12 Days of Christmas Gifts for Hubby Day 3

12 Days of Christmas gifts = 12 Months of Special Dates with Me!

Each day for the next 12 days, he will receive a gift that can be found

on, under or around one of the Christmas trees.

Here is Day 3

 

What's Inside?

Double Date with friends

4 Tickets to see comedian Sheryl Underwood in Kansas City

in March!

 

 

Project Details:

Tag Pocket: Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge cut at 8 inches

Clover: A Child's Year Cricut cartridge cut at 2 inches

Number: Base Camp Cricut cartridge cut at 1 inch



12 Days of Christmas Gifts for Hubby Day 2

12 Days of Christmas gifts = 12 Months of Special Dates with Me!

Each day for the next 12 days, he will receive a gift that can be found

on, under or around one of the Christmas trees.

Here is Day 2

 

 

What's Inside?

 2 tickets to the Historic Missouri Theatre to see

International Stars of Magic and Comedy in February

 

 

Project Details:

Pocket Tag:  Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge cut at 8 inches

Hearts: Spellbinders dies

Number: Base Camp cut at 1 inch

 

 

 



12 Days of Christmas Gifts for Hubby Day 1

What do you get the guy that doesn't need or want for anything? 

That is my dilemma every year at Christmas when it comes to

shopping for my husband. 

This year I think I found the perfect gift or actually gifts for him.

 

12 Days of Christmas gifts = 12 Months of Special Dates with Me!

 

Each day for the next 12 days, he will receive a gift that can be found

on, under or around one of the Christmas trees.

 

Here is Day 1

 

 

What's inside? 

In January we will get to dine at one of our favorite restaurants!

 

2014 is going to be a great year filled with love, laughter and good times with the hubby!

 

Project Details:

Tag Pocket:  Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge cut at 8 inches

Snowflake:  Spellbinders die

Number: Base Camp Cricut cartridge cut at 1 inch



Toasting Marshmallows

It's the last challenge of 2013 for Aud Sentiments. 

Now is your chance to enter your last minute Christmas projects for a chance

to win a prize from The Paper Shelter.

I decided to keep this card light on embellishments. 

I think this little elf is just adorable.

Aud Sentiments will be back in 2014 with another year full of fun challenges and prizes from amazing sponsors.  I am looking forward to crafting with all of you in the new year!



Christmas Fairy

 

 

I love the way this card turned out.  The fairy wings are so beautiful and shimmery.

I strung a few jingle bells and attached to the card for a little fun.  I am sure the recipient

of this card will have fun shaking it to get the bells to jingle

 

Card Details:

Image: Bugaboo Stamps

Spellbinders poinsettia dies for the leaves

Spellbinders scalloped circle die

Copics: E00, E13, E21, YR24, Y21, Y31, R24, R37, R46, R89, BG63, BG65, YG81, YG84, Wo

Little Shepherd

Here is another card I made using a premade card.  I kept it simple so that it will be easy to mail.  Many of my more "embellished" cards I had deliver but I do my best to keep the post office open!

This adorable stamp is from Sarah Kay. 

Reminds me of my boys when they participated in the play for church.  We always have our Christmas program on Epiphany.  It's a wonderful way to end the Christmas season.

 

Card Details:

Stamp:  Sarah Kay

Copics:  E00, E13, E21, B91, W0, E40, T1, T4, E35, Y26, Y21, BG63, E40,

LaLa Land Banner die



Christmas Gift Tag

I made this Christmas tag using a Besties image.  She looks so sweet.

The tag shape was made using the lacy cirle spellbinders die.  The snowflakes are

spellbinders dies as well.  I painted the snowflakes with extreme glitter paint to make them sparkle and shine just like real snow.  I added polar white flower soft to her hat trim and added ultra fine glitter to the snow on the ornament. 

 

Entered in following challenges:

Besties:  Anything Goes or inspired by a song

Crafty Hands:  Winter

Totally Paper Crafts:  Non traditional Christmas colors





Santa Treats

 

 

I made these for my day care kids for St. Nicholas day.

They loved them and they were so easy to make.

I found the holiday candy at our local dollar store. 

Those little treats worked just perfect for this project.

 

 

Project Details:

Santa parts:  Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps





For Unto Us A Child Is Born

 

 

The challenge at Creative Craft Challenges is to creat a White on White Christmas card.

