Tag's, Tag's Everywhere Tag's ~~~Traveling Beer, Wine, and Alcohol Tag's~~~

Hello again and HAPPY WEEKEND!!! Well yes paradise found.......is exactly what making these tags has been about. I signed up for a year long swap where you make tags from different countries and each month we get a new month. This was a Caribbean Island....well I chose Aruba.  Who wouldn't want to go there???? Well I hear so much about this wonderful place from friends who have visited that...I decided that was my island of choice. I had no idea there were soooo many islands and oh my I have learned so much doing this swap on Swap-Bot because each time you get a different country you basically gotta learn about it to get the feel of it and of course know the ALCOHOL of choice....well I can see myself sitting on the beach in Aruba drinking a coconut mixed drink....perhaps a coconut crusher or a coconut pie. YUM! So that was my drink of choice for this swap. I decorated the tag with sprays and stamps and used my Montana Markers for the side in black.

The tag has those 3D stickers you buy at Michael's and I painted this side using my Gelli-Plate which you make tags super quick and easy and FAB!

Of course I love charms and this sun charm was perfect. I buy most of my charms from Etsy...so many to pick from! I used embroidery floss also to put with the fibers.

Some of the stickers are Jolee's too. Which who couldn't love those...they ARE so darn cute!

 

Here I cut the ARUBA silhouette in Black Bazzill cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo....it turned out exactly as I wanted! This one went to Canada.

 

 

Of course this is my Italy tag

I still have tons of buttons from my term with Rusty Pickle and I still use them...This is one of my favorite things to do make grapes with them...which I also did for the wine recipe book.

The leaves are CuttleBug dies from a longtime back.

If you look closely I even found a Chianti wine charm advertised on Etsy as vintage charm...gotta love it!

Well I choose Chianti Wine I mean pure perfection I used encaustic wax on the tag and love these feel of it...I use R&F

The tag was a lot of fun to make. Now I need that glass of wine.

 

This is Germany tag, I used an old Quickutz container to make the box for the tag. I had the Germany paper from a swap years back...the Prost is actually A Quickutz alpha.

 

This was a lot of fun! The front of the tag

The back of the tag

Again I used the Gelli-Plate  for the tag itself love love love the Gelli-Plate

The box with the lid on

 

 

This is similar to the Italy tag but this actually the Paris tag, I actually went to Paris in the tenth grade and while there drank wine...and beer. There was no age limit then in France or if it was IDK...I bought beer at the McDonalds in Paris and I thought I was it! Again my button technique....the wine bottle is Quickutz

The label is from one of my favorite of all time swappers thanks sweet Lu! I aged it with Tim Holtz inks and the wine glass is also Quickutz the tag was made with alcohol inks by Ranger.

The ink on the goblet is Copic

Rub-ons and more Rusty Pickle buttons

The box I made for the tag, I bought the Vins on Etsy

It looked so nice in the box

The Russia Tag which I think was my most favorite too

I bought all the goodies from Scrapbook.com

There was a lot of wonderful Russia items for purchase

Of course the alcohol of choice was VODKA

I used a lot of fibers

A great collage for Russia

The Babushka Doll

 

I do love the dolls, see that wonderful Russia paper from Scrapbook.com

                                   the papers are from Scrapbookcustoms.com that I bought from Scrapbook.com


                                                                              

Well this is the last one I just completed for this month and I had England....well Castle Rock is the alcohol of choice and an evening at the Pub....I love the English flag Union Jack its everywhere, cell phone covers, craft items, charms, etc... I first embossed the tag with the Tim Holtz Sizzix folder of the London icon. I used some of Paper House Productions stickers they are just too cute!

Again more of the Paper House Productions and the Castle Rock beer the inks from Tim Holtz

So much fun these tags are....if ya want to join the next round go HERE or keep an eye out from swap hostess to hold the next one which will be again real soon

 

The Screech Owl by Castle Rock

The bottle cap

 

The ribbon is some I dyed and the adorable Union Jack buttons are from Etsy

You can see the thickness of the stickers here....too cute!

Our next tag is Mexico which of course you all know me and my margaritas....mmmmmm.

Well today I cleaned house and the boys helped too...I'm ready for my next page in my journal and hopefully go to the quilt show tomorrow. Have a great evening and Sunday too!! I cooked the boys spaghetti for dinner and I am having spaghetti squash. Yummy!

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Say It With Letters W is for Whale

W is for Whale

Say It With Letters Cutouts

You can get one to decorate right here

Whale

They are sooo adorable.

Check out Say It With Letters Blog to see the other DT work....awesome Inspiration.

I used old Rusty Pickle paper and shaded with burnt umber paints, two buttons for the eye,

the hat was cut from the Cricut Stand and Salute Cartridge at 2.....love the hat!! Used the CuttleBug to emboss the hat using an Quickutz embossing folder.

Edited the photo in PhotoShop.

