Merry Christmas! 6 comments

Happy Christmas everyone! I hope you're surrounded by loved ones wherever you are. We're lucky enough to have lots of family close by, so we'll be celebrating all day long with both of our families. Last night we had Christmas Eve dinner with my extended family and I made some little treat boxes for all the families in attendance.



I used the Pencil Box template by Kelleigh Ratzlaff, printed on some Christmas paper from my stash and filled with miniature Reese's peanut butter cups. I used a packet of Cloud 9 paper I got on clearance after Christmas last year, got the Reese's on sale (4 bags for $10), and found a gorgeous 25 yd roll of sheer eggshell ribbon at the Craft Warehouse for $3.50. So when I figured it out, including candy, the consumables for the entire project only cost $1.29 per gift. I'd guesstimate that's a lot less than most cards I make! LOL :) And they were a big hit!

The boxes hold 12 miniature Reese's, stacked 2 high. There's enough in each bag of candy to finish 3 boxes with a few to munch on for inspiration while you're putting things together! ;-) I punched little circles stamped with snowflakes to decorate the top row. For an example of what the inside looks like you can reference this earlier post from the first time I used the template, except I used snowflakes instead of letters.

For the circular tag, I stamped the circle from the Seasons of Love - Tags set by Waltzingmouse Stamps and then used a solid snowflake from Frosty Flakes and the Merry Christmas sentiment from O Christmas Tree.

Okay, that's it from the home front. Hope you're enjoying all the blessings of the season! Thanks for stopping by!

Peace on Earth 4 comments

Happy Wednesday! It's getting down to the wire with all the last minute holiday to-do lists, so I didn't get a chance to stamp yesterday. Luckily I have a few cards still in the stash that I haven't shared here yet. This one was the inspiration for this week's Mojo Monday sketch and uses the adorable Penguin Christmas set from The Cat's Pajamas.


The image is colored with Copics and a gold gel pen and the designer paper is from the Nutmeg collection by Cosmo Cricket. Some sponged edges and paper piercing finishes it off.

Curly Curry Wonder 6 comments

Happy Tuesday! Today I have a special card for you. Betty asked the Member Companies to create samples for the Splitcoast Color Challenge today in honor of the 250th challenge. Wow! 250 weeks of color inspiration! That's so cool! I was excited to play along, and then Betty emailed the colors and I saw Crushed Curry on the list. Eeek! Now, I don't dislike Crushed Curry, I just don't usually work with such bright colors, however, I'm glad this little challenge came along, because I love how my card turned out.


The challenge is to use Crushed Curry, Real Red and Sahara Sand (or similar colors). Check out this post on SCS for all the details and to play along! There's also a dessert option (sort of like a twist) of buttons.

To start off with, I knew I wanted to make a Christmas card, because I hoped I could make the combo give that opulant red and gold feel I get from our Christmas tree! I've found when working with bright colors, it's always best to mute them by doing a little tone-on-tone background stamping. I chose the scroll background from Bountiful Backgrounds and stamped it all over with Crushed Curry. Next I cut a rectangle with Sahara Sand, and used my Nestabilities die as a stencil to shade the inner edges of the rectangle with Sahara Sand ink. I embossed the Star of Wonder sentiment in Real Red and then matted on a real red panel, punched with the Fiskars Sunburst border punch. Next I added some buttons from the Playground Designer Buttons collection by SU! and then embossed the large star from Star of Wonder in Real Red on Crushed Curry. I trimmed out the star, popped up on dimensionals and added a red rhinestone to the center. The top bow is Real Red polka dot grosgrain, and I just LOVE this ribbon. So yummy! I added a little button and some gold cording. See those little curly-cues? In my last shopping outing I found packets of Bow-dabra wired cord at Michael's. They were in the ribbon section and were 99 cents a packet (for a good amount of cording) and come in both silver and gold. I love how the wire makes it keep the little curly cues if you wrap it around a slender dowel.

Okay, that's it for today! Hope y'all are having a fabulous week and keeping out of trouble! Thanks for stopping by!