The First of Advent Means Tags & Books...

...yipppeeeeee... tis finally here!!! After a year in the waiting, it is time for the amazingly wonderous event that is Tim's Twelve Tags of Christmas! So... I prattled on alarmingly yesterday about it being Day 1 and how I was off to camp outside Tim's blog to wait for the first tag to post... well, I may have expanded the truth a weensy bit. What I did do was watch Mario's Tweets from BTS (behind Tim's shoulder... actually I think it is supposed to be behind the scenes but I like my variation) Anyhooo's, there I was waiting and waiting and eventually the Sandman came and got me and I went off to sleepland. Next thing I knew it was gone 10am and I had one of those niggling things... you know, in the back of my mind... like... I know there's something I should be doing but I can't remember....


Well... what a fool I am... I had forgotten, well, not actually forgotten completely, no it had just slipped my mind ( I am blaming the Sandman for that) so I hot footed to Lionel Laptop to see what gorgeous creation Tim had come up with for Day 1. Wow! Tis a stunner... I have had to improvise a weensy bit because I didn't have the Kraft Core - so I used blue card and Frayed Burlap over it to make it a bit Krafty. Oh and I didn't have silver glitter... akk, I really do not "do" glitter... **although AlfieCat now does look rather sparkling and fetching lol** but I did find some white stuff... so I slapped that on and once it had dried I used my finger to smudge Silver Dabber over the top... and it worked!!! Sort of... I can't wait to see the next installment... if you are wondering what I am waffling on about... CLICK HERE to see Tim's blog, his tags and his inspirations!






So... being as it was the first day of Advent yesterday, I figured I may as well pull my finger out and finish my Book of Advent that I started in my class on Saturday. I have made several of these little books over the years and have never kept one for myself! I have been saving some Cosmo Cricket Be Good papers for yonks (they stopped making them...booo) ... and I decided to go mad and cut into them because I do love them so much and this book will be brought out year after year... they have been put to goodly uses at least.


Well, I suppose I had better get a move on and get back to Twitter and see what marvels Mario will be posting from behind Tim's shoulder... I can't wait to see today's tag... tis exciting!!! Oh and... if you are looking for some goodies to buy for your tag making, I have been reliably informed that The Stamp Attic has a web page dedicated to the tags HERE and... there's a special on the new Idea-ology cases too... bargains!!! Oh and... each day Wendy will be uploading all the ingredients you need... how kind!! Right... am offski... Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x