Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today isn't a new creation, but it is one of my favorites out of all those I've created this year...

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I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and friendship this year.

As the card says, I wish each of you and your families a bright and beautiful Christmas and New Year filled with happiness!

See you soon!

Hugs,
Em

Bright & Beautiful Gift Box

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I absolutely LOVE the Bright & Beautiful Keepsake Luminary that I shared with you last week and wanted to create an equally striking gift box to hold it. So, on Friday I set about designing a prototype, and abandoned my to-do for a few hours. I was really pleased with the basic prototype and the few friends I showed it to loved it too.

So this morning I created the "real thing" from a piece of Window Sheet cut to 12" x 4" and some Very Vanilla card, which I stamped with the smallest star from the Bright and Beautiful stamp set in Versamark and embossed it with Gold Stampin' Emboss powder...

Here's a look inside the box...

Here's the lid...

I absolutely LOVE the result! When the battery tea light in the luminary is lit, it truly is a Bright and Beautiful gift! I'd love to know what you think?

Challenges...
#225 Christmas at Tuesday Throwdown
#179 Freestyle at Hiding In My Craft Room
#34 AG at Scribble and Scrap

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I'll be back tomorrow, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Petite Petals Keepsake Luminary

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today is another Keepsake Luminary, created with the amazing Curvy Keepsake die from Stampin' Up! In my previous luminary post, which you can see here, I mentioned that the stamp set I'd used then (Bright and Beautiful) is being carried over to the new catalog that goes live in January, but I neglected to mention that the die is too!

This time around I've used a couple of my favorite stamp sets, Petite Petals and Trust God, together with a pop of color from Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities...

I think it looks great as it is, but lighting the battery tea light candle inside adds another dimension...

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART

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Can you believe it's the last weekend before Christmas? Me either! Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a great one! I'll be back on Monday, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Going Crackers, Again!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

I really enjoy creating anything with the versatile Envelope Punch Board from Stampin' Up!, and as the title of today's post says, I've gone crackers again for today's project! You can see my previous Going Crackers post here.

This time around, I stamped one of the stamps from Gorgeous Grunge in Versamark and embossed it with Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder on Cherry Cobbler card for the cracker bases. I then embossed the sentiment from Making Spirits Bright and punched with the Scallop Oval punch, layering it up with a Very Vanilla Decorative Label.

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
AG at Through The Craft Room Door

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I'll be back tomorrow with another luminary, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Bright & Beautiful Keepsake Luminary

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Regular readers may know that the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up! is one of my favorites! I'm REALLY happy that it's being carried over into the new Occasions catalog that will be live in January, proving that it's not just for Christmas!

For today's project, I've teamed the smallest star in the set with a new personal favorite, the Curvy Keepsake die, to create luminaries for battery tea light candles...

After cutting the box pieces I stamped the star in Versamark before embossing it with White Stampin' Emboss Powder. I think it looks great unlit, but it looks even better lit up...

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
AG at Through The Craft Room Door
#102 AG w/ optional Gift Packaging at 613 Avenue Create

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Curvy Keepsake Reindeer

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today is so cute, even if I do say so myself! It combines three of my current and possibly all time favorite things, the Curvy Keepsake die and Owl and Bird Builder punches from Stampin' Up! I created 8, so my herd of reindeer is 16 strong!

I started the project by punching 16 owl bodies from Baked Brown Sugar card and trimmed feet from them. Then punched the eyes and noses from Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler card and used my Baked Brown Sugar Stampin' Write marker to add the detail. For the antlers I punched 32 branches from the Bird builder, half from the remaining Baked Brown Sugar and Half from Crumb Cake.

I then cut and assembled the boxes from Cherry Cobbler card and popped the critters up on a couple of Stampin' Dimensionals.

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
#102 AG w/ optional at 613 Avenue Create

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Christmas Suite #4 Tree Topper

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today is another of my personal Christmas Suite of decorations for this year. If you missed any of the others, you can see them all here.

I finally got my mini Christmas tree up yesterday and once it was decorated I realized I'd not yet created the topper. Oops! However, that was quickly remedied using the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set and the coordinating Stars Framelits dies from Stampin' Up!

