Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ A, B is for ...

    Welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.  

This year, our challenges are going to follow the alphabet.  The possibilities are endless, so it's going to be easy peasy to join us every month. To make it even easier, I will list 3 ideas for each letter, but remember you can come up with your own ideas to join our challenges.

To kick off January's challenge we begin with

(A is for ... Angel, Advent, Apple Cider / B is for ... Bells, Bear, Baubles)

Since I always seem to be short of Christmas cards, I'm challenging myself to make one for each letter.  So here is my first card ... A is for Angel.

Crafty Ingredients:

Silhouette - Rocker Card

Pinterest - Angel Image

Marianne Design - Gems

Hunkydory - Gold cardstock

Other cardstocks were from my scraps drawer

And for my second card ... B is for Bear. 

Crafty Ingredients:

 Spellbinders - Streamline 3D Embossing Folder by Simon Hurley

Poppy Stamps - Nordic Skating Bear

Pinkfresh Studios - Holiday Express Trees

Cardz TV Stamps - Christmas Critter Captions

Hunkydory - Silver Cardstock

Martha Stewart Punches - Snowflakes

Envelope & Card Base - The Paper Studio Packs

Cardstocks bits and pieces from my scraps 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.

Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year!

May it be filled with love, joy and good health!

Hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ Hard Candy Christmas

   Hello and welcome to this month's Christmas challenge at

 Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round. 

Our inspiration song for October's challenge is 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯 Hard Candy Christmas 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯.  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

~ Hard Candy Christmas ~ 

Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair

Maybe I'll move somewhere

Maybe I'll get a car

Maybe I'll drive so far

They'll all lose track

Me, I'll bounce right back

Maybe I'll sleep real late

Maybe I'll lose some weight

Maybe I'll clear my junk

Maybe I'll just get drunk on apple wine

Me, I'll be just

Fine and Dandy

Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas

I'm barely getting through tomorrow

But still I won't let

Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy

Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas

I'm barely getting through tomorrow

But still I won't let

Sorrow bring me way down

Hey, maybe I'll learn to sew

Maybe I'll just lie low

Maybe I'll hit the bars

Maybe I'll count the stars until dawn

Me, I will go on

Maybe I'll settle down

Maybe I'll just leave town

Maybe I'll have some fun

Maybe I'll meet someone

And make him mine

Me, I'll be just

Fine and dandy

Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas

I'm barely getting through tomorrow

But still I won't let

Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy

Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas

I'm barely getting through tomorrow

But still I won't let

Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy

Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas

I'm barely getting through tomorrow

But still I won't let

Sorrow bring me way down

'Cause I'll be fine

(I'll be fine)

Oh, I'll be fine

For this challenge I went with a gingerbread house with candy cane pillars and other assorted candy decorations.  This sweet digi is from Moondrea Designs and it's called Snowglobe.

I imported it into the Silhouette Design Studio and created the Snowglobe shaped card base.  I used copic markers to colour it and added a small poinsettia on either side of the bow. These small poinsettias were made using the Small Blooming Poinsettias die from Poppy Stamps.

On the inside, I made a snowglobe mat and stamped the greeting, which is from the Naughty or Nice stamp set from Cardz TV.

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,

Dies R Us #192 ~ Easter Basket

Hello and welcome to another challenge, starting today, at Dies R Us.

Challenge #192 ~ Anything Goes

(as long as you use a die that is sold at Dies R Us)

I made this Easter card for my hubby. It was fun to put together and it's always such a treat when dies from different companies work perfectly together to create just what you have in mind.

First, I stitched the little chick. Next I cut out all the pieces to create the basket. This die has the awesome ability to emboss the basket or you can use it as stencil, as I did, to colour the basket.  I cut out the various embellishment dies in pink, yellow, blue, and green so that I could mix and match when putting it all together. This was particularly useful when I made the little focal piece on the inside which acts as the stopper for the front of the card when it's open.

When the card is closed and ready to be mailed, this is what it looks like.

And this is the inside.  As you can see there is still a little bit of space at the top to write a brief message.  My stamped greeting is from a very old rubber stamp that has no name on it anymore, but I love the font, so I keep using it.

Now for the list of supplies used to make this card, each linked to the

Dies R Us store for your covenience.

