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

Hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Little Drummer Boy

  Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Our inspiration song for September's challenge is 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯 Little Drummer Boy 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯.  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

~ Little Drummer Boy ~

Come they told me

Pa rum pum pum pum

A new born king to see

Pa rum pum pum pum

Our finest gifts we bring

Pa rum pum pum pum

To lay before the king

Pa rum pum pum pum,

Rum pum pum pum,

Rum pum pum pum

So to honor him

Pa rum pum pum pum

When we come

Pum pum pum pum

Pa rum pum pum

Pum pum pum pum

Pa rum pum pum

Pum pum pum pum

Pa rum pum pum

Pum pum pum pum pa rum

Little baby

Pa rum pum pum pum

I am a poor boy too

Pa rum pum pum pum

I have no gift to bring

Pa rum pum pum pum

That's fit to give our king

Pa rum pum pum pum,

Rum pum pum pum,

Rum pum pum pum

Shall I play for you

Pa rum pum pum pum

Pa rum pum pum

Pum pum pum pum

Mary nodded

Pa rum pum pum pum

The ox and lamb kept time

Pa rum pum pum pum

I played my drum for him

Pa rum pum pum pum

I played my best for him

Pa rum pum pum pum,

Rum pum pum pum,

Rum pum pum pum

Then he smiled at me

Pa rum pum pum pum

Me and my drum

Come they told me

Pa rum pum pum pum

A new born king to see

Pa rum pum pum pum

Me and my drum

Me and my drum

Me and my drum

Me and my drum

Rum pum pum pum

A while back I got this Advent Calendar die from Hunkydory.  I also got the Advent Calendar Paper Pack 1 and 4.  These are awesome as they include the card fronts, the window reveal backing papers, and matching card inserts. Each paper pack has enough papers to make 12 cards.  While looking Paper Pack 4, I found this image which I thought was perfect for this card as it has a couple of soldiers with drums.

Each image paper is 6" x 6".  I trimmed them down to 5.75" x 5.75" as I wanted a small border around it.  I then adhered all the papers to a 6" x 6" red card base.

Here is a close up.  It's super cute.  A little Advent Calendar in the form of a Christmas card 😊  

Using the window reveal sheet behind each card front, makes it so that you can open a little window each day to display a fun and festive image.  Here you can see a couple of the sweet images that pop up when you open the little doors.  

Here is a close up.  Day 12 has a gorgeous mini lantern and day 6 has one of the soldiers with the euphonium.  (I think it's an euphonium).

On the inside of the card, I adhered the matching card insert. This makes it so easy to create cards.  Everything you need is right there and it all coordinates and matches perfectly!  It really is easy peasy 😀  The greeting was cut out using the Merry Christmas Tree die from Impression Obsession.  I used the words part only.

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,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round - Snowmen

    Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round. 

 

Our challenge this month is Snowmen.

I purchased a few die sets from Scrappy Tails last year and hadn't had a play with this one yet, so I gave it a try and made a snowman card for this challenge.

Using the Slimline Snow Globe Spinner and the Snowman Spinner Add On, both from Scrappy Tails, I created this dangling, spinning snowman card.

The blue cardstock is from Bazzill.  The snowflake patterned paper is from The Paper Studio.  All the bits and pieces used for the embellishments were cut from cardstock in my scraps drawers.

Side view of this snow globe.

This die set doesn't come with a way to make the back of the snowman.  I didn't like it that it was plain, so I cut and trimmed a few pieces and gave him a back! :-)

Here is a little video clip showing you how he spins.  (So sorry about the noise - that was a squirrel outside tossing around the plastic basket of our pool cleaner. Hubby had left it on the bench, while he came inside for a drink of water 😁).  Now back to my card - remember you have to "wind" him up before placing your card in the envelope.  When the recipient takes out of the envelope, it will start spinning :-) This card will fit in a regular business envelope, even though it does a lil bulk to it.

In addition to the Scrappy Tails dies, I also used the following for all the embellishments on the snow globe:

Snow Globe - Hunkydory (for foliage)

Christmas Holly Punch Die - Marianne Design (for foliage)

Text Banners - Marianne Design (sentiment banner)

Winter Cheer Stamp Set - Cardz TV (greeting)

Well, friends, that is all for today.  I hope you enjoyed my card as much as I enjoyed making it :-)  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project, that falls within our challenge theme, 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,

Easter Card with Cross

Welcome back crafting friends. I hope you're all keeping well!

I used another card from the Hobby Shop card kit I got from Holland.  I'm really loving these kits. It makes it so easy when you just have the elements already cut and read to put together. Takes away the time I normally spend trying to figure out the card design, what papers to use, what colours to use, etc.

After having put the card together, I cut out several layers of this layered cross die, by Hunkydory, and adhered it to the card using foam squares.

On the inside, I used a die from Cottage Cutz.

Supplies used to make this card:

Card Kit from Hobby Shop using Marianne Design dies

Hunkydory Moonstone Dies - Layering Cross

Cottage Cutz - Happy Easter Egg

That's all for today folks. Till next time, stay safe and well.

Crafty hugs,

Hippity Hop!

Hello crafting friends.  I have another Easter card to share with you. Since this card was mailed overseas, I did not add a lot of  layers to it,   Isn't his bunny cute? :-)

Crafty Ingredients:

Hunkydory Moonstone Dies - Arched Window Nesting Dies

Cottage Cutz - Carrot Patch Bunny

Cottage Cutz - Happy Easter word dies

Cottage Cutz - Savanna (for clouds)

MS Punch - Butterflies

Thanks for  stopping by today.  Until next time, stay safe and well.

Crafty hugs,

Under the Mistletoe

 Hello and welcome back. Do you know that there are only 95 days left till Christmas? 

I definitely need to work on my Christmas card stash, so with that in mind, I created this card.

I'm really loving this Christmas Stitching Border die from Marianne Designs.  I used it on a 5.5" x 5.5" card. I used 4 strands of DMC embroidery floss of each colour to stitch each element.

To pair with this beautiful edge, I picked a tag from the Christmas in Acorn Woods Tag Pad, by Hunkydory, and cut it using the Arched Window Nesting dies also from Hunkydory. I cut another arched window out of GinaK's red card stock and used that to mat the image and to match the red border of inside of the card.

To finish it off, I stamped the Christmas sentiment which is from Paper Inspirations and it is called Christmas Peace.  An oldie but still a goodie 😀

I'll be back soon with another Christmas card, so stay tuned. 

With this card, I'm playing along at

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenges

Crafty hugs,

CCAYR ~ Christmas Game Gift

  Hello crafting friends, and welcome to December's challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round

Our challenge this month is Make a Gift!

(No other projects allowed)

It has become tradition in our family to make the second Sunday in December, our Christmas game night.  We play a few different games that involves the whole family.  This year, our family get together will be smaller, but the tradition will continue with those present.

One of the small gifts I made is this concertina fold box. 

Not only is it cute, but it is filled with delicious yummy treats :-)

In case you're interested, here is the link for the video tutorial I followed, by Sam Calcott from Mixed Up Crafts.

Crafty Ingredients used

Papers - Recollections Christmas Paper Pad - Say Freeze

Greeting - Hunkydory Moonstone Dies - Christmas Wishes

Poinsettias - Prima, Petaloo 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 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,