I had a dickens of a time getting a decent picture of this card but trust me, it's GORGEOUS!

I used the three kings Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I then used white glittery embossing powder on the star, crowns and the three gifts

Bella Loves Christmas

Last week I shared another card I made using this stamp.  See, I told you it was one of my favorites!

This time I made an easel card.

Card Details:

Image: Bella Loves Christmas from Mo's Digital Pencil

Spellbinders ribbon tags

Christmas ornament:  Very Merry Tags Cricut cartridge cut at 1.75 inches painted with extreme glitter paint

White embossing enamel

Copics: E00, E13, E21, R89, BG63, BG67, W0, E37, E35, E53

Entered in the following challenges:
The Ribbon Girls:  Christmas
The Craft Place Challenge:  Christmas
DP2 Challenge:  "I is for.." with a Mo image   Bella has her own Individual style



Christmas Dance

 

 

 

This is one of my favorite images from Mo's Digital Pencil (I say that about all her images)

I would like to think this is what I look like as I am decorating my Christmas trees.

In actuality I am usually in sweat pants, covered in dust reminding myself I wasn't going to get out

all 20 Christmas tubs from the store room.

 

Card Details:

Image:  Bella Loves Christmas from Mo's Digital Pencil

Copics:  E00, E13, E21, E35, E29, E53, R89, BG83, BG86, YG81, YG84, W0

Spellbinders lacy square die

Martha Stewart branch punch

White embossing enamel with gold mica flakes



Christmas Tags

The challenge at Aud Sentiments is to create Christmas tags (Don't forget the sentiment)

We all need some cute tags for our gifts so why not take a break from Christmas cards

and make a few gift tags?  This would be a perfect time to use up you scrap pieces of Christmas paper!

We are sponsored by Stamp Fairy for this challenge.  They gave the dt these two adorable images to use.  I couldn't resist making a tag with each of them.

Tag 1 details:

Shape: Spellbinders Dies

Snowflakes: Spellbinders Dies

Image:  Mimi Winter 13 from Stamp Fairy

White embossing enamel

Sentiment: netty's Stamps

Copics: E00, E13, E21, R81, R83, R85, BG70, E29, E37, E35

Tag 2 Details:

Shape:  Very Merry Tags Cricut cartridge cut at 3.5 inches

Spellbinders dies

Sentiment: Netty's Stamps

Copics:  E00, E13, E21, BG63, BG67, R24, R37, R46, R89, E41, E42, W0, T1, T4



Precious Moments Christmas

 

 

 

I did an online search for free coloring pages and found this adorable little guy

all tangled up in his Christmas lights.

Precious Moments figurines are so pretty and I tried to color this image in the same

soft color pallette. 

I used a premade card for this one.  After coloring, I used my spellbinders to cut him out in an oval and he fit prefectly inside the oval printed on the card front.

I decided that it was perfect as is and didn't need any more embellishments. 

 Plus, it makes this card very easy to mail.

 

Card Details:

Image: free online coloring page

Copics:  E00, E13, E21, e50, E51, B00, R00, Y00, G00, E31, E30, W0

Spellbinders oval die

Snowflake Tag

 

 

 

Today's project is the first of my Christmas Gift tags.

Isn't that face precious?  Looks so jolly!

 

Project Details:

Tag shape: Spellbinders die

Snowflake: Spellbinders die

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps

Copics:  YR07, YR65, BG70

Better To Give Than Receive Advent Calendar

 

 

 

 

Christmas is a magical time of year for children! 

However, it can get a bit overwhelming for them with all the

mixed messages of the season.  I decided that I wanted to try

something different this year with my daycare kids to make

the season more meaningful.  I have tried the Elf On The Shelf system

but really wanted the focus not on their behaviour but on their actions.

In my search for something to try, I stumbled upon The Christmas Angel.

What a sweet way to get children involved in the season.

Each day during advent we will be visited by an angel named Noel

who will leave us an letter in the advent calendar.  Noel will

be giving us jobs to do that help us remember that it is

BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE

We will be making cards, gifts and treats for the elderly or shut ins

during this month.

