Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ T, U is for ...

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

Our challenge this month is T, U is for ...

T is for ... Tennenbaum, Three Kings, Tinsel, Toys

U is for ... Under the Tree, Ugly Sweater, Up on the Rooftop

I made two cards for this challenge.

Card no. 1 - T is for Tennenbaum

Stitch Pattern - Stitch & Do Kit No. 207

Trees - Hearty Crafts 3D Toppers - X-mas Trees

I love the layers on the Hearty Crafts 3D toppers. I adhered each layer to each other using 1 mm foam squares.

Dies used on inside of the card:

Cottage Cutz - Merry Christmas

Marianne Design - Forest Trees

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Card no. 2 - U is for Ugly Sweaters

I used a file from Silhouette to create the base of the card.  The cute sweaters were made using the Cottage Cutz die set called Ugly but Cute Sweaters.  I added a few shiny dots/circle stickers from a Hobbyjournaal's Shiny Details in Silver sheet.

I used a Wink of Stella pen to add a little sparkle to the words.

I resized this card to be 9" x 4" and it fits perfectly into a business sized envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project and join in the fun.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

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Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ R, S is for ...

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

Our challenge this month is R, S is for ...

R is for ... Reindeer, Rudolph, Ribbons

S is for ... Santa, Snowman, Stocking

I made two cards for this challenge.

Card no. 1 ~ R is for Robins

The card base is a file from Silhouette that I resized in order to fit the Robins image.  For the decorations on the sides, I used the Christmas Holly Punch die from Marianne Design, and the Holly Leaves & Pine Branches die set from Lea'bilities.

This sweet image is from Hunkydory's Little Book of Robins

On the inside I stamped the sentiment using the Christmas Greetings stamp set from Great Impression Stamps, and added a few leaves and berries that were left over from the front of the card. 

Card no. 2 ~ S is for Stocking 

The front of the card was created by merging a few Silhouette files together to get the look I wanted.

To make the pop up on the inside, I used the Stocking Pop-up from Karen Burniston.

It's very cute.  As you open and close the card, the stocking stuffers pop in and out of the stocking 😊

I made a panel for the back and used the Christmas Greetings stamp set from Great Impression Stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project and join in the fun.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ P, Q is for ...

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

Our challenge this month is G, H is for ...

P is for ... Pinecone, Presents, Peppermint

Q is for ... Quilt (sorry, I could not find anymore for Q but look below at my second card😀)

Card no. 1 - P is for Penguins

I love the idea of these cuties having a snowball fight. What a fun way to spend time at Christmas!

I used the following to create this scene:

Festive Friends Delightful Die Cuts Pad - Hunkydory - penguins, igloo, snowballs

Winter Wonderland Paper Pad - The Paper Studio - snowflake background

Silhouette - snowy tree, snow banks

I created the Merry Christmas greeting die cut using the Silhouette.

Snowflakes are from the same die cuts pad as the rest of the images.

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Card no. 2 - Q is a for Quaint Village

It's hard to find a Christmas word beginning with the letter "Q", so this might be a bit of a stretch, but what do you all think?  It works, right?  It reminds me of all those quaint little villages you see on Christmas movies. The various layers of this card base were pulled from various designs from different Silhouette files.

The village is from Hearty Crafts 3D Toppers - Winter Villages collection.

The trees were cut using a die from Cottage Cutz called Fir Trees.

On this card, I used the 2mm foam squares, from Hunkydory, to adhered each layer to each other.  It looks beautiful, but it does add quite a bit of bulk to the card. I will either hand deliver it or mail it locally.

The Merry Christmas greeting was cut using the Silhouette. The tree was cut with the same die I used to cut the trees for the front of the card.  I used a white Gelly Roll pen to add the "snow".

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and to 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.

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Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ K, L is for ...

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

Our challenge this month is K, L is for ...

K is for ... Kris Kringle, Kings, Kiss Under the Mistletoe 

L is for ... Letter to Santa, Lanterns, Lights

My two cards this month are:

K is for Kittens

So this is a new type of card making for me.  Not so long ago I came across Maremi's Small Art by Marta Lapkowska and loved it.  So, of course I had to get a few things to try it out for myself 😀  I got the Essentials Backgrounds - Whispers of Christmas and Bits & Bobs - Christmas Edition.

