Christmas Countdown-Day 12

For today's project, I chose to make a quick placecard for the Christmas dinner table.  The Expressions Thinlits from the Holiday catalog fit the bill on this one.  It is cut from the Silver Foil sheets.  I used a strip of Whisper White card stock punched out using the Dotted Scalloped Ribbon Border Punch along the bottom of the Cherry Cobbler card stock.

The "Christmas" stamp is from Petite Pairs stamp set and I inked only the Christmas portion in VersaMark ink and then heat embossed it using Gumball Green embossing powder.  The finishing touch was the Champagne Glimmer Paper punched out using the star from the Merry Minis punch pack (they will only be available for a short time more!).

Thanks again for stopping by.  It's been fun sharing Christmas projects with you.

I won't be posting tomorrow as I'll be spending time celebrating the true meaning of the season and sharing time with family.  

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Countdown-Day 11

For today's Christmas project, I chose to make another gift card holder.  I'm always looking for new ways to gift one, and this is an old idea using an envelope.

This is the cover, decorated using the Perfect Blend stamp set and the greeting from the November My Paper Pumpkin kit.  The striped paper uses leftovers from the kit as well, and I just love, love that garland!

Here is the inside.  As you can see, I folded the envelope in half trimming off half of the flap and sealing the other half.  This allows the gift card to be placed in the open side.  

Christmas Countdown-Day 10

Yesterday ended up being a very busy day.  With that I did not get anything posted for the day, so I'll be doubling up today.  Here is the first post, for day 10.

I got the idea from my good friend Kathy Howes.  She had made a similar luminary using the Regarding Dalias stamp set, and I thought this single stamp, Wonderful Blessing would work great for a Christmas luminary.  The image was stamped onto a piece of Vellum card stock in Midnight Muse ink and embossed using clear EP.  

I simply cut 2 pieces of card stock measuring 4-1/4" x 9", scored it at 1/2" & 4-3/4".  The Circles Collection framelits were used to cut out the circles (one on each piece), and the 2 pieces were glued together using Tombow Multi-purpose adhesive along the 1/2" folds.

Christmas Countdown-Day 9

The days are flying by!  I can hardly believe that Christmas is next Wednesday.  So much to do, and yet what needs to be done will get done.  It always does.

Here is my project for today.

I covered a kraft box (similar to our kraft gift boxes) with Season of Style designer series paper using Tombow Multi-purpose adhesive.  Then I wrapped a bow around it using the Cherry Cobbler 1" Stitched Edge Grosgrain Ribbon.  It's finished off by adding a tag from the That's the Ticket stamp set (stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink and punched out with the coordinating punch), tied on with a piece of Cherry Cobbler Baker's twine.

Simple, fast and a great way to use any extra designer series paper you might have.

Christmas Countdown-Day 8

Today's project is a cute Christmas card using the Snow Day stamp set and the greeting set from the November My Paper Pumpkin kit.  The word bubble is from a new framelit that is a sneak peek from the Occasions Catalog that starts in January.

I used more of the star garland that I made.  Can you tell I'm a little addicted to this garland?  Can't seem to get enough of it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Christmas Countdown-Day 7

Today's project is another one I made at my adopted upline's December meeting.  It was so quick and easy to make.

The frame is a 6-inch square frame and the snowflakes are cut using the Sizzix Big-Shot and the Festive Flurry Framelits Dies.  There are 2 cut from each of the 3 smaller sizes of snowflakes; one from Silver Glimmer paper and one from the Winter Frost Designer Series Paper stack.

All the layers are attached using Mini Glue Dots and the completed snowflake is attached to the glass of the frame using Stampin' Dimensionals.  The final touch is a Frosted Finishes Embellishment.

Christmas Countdown-Day 6

Today's project is a cute little gift bag.  I got the idea from Libby Fern, and made a few modifications.

The little elf feet and bottom of his clothes are made using the Sizzix Big-Shot and the Top Note Die. One die cut, cut in half, and then one cut in half again.

You'll use the 1-3/8" & 3/4" Circle punches to create the shoe.  The remaining half of the Top Note Die is textured using the Sizzix Big-Shot and a Textured Impressions Folder.  Here I used a sneak-peak item from the upcoming Sale-a-Bration catalog.

You should notice that I added some star garland to the top of the bag.  It was super easy to make, just taking some time to punch out all the stars.  I also added the gold glittery "Merry" from the Expressions Thinlits Dies out of the Holiday catalog.

The hardest part of this bag will be giving it away!