"MERRY CHRISTMAS"

HERE IS MY WISH FOR YOU!!!

"May you and your loved ones be

Blessed by Christ's Love,

Have Joy in Your Household,

Find Peace in Your Hearts,

Give with Compassion,

Be Healthy and Safe

and 

Always be Thankful!!!"

Copyright design and artwork by Annette Carlo (click on image to enlarge)

Enjoy 

and see you 

next year!!

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Peace be Yours

MERRY HAPPY AND INCHIE 'FOUND'

I Am the Diva CZT

Weekly Challenge #148

"Happy Merry"

 I first did the lettering in gold gel pen and then I used pencil to do all of my tangles and then faded all of my lines. 

"This is what Christmas means to me!!!!"   

To view larger image just click on photos.

"Thank you Laura for always putting so much of your time and talent into these wonderful Challenges! And I am so looking forward to all the different ways people celebrate their  holidays!!!

Enjoy your vacation and do hope to see you in 2014!! " xo

After I took my picture I just felt it needed color! Because that is what Christmas is about too!!

I just want to give a thanks to Kate Ahrens CZT at 1 Art Lady Kate, you were my inspiration for the holly, using Laura's tangle Boo*Kee*, from last week! I just fell in love with your challenge entry and it was perfect for adding a little color to my entry this week!!!  Thanks!

I know it is a busy time of the year with hustle and bustle, but may you find that quiet moment

and find

PEACE

!

*Please remember to visit my blog even though there will be no Weekly Challenge from the Diva. I have a real time consuming piece I've been working on as a gift for my secret pal in Bunco. I want to share it with you. It will be Zentangle and Quilling together! So please don't forget to stop by next week!!! And if you Join and Follow my sight, you'll be the first to see it as a pop up and/or on Google!!!

Every Inchie Monday

'FOUND'

(thing is, sometimes, things find you,........)

Ever have that happen to the bottom of your shoe???? So did your shoe find it or did the gum find your shoe???

For all of you Inchers, we'll see you next week!!!

Don't forget to take a peak at all the other entries at Every Inchie Monday!

BOO*KEE* AND INCHIE, 'JACKET'

I Am the Diva CZT

Weekly Challenge #147 UMT v.XXIII

Boo*Kee*

"Oh BooKee Tree"

When I drew my string for this one, I wasn't really crazy about it and then I turned it upside down and that's when I thought of a Christmas tree!!! So that's where it all began!!! BooKee would work wonderfully as a garland on a tree! Anyway, once I started, I thought, what did I get myself into? I should have made my Featherfall much larger. This took me two different sittings to finish it! Anyway, it was fun!!! Thanks Laura, for creating such a fun tangle and for sharing it with us!!!

Zentangles: Featherfall, Boo-Kee, Purk and Fengle

Close up. To enlarge click photo

Every Inchie Monday

"JACKET'

"Crazy,......not me!"

And yes, sometimes in this busy, crazy, life of mine, I feel like I need to be put in one of these kinds of jackets. The good Ole' Straight Jacket!!! I don't know if these are still used or not but this is my version of the word.

Straight Jacket:
Please, come and join in on the fun at Every Inchie Monday, or just stop by and look at very body else's Inchie!

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Peace be Yours

Thank you for stopping by and I hope that you have a chance to get in on the fun or just stop by the other blogs and view all the other amazing artists!!
Ps. If for some reason you try leaving a message and it doesn't work, please try on my Facebook page or Google! I always enjoy reading what you have to say.

WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS 

TO YOU 

AND YOURS!!

 

Love and God's Blessings,

Annette Carlo

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  Ps. I will be having a follow up to this blog with a little bit of a step by step, to show you how 

this was done. I actually started this back in October but have been working on other projects in between. I made it for this years Christmas card !

See you in the New Year! xo

'BEJEWELED' Christmas Tree

Thanks to my mother, again, for being my inspiration!!!

My mother always sees, or finds things like this

that spark her interest. And then, of course, it does the same to me.

