5 Days of Christmas, Day 4

Welcome to another day of last minute Christmas ideas. I made an ornament for today's project, inspired by Pinterest and the trek across the country by my bestie and her hubs. I love the way it turned out and hope my bff will like it too! :) Tags are dies by My Creative Time. 

Here it is, the Family Truckster, complete with oversized Christmas tree for their new digs! 

Tiny tag with sentiment from Post Card Add-Ons; computer generated message on the Treat Slider candy wrap.

Ok, peeps, tomorrow is the last day of our 5 Days of Christmas, so be sure to come back for the final installment. ♥

MCT 5 Days of Christmas, Day 3

Today's projects are delicious. Winter weather is here and it's definitely time to cozy up by the fire, or if you don't have that luxury (I do not, I'm afraid) snuggle with and blanket and and a good book, or hubby LOL, with a cup of hot cocoa. Or cider if you prefer. Either way, My Creative Time has the perfect products to embellish your goodie gifts.

Hot spiced cider is my winter morning beverage, cocoa for evenings, and coffee in between. I'm always freezing and these hot treats help to keep me warm!

This pocket has a window so you can see what you're getting. In case the apple on the front doesn't click. LOL

The other pockets are made using the scalloped edge envelope die. I added the cocoa mug from the Do The Cocoa Motion stamp set.....

....added liquid embroidery/puffy pain for the marshmallows and whipped cream -- it looks real enough to eat!

and a belly band to tuck in a candy cane for stirring!

For this one I used the adorable new mini-bow die to embellish the stir stick.

Love this little die!

Thank you for stopping by today. Hopefully you're getting lots of inspiration for any last minute hostess gifts or other gift giving ideas that pack a punch and are still easy on the wallet. More goodness tomorrow....see you then! ♥

MCT 5 days of Christmas, Day 2

Are you stoked for the rest of the 5 Days projects? I'm having a blast, myself! Here's a fun card for a special person on your holiday list. I love the squatty jar die by My Creative Time, and used it as the window for my shaker card.

For filler, the super cute little jingle bell die that comes with the ornaments seemed to be the perfect fit. I cut them from shiny silver cardstock and added tiny bows to each one using the die from the Party banner die. Twine wrapped around the jar lid gives it a rustic look, and the holly and pinecone add a festive touch. The adorable little tag and sentiment are also by MCT.....

...as well as the inside message and jingle bell stamp. So cute!

I love how pretty the bells look in this silver foil paper (thank you, Miss Kim, for this awesome RAK!). And thanks for coming by to see my project today, crafty bloggers. I hope you'll be back tomorrow cuz I got more craftyness up my sleeve! ♥

5 Days of Christmas, Day 1

Welcome, welcome, to the first of the 5 Days of Christmas with the My Creative Time Design Team! I love holiday crafting, it's my most favorite, so this week is going to be especially fun for me. I hope you will enjoy the projects I have to share with you.

Up first are these super cute Snowman Soup Mugs and Toasty Gloves gifts. These are the perfect gift, or gifts if you wish to split them up, for a neighbor, mailman, teacher, hairdresser, or to have on hand for drop-in visitors throughout the holiday season.

For my chipboard tag, I used staz-on ink and the 'warm wishes' sentiment from Do The Cocoa Motion stamp set. Each mug contains a bag of mini marshmallows, packet of cocoa, and a candy cane stirring stick.

For the gloves, I made a simple topper using the tri-fold card. The paper is so cute it doesn't really need a tag, unless you were to give it as a gift on its own. In this case, I'll give the gloves along with the mugs.

Another sweet snowman soup and gloves gift. I went to pick up a couple more of these mugs yesterday and they are all gone!!! I love this blue one and wish I had grabbed two so I could keep one for myself. LOL

There you go, Day 1. Isn't this a fun idea. So simple, but these simple embellishments make a great presentation. Who wouldn't enjoy hot cocoa on a cold winter morning, and extra gloves to keep in the car, your purse, or coat pocket. Thanks for coming today. I'll be here all week, folks! See you tomorrow. ♥

Special Black Friday Hop....and sale code!

HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY and welcome to our Special Black Friday Sale and mini release.These stamps and dies ARE AVAILABLE for PRE-ORDER and will starting shipping out on Tuesday, December 3. Not only are these stamps and dies great for ALL of your Christmas cards, layouts, smashbooking and even 3-D projects, but they are also the perfect additions for those of you doing December Dailies. 

        

Not just new stamps, but also 3 new die sets!!

