Vintage Christmas Cards by Adriana Bolzon

Hi everyone, 
hope all is well.... 

Christmas will be here in a few more days, so

Today I have created some Christmas Cards.

Using the Christmas papers and collage images all
 from Meg's Garden website. 

Meg's Garden christmas collection of papers are such a wonderful  collection of vintage type papers and are great

for your all Christmas projects.

All the flowers are from Meg's Garden website also.

I created the burgundy Poinsietta flowers are made with

a diecut and with the Christmas Greeting P6361 paper, 

from the "tis Christmas collection. 
Diamonte trim and music sheet papers.

and this one I created the flowers from cream card stock, adding German Glitter to the centre of flowers.

 Some Green holly Leaves

some Satin seam binding ribbon.

I also used some Cream Lace doilies for the backgrounds, which I slightly tea dyed them.

Also most of these products are on sale in the Christmas shop in Megs Garden Website

Other products are all from Meg's Garden

Velvet flowers

'Tis Christmas collection 

Please check out all the wonderful products at

 Megs Garden Website

and see all the design teams inspirational work at

Meg's Garden Blog

Thanks for looking ,

Hope you all have some special moments with your family....

Merry Christmas to all...

Cheers Adriana XX 

Christmas Project by Adriana Bolzon

Hello Bloggers

We have looked at Christmas projects all month - layouts, cards, tags & boxes & we now take a look at some little books & off the page projects. 

Today we have Adriana's Christmas project.......

 Adriana explains....

'Hi everyone :)

Today a have a project that I have created

using the new papers from Meg's Garden 

Designed by Denise Boddey -

 'Tis Christmas Collection 

Christmas Cherries P6363

Christmas Decorations P6360

Christmas Greetings P6361

Christmas Angels P6366

This collection of vintage type papers and are great
for all your Christmas projects.

My project is a 3 piece hanging ornament

for Christmas, I made them to be together, but I think
I am going to separate them and hang them on 

my Christmas Tree individually.

All the flowers are from Meg's Garden website also.
I created the sections with diecuts and 

the burgundy Poinsietta flowers are made with

a diecut and with the Christmas Greeting P6361 paper, 
from the Tis Christmas Collection 

A bit of glitter, Diamante trim sparkle here and there

for an extra vintage feel. Some German scrap and
small Green holly Leaves
Tying all the 3 sections with Satin seam binding ribbon.
All these products are from
Meg's Garden Website

The image is from the Christmas Angels paper,
and here is the 3rd section,

Other products are all from Meg's Garden

Wild Moss & Cornsilk flower
'Tis Christmas collection 

Please check out all the wonderful products at

 Megs Garden Website

and see all the design teams inspirational work at

Meg's Garden Blog

Thanks for looking , Cheers :)

Christmas is just around the corner!!!!!!!

Adriana XX '

Do we need some reminding about Christmas??

A wonderful project Adriana - well done. I agree with you about them being separated - they will look awesome on your tree. Would also look great on a fire mantle. I love each of them - they look well together but are each different.  The diamante trims & the german scrap certainly add some Christmas sparkle.

Bye for now
Meg
www.megsgarden.com

Helen's ancestry LO

Hello Bloggers

Let's look at 2 Christmas layouts & their journaling:

 - Helen is so fantastic with her heritage photos & their associated history.

Helen explains:

'The muted colours of “Christmas flowers” were perfect for this vintage photo of my Father-in-law, who was born the day after Christmas in 1911.   Christmas was always a time of celebration for the family and doubly so, because he was a Christmas Baby. '

The angel forms part of the cover of a little book which I made to hold the journalling about this remarkable man. 

JOURNALLING - in the little book reads:-

Frank was the fifth and last child in his family.  He was born in the far North of the state at a little town called Hammond. (Now a ghost town) His father died when he was five years old and consequently there was not much money to go around.  As a school boy he had part time jobs such as tallying up the bags of grain at the silo, for which he earned about threepence a day.  He left school at aged twelve and worked at rock clearing. At fourteen, he was employed droving sheep from Hammond to Long Plains, a distance of about 150 miles.  Frank was determined to better himself, so he went to Teacher’s college, whilst working part time.  He married another teacher and they started a family of their own.  Despite the demands of five children and a teaching career, he continued his love of learning; first obtaining his diploma of teaching and later a Bachelor of Arts. In an era when only the rich could afford to go to University, his tenacity and determination, blazed a trail for his children and grandchildren to follow. By his example they believed anything is possible if you work hard enough.'

