Cardz TV Go To Challenge Galz Christmas Treats

Happy Black Friday!  I hope you all had a fabulous Turkey Day.  As you read this my husband and I are enjoying a long awaited trip to visit my son, daughter-in-law and grandson Kameron in North Carolina.  My son is a Marine so our time to see him is so limited and it's such a blessing to be with him for this holiday.  It has been over eight years since we've been with him for a holiday celebration.

So let's see---today you are one of two kinds of people---either a shopper or an avoid at all costs, never enter a store type.  I'm not sure which I'll be today, but have been both a shopper and a stay at home girl in the past.  What I know for sure, is today at Cardz TV you will see some fabulous creations for treats to give friends and family for Christmas.  The Go To Challenge Galz have outdone themselves to bring you some great inspiration.  I've made this stacking/nesting set of four boxes into an adorable snowman.  When separated each box will fit inside the box below it, which I must say, is what drew me to this file.  That and my love/obsession with snowmen.  I love the fact that I can use it as a decoration and if I don't use it to put little treats in I can save it for next year and it will hardly take up any storage space in my tiny 500 sq. ft. home.  This is the perfect treat holder for all my friends that live in small campers or a park model like I do.  This is Silhouette file #35047.  I left it exactly the size it comes in the file.  It was really so quick to put together.  All I needed to add were some buttons and a couple great Cardz TV sentiments.  Both Frosty and There's SNOW one like you came from the Cardz TV stamp set Snow Day.  I hope you'll have the chance to play along with our Cardz TV Challenge for a Christmas Treat Container.  Add your creation with the Mr. Linky feature at the Cardz TV blog and you'll have the chance to win some Cardz TV stamps.  The challenge runs until December 6th.  Thanks for stopping by today.

The Cutting Cafe Table Decor

This week at The Cutting Café the Design Team is showcasing some of their favorite files from the store.  I decided to use the cute little Wheelbarrow Treat Box Template/Cutting file.  I wanted to add a few fall flavored décor items to my little home.  Most of you know that hubby and I live in a small (500 sq. ft.) park model "cottage".  Living in such a tiny space we don't have a lot of room for holiday decorations, but I still like to scatter a few touches around.  I found a package of "table scatter" pumpkins at Target recently in the $1 bins.  As soon as I saw them I knew they would look really cute displayed in this wheelbarrow on my dining table.  I used my Silhouette and the SVG cutting file to cut all my wheelbarrow pieces and used scraps from leftover projects.  At the base of the wheelbarrow I added a little grass that I cut from the Grass Shaped Card template, also from The Cutting Café.  Then I scattered a few leaves and a pumpkin in the grass.  I added a small bow and a tiny tag (My Creatvie Time die) and stamped the word Fall onto it then attached it to the handle of the wheelbarrow. 

The Cutting Cafe Turkey Card

 

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!!  It's almost turkey day and I'm very excited about that.  Not because Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, but this year we will be traveling from Florida to N. Carolina to spend the holiday with our son, daughter-in-law and grandson in their new home.  My son (who is a Marine) has been assigned to a new duty station and we are beyond excited that he will be closer to Florida so we can see him more often.  His little guy is 2 1/2 now and we've only had the opportunity to see him a handful of times.  He's at such a fun age now and it will be wonderful to spend more time with him.  We're hoping we can entice them to visit us in Florida, too.  Perhaps a bribe for a trip to Disneyworld will do the trick.

 

Now onto my turkey card.  The Cutting Café design team is highlighting Thanksgiving projects this week using the Turkey Shaped Card, Gobble Word Shaped Card or the So Thankful Circle set.  I combined the Turkey from the Turkey Shaped Card with one of Miss Regina's new Step Card Templates. I also used the Thanksgiving Day Printable stamp set for my sentiment and the gobble words on the card.  I cut the step card base from black cardstock.  The gobble words are printed on a yellow patterned paper from my scrap bin so I'm not sure of the brand.  I also used scraps to put Mr. Turkey together.  Isn't he just the cutest turkey?  I printed my sentiment on another piece of the yellow patterned paper then assembled all the pieces together for one fabulous Thanksgiving card.  If you'd like a chance to win some Cutting Café files make sure you head over to The Cutting Café blog and leave a comment.  Miss Regina has one winner every week. 

 

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and get the chance to spend time with family or friends.  I can't wait to make some family memories.  I'm sure I'll have a picture or two to share with you of my grandson when we return.

My Creative Time Holiday Tag Challenge

I just can't believe that I'm already making gift tags for my Christmas packages.  Where on earth did this year go?  The good thing is my tags will be a much quicker project this year after purchasing Tag Dies from My Creative Time.  I've only had the dies a few weeks, but have used them constantly since they arrived.  Talk about happy mail.  The set comes with two dies...one has pointy ends and the other is scalloped on the bottom edge and, of course, they come with Miss Emma's signature stitching embossed into them.  For my tag (which I will be entering in the MCT Holiday Tag Challenge hosted by Miss Katie) I used the tag with the scalloped edge because I think it has a more feminine look to it and this is a girly tag.