 

Project Details:

Calendar is made from an over the door shoe organizer with 24 pockets

Numbers:  Base Camp Cricut Cartridge

Letters: Base Camp Cricut Cartridge

Angel:  Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge

Angel Face: Peachy Keen Stamps

 

Entered in following challenges:

Anything but a Card: Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges: Anything But A Card

 



 



Nativity

 

It's Black Friday!
 How many of you braved the stores at the crack of dawn or even earlier to shop?  My husband and I have braved the hordes of shoppers several times.  He is a trooper.  He usually finds a spot in line while I shop.  I really hate crowds.  So black Friday shopping was always very stressful for me.  Gotta find that deal though, right?
I learned several years ago that you can often get the deals that are in the stores online.  So I will be sitting in my pj's and sipping hot chocolate while shopping online.

This card is my reminder of what the season is all about.

I decided to keep the design simple because I really wanted to focus on the image.

This is one of my favorite Penny Black stamps.  Such a sweet scene with the holy family

and the animals.

 

Card Details:

Stamp: Penny Black Nativity

Copics:  E00, E13, E21, B91, W0, W3, T1, T4, B41, R20, R24, R37, R46, E33, E35, e37, E29, YG81, YG84, Y26, Y21

Spellbinders die for the background

Angel

Yesterday I shared a similar card.  I am not sure I like this card but it will be

perfect to send to a guy.

 

Card Details:

Angel: Inspired Heart Cricut cartridge cut at 3 inches

Card Shape: Life's A Party Cricut cartridge cut at 5.5 inches



Nativity

 

 

 

The current challenge at Creative Craft Challenges is to create a Christmas projects without using Red or Green.  This is one of my favorite nativity scenes.  It is just beautiful in it's simplicity.

 

Card Details:

Nativity:  Inspired Heart Cricut cartridge cut at 3.25 inches

Card shape: Life's A Party Cricut cartridge cut at 5.5 inches



Panda Scrapbook Layout

I had so much fun making the panda tear bear Christmas card so I decided to make a scrapbook layout.  This is for my niece.  Her room is white and purple with pandas.  I am going to frame this layout so that she can hand it on her wall.

 

Project Details:

Banner:  Lala Land die

Accent shape: Life's A Party Cricut cartridge cut at 4.5 and 4.75 inches

Beautiful: Cricut cartridge cut at 2 inches

Panda headbands: Everyday Cricut cartridge



My Least Favorite Project

Since all my Christmas cards are made, signed and ready for the post office, I decided it was time to tackle this project....

 

The Cleaning Of The Craft Room!

 

YUCK!

 

Here is what it looks like today. 

 

If I don't get side tracked with a creative project, I may just get this done.



It is time for another challenge at Aud Sentiments.  The theme for this one is the ever popular

"Use Any Sentiment You Want"

We are sponsored by A Day for Daisies

Card Details:

Image:  Hope from A Day For Daisies

Copics: E00, E13, E21, E33, E35, E37, B91, YG91, YG94

Martha Stewart Branch Punch

Love: Inspired Heart Cricut Cartridge cut at 1.75 inches







Panda Tear Bear

 

I made my very first tear bear today. 

Need to practice some more but I think he turned out pretty darn cute! 

My niece loves pandas so this Christmas card is for her.

And of course, I made an easel card.  I think I am addicted to those right now.

I really didn't need any more Christmas cards since I have plenty for this year but I

just had to make my niece this one. 

In January I will share my system that helped me

get all of my Christmas cards done and ready to be  mailed BEFORE Thanksgiving.

All it takes is a little organization to get you started. 

You will still see Christmas cards on my blog until the week before Christmas.  I spread

out my blog posts so that I have Christmas projects to share for awhile.

 

Card Details:

Sketch: Sketch Saturday

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Gift: Joys of The Season Cricut cartridge cut at 2 inches

Santa Hat: Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge cut for 5 inch doll

Spellbinders ribbon label die

I used white flower soft on the hat trim

 

Entered in following challenges:

Sketch Saturday: Sketch

Crafty Sentiments: Christmas

Incy Wincy Designs: Make and easel card

 



Decorating the Tree

 

I spent an entire Saturday earlier this month working on Christmas cards. 

I managed to complete about 14 cards.  Too bad that is just a little dent

in the cards I need to make for the holidays.

I used one of my favorite card shapes for this one. 

