Handmade Christmas Ornaments-Candy Canes with Canvas Corp Brands & Petaloo

It's that time of the Year again!

Time to start digging through your crafty stash and your favorite

Canvas Corp Brands products, to create beautiful

 Handmade Christmas Ornaments!!!

Join us over on the Canvas Corp Brands Blog, HERE

to see all the beautiful and fabulous 

Handmade Christmas Ornaments everyone created.

BE INSPIRED

Here is my take on the DIY Handmade Christmas Ornaments!

I started with a simple dollar store find plastic candy canes...

I gathered my Canvas Corp Brands supplies and hot glue gun-oh yes

put on some favorite Christmas music!

Let the creating begin....I have a Step by Step Tutorial in this long blog post!

But I wanted to share how easy and fun it is to create...enjoy!

I so love the natural canvas shabby torn look with the amazing

Petaloo flowers with the natures tiny pine cones...

Step by Step Tutorial

Step 1-Dollar Store Candy Canes & Canvas Corp Canvas

I tear small sections out of the natural canvas.

Step 2-Start by wrapping the canvas around the candy cane

using hot glue.

Whoola see how fun and easy it is to change (alter)

a simple candy cane...this opens up a world of creativity...

Step 3-Grab your favorite Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist!

I used Dazzling Diamonds to give the natural canvas a 

soften feel. 

Step 4-Start coloring your embellishments...

Here I am coloring in layers on Petaloo flowers and trims.

(coloring layers-start with your lightest glimmer to darkest).

Adding darker glimmer mist just running it around the edges

of the flowers this will bleed into the centers with 

a little water to help push the color in....fun technique.

I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist-

Abominable Snowman & Snowy Pines as well.

Step 5-Create leaves out of Canvas Corp's natural burlap.

I just cut little squares, started on one corner and cut out 

a leaf shape...all mine are different sizes. 

Step 6-Color your burlap leaves with Tattered Angels 

Glimmer Mist Partridge in a Pear Tree.

Step 7-Edge the burlap leaves with Tattered Angels

Glimmer Glam Glitter Paint-Lime Cordial.

Dry them and add a layer of gel mediumn on them

(this helps for the burlap not to unravel)

Step 8-Start to embellish I used another

dollar store find white snowflakes ornaments.

I cut them apart to tuck in around the flower cluster.

Skies the limits on embellishing! I used cheese cloth,

trims, flowers, jute, snowflake, tiny pine cones and

 for the finishing touch, Decor Art Snow-Tex...

Up close photos....enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by today,

be sure to stop over to Canvas Corp blog, HERE

Hope you are inspired to create for the Holidays!

Peggy Lee

Supplies:

Canvas Corp Brands-Natural Canvas, Jute twine

Tattered Angels-Glimmer mist-Dazzling Diamonds, Abominable Snowman,

Snowy Pine, Partridge in a Pear Tree

Tattered Angels-Glimmer Glam Glitter Paint-Lime Cordial

Petaloo-Fancy Trims Crochet Lace White

Petaloo-Botanica-Faux Dried Berry Clusters Ivory/green,

Textured Elements-Burlap Blossoms Ivory

DIY Paintables-Burlap Wild Sunflowers Ivory

DecoArt-Snow-Tex

Candy Canes

Snowflakes

Cheese Clothe

Pine Cones

THANK YOU FOR SERVING!

Happy Veteran's Day

To all Men and Women who have served and are serving today!

Thank you!

We are blessed and proud of you all...

My Father 

George Tilley, Sr.

(we love and miss you greatly)

My Father-in-law and Lee's Father

Carl Baker

(we love and miss you greatly)

&

My hubby

Lee H. Baker

Thank you all for your service....I so thankful I snapped

this photo of father and son...it was shortly after 

this moment we loss dad...hugs.

Take time to thank your loved ones and those you do not know but deserve honor and thanks.

