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