Butterfly"

Inks:
Ranger:  Vintage Photo and Antique Linen

Momento:  Rich Cocoa

Embellishments:Cousin: Key (from WalMart)
Cousin:  Natural Polished Hemp (WalMart)
Stickles:  Diamond

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist:  Dazzling Diamonds

American Craft Pearl Brads, Neutrals

Ribbon:  Offray Black

Silk flowers (from stash)

I taught this in a class today at
Memories of Time
and promised my students that I would

put up a video tutorial

teaching how to make the bows we made

in class, using only our fingers.

Well, I found one, and it's a bit

different than how I taught them,

but it is very similar and it works just

as well, so here you go:

It's produced by Jak Heath and she does an excellent

job of teaching the technique.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHYE3EZj3NQ

AND, for Linda:

That cute little Graphic 45 pocket card
I was trying to tell you about.

Thank you for stopping by to

see what I've been making!

Be sure to drop in again soon.

Au revoir mon ami!

╰⊰⊹✿ Marilou ✿⊹⊱╮