Vintage Christmas

Cyber Monday!  Who would have ever thought 100 years ago that there would be such a thing as "Cyber Monday".  I wonder what it will be like another 100 years from now??  ....Anyway, I thought I'd stop in and share a few vintage Christmas cards that I've made using some of my favorite Tim Holtz supplies.  They're all on sale today as part of the big Cyber Monday sale over at Scrapbook.com.  This is a picture heavy post, so I'll try to be quick in my descriptions.

These first two cards use Festive Trims Colorize, one of the newer die sets that I'm really enjoying this year.  

This card features Thinlits Christmas Ribbon and snowshoes from PTI.  The vintage style font of the die cut sentiment is timeless.

You've seen this Poinsettia 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder used in a previous post on the next card.  It looks as great here, simply embossed, as it does colored up.  

These tags using Santa's Helper Thinlits Dies are adorable!  I love this jolly little elf balancing his packages.

On these next few cards, I heat embossed the vintage style sentiments from one of the Stampers Anonymous Christmas sets in silver and gold using beautiful vintage papers from Stamperia.     

I added Christmas greens using Holiday Greens Thinlits, Christmas Washi Tape, and various Christmas ephemera pieces to the last three cards. 

I hope you'll visit Scrapbook.com to check out their Cyber Monday sale and be sure to add the freebie to your cart.  

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Warming Up with Hot Chocolate

One thing I enjoy about the arrival of cold weather is the perfect excuse it gives me to warm up with a cup of hot chocolate in the middle of the afternoon.

I spent some time in my craft room making up all kinds of chocolate bars, sugar cookies and cocoa cups, all paper of course, in various colors and varieties.  I put together a number of festive Christmas cards to send out this year.

  The main ingredient on these cards is the wonderful Hot Chocolate cup from Elizabeth Craft Designs. 

 

It's a generous sized cup complete with candy canes, marshmallows and even a snowflake.  So sweet!  I made the chocolate bars using a die from Honey Bee Stamps, Pocket Full of Love and the "sweet" stamp from My Time To Craft.  This star shaped sugar cookie is from PTI.  

I created this sugar cookie using a scalloped circle die, cutting a small heart die from Pocket Full of Love, out of the center.  I added a bit of distress ink to the edges to give it the look of a cookie, baked fresh from the oven.   I colored the center shape, glued it to a solid scalloped circle and sprinkled a bit of glass glitter to look like sugar.  I then popped the top layer of the cookie over it using dimensional adhesive squares.  

The cookie on this card was made using Chocolate by Marianne Designs Collectables.  The graham cracker is simply a scalloped rectangle from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  

It wouldn't have been right for me not to make at least one card using some sort of vintage image.  I cut the vintage image using a label die from Stampin' Up!  and added it to the printed mug.  I love how it came out!

I hope you enjoy these cards.  

I'll be entering one of these cards in to the following challenges:

Cut It Up challenge #214 ~ Christmas

Simon Say Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Food / Drink

Christmas Kickstart Challenge ~ T'was The Night Before Christmas 

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Hershey's Kiss Gift Card Holders ~ Cut Cardstock

Hello and happy Christmas crafting!  I'm up today over at the Cut Cardstock Blog.  I've got a fairly easy way to treat all those people that help make your life beautiful!

I'm not just talking about your hair dresser or nail designer, but also your home delivery person, oil delivery guy and even the mail person.

I'd love to know all the people you can think of to give one of these to.  

  

You can find all the details on how I made these over at the Cut Cardstock Blog.

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Santa's Coffee To Go Please ~ TSOC ~ Any Shape but Rectangle

Hello friends~  The Sisterhood of Crafters is starting a new challenge today and we're looking for "Anything But Rectangles".  Fun! Fun!  

 I made up a few of these darling little travel cup gift card holders to have on hand for gift giving this Christmas.  The Honey Bee Coffee Gift Card Holder is so fun to work with as it comes with everything you need to create these darling cards or gift card holders. 


 I cut the travel cup die out of red cardstock and the coffee sleeve out of white.  I then cut a white strip using a die from Lil' Inkers to add to the center of the travel cup to act as the trim on Santa's coat, and added some black buttons that were cut using a button die from Papertrey ink.  I added a medallion backed with gold cardstock using an old MFT Blueprints #13.  The Stitched Holly leaves & Berries from Poppystamps  are the finishing touch.

 The sleeve holds the gift card holder closed 

 and then slips off to reveal the message and gift card.

Now it's YOUR turn to play along.  Add your project using any shape but a rectangle.  You can find all the details at The Sisterhood of Crafters or by clicking here.  We look forward to seeing what you create!

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Day 3 ~ Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade

Welcome to day three, the last day of the Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade at Scrapbook.com.  

As some of you may recall, I was blessed with a box of supplies from Scrapbook.com in return for creating projects using the products they sent.  My hope is that you'll find these projects inspiring and that you'll visit Scrapbook.com by clicking on the links I've included in this post to see all the wonderful products they sell. 