I stamped each of the three stars from the stamp set twice (the topper is double sided), in Versamark ink onto Very Vanilla and Pear Pizzazz card and embossed them in gold, then popped each layer up on Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the topper I cut two of the largest stars from more Pear Pizzazz card and used a double layer of dimensionals to create the space for it to added to the tree.

It is now proudly in place atop the tree and I'll share a pic of that in another post.

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
#102 AG w/ optional at 613 Avenue Create
#124 at Brown Sugar

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I'll be back tomorrow with a cute Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Christmas suite #3 AIC Curvy Keepsake

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

The Curvy Keepsake Thinlits die from the current Stampin' Up! seasonal catalog has been SO popular that it has also been included in the new seasonal catalog that is being launched the first week in January.

My Curvy Keepsake die finally arrived Wednesday morning! Of course, after waiting so long for it, I had to use it IMMEDIATELY. Within seconds of opening the box I'd grabbed my All Is Calm DSP and headed over to my Big Shot to cut three boxes...

The DSP is so pretty and I love them just the way they are, although I might add a tag once I've filled them with chocolate :)

Challenges...
#193 AG at Party Time Tuesdays
#177 Christmas Colors at HIMCR

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I'll be back on Monday with another Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then. Whatever you're doing this weekend, I hope you have a great one!

Hugs,
Em x

Christmas Coffee

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Can you believe that Christmas Day is now just two weeks away? I know, me either. Eek! Amid all the hustle and bustle of preparing for the holidays grabbing a coffee with friends or family takes on even more meaning for me.

The card I'm sharing today is perfect for those pre-Christmas drinks, or indeed any time of year. I've teamed one of my favorite stamp sets from Stampin' Up!, Perfect Blend, with the gorgeous All Is Calm DSP...

Together with a touch of Pistachio Pudding and Crumb Cake, the card reminds me of the peppermint beverages available at a well known coffee shop. It is perfect for the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop happening over at Tsuruta Designs where I'm linking up to and also the End of Term hop at House of Cards.


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I'll be back tomorrow with another project using the gorgeous All Is Calm DSP, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Christmas Suite #2 Going Crackers

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate you more than you know!

Following on from yesterday's Christmas Wreath I'm sharing another of my Christmas 2014 projects today and this time I'm going crackers with the gorgeous All Is Calm DSP from Stampin' Up!

I've once again used the dimensions my sweet friend Caroline gave in her post here to create them, but instead of using the medium measurements as I did for these Thanksgiving ones, I've created the smallest this time.

Here's a few step by step pix...

The first which you saw yesterday, shows the 10 papers I used, cut to size...

The second shows some of them from the back, once I'd scored and folded them...

Having originally thought I'd create 10, I decided to add in a couple more using Lost Lagoon card. Here's a few once they'd been punched...

Although there are only seven here, each design used is shown. I've not yet tied the ends with White Bakers Twine, because I'll be adding candy into them at some point...

I love the little cuties and I'll be using the punched out pieces to create more miniature decorations, which I'll share with you next week.

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
#32 AAG at Scribble and Scrap

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I'll be back tomorrow with a quick card or two, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,

Em x

Christmas Suite #1 DSP Wreath

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today has been created using the gorgeous 12" x 12" All Is Calm Designer Series Paper (DSP) from Stampin' Up! Those of you who are regular readers might recall that DSP isn't really my thing, but that cannot be said of this set. I love it!!!

Here's a glimpse if you've not yet seen it, although my photo doesn't really do it justice!

I created the bow with the Gift Bow Bigz L Die from Lost Lagoon card and one of the papers last Monday and forgot to take a photo of it as it was, so the pic below is a sneaky peek of it in place on the wreath. I also cut each of the papers in half, then cut half of them into 6" x 1" inch strips and put the remainder safely to one side to be used in other decorations.

On Friday, during my Thanksgiving vacation, I curled the strips, but decided not to curl the white and silver because by now I had 120 curls and it looked to be enough.

I used straight pins to attach everything to a 12" diameter flat backed styrofoam form and started by putting the bows in place, then working from the inside out. It is so light that all I've used to attach it to the inside of my living room door are a half dozen Stampin' Dimensionals on the back...

I LOVE the result and those who have seen it before I've written this post are amazed that it's the first time I've ever attempted this type of wreath!

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
#32 AAG at Scribble and Scrap

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x