I also want to thank all my family members who have and are serving today!

THANK YOU

Happy September Welcome.....

                                                         Happy September Everyone!!

GUESS WHAT'S UP....CLOSE TO MY HEART BRAND NEW & BEAUTIFUL

ANNUAL INSPIRATION IDEA BOOK

&

HOLIDAY EXPRESSIONS BOOK

WHAT WOW....

Here is a little more about the news and what great things happening

in the month of September!

Enjoy this newsletter....

New Annual Inspiration Idea Book

&

Holiday Expression Book

September is National Stamping Month!

And you can choose just one "Hello to Life" stamp set or get all three

stamp sets for a great deal!

And to give you more amazing ideas and deals!

Take at look at our 

Stamp of the Month for September

"Paper Garden"

Thanks for stopping in today....be sure to stop by my website

to shop for  your next beautiful stamping and scrapbooking supplies.

Peggy Lee Baker

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

In LOVE with my Zoe Tote Bag & Tag Mini Album (and more)......

It's been way to long since my last post,

been a fun and busy summer....

so let's get back to what we love 

paper crafting!!!!

Here is what I have been playing with lately the

 New CTMH Zoe paper packet

as well as this month's

 August Stamp Of The Month "FRAMED"

When you purchase $50.00 of CTMH products you can get this August SOTM "FRAMED"

FOR $5.00 ask me how...or visit my website for more details, here.

CTMH Zoe Tote Bag & Tag Album

Here is pictures of the mini tag album I created to fit 

inside this little adorable

CTMH Tote Bag.....love the polka dots!

Altered Paper Bag, Tag and 6x6 Card!

Simple and Easy Cards

Here is a simple step by step on this quilted happy birthday card!

Start by stamping happy birthday sentiment 

from the August 2015 Stamp of the Month

"FRAMED"

I stamped the image once in Slate Ink, 

repeat in Canary Ink..then fuzzy cut out the inner image.

I stamped the happy birthday in Sorbet Ink.

I then cut 1 inch squares out of the New Zoe paper...

then glued the squares to a piece of white daisy card stock.

Cut down to card size you desire...corner round the corners

I used CTMH corner rounder.

Then using CTMH Quartrefoil embossing folder 

(after the glue has dried).

I popped up the embossed piece...

For a fun flair I added ruffled crepe paper to

fringe and fluff...so fun!

Thanks for stopping by today,

hugs,

Peggy Lee

See anything you like?

You can find them on my website!

http://peggyleebaker.ctmh.com

CTMH

August Stamp of the Month "Framed"

Zoe products (that are available early-before Sept. 1st)

Happy Father's Day & Die-Namites "MAN WEEK"

Happy Father's Day!

& 

Die-Namites Dies "MAN WEEK"

First I want to say Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband, best friend and amazing father!

Here he is (Lee) with our beautiful daughters (Emilee and Olivia).

Today was bittersweet for us specially  for Lee since

 this father's day was spent with just us, no girls. Our girls are out west working

for college....but we did spend the day with family after church.

Now over on the Die-Namites Blog, this past Friday I shared with all

our peeps my take on this past weeks inspiration theme...

you can start with Lynne's blog post, click here, "MAN WEEK" !

The design team was challenge to create a manly card, layout, altered items...

So I created a Father's Day Card titled "OUR HERO"

using Die-Namites Die "Mom's Nest" 

using Die-Namites Die "Mom's Nest" 

(even though it's called a mom's nest-I used it with different colored card stock)

creating a manly father's love design!

To read about and see more pics on all the details about how I 

created this cute Father's Day Card...jump over to the Die-Namites Blog post, HERE!

With the inspiration to create a manly creation!

I decided to create my card using this Month's Sketch & Dare Challenge!

You can find out more details, HERE!

Thanks for stopping by,

Hope all you Father's out there had a GREAT FATHER'S DAY!

HUGS,

Peggy Lee