31 March 2025

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

  Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at
 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.


Our inspiration song for April's challenge is 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯.  This means that you can use any verse, phrase or word in the song to create your Christmas project.  Here are the lyrics of this song for your inspiration.

~ Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree ~

Rockin' around the Christmas tree
At the Christmas party hop
Mistletoe hung where you can see
Every couple tries to stop
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some caroling
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
Voices singing, let's be jolly
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancin' merrily
In the new old-fashioned way
Oh, you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
Voices singing, let's be jolly
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Have a happy holiday
Everyone dancin' merrily
In the new old-fashioned way

So here is my take on the "Voices singing, let's be jolly" 😀




List of crafty ingredients used to make this card:
Hunkydory - Little Square Book - Festive Deco Shimmer
The Paper Studio - Old World Winter 6"x6" paper pad
The Paper Studio - white, red and green cardstocks
Silhouette - card base

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Crafty hugs,


12 March 2025

Crafty Gals Corner #265 ~ Fill in the Blank ~ Fairy Tale_____

    Hello crafting friends and welcome to this month's challenge


The theme for our challenge this month is

~ Fill in the blank - Fairy Tale _____ ~
(fairy, princess, mermaid, leprechaun, etc.)

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 
(listed in alphabetical order)

     
Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Using the Luck o' the Irish Enchantress digi from Colour of Love, and a card base from Silhouette, I created this Shamrock Easel card.




All papers and card stocks are from my scraps drawer. I used copic markers to colour the image.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 8 April 2025, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,


28 February 2025

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Away in a Manger

 Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at
 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.


Our inspiration song for March's challenge is 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯 Away in a Manger 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯.  That means that you can use any verse, phrase or word in the song to create your Christmas project.  Here are the lyrics of this song to inspire you ...

~ Away in a Manger ~
Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Lay down His sweet head
The stars in the sky
Look down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay
The cattle are lowing
The poor baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes
I love Thee, Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my side
'Til morning is nigh
Be near me, Lord Jesus
I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever
And love me I pray
Bless all the dear children
In Thy tender care
And take us to heaven
To live with Thee there
Take us to heaven
To live with Thee there.

 Santa gave me these dies for Christmas and I hadn't had a chance to use them, so when I saw this challenge, I knew exactly what I was going to do 😀






List of goodies used to make this card:
Spellbinders (Simon Hurley) - Simon's Snow Globe die set
Spellbinders (Simon Hurley) - Nativity Scene die set
Cardz TV - Glad Tidings stamp set
Hot Off the Press Papers - Christmas Aglow 6" x 6" pad
Other card stocks - from scraps drawers

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Crafty hugs,

12 February 2025

Crafty Gals Corner #264 ~ Fill in the Blank ~ Pink ______

     Hello crafting friends and welcome this month's challenge


Our challenge for this month is

~ Fill in the blank - Pink_____ ~
(hearts, candy, bows, flowers, etc.)

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 
(listed in alphabetical order)


Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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Prize ~ 3 Digital Images

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I went with Pink Hearts theme and using the sweet  Hearts & Flowers digi from Pattie's Creations, I created this card.



The card base is a Silhouette file. Cardstocks are from The Paper Studio.
The greeting on the inside of the card is from the Love Ya stamp set from Cardz TV.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 11 March 2025, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,


10 February 2025

Valentine Treat Boxes

 Hello everyone.  Today I'm sharing the Valentine treat boxes I made for hubby to take to work.  They were pretty simple to make but did take a bit of time.  I made 30 of them 😀


I used a file from Silhouette to make these boxes.


The cardstocks are all from The Paper Studio.  The fake strawberries are from Amazon.  The Silhouette file does come with a lil strawberry, but I was running out of time, so bought these instead. 😀  


I placed a little bit of red and white crinkle paper at the bottom of each box.  I sized them to be large enough to hold 10 pieces of Valentine candy.

That's all for today folks.  I have a few more Valentine projects that I will be sharing with you in the next few days, so I hope you will come back and visit.

Hugs,


31 January 2025

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Jingle Bells

Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at
 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.


Our inspiration song for February's challenge is 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯 Jingle Bells 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯.  That means that you can use any verse, phrase or word in the song to create your Christmas project.  Here are the lyrics of this song to inspire you ...

~ Jingle Bells ~
 Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bobtails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight
[Chorus]
Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh
A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon, Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
He got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot.

I went with the Jingle Bells for my card.



Materials used to make this card:
Hunkydory Foiled Pattern Stepper Cards - Card base
Cottage Cutz - Christmas Bells
Cardz TV Stamps - Naughty or Nice - Greeting

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Crafty hugs,

08 January 2025

Crafty Gals Corner #263 - Fill in the Blank - Snow_____

     Hello crafting friends and welcome to our January challenge


Our challenge for this month is ~ Fill in the Blank - Snow_____ ~
(man, flake, globe, buddy, etc.)

 Our sponsors for this challenge are: 
(listed in alphabetical order) 

Prize ~ 3 Sets of Digis

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Prize ~ $10 Gift Certificate

A note from Rachelle Anne Miller:
I am an artist & designer living in the beautiful Adelaide Hills in South Australia with my husband and three amazing children! I love to create and am especially drawn to all things cute. I've worked on children's books, greeting cards, craft supplies, children's room décor, tech accessories, and more. I love to bring out joy and imagination in my art and create something a little different to inspire and make you smile.

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I made two cards for this challenge, one from each of our wonderful sponsors.  So let's start with Last Minute Manda. 


I used the very sweet pre-coloured digi set called Snow Bears Christmas, and created four cards.  Each card uses one of the 4 digis that come in this set. Here is a close up of the 4 images ...

   

     

  I used "Snow Buddies" for my challenge theme.  Using the Silhouette, I print and cut the images twice, then used foam square to adhere the two layers together to add a little dimension to the card.



On the inside I used a leftover strip of  the patterned paper to add a little interest, and stamped my greeting.

  I also used the following materials to create these cards:
Recollections - 5.5" Square card base
Silhouette to print and cut.
Marianne Design - Snowflake Square
Spellbinders - Make it Merry Sentiments
DP - The Paper Studio - Foiled Snowflakes

For my second card, I used the adorable Woodland Snowman scene from RAM Stamps, and as you can see I also went with "Snow Buddies" as the theme for this card.



A close up of this sweet and adorable Winter scene.  

In addition to this lovely digi, I used the following products to create my card:

Silhouette - card base
Studio Light - Trees
Marianne Design - Slimline Icicles
Cottage Cutz - Merry Christmas w/Shadow

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I would love to you see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 11 February 2025, to link your project to our challenge.

Crafty hugs,


31 December 2024

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ The Christmas Song

   Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at
 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.   Deanne, our team leader, has come up with awesome challenges for 2025.  It's all going to be about Christmas Songs and Christmas Carols.  


To kick off the year, our inspiration song for January's challenge is The Christmas Song.  That means that you can use any verse, phrase or word in the song to create your Christmas project.  Here are the lyrics of this song to inspire you ...

~ The Christmas Song ~
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir
Folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Helps to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that Santa's on his way
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas, have a Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you

For my card, I chose 🎵 Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ... 🎵 


These are the dies I used to create my card:
Marianne Design - Acorns & Chestnuts
Marianne Design - Stargate
Spellbinders - Christmas Cocktails


Image is from Google


Greeting is from the Noel Christmas Ornaments stamp set from JustRite Stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and come play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Happy New Year! May 2025 bring you all that makes smile!