Here is the list of My Creative Time Products I used to make my tag:

• Card Sentiments-Do Not Open 'til the 25th
• Girls' Night out Stitched Dies-Dress, belt, hanger
• Holiday Tickets-Celebrate your inner ELF
• Post Card Add-Ons-Santa Stops Here (stamped on button)
• Stitched Button Dies
• Stitched Doily Die
• Stitched Fun Ticket Dies
• Tag Dies

It sounds like it has a lot of elements to it, but the tag was very quick to put together.  I used a double sided paper for my tag so it looks pretty on the backside, too.  The paper is from an older stack that I've had in my stash for a number of years made by Best Creations.  I have to give a little shout out to my BFF Jennifer for cutting me some of the Doilies because I don't have the die myself.  We had a little swap and I cut a few things for her from dies she doesn't have.  I cut the doily in half to place under my dress.  Before placing the doily on the tag I cut out both layers of the Stitched Tag Die using red for the bottom layer and white for the top layer and added my Elf sentiment to the right side of the tag since I was going to place the left side under the doily.  I cut the dress from a pretty patterned red paper, and the hanger and belt from black card stock. I used some tiny ball fringe to decorate the bottom of the dress and added Glossy Accents to the belt to give it a patent leather look.  The dress is popped using dimensional foam.  I stamped the "Don't Open 'til the 25th with Hero Arts Red Geranium ink.  Next I added a beautiful striped Stampin' Up ribbon to the top of the tag.  I cut a large round button from the Stitched Button Dies and using the same red ink took the circular sentiment Santa Stops Here from the Postcard Add-Ons stamp set and stamped it onto the button.  I added some red jute through the button and tied a double bow behind it before adding it to the ribbon.  Voila---done!!! Here's a closer view of the tag showing the stamping detail a little better.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope I've inspired you to at least start thinking of all the Christmas projects you need to do.  

The Cutting Cafe Step Card

I was super excited when Miss Regina from The Cutting Café came out with some fabulous Step Cards.  Of course, the DT is here this week to show some fabulous designs for the STEP CARD TEMPLATES-CUTTING FILES.  This set comes with five different step cards.  For my Beehive card I used the Side One Step card and the Beehive Shaped Card for the hive, bees and buzz background paper.  I used the SVG file and my Silhouette to cut it.  No fears though, if you don't have a cutting machine the PDF files are simple and easy to use for hand cutting.  I started with  white cardstock for my base card.  After I cut it out I measured the front panel and the side panel so I could cut background pieces.  For the left hand side I used a blue cardstock and printed the buzz background from the Beehive Shaped Card on it.  Then I cut the background for the left hand side of the card from this printed paper.  Next I cut the beehive top layer, black shadow and beehive hole and assembled the beehive for the right hand side.  I added some stitching lines with my fine point black marker and white gel pen.  Last, but not least, I cut the bee and bee layers using vellum for the bee wings.   The bees are popped up using some dimensional foam.  For the front I added a die cut picket fence to the card and then placed my sentiment (which is from the Beehive Shaped Card set) on it. I love how bright and cheerful this card came out. Make sure you stop by The Cutting Café Blog on Wednesday to see the rest of the DT projects using the step cards.

The Cutting Cafe Pizza Box

I just can not believe that it is November already.  The holidays are approaching rapidly which brings me to my project today for The Cutting Café.  This week the Design Team is featuring projects using the PIZZA BOX TEMPLATE/CUTTING FILE.  Love, love, love this file.  I've already made several projects with it.  For my first project today I made an embellishment box for a friend as a Christmas gift.  For the pizza box I used an older DCWV Craft Stack with this cute button paper.  I used my Silhouette and the SVG file to cut the box.  If you don't have a cutting machine this file comes in PDF format and is very easy to cut by hand and assemble.  I wanted my box to be sturdy so I cut it twice-once from kraft cardstock and once from the patterned paper and then I attached them to each other before assembling the box.  This file comes with inserts for the inside, either four smaller inserts or two larger inserts.  For this box I used four inserts to hold all my embellishing goodies. I added some white crocheted flowers, brads, eyelets, googly eyes, ribbons and buttons.

I couldn't stop with just one project.  For my second box I made a little sewing kit that includes thread, needles, needle threader, seam ripper, scissors and buttons.  This would make a good gift for a college student.  I remember putting together a couple of sewing kits for my daughters when they went off to college.

I used the same DCWV paper stack and again made the box two layers for sturdiness.  I added a tag to the front of the box with a sewing sentiment from my stamp stash.