It is cut from the Life's A Party Cricut cartridge

 

 

Card Details:

Card Shape: Life's A Party Cricut cartridge cut at 5.5 inches

Snowflakes: Spellbinders dies

Copics:  E00, E13, E21, R24, R37, R46, R89. BG93, BG96, Y26, T1, T4, W0

While embossing enamel

Snow tes

Sliver and Blue Snowman

I love snowmen and I think the face on this guy is just so cute. 

I wanted to make his scarf and hat look silvery so I first colored them

with T1, T4 copics and then painted with extreme glitter paint.  I love

the way it turn out.  I stamped and embossed around the edge and then

got out my Snow Tex to add some snow to the ground, when I opened the

jar, I discovered it was all dried up.  I must not have put the lid on tight.

Anyway, I added water to the jar to see if I could "revive" it and thank goodness

that worked!  The snowflakes were cut out of this fabulous silver cardstock I found

at Michael's.  It was a little pricey but it cuts beautifully with the spellbinders dies.

 

 

Card Details:

Image: Beccy's Place

Copics: T1, T4, B41, B91, B29, BG10, BG70

Spellbinders snowflakes dies

Cuttlebug snow embossing folder

Sentiment from Netty's stamps

 

Entered in following challenges:

Diva's by Design: Something Snowy

ABC Christmas: Winter Wishes

Stamp n Doodle: Snowmen





Blue Birthday

 

I am having fun making easel cards.  This one is for my sister-in-law's birthday

Blue is her favorite color and I just love this pattern paper with the blues and browns. I bough several sheets of it a few years ago and I was thrilled to find this blue/gray paper in my stash that matches.

I used chunky white and antique white embossing enamel on the card.  I decided to see what it would do if I added some of the embossing enamel to the flowers.  I was afraid the flowers wouldn't hold up to the heat while using the heat gun but they turned out great!

Here is a close up of the flower

 

 

Card Details:

Image: Besties by Sherry Baldy

Copics:  E00, E13, E21, E50, E51, e53, E55, E40, E42, E43, B91, R20, R22, W0

Spellbinders ribbon tags

Chunky white and shabby white embossing enamel

Sketch:  Sketch N Stash

 

Entered in following challenges:

Sketch N Stash: Sketch and my neglected item is the papers and the ribbon tags.

Besties Challenge:  Lots of Layers



Happy Birthday

 

Taking a little break from Christmas cards to make a birthday card.

This sweet little elephant is from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Isn't she just adorable?

After coloring the image, I painted the tutu with extreme glitter paint and then added some stickles.

I also addes stickles to the flowers.

 

Card Details:

Image:  I Heart You from Mo's Digital Pencil

Copics: RV52, RV56, W0, W1, W3, W5, BG70, BG72, BG75

Chunky white embossing enamel

Vintage Pink glitter

Martha Stewart branch punch

Martha Stewart Border punch

Spellbinders ribbon tag

Sketch:Incy Wincy Designs

 

Entered in following challenges:

IncyWincy Designs : Sketch

Creative Creations Challenge: Sparkle and Shine

Stamps and fun Creativity: Easel cards

Through The Craft Room Door: Anything Goes

Mo's Digital Challenge: Anything Goes





Sweet Christmas Wishes

 

This is my card for the new challenge at Creative Craft Challenge

The theme for this challenge is a recipe. 

1 image

2 pattern papers

3 flowers

I used the candy cane stamp from Magnolia Stamps.  After coloring with copics, I painted it with extreme glitter paint to give it a sugary look.

 

 

Card Details:

Image: Magnolia Stamps

Sentiment: Magnolia Stamps

Copics: R24, R37, R46, R89, BG93, BG96, W0

Spellbinders oval and scalloped oval dies

Martha Stewart branch punch

 

Entered in following challenges:
Anonymous Stamps: Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations: Use A Sentiment
Card Mania: Anything goes
Marker Pop: Anything Goes



 

If Kisses Were Snowflakes

 

The new challenge at Aud Sentiments is to create a "Feminine" project.  We are sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs for this challenge and their images are just perfect for anything feminine.

I had this container sitting in my craft room for a year now.  It used to hold

Christmas snacks.  I decided to alter it slightly and give it to my husband for Christmas.

I created the sentiment myselft using word and some free Christmas fonts I found.