I guess you can say we have a lot in common.

What would I do without her???!!!!!!

(Mom, I love you, and thank you for always inspiring me!!!)

Back in 1989, she found this article in this magazine 'Creative Ideas'.

Well, years later, she and I decided to finally use this idea

and make a jeweled Christmas tree of our own.

We actually, even put lights on ours too. They are battery operated.

The battery box is on the back and an extra frame was built to hold it in place.

(Thanks to my dad, he's a crafty one also. Carpenter by trade!)

I had many jewels of my own, but I did go by a few, also.

My tree is actually an heirloom. I have pieces on there that are from

both grandmothers, great aunts, aunts, mom and dad, friends

and many more. It is quite a treasure!

Many of the pieces are earrings that I used to wear,

back in the 80's. The bigger the better, was the motto then!

Anyway, many of them were real crystal and that's why they shine even brighter.

(This tree would probably cost a fortune, if it were made today!)

Buttons, earrings, pendants, brooches, necklaces, bracelets, etc., were

used to create this. Before gluing any of these jewels on. 

I clipped the backings off so that it would lie flat onto the board.

I had bought the frame, knowing I had enough jewels to

make a large tree. The backing is a suede board used for matting, sold at craft

stores. First, I laid out all of the jewels to create the shape.

 Mind you, this process probably takes the longest. 

Because placing them down in one spot, doesn't mean that it will stay there. 

They get moved around, and moved around. Up until the minute your ready to glue them! 

Then I glued one on at a time. It's really that simple!

 Between my mother and I, we have made a few!

And each one comes out completely different!

So, don't throw out all of that old jewelry that you don't or/won't ever

wear again. Look what you can do with it!

Priceless!

Enjoy, and 

Get Inspired!!!

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Ps. Thank you to all my followers and people who read my blog and leave comments!
      You help keep me inspired!!!

      Peace be with you!!! :0) Annette xo

Santa Claus, Embellished, Egg Ornament

HO HO HO, A MERRY OLE SOUL

This Santa Claus egg ornament I actually made in 2004. But I thought I would
share it with you, since I am bringing all of my Christmas decorations out, for the season!
My mother and I used to take an egg decorating class
from a wonderful woman, Joyce Melanson!
She, since, has moved and I miss her and the chance to
brake away from home duties and go work on beautiful eggs.
A lot of the work we did, was in the style of Faberge'! But we also did
egg carving, beaded eggs, egg necklaces, and pieces like this, called
ball relief. It's a form of layering cut pieces of paper and rolling them
a little bit with an embossing tool, and then gluing them to create a 3D affect.

This is how the original picture was before I embellished it. 

Joyce had this liquid called 'Decal It'! It was like a glue. But it allowed you to make, like, 

a transfer, with any paper picture you find. And when applied onto the egg, it was smooth.

Almost as if it were a rub on applique.

As you can see in this picture, I did star, cuts on the sides of the egg, with an electric

 drill.

 Usually after applying the applique with Modge Podge, then a light coat of it is applied after, just to seal it. Then the layering of different cuts of the same picture, are applied to give that 3D affect.
I also used crystals and beads. And of course for Santa's beard, I used doll hair.
I added a little bit of that crystal lacquer to his eyes, in hopes to give them a real twinkle!

A HO HO HO!
I hope you enjoy this and it may inspire you!
Remember, egg decorating doesn't have to be just for Easter!!


















I will probably be adding posts, on things I have made in the past. Only because I am busy quilling my snowflakes, that I do every year, as gifts, for family and friends.
But,.....
Keep tuned in, because I will be giving out a FREE
snowflake pattern in upcoming posts!!


December is upon us!!
Happy Advent!

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Joyce, this is a special message just for you!!
Mom and I miss you and wish you
would move back!
If you're teaching egg class out there, I hope
those women know, just how lucky and blessed they are to have you be their teacher!!Thank you for everything you taught us!!!  
Love you and God Bless You!