This Pizza Box file comes with two boxes, a solid box and a box with a window on the top, 4 mini inside divider boxes, 1 half insert divider box, one mini card and one envelope template.  I used the mini cards and the envelopes for my Cutting Café project last week.  Here is what it looks like with the small note cards and envelopes.

I'm sure you could find even more uses for this fabulous file and you can see more great projects from the Design Team on The Cutting Café Blog for more inspiration.  Thanks for coming by today. 

My Creative Time Thanksgiving theme challenge

There's a Thanksgiving theme challenge going on over at MY CREATIVE TIME hosted by Miss Glora.  It's kind of funny because I had just been telling my friend the other day that I had an idea for a turkey using Miss Emma's new rosette dies.  Then low and behold, I see Miss Glora's project for the challenge and she made turkeys with the rosette die.  Since mine is a little different than her's I went ahead and made my turkey for this challenge.  You can see a complete list of all the different My Creative Time products I used on this project at the end of the post. To construct my turkey I started by cutting a base to build the turkey on, I used the Stitched Circle die from the Scalloped Stitched circle die set for this.  Next I cut the larger of the two rosette dies from the Scalloped Stitched Rosette Dies from brown cardstock and folded it up using the lines marked on the cut for the accordion folds.  I used a hot glue gun to add this layer to the circle.  The next layer is the scalloped circle from the Scalloped Stitched circle die set and I cut it from dark red cardstock.  I hot glued this piece onto the brown layer.  Then I went to the smaller of the two rosette dies and cut it using a scrap of orange patterned paper.  For the turkey's face I used the larger circle button from the Stitched Button die set and for his gobbler I snipped off one of the scallops from the scalloped circle.  Now that my turkey was finished I set him aside while I made the envelope I was going to put him on using the Scalloped Stitched Envelope Die and kraft cardstock.  I love this new little envelope.  Miss Emma made it to fit the Stitched Journal Die cards, which I use obsessively.  Once the envelope was assembled I made a little pumpkin from the medium size Stitched Hexy Die.  I cut it from an orange polka dot scrap and hand cut a little stem from a scrap of green cardstock.  I attached a small hemp bow to the top.  Then I cut a small leaf to put next to it using the All Around Holidays leaf die.  For my sentiment I cut both layers of the Stitched Fun Ticket Dies.  I added the turkey sentiment that came from the Mixed Holiday Sentiment stamp set and embellished the ticket with a few leaves using the tiny leaf stamp from the Postcard Add-Ons stamp set.  I placed the ticket on the envelope first.  I wanted to put the turkey on top of the ticket so it looked like he was peeking over the top with his little gobbler hanging onto the ticket.  I popped up the pumpkin and leaf with dimensional foam.  After I attached Mr. Turkey I stamped the postage mark and stamp using stamps from the Postcard Add-Ons.  I made a little card to write a special note on to place in the envelope.  I cut the card using the Stitched 3x4 Journal Die.  The Grateful sentiment at the top of the card is from the Holiday Tickets Stamp set, under that I placed a decorative line from the Build a Postcard stamp set.  Then I used one of the stamps from the Journal It stamp set for the lines that I will write my message on. For a finishing touch I added another small leaf to the card.  Here is a photo with a little closer look at the envelope.

 

 

I used the following My Creative Time Products:

• ALL AROUND HOLIDAYS stamp set
• BUILD A POSTCARD stamp set
• HOLIDAY TICKETS stamp set
• JOURNAL IT stamp set
• MIXED HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS stamp set
• POSTCARD ADD-ONS stamp set
• SCALLOP & STITCHED CIRCLE DIES
• SCALLOPED STITCHED ENVELOPE DIE
• SCALLOPED STITCHED ROSETTE DIES
• STITCHED BUTTON DIES
• STITCHED FUN TICKET DIES
• STITCHED HEXY DIES
• STITCHED JOURNAL DIE (3X4)



Cardz TV Stamps Challenge #39 Let Us Give Thanks

 

 

Happy November!  Thanksgiving is only weeks away and the Cardz TV Stamps Go-To-Galz are presenting Thanksgiving projects this week.  For my sweet little card I made this adorable scarecrow from the Cricut Simply Charmed cartridge.  Isn't he so darn cute?  I used Graphic 45 French Country paper collection for the scarecrow's shirt and overalls.  I paired this little guy with a pre-made background from last year's Simple Stories Harvest Lane collection.  I simply made a base card from kraft cardstock and placed the pre-made paper element on the front.  Then I added the cute little scarecrow.  Love, love, love it.  I stamped my sentiment from the the Cardz TV Stamp set Thankful For You right onto the background paper. The only embellishment I needed to add to this card were the two teeny tiny red buttons on the scarecrows overalls.  In less than 10 minutes this card was complete.   I hope you'll play along with this challenge.  You'll have until Nov. 14th to link your project at the Cardz TV blog for your chance to win some Cardz TV stamps.  Have FUN!