     

Also, EVERYONE who places an order this weekend will receive this FREE 'SHINE BRIGHT' STAMP set as well!

But wait, there's EVEN MORE!!!! Use the code BLACKFRI2013 to receive 25% off your ENTIRE order AND get the free stamp! Sale starts NOW, Friday, November 29, 2013 and runs through midnight Sunday, December 1, 2013. Click HERE now to pre-order your new goodies!

And now my project. My apologies for the horrid photo. I love making banners, but then I remember how difficult it is to get good pics when they are finished. LOL oops. I used the large fishtail tag die for the base, and the ornaments dies between each flag.

There are so many fabulous things about this release and it was hard to narrow down what to use since I couldn't fit them ALL on my banner! It's hard to see, but the 'dear santa' tag is inside a mini glassine bag. I also used the santa hat with the sentiment. Embellishments made with MCT dies, scalloped circle, leaves, jingle bell, and tag topper.

This one was fun. It's not that easy to see on the pattern paper, but I made a red and brown plaid background using the new Get Schooled background stamps. So cool!!! Sentiment included in this new Day in December set. Embellishments for this flag made with the ornaments dies, tag topper, chocolate greetings flag, and the tiny holly stamp from the From Our Family to Yours stamp set and bling.

Also made the background on this flag using the teensy snowflake stamps in this set. I LOVE those guys!!! Believe star stamp also in this set. If you look close you can see I sprayed the star with pearl glimmer mist.

There are two sentiments from this set on the final flag. Seriously, this might be my all time favorite Christmas set. There is SO much and, indeed, it will be PERFECT for the December Dailies book I AM planning to do this year! Embellishments made with the rolled flower and leaves die, chocolate greetings flag, and chunky jar accessories. 

If you need to start at the beginning, hop on over to Emma's blog. Otherwise, Veronica is up next followed by our special guest, Teri!

Reindeer topper tutorial

Good morning on this Thanksgiving Eve! I imagine, like me, many of you will be baking pies and doing lots of pre-prep for tomorrow's big dinner. Hubs asked for a very non-traditional pie this year, so in addition to pumpkin, I'll also be making banana cream. Yum. :)

My project today is this adorable treat topper. I love making punch art projects and this one was really fun. I've provided a pictorial for you so that you can make them too. Pinterest inspired, this is what I came up with for my reindeer! He's so cute I can't stand it! I know the grands will love him.

I used dies, as you can see, but dies are not required. You can use punches if you have them, or any cricut cartridge that has an oval and a branch or leaf cluster. The largest size will be the head--mine is 2 inches-- and decreasing sizes for the remaining parts in proportionate sizes - of course this all depends how big you want your finished reindeer.

Now choose a style for your antlers. You can go fancy, like this My Favorite Things flourish; chunky like the leaves by Paper Trey Ink, or pokey like the Spellbinders die on the right. I chose chunky for mine.

For the ears and hooves, cut the smallest two ovals in half.

Cut by hand if you like, or as I did, use the "ears oval" to cut the hooves....

....and by hand trim off a portion of the smallest oval halves to make the ear shapes.

Now you have all your pieces ready to put together! Ink if you like, and add your handwork at this point, i.e. eyes, face, ear markings, and any other features you wish to include. If you prefer, you can also use stamps - I highly recommend Peachy Keen Stamps for their super adorable faces assortments if you aren't comfortable drawing your own.

For the base, I used My Creative Time's tri-fold card, trimming off the extra after folding over the treat bag so I knew how big I needed it and scoring where I wanted the fold. Use any banner or cut a paper strip by hand and stamp your sentiment - I used My Creative Time's All Around Goodies and the alphabets from Just Simply Live to create my sentiment - then add the hooves to each side as if he is holding the sign. Adorbs!!!

I hope you'll try this super cute project. It takes only a few minutes to put together. Thanks for coming by today. Now I'm off to bake those pies! Yum. ♥

Kids' table place settings for TDay

Happy Thanksgiving week! Are you having friends or family for Thanksgiving? Last minute guests you didn't think could make it? More kids than you expected? Well here's a quick and easy idea for kids' table place settings that took me only a few minutes to make!!! Check out this fun idea the kids are sure to love!!!

Super cute individual cornucopias from sugar cones...adorbs!

The name tag doubles as a coloring project to keep them busy while they wait for their plates.

Fill mini-baggies with Reese's pieces, candy corn, or other fall colored goodies; secure the tags on a ribbon and tie a bow. Done!

Have a wonderful week and a Happy Thanksgiving. ♥