MEG’S GARDEN MATERIALS 

‘TisChristmas Collection:

 “Christmas flowers”

 “Christmas plaid”

“Christmas angels”

GoldHolly leaves

OTHER MATERIALS

cardstock “sprout”, “Spruce”

Tim Holtz Die - Pediments

Distress stain “walnut”,  “Peeled paint”

Fancy rectangle die, embossing folder “Pampered pets frame”

Victoria and Albert Museum embossing frame “Hanoverian Floral”

Vintage trinkets

stamp “sheet music”,  Chipboard 

A great LO Helen - well done. Love reading & seeing ancestry projects. This one is fabulous. The title is perfect, the added colour from the fussy cutting give a lift to the LO & the metal embellies are the final touch.

Bye for now

Meg

www/megsgarden.com

Sandra creates Christmas boxes

Hello Bloggers

Sandra help us out with some awesome ideas for Christmas & shows us how to make these gorgeous boxes.

'4” X 4” Gift Box

I made the little 4 X 4 gift box using the Vintage Christmas mini, it’s great for a variety of pieces that can be cut to size.  I also used the holly strips from the Holly & Poinsettia 4X12 strip.  The background didn’t quite match the colour I wanted to achieve so I used my Faber Castell gelatos to colour the white areas.  I treated the green holly with some red glitter and then clustered it with the die cut doily, little flower and chiffon flower.  All the edges are inked to blend them into the background colour of the box.  I found a website that might be useful for making the box (not the one I used because I couldn’t find it but this one’s good). http://hubpages.com/hub/Gift-Box-Tutorial-How-to-Make-Your-Own-Gift-Boxes'

'Pillow Gift Box

These little pillows are great for those smaller gifts you need to give (I’ve used mine to give nail polish, chocolates or gift cards.

I fussy cut the stamp before adding some floral embellishment, sequins or threads and I’ve just tied one pillow with ribbon and the other has a band of border cut plain card and a band of patterned paper to encircle the pillow. 

There are so many options for decorating with the gorgeous things at Meg’s Garden so make sure you check out the goodies http://megsgarden.com/contents/en-us/d540.html.

I’ve included a website for the pattern and instructions for this gorgeous pillow box.  http://www.gomakeme.com/pillow-box-template.html%20'

Meg’s Garden Products:

 

Christmas Plaid– P6365

Holly &Poinsettia – P1815

VintageChristmas – mini –S110

Round GlassOrnament Stamp - LB1358

Cornsilk Blooms - da806 

Green Holly

Other Products Used:

Faber Castell Gelatos

Stampin’ Chalk Ink, Doily Die, Glitter

Mini Roses, Leaves, Green Tara Lace Flower

Border Punch, Ribbon, Sequins and Micro Beads

Fabulous boxes - well done Sandra & thank you so much for the links to the templates. The boxes are a fabulous way to package a gift & are great ideas to also use after Christmas when a gift is ready for packaging.

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com

Quick and Easy Christmas Cards from Adriana

Hi Bloggers, today we have Adriana with some quick and easy Christmas cards, Adriana explains ..

'Hi everyone

Today, I have a couple of cards which I have created
these are some very easy cards
that anyone can make.

Using the new papers from Meg's Garden 

Designed by Denise Boddey -

 'Tis Christmas collection 

All the flowers, diamante trim and ribbons
 are from Meg's Garden website.

Here is the inside of the card
using a CC diecut for border decoration.

Other products that I have used that 
are from Meg's Garden

 Viola Posy burgundy

Skeleton Mesh

Idyllic Burgundy flowers

and here is a quick and easy card using the 
Santa Microscope images,you can
make a batch of these to send away for 
your Christmas greetings.

I embossed the white cardstock
and added an image from the Santa Microscope
image. 
I then decorated the card with
Silver diamante trim
Viola Posy burgundy & paper flowers
Red Jazz Fibres

Here is another simple one.

and a Christmas Tag

Please check out all the wonderful products at

 Megs Garden Website

and see all the design teams inspirational work at

Meg's Garden Blog

Thanks for looking , Cheers :)

Adriana XX' 

Fabulous projects Adriana - well done. We all love quick & easy at this time of the year. Love how you have featured the microscope Santas - that paper has so many fab images on it

Bye for now

Meg

www.megsgarden.com