Nordic Layered Ornament ~ Poppystamps

I've got a warm winter whites card for you today over at the Poppystamps blog.  Sure hope you'll pop over to see it.

 

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Gingerbread ~ My Favorite Color

Breath in slowly...

Do you smell that?

 

That's the smell of gingerbread fresh from the oven!

 

 

When my kids were young, they used to love making gingerbread cookies.  Cutting them with all the different shapes and then decorating them with icing and chocolate chips. 

I whipped up this sweet gingerbread card using a gingerbread die from Cottage Cutz.  The large mixing bowl is from The Stamps of Life.

 

 I think I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cut It Up Challenge ~ Favorite Color (Kraft / Brown)

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Anything Goes

AAA Cards ~ Anything Goes

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Color Hues Color Challenge ~ Pink & Aqua

Hello crafty friends~  

I'm so forgetful!  Honestly, the older I get the more I forget.

 

I made this card using the colors from Color Hues that my sweet friend Marcia is hosting and I almost forgot to post it.

 

I used some sweets from Marianne Designs and cut them in pink and brown (as a neutral) and added them to this every popular postage die from Waffle Flower.

The tin canister is a die from Joy Crafts.  I was so pleased how these yummy chocolates filled the spaces.  

There's still time to join this challenge using Pink and Aqua over at Color Hues.

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Vintage Coby Vignette

Hello to all you creative crafters!  

 

Just thought I'd pop in with another vintage remake using an old ornament box from Coby.

 

 

 Over the years, I've amassed a small collection of vintage ornaments in their original boxes that I enjoy putting out at Christmas time.

 

 

I had this Coby box but no ornaments to put inside, so I decided to make a little winter vignette like some that I've seen on Pinterest.  I started by removing the ripped cellophane that went over the window, covering the inside of the box with a piece of snowflake scrapbook paper and then carefully attaching tiny battery operated fairy lights around the inside edge of the box using hot glue. 

  I added white batting to the bottom of the box and a healthy dose of German Glass Glitter.  I glued in some snow capped trees and this vintage deer that I think is from the 60's.  You know, the old plastic ones that were the rage back then?

I attached this large red & gold bow to the top corner of the box to finish it off.  I was happy to see that the colors of the bow matched the graphic colors on the box. This sweet winter scene casts a warm glow when the lights are turned on and this was such an easy and fun project to make.

 I'll be entering this project into the following challenges:

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge ~ Christmas

Polkadoodles Card Making and Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Love To Craft #83 ~ Anything Goes

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Get Ready for Winter ~ Double D

The girls from Double D Challenge are getting ready for winter with this new challenge:

 

 

 

 This little fella from Poppystamps looks like he's ready for winter.

 

 I do hope you'll stop by the Double D Challenge blog to see more fun winter inspiration from the talented design team and then join in on the fun!

Here is the prize you could win when you play along:

 

Penny Black "Across The Miles" cardstock prints

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Christmas Craft ~ Something Different

Good morning my friends!  Christmas is fast approaching and I've made some fun crafts in my crafty space this past year that I've never gotten around to sharing.

Let's turn back the calendar to 2023 and I'll show you how I repurposed an old Little Golden Book of Frosty The Snowman. 

 

 

 I cut cute Frosty out of the front cover with some heavy duty scissors and created a box using the back cover of the book to create the box.  I covered the box with wintery snowflake paper, adding the title page to the front of the box.

 Next, I cut some of the images from the pages of the book to make into greeting cards.  I cut word slips from the pages to add sentiment to the cards.

 

I picked up these wood slices last year at the Dollar Tree and mod-podged some of the leftover images from the book pages onto each side of the wood slices to make ornaments.

 

They turned out so cute!

I put some paper shred from the Dollar Tree into the bottom of the box, added the ornaments and tucked the cards and envelopes into the back and packaged everything up to sell at a local apple orchard this year.   They stay open until Christmas selling Christmas trees, apple cider and home made baked goodies.  Hubby and I buy our Christmas tree from them every year and I've always loved browsing through their little shop with all the hand made goodies.  I'm glad to have a part in it this year.

 

I'll be adding this project to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge ~ Christmas Present

Polkadoodles Card Making and Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Love To Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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Nordic Bells ~ Poppystamps

Good morning friends!  I'm ringing in the beautiful season of Christmas over at the Poppystamps blog today.  Sure hope you'll pop in for a look-see. 

 

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Warm & Cozy ~ Double D Challenge

Bundle up for the new Double D Challenge!  You're going to love the theme, it's "Warm & Cozy". 

 

For today's card, I pulled out a warm and cozy embossing folder from Tim Holtz and and older PTI coffee cup die set.

 

I can't think of more sage advice than this.  Take each day as it is handed to you.  One cup at a time.

Diane put together this warm & cozy inspiration tile:

I was inspired by three of the four tiles.  Can you guess which ones?

And here's the prize that you could win when you play along.  I can't wait to see your warm & cozy project in the link at Double D Challenges.

I'll also be adding this card to the following challenges:

 

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Time Out Challenges ~ Cozy 

Inspiration Station ~ Challenge #67

 

 

 

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