scrapologie

Printable Christmas Tags from Victoria Magazine

I've probably mentioned before how much I love Victoria Magazine. I recently picked up their specialty holiday publication - Victoria Classics Holiday Bliss and was elated to find this gorgeous download on their website. I printed out these tags on Epson Enhanced Matte Paper and they printed out beautifully - they look like professionally printed tags. So gorgeous, lovelier than anything you'll find at a store and absolutely free. You can't beat that!

Here's a picture of the tags below, and go here to download them. They also have printable invitations and food name cards. Also, if you happen to like one design of these tags in particular, they've provided an option to download and print a page of that design, alone. Enjoy, and I've also included a few vintage holiday images for you.

 
 

 

Mercantile Gallery Updates

Busy fall weekend here. I carved Alekha's pumpkin from her trip to the pumpkin patch on Monday with her dad. She had an inservice day on Friday so we got to hang out and went to the science museum and then to see Nanny McPhee Returns at the dollar cinema. I cleaned the house and did a ton of laundry today, and now Bob and Alekha are across the street at a Bucks football game/tailgate party and I am enjoying a bit of peace and quiet for a change!

Just a few updates to the Mercantile mid-month gallery. Here are my contributions, make sure you check out the rest from the DT - these women just know how to bring it, month after month after month! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gypsy Sample Board

Here is another project I created for CHA Summer for the Gypsies. I keep this in my art studio and love the autumnal colors. I used a Photo Tray from Seven Gypsies to create a mini bulletin board/inspiration board. To create this, I used foam core which I cut to fit into the individual compartments within the tray. I then selected fabrics from my stash, applied fusible web and ironed them onto the foam core (though hot glue or regular glue would probably work as well). Then I hot glued the fabric rectangles into the compartments in the photo tray. Then came the fun part! I used stick pins from Jenni Bowlin and various ephemera from my stash to create a gypsy inspiration board. It was totally simple to do and you could change out photos and create all sorts of displays or inspiration boards.

 

 

 
 
 Enjoy the vintage image and have a great evening!

 

7 Gypsies Projects

Here are a few projects I completed for 7 Gypsies for CHA Summer this past July. I forgot to share them and thought you might like to see them. Have you seen 7 Gypsies' gorgeous Conservatory Collection? It reminds me a lot of the art of John Derian and Anna Corba. And reminds me too of the Nature Notebook project I created for scrapologie awhile back - I will have to share those old projects here, just to get them all in one place. Here is the layout I did for the Gypsies for CHA:

 

 

If you are a fan of John Derian, I am sure you've been loving his new collection for Target. I had to pick up these coasters:

 
They're so very spooky and halloweenish.

Here are a few vintage images for you, inspired by 7 Gypsies' Conservatory Collection. And I just realized I only shared one of the projects I did -- I'll sneak the other one in tomorrow.

 

 

 

Feels like fall

It was cold - blustery cold punctuated with short bursts of drizzle all day today, and the sun was nowhere in sight. It felt like fall alright, but not October. It felt more like November. It gave me the chance though to browse and dream over some lovely autumn images found online. We turned the heat on and I lit the most delicious smelling pumpkin candle I bought the other day. And now I am wrapped up in a woolly sweater and flannel jammies, and sipping ginger tea. I'm off to get the little one bundled into bed and then maybe a bit of crafting before calling it an evening. Enjoy your Sunday!

   

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

JBS October Kits

Here is my contribution to the gallery at JBS this month. This month's kit features the Restoration Collection from Crate Paper, which I was so excited to receive. This kit was so lovely, versatile and easy to work with, it practically scrapped itself! Grab the kit here if you haven't already, and check out the other designers' work in the Mercantile Gallery.

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

Such a versatile kit that I was able to do a halloween card with it too!

 

Jenni has new Thanksgiving themed bingo cards available in the project kit. I used them to create this little mini. It's all ready for me to add photos and journaling. More tomorrow!