The silver snowflakes were cut using the spellbinders snowflakes dies.  I found this wonderful heavy silver cardstock at Michaels that is called mirror cardstock.  The snowflakes cut beautifully from that paper.

 

Project Details:

Image: Snowman Pin Up from Sassy Studio Designs

Copics:  E00, E11, E13, E21, E29, E35, E55, T1, T4, T7, B34, B37, R39,

Snowflakes:  Spellbinders Dies

 

Entered in following challenges:

The House That Stamps Built: Snow Fun

Inky Impressions:  Dies

Addicted to Stamps: Photo Inspiration

 





Peace

 

 

I saw a twisted easel card with a tea light on Pintrest. 

It was so pretty and I just had to give it a try. I found a wonderful

tutorial at Dawns Stamping Studio called Christmas Peek a boo easel card.

 I followed her dirctions but did change the size of my card

because the stamp I wanted to use was larger. 

My card measures 4.5 x 6

I don't own any of the stampin up supplies she used so I used my

spellbinders dies to cut out the circles.  I am saving the circles for another project. 

I wish I was able to get a decent picture showing the candle glowing behind the vellum.

Trust me when I say it is Beautiful!

 

Card Details:

Twisted Easel Tea Light card

Stamps: clear stamps bought at Michaels

Spellbinders circle, scalloped circle, ribbon tag, leaf and poinsettia dies

Martha Steward border punch

Bronze embossing powder

 

entered in following challenges:

flourishes: Negative energy (I used my spellbinders to cut out cicle openings in my cardstock)

Ribbon Carousel:  Holidays and celebrations





Cozy Christmas

 

It's time for another challenge at Aud Sentiments.  The theme for this challenge is to use a Christmas Sentiment.  Pretty easy and will help you get a jump start on your Christmas cards if you haven't already started.

Our sponsor for this challeng is Robyn's Fetish.  I just adore this snowman from her store.  He would be perfect for cards all winter long. I love the way snow sparkles in the sunshine so I painted the snowman with extreme glitter paint.

 

Card Details:

Image:  Snowman from Robyn's Fetish

Card Sketch:  Seems A Little Sketchy

Snowflake: Spellbinders die

Copics:  BG70, BG72, E31, E33, E35, E37, BV08, BV17, YG03, YG11, YR65, YR18, R59, R46

White embossing enamel for falling snow

 

Entered in following challenges:

Seems A Little Sketchy: Sketch

Sparkle and Sprinkle:  Anything goes with Glitter, embossing powder or flocking

 

 

 



AHOY

It's Anything Goes at Creative Craft challenge.  It's the 4th Bogaversary for the challenge blog.  Wow!  4 years of crafting!  I have been on the dt for 1 year now and I just love it.  I hope that you get a chance to join us in this challenge to win a prize from our sponsors Crafty Ribbons, Crafty Individuals and Kenny K

I needed a few masculine cards to add to my stash and this adorable Edwin was just perfect. I used the sketch from Here comes the Boys.  It was simple and just perfect for a masculine card.  The papers are from a Travel paper stack that I picked up on clearance last year and am just now getting a chance to use them.

 

Card Details:

Stamp:  Edwin with binoculars from Magnolia Stamps

Sketch:  Here Come The Boys

Copics:  E00, E11, E21, E57, E55, E53, W0, W3, B91, B93

Spellbinders scalloped circle die

LaLa Land banner die

AHOY: Base Camp Cricut cartridge cut at .75 inches

 

Entered in following challenges:

Here Come The Boys:  Sketch



If You've Got It...

 

Bugaboo Stamps is sponsoring our current challenge at Aud Sentiments.  Our theme this week is to use a Funny Halloween Sentiment.  I just love this sentiment paired up with JJ on her broom.  Ha ha ha!

I thought that Stella's sketch on the bugaboo challenge blog was perfect.

 

Card Details:

Image:  JJ Broomstick from Bugaboo Stamps

Copics:  E00, E11, E21, T10, T9, T8, T4, W0, W1, E08, E09, E18, E19, E35, E37, E43, E50, E51, E53, E55, YR18, YR65. G02, G14, V09, V17

Sketch: Stella Says Sketch

Martha Stewart halloween fence border punch

 

Entered in following challenges:

Catch the Bug Challenge:  Stella Says Sketch

City Crafter Challenge:  Halloween