 Poppy Stamps - Woven Basket Pop-up Easel Set

Lawn Fawn - Build a Basket

Marianne Design - Cross Stitch Easter Egg (Special Order Event)

I purchased the Marianne Design die during one of the International Dies sales events that Dies R Us has every so often.  The best way to know about these sales is to subscribe to their newsletter HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by and spending a little of your day with me.  I hope I was able to inspire you to create a project, and  play along with us at the Dies R Us Challenges for your chance to win a gift certificate to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the 1st and 15th of each month.  There is a prize to be won with every challenge, you could be the lucky winner! If you have a minute, please visit our challenge blog, where my team mates showcase their creations to provide you with some wonderful inspiration.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest too.  

And don't forget to visit our sister store, Didi Crafts.  It has warehouses in the US and Canada. This means that our Canadian friends no longer have to worry about huge taxes or expensive shipping fees.  It has some products that are the same as Dies R Us, but in addition, it carries international dies,  and other crafty supplies for a variety of crafts.  Go take a peek and be pleasantly surprised!

Crafty hugs,

KS ~ Basket of Strawberry Hearts

 Hello friends.  Today I have a card to share with you using a die I purchased during the Valentine release by Kat Scrappiness.

I took the heart dies from the Scoop of Love die set and turned them into a basket of strawberry hearts 😀

So this is how this 6" x 6" card looks when it comes out of the envelope.

Once you remove the belly band and open the card up, out pops a basket filled with chocolate covered strawberry hearts. Yum! 😍

I cut out 6 of the heart sets out of red and chocolate brown cardstock respectively.  This turned out to be dark chocolate which is my favourite.  I added glossy accents to the "chocolate" to add a smooth textured look and it also adds a slight dimension to the strawberry hearts.  The basket pop up die is from Made to Surprise.

This is how this card folds flat in order to fit into a regular 6 1/4" x 6 1/4" envelope.  I love this pop up mechanism.  It allows you to build larger elements as it folds flat in an upward motion.

I decided to make this a tri-fold style card.  Because of all the dimension on the inside, the best way to keep it closed is with a belly band which I made using a set of heart dies and the Love flourish by Poppy Stamps.  I don't have any of the word dies from Kat Scrappiness yet, but stop by the store and you will see loads of beautiful words and greetings, with shadows to match.

The only place I had to write a personal message was at the back, so I used another piece of paper from Divinity Designs Sweethearts collection, and adhered it to the chocolate brown mat at the back.

I will write my message in the empty space between the flourished scrolls.

And so this is another Valentine card made for 2022.  Slow and steady, I'm getting there 😀

Kat Scrappiness has beautiful dies, stamps, and sprinkles for your shaker cards. Stop by and be pleasantly inspired.   I hope you enjoyed my card today.  I have another order on the way, so I will be back with another Valentine card made using Kat Scrappiness dies.

 Disclosure: Being an Influencer at Kat Scrappiness gives me the privilege of participating in their affiliate program.  Affiliate links have been used on this post, at no additional cost to you.  This means that should you wish to make a purchase at Kat Scrappiness using one of my links, I will get a small commission on the sale, again at no extra cost to you.  Thank you for your support!

Hugs,

CCAYR ~ Christmas Cake Challenge ~ January

  Happy New Year crafting friends, and welcome to our January challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year "Round.

We have a year filled with fun and yummy challenges for you.  Deanne has come up with "Christmas Cakes" inspired challenges for us. 

 Each month, there will be a pic of a Christmas cake and a brief description of what the challenge will be.  A little confused? No worries! Let's start with January's challenge and you'll see how it works and will be joining in the fun ... as well as wishing for a nice slice of Christmas cake to go with that delicious cup 'o java 😀

January Christmas Cake Challenge ~ Snow People

So this is the inspiration picture for this month, and the description is "Snow People".  Now all you have to do to participate in our challenge is to make a card with Snow People.  See, it's easy peasy!

Here is my Snow People card for this challenge.

I used a piece of left over cardstock from the North Wind paper pack. I love this image so decided to turn it into a card. I used dies from the Arch Snowmen Festive Portals Collection by Christina Griffiths, as well as Arched Window Nesting Dies Moonstone dies by Hunkydory to make this card.  Although the trellised background is gorgeous on its own, I added a couple of poinsettias to the corners.  I used a combination of dies from Marianne Designs and Poppy Stamps to make the poinsettias just the right size I wanted for the card.  To finished it off, I scattered a few crystal gems on the front of the card.

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,