Christmas Cards

Finally, I've been able to start on my Christmas cards.  Well, I only have one done, but that's a start, right?

I used the wonderful Graphic 45 Christmas Past paper for the front of the card.  I kept it fairly simple because the paper is so pretty.  I made the rosette and it has a button in the middle of it.

GIBBS 5

My box to my partner in the Cricut GIBBS 5 swap has reached her, so I can now post some of her goodies.
Phew - this is a long post!  Be patient with me!

Rosette - another TH die; the title was printed from my computer, and the snowflake punch is MS.

It's very hard to explain this technique.  I'm making another one for my niece's new baby (due to arrive any day!) and I will take pictures as I put it together - it will be easier that way.  In the meantime, I'll try to explain.  I tore out a page, then gathered 5-6 pages still in the book together and glued them together by taking the torn out page and pasting over the edges of the 5-6 pages.  I used Yes Paste and it worked wonderfully. 

I printed out the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and mounted it on paper with torn edges.  The reindeer were cut on my Cricut with the Joys of the Season cart.

The remainder of the poem printed out - on torn paper.  The flowers and leaves are prima.

I used stickers from my stash for this page; I also machine stitched in a zig zag pattern around the picture boxes.

"Tis the Season" stamped on the bottom.  Snowflakes were punch from a MS punch.

I loved this vintage looking paper and just didn't want to cover it up.  I used a pre-made rosette from my stach and cut the scalloped circle with a nestabilities die run thru my cuttlebug.

These boxes were decorated with scrap ribbon.  I also put red dots around the sides of all the squares.

This is another sheet of paper that I didn't want to cover too much.  The ribbon is from WM and I love it - delicate and very pretty.

Embellishment from my stash, and edges inked and layered paper.

This page has a pocket for various Christmas tags.  The purple block is punched with a MS stamp.

This is just a really pretty piece of paper decorated with "falala" which was purchased at Michael's last year.

Another page that I left pretty much the way it was.  The scallop cut from the nestabilities die run thru my cuttlebug again, and the sparkly green circle frame is from Making Memories.

Another Origami Ornament

I love these!  The picture just doesn't do it justice.

Two Ladies Dancing

For a swap I was in we needed to make "Two Ladies Dancing".  This was a tough one, but this is what I came up with.  I colored the flower petals with MS glitter markers.  I got the idea of using the flower petals as a skirt from here.  There is the most beautiful banner there - while you are at Yoli's site you might want to look around.  She does wonderful work, and has great ideas.  The ladies were cut from the Cricut cart Forever Young.

Another Altered Book

Another altered book - made into an album.  These are so much fun to make.  This was for a swap where we had to use the color green and a frog!!  This is what I came up with.

This frog was cut from Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up; "Summer Fun" was cut from Cricut Carousel.  All the paper on this book came from loose sheets or my stash so I can't name it.

 I love the way this page opens; the hand which keeps it closed is from Making Memories.

These are prima butterflies - sooo cute.

Borders from a MS punch

Prima flowers

Liquid pearls used on this scallop cut from a nestabilities die; the shapes on the opposite page are also cut from nestabilities.


The rest of the embellishments were from my stash; some of the twinchies were from swaps.

BLOG CANDY WINNER

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Cricut Card Fairy bloghop.  I have a winner for my candy.  Random. org picked JENNI who said my mantle looked "fab".  I will be contacting you, Jenni, for your address.
Happy Thanksgiving All.  I wish for everyone a safe and happy holiday.

CRICUIT CARD FAIRY BLOG BOP

Welcome to our hop!   In this hop we want to focus on being thankful for all the blessings in our life.  I am personally thankful for my family and for the fact that I am healthy!  Every day I try to remember all the "little" things for which I am thankful.  I am happy to have such wonderful friends and family.   We fairies are excited to be in this hop, and happy that we can send our cards to those who might need a little cheer.  With that in mind, I made the following blocks as my project.  My husband built a fence awhile ago and was looking to clear out the garage - so he cut some leftover wood into blocks and I will thrilled.  Free!  And he was thrilled to get them out of his garage.  Of course, all the extras are now in my craft room - and it is crowded in there.  Urgh.  For those of you who asked, the blocks are 2 x 2.  I used the Carousel cart for the lettering; it's almost like the Storybook lettering, but I liked these a little better for these.

And of course, here's my kitty ready to invesigate - that is until he saw me walk into the room with my camera!  Caught in the act!!

Along the way there will be opportunities for inspiration, and blog candy. So make sure you hop all the way through, leave comments on every blog.  Our Cricuit Card Fairy Commander will be giving away a Hello Kitty Greetings cart to a person that hops and leaves a comment on ALL blogs. 

If you are interested in joining the Fairies, email our commander at cricutcardfairies(a)gmail(dot) com.  It is a wonderful cause and it makes me feel as good participating as I hope it make the card recipients.  THANKS to Crystal for all she does to keep up going.

Here's our blog list just in case you get lost along the way:
http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/
http://tidbitsplace.blogspot.com/ (YOU ARE HERE)
http://adreatravis2008.blogspot.com/
http://trickut-rachelscrafts.blogspot.com/
http://www.kisatrtleskreativekorner.blogspot.com/
http://scrappyjess.blogspot.com/
http://lightwhimsy.blogspot.com/
http://karelj.blogspot.com/
http://shelliescreations.blogspot.com/
http://ginathorntonstamping.blogspot.com/
http://www.jamieisacraftymomma.blogspot.com/
http://wandaswhimsicalwonders.blogspot.com/
http://blondemommy26@blogspot.com
http://sherylscraftingcorner.blogspot.com/

HAPPY HOPPING!