Christmas Tag Tim Holtz Style, A Giveaway and Some Neat Events

I had fun today making a Christmas tag using tons of Tim Holtz products. I made everything on the tag including the tissue paper flower. It took me a while, but I really had a blast. Thank God for my craft sheet, or there would have been such a mess. I am going to make some more tags for gifts, and will be busy with the crafting end of my hobby. Hope you like the tag...it is the trend now and makes for a lovely gift. I got Tim Holtz's book A Compendium of Curiosity ,and I have been slowly but surely building up my collection of items. If you are interested in doing this type of crafting, the book is a must.

I think that I told you that I have pre-ordered the Vagabond, but it is not arriving in the UK till the end of January. Funny enough, it will also cut a lot of the GO dies, but I will be mainly using it for my embossing and cutting for my journal making, tags, cards, scrapbooking etc. This is a Tim Holtz product too, and instead of cranking, you just push a button, and voila, it cuts and embosses. The motor is supposed to be very powerful, so I can't wait to try it out. The neat thing is that it looks like a suitcase.

Finally, Linda at Stray Stitches is giving away a fabulous package to make a great quilt. I think it is so generous, but you only have till 9 PM Friday to enter, so hurry on over.

She is also having a virtual quilting bee that you might want to join, and here is info about it. Also, Linda is having a Big Swap Adventure where quilters will be swapping blocks. This will start in January, 2011.