Products used on this card:  Tall Skinny Alphabet, DCWV Glitzy 6x6 Glitter Paper, Altenew Candy Cane Stripe Cover die, Poinsettia Die, Scrapbook.com Warms Smooth Cardstock, Sizzix Thinlits Ornate Label Dies, Pine Needles Distress Oxide Ink, Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink, Rhubarb Stickles

Merry Christmas Sentiments die set, Sizzix Christmas Holly Leaves Rhubarb Stickles, Hero Arts Wood Frame Infinity Die Die

Merry Christmas Sentiments, glitter pen, Simple Stories Simple Vintage Christmas, Natural Linen Cardstock, Crafter's Companion Textured Cardstock

Merry Christmas Sentiments, Bold Basic Alphabet Dies, glitter pen, Simple Stories Simple Vintage Christmas, DCWV Glitzy 6x6 Glitter Paper

alphabet stickers from Peppermint Christmas Sticker Book, Echo Park A Lumber Jack Christmas Truck and Tree Designer Dies. Concord & 9th Petals and Pallets

All of the items I used on today's project are currently on sale at Scrapbook.com.  By clicking on the links I've included in my post, you'll be brought directly to their site and if you make a purchase with them, there's no extra cost to you. They've started their Pre-Black Friday sales this week and there's always a free product that you can add to your cart so be sure to check the COUPONS PAGE.  

Give the creative crafter in your life the gift that keeps on giving - a Scrapbook.com Gift Certificate! Available for immediate email delivery to the recipient or printing at home for inclusion in a greeting card, these are great for last-minute gifts and stocking stuffers. Amounts start at $10 for a little something special and go all the way up to $200 for the best Christmas gift ever!

Thanks for stopping by!

Day 2 ~ Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade

Welcome to day two of the Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade at Scrapbook.com.  

As some of you may recall, I was blessed with a box of supplies from Scrapbook.com in return for creating projects using the products they sent.  My hope is that you'll find these projects inspiring and that you'll visit Scrapbook.com by clicking on the links I've included in this post. 

 

I've made these keepsake ornament boxes in the past and thought I'd make another ornament using Sizzix Trinket Box & Frame die, featuring the Magical Day stamp set that is exclusive to Scrapbook.com. The box is covered using American Crafts Crimson paper. 

I stamped the images from Magical Day on 80# Neenah Solar White card stock and colored them using Copics.  I added a generous coating of glitter using a glitter pen. I stamped some of the fireworks from the Magical Day stamp set onto the background using Altenew Persian Blue and tucked the little scene inside the box using dimensional dots.  To create clouds, I added cotton bolls that I gently pulled out of shape.  I then glittered the whole inside up using Liquid Glue and Stampendous Frantage Shaved Ice.  These sparkling mica flakes are so pretty...  I think it turned out magical!

To finish it off, I added some Prima Flowers and leaves atop Spellbinders Corner Sprigs.  The tag was cut out of Neenah Solar White card stock and I used the "Best Day Ever" sticker from Peppermint Christmas Sticker Book, tied off with a bit of silver thread bakers twine.  

You'll be happy to know that all of the items I used on today's project are currently on sale at Scrapbook.com.  By clicking on the links I've included in my post, you'll be brought directly to their site and if you make a purchase with them, there's no extra cost to you. They've started their Pre-Black Friday sales this week and there's always a free product that you can add to your cart so be sure to check the COUPONS PAGE.  

Give the creative crafter in your life the gift that keeps on giving - a Scrapbook.com Gift Certificate! Available for immediate email delivery to the recipient or printing at home for inclusion in a greeting card, these are great for last-minute gifts and stocking stuffers. Amounts start at $10 for a little something special and go all the way up to $200 for the best Christmas gift ever!

Please come back tomorrow for another Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade project for Scrapbook.com 

Thanks for stopping by!

Day 1 ~ Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade with Scrapbook.com

Hello friends~  Today is the big day for the kickoff of the Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade at Scrapbook.com.  

As some of you may recall, I was blessed with a box of supplies from Scrapbook.com in return for creating projects using the products they sent.  My hope is that you'll find these projects inspiring and that you'll visit Scrapbook.com by clicking on the links I've included in this post.  

Let's get on with today's project:  

Secret Santa gifts are so much fun to give!  I cut the boxes using Fun Stampers Journey Gable Favor Box Die, out of 80# Neenah Solar White Cardstock.  I added images and paper from Simple Stories, Simple Vintage North Pole collection.  

This is one of my favorite lines of paper.  If you love retro or vintage Christmas images, then you'll love this paper too!  Can Santa get any jollier than that?? 

 I cut the "ho ho ho" out of black cardstock using the Basic Bold Alphabet Dies.  

 To make it easy to adhere the letters, I ran them through my Xyron Sticker Maker and topped the letters off with a generous layer of glitter using a Glitter Pen.

See the cutie little tags at the top?  Scrapbook.com sent a Peppermint Christmas Sticker Book filled with hundreds of stickers!  I cut the tag out of Neenah Solar White and added these "Secret Santa" stickers.  I tied them on using some Silver Thread Twine.

You'll be happy to know that all of the items I used on today's project are currently on sale at Scrapbook.com.  By clicking on the links I've included in my post, you'll be brought directly to their site and if you make a purchase with them, there's no extra cost to you. They're starting their Pre-Black Friday week this week and there's always a free product that you can add to your cart so be sure to check the COUPONS PAGE.  

Give the creative crafter in your life the gift that keeps on giving - a Scrapbook.com Gift Certificate! Available for immediate email delivery to the recipient or printing at home for inclusion in a greeting card, these are great for last-minute gifts and stocking stuffers. Amounts start at $10 for a little something special and go all the way up to $200 for the best Christmas gift ever!

Please come back tomorrow for another Handmade Holiday Papercrafting Parade project for Scrapbook.com 

Thanks for stopping by!