Say It With Letters Cutout

Hello all I made this adorable little whale from Say It With Letters .  Just sooo soo cute!! Today I am finishing up a layout for tomorrows reveal and my last layout for DT at Stuck On You Sketches don't forget to stop back tomorrow by because I am in a beachy mood.....hint hint!!! Have a sweet day!! Hugs to all, Dawn Gallop

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Imaginisce meets Cindy Loo in a Thanksgiving Card

Imaginisce card

Cindy Loo squirrel

Close-up

Pop-dots

Dress like a book character

Colten and Colby

"Act Silly Guys"

Pizza oven walls going up

Good Morning,
        Thought I would get this up and started early the boys had wacky-tacky day at school and oh my fun fun. They had to bring in canned goods for the holiday donations.....loaded them up and out the door.  The two little ones are sleeping and me drinking this cup of English breakfast tea to share with you this little card I made yesterday after the chiropractor visit, which btw is sooooo helping my leg.  Last night I had a Copic class to teach and we had so much fun....just talking and relaxing and made the cutest card...which I will share asap.
         The card I made by one night talking on the phone with Bevy.....I colored in the pumpkin....well now I wanted to add to it...in my mind I saw this image and cut the tree with Silhouette SD an adorable tree!! Using Imaginisce papers, Apple Cider pp line. Which I have really really enjoyed this year. I guess you figured that out, lol!! I also thought the Cricut Cindy Loo squirrel was perfect using the Apple Cider line. The cardstock is Bazzill. I used the Cuttlebug with a Sizzix embossing folder using the deboss side. Sewed around the card using my Brother digital sewing machine. The pumpkin is Copic markers. I used TH peeled paint distress ink to add shading to the cute squirrel. The Give Thanks stamp is Stampin'Up perfect size little stamps.
        The boys had "Dress in a book Character day" yesterday so Colten dressed as Cat in the Hat. Which used to Cody's. Colby dressed as the Captain, an outfit that used to be Coltens. They had a super time at school. We put newspaper in the hat every time someone wears it.....well I sent Colten up to the studio to get newspaper and you know what he came down the steps with.........a 1930's magazine YIKES!!! Thanks goodness he asked first. I was making their breakfast so I couldn't do it....or they would have burnt breakfast. LOL!! Daddy ran up there and he too said he was blind because he couldn't find it either...anyway I explained more and we finally had a stuffed hat.
         Our pizza oven is coming along......WOOO HOOOO!! Can't wait. Every Friday night (unless we have something to do) we have FRIDAY NIGHT PIZZA NIGHT!!!! The dough rises all day and everyone helps out......it is just good family fun, not to mention all my older children have left home knowing how to cook just about anything and everything.  That will make a parent proud!! We have been wanting this pizza oven for a really long time and now our dream is coming true.  I will be able to make 100 loaves of bread, etc..... I just can't WAIT!!!!!  I hope everyone has a wonderful inspired weekend!!!! MAKE ART!!! Cyber Hugs, Dawn Gallop :o)

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Haunted Spirit House for the Love of Halloween

Full View



Back view




Inside view (clay pot)





Front door




front door skull view





Inside drawer handmade pants



A sunrise this week in my front yard

Carol Owen signing my copy of her books

Carol Owen and I

Wizard Hats pre cooked

Wizard Hats cooked
see recipe below.

Hello again,
I know it has been one of those weeks....getting class stuff ready for teaching, DT projects, and finishing up other projects.  Not to mention this is the week before Halloween and alot of activities.  We have been having fun getting ready for Halloween. Despite this continued leg pain...I still try to keep going .  The recipe I wanted to share with ya...for the day. Recipe can be found fbnr.com magazine Vol. 7, No. 18, October 31, 2002 edition. These are a favorite of the children. Found on page 44 of the magazine cookbook they call them Abracadabra Hats.....we call them wizard hats, big Harry Potter fans here!!!!!
                        Abracadabra Hats
         1 package of Pillsbury Crescent rolls
      1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves (I used Italian seasoning)                                                                        16 turkey pepperoni slices (I used a star and biscuit cutter to make stars/moons)
          salami sticks (I use cheese sticks and or turkey cocktail wienie's)
     2 cups pizza or marinara sauce (I serve with angel hair pasta)
                                  
I use my Pampered Chef stone, roll out the dinner rolls preheat oven to 375* roll the wienie's up into the wide ends to create a brim. I have also used cheese sticks. Sprinkle with spices,  Cut out the moons/stars and place on top of hats.  Bake for 12 minutes.Just toooo tooo cute!!

The Halloween spirit house I have created started with a trip to Ornamentea  where I signed up for a class with Carol Owen. An amazing artist who also has a book and is in several others books as a guest artist. She signed my books, and taught us a tremendous amount of knowledge. We all had a blast met some awesome ladies. Pam treated us for lunch on Sunday, thanks Pam! Carol and I had lunch together at McDonald's Saturday together. Just fun fun fun!! It was well needed relaxing weekend. We made our spirit house on Saturday and finished up the drawer on Sunday and of course some decorating. As usual all my goodies are at home so I wait until I get home to decorate. I worked on it Monday and finished up on Tuesday...found out the challenge of the week over at Simon Says Stamp was something scary...well I think I covered that!!!
So this creation is entered in that awesome challenge. There are of course Tim Holtz products, Golden paints, Martha Stewart punches, copper roof with the Sizzix TH die used thru the Cuttlebug. Patina, dollar store skulls, the tiny skulls are handmade by me using paper clay. Copics used to color them airbrushed. The sign in the back is Pink Paislee. I hope you like it!! Have a WONDERFUL HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
Dawn Gallop

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