Christmas is almost here! Yikes! Are you ready?
Remember how I mentioned that I thought I was on top of my Christmas preparations but knew that I had to be missing something? Well, I haven’t missed anything life threatening but little things are popping up here and there that could have gone a bit smoother.
I was watching TV with my husband the other day and in the middle of the show I shout “Crap!”. I was getting my hair done the next day and I had forgotten to get my hairdresser a Christmas gift. Lucky for me I had cards on hand and wrote her a check (which I’m assuming she’ll appreciate more than a box of candy…). A little lame but it worked.
Then on another day we get yet another package from Amazon. (I’m not sure we’d survive the holidays without Amazon Prime!). Of course, like all of the other Amazon packages we’ve received it’s addressed to me. The thing was, none of us were expecting a package. Finally my husband and older son opened it and it’s a computer keyboard that my younger son wanted. Well…my older son had already bought one for his brother. Hmmm…. Ah…..I had given the same list to my sister-in-law when she asked for ideas for son #2. Dang! I blew it! Of course, it’s not the end of the world, just a tad bit frustrating.
But on to today’s project! Didn’t this little Grinch turn out rather cute? Well, I suppose that the Grinch really isn’t cute but I think this tag turned out pretty well. The only part I had to draw by hand was his mouth area. The eye area is a stamp found in the Jar of Haunts stamp set. It’s perfect for the Grinch!
I die cut an oval using the Layering Ovals Framelits for the face and for the mouth area I die cut a heart from the Sweet and Sassy Framelits. I trimmed the heart a little to make it be a little less heart shaped then I drew the mouth area on it.
I stamped the eyes on the oval and then I stamped them again on a scrap of Crushed Curry card stock, cut them out and adhered them over the stamped image on the oval.
The little hat of course is punched from the Jolly Hat Builder Punch and the nose is a 1/4″ circle.
It’s a fun little tag if I do say so myself. There’s still time to whip a couple of these up for those last minute packages. 🙂
Have a great day! Don’t stress too much! Take care and Happy Stamping!