To be honest I'm not sure how I feel about it.  I made this card, but I'm not exactly thrilled with it.  Plus it took me a long time to fussy cut all the bits and bobs.  It also took me a long time to decide what went together with what ... so yes! I struggled to put everything together just right so it would look semi-decent.  After seeing so many gorgeous creations, I realized that it is definitely a "me" thing.  I'm going to give it another try soon-ish and see how that goes.  I'll let you know!

But now a little bit more about this card.  All the elements are from the Bits & Bobs book.  I fussy cut what I wanted to put together and then it was a matter of using 1mm and 2 mm foam squares to add all the different layers.  I think I need lots of practice in fussy cutting, but who has the time or patience to cut out all those fine hairs on the cats????  Still, I think I could have made a better job of it.  Next time I'll try harder for sure, or I'll just look for elements with straight edges 😁

On the inside, I used a cut out from one of the SVGs from Dreaming Tree.  I love the way this comes out and the fact that I can resize it to fit the size of my card.  This card is a 5.25" square card that does not need extra postage when mailing it.

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Card no. 2 - L is for Lantern

As you know, I find stitching on cards very relaxing so after making the card above, I needed something easy and already planned out for me, so out came my Stitch & Do kits.  This card was made using kit #159 by Amy Design.

Doesn't this sweet image just portray peace and joy?  It makes me feel so tranquil looking at it until I look at all the snow - then I just want to head off to a tropical island somewhere!!!  I did have to fussy cut the 3 layers of the image, but that was easy peasy.  I used 1mm foam squares to adhered the different layers together.  This way I get a little dimension but not a lot of bulk which is important when mailing cards overseas.

On the inside, I used a stamp from the Christmas Greetings stamp set from Great Impressions Stamps.  I used copic markers to add a little colour to the lamp post.

Okay friends, this was a very long and chatty post.  I guess you can tell that I'm feeling better 😊 So thanks for stopping by and listening to me.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and to 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.

I'm playing along at:

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenges

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Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ G, H is for ...

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

Our challenge this month is G, H is for ...

G is for ... Gifts, Gingerbread, Grinch

H is for ... Holly, Hot Chocolate, HoHoHo

I made two cards for this challenge.

My first card ... G is for Gnomes with Gifts 

I made these cards from a card kit that I got from Holland.  My SIL has a hobby shop very close to where she lives in Holland.  Whenever I see a set of these card kits that I like, I ask her to get it for me and then she brings them with her when she comes visit for Christmas.

I managed to find a piece of cardstock in my stash that matched the blue/grey colour (Bazzill - Rain) and using my Silhouette made the mats for the insides.  Then I used the Holiday Greetings Tree die from Cottage Cutz to add the sentiment.  I used a Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper and rounded the top corners of each card.

And for my second card ... H is for Holly.

These cards are also from a card kit that I got from the hobby shop in Holland. When I saw the beautiful birds with all the Holly branches and the Holly die cuts, I knew they would be perfect for this challenge.

I created my own personal little mat for the inside of each card.  I cut a piece of white cardstock and stamped my sentiment using one of the stamps that comes in the Christmas Greetings stamp set from Great Impressions stamps.  I added a dollar bin holly stamp and coloured it in using Copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and to 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.

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Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ C, D is for ...

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

Our challenge this month is C, D is for ...

(C is for ... Candy Cane, Carols, Candles / D is for ... Dancer, Dove, Drum)

I made two cards for this challenge. One with C and one with D.

So for my first card ... C is for Christmas Cracker.

Crafty Ingredients:

Spellbinders - Christmas Cracker die set

Photo*Play - Dear Santa Paper Pad

Martha Stewart - Stars Border Punch

The Paper Studio - Cards & Envelope pack - 5.5" x 5.5"

Cardstocks - Stash Drawers

And for my second card ... D is for Dove.

Crafty Ingredients:

Hunkydory - Peaceful Dove die set

Hunkydory - Arched Window Nesting die set

The Paper Boutique - A Sprinkle of Winter Paper Kit

The Paper Boutique - A Sprinkle of Winter Coloured Card Collection

Creative Expressions - Christmas Sayings stamp set

The Paper Studio - Cards & Envelope pack - 6.5" x 5"

Cardstocks - Stash Drawers

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project,  and to 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.

I'm playing along at

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge

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