MCT 12 Days of Christmas - Day 5

Welcome to the My Creative Time "12 Days of Christmas"!  You are in for a lot of fun for these twelve days - daily projects by Emma and the design team, along with some fabulous prizes celebrating Emma's one year anniversary!  If you arrived here from Jeanne,  then you are headed in the right direction.  If not, please start at Emma's blog here.

My card today is A2 size, so the brown base is cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2",  scored at 4 1/4".  I then cut a dark red layer at 5 1/4" x 4".  The patterned layer is 4" x 3 3/4", and I inked around the edges before adhering it down.

I love using Emma's Whimsical Calendar Days stamp set and her XL Label Die on cards.  I think it goes great with the vintage papers and brad on this one.  

The fun little elf that is pointing to December 25th is from my favorite Christmas  Cricut cartridge, Jolly Holidays.  I printed some flesh colored paper for his face with my Imagine and stamped his face with some Peachy Keen stamps.  He's cut at 3 1/2" and popped up with some dimensionals.  I also added a Glam Rock for the rocking horse's eye.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate & Stamper's Select White (for Imagine print) Cardstock

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

My Mind's Eye "Lost & Found Christmas" Patterned Paper

My Creative Time XL Label Die

My Creative Time "Whimsical Calendar Days" Stamp Set

Peachy Keen PK-493 "Everyday Character Face Parts" Stamp Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Papertrey Ink True Black & Pure Poppy Ink

My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas Brad

Imaginisce Glam Rock

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Inkadinkado Blending Chalks

*** 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Alert ***

To qualify for ALL of the AMAZING giveaways for the 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop!  You will have until Tuesday, December 13th @ midnight, to post all of your comments.  Very important:  please leave a way for us to contact you if you are one of the winners!  There are some amazing giveaways for this 12 day event and some surprises to help celebrate My Creative Time's One Year Anniversary!  Yes, Emma released her first set of stamps one year ago!  So make sure you are tuned in, because this is ONE hop that you do NOT want to miss!!!

Your next stop is the ever so talented Leanne.  Here's the full line-up, in case you get lost:

Emma

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Glora

Jeanne

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Leanne

Linsey

Liz

Nancy

Nikki

Rosy

Ruthie

Shar

Tracy

Trell

Veronica

MCT 12 Days of Christmas - Day 3

Welcome to the My Creative Time "12 Days of Christmas"!  You are in for a lot of fun for these twelve days - daily projects by Emma and the design team, along with some fabulous prizes celebrating Emma's one year anniversary!  If you arrived here from Jeanne,  then you are headed in the right direction.  If not, please start at Emma's blog here.

For today's project, I decorated a gift bag in some non-traditional colors and tried a new technique with Emma's stamps!

I began by making a rosette using the Cricut Ribbons & Rosettes cartridge.  I cut two of the 2 x 11 borders at 2" and scored them between each scallop.  After adhering them together to create the rosette, I glued it to my bag with hot glue.  Next I cut a 4" scalloped circle from Mini Mongrams and added some white stitching around the edges.  I cut a 4" circle from the same cartridge and ran in through the Cuttlebug Polka Dots embossing folder before adhering it to the scalloped circle.  The stocking is cut at 2 3/4" from Jolly Holiday and is attached with pop dots.  To make it nice and secure, I attached the scalloped circle to the rosette with hot glue.

Now for my fun experiment!  I used Emma's Scallop & Stitched Circle Dies to cut out the scallop shape in pink and the circle in vellum.  I then stamped the adorable snowman from Emma's All Around Christmas stamp set, using The Essential Glue Pad, which I found at Michael's.  I covered the whole thing with some lime green glitter and shook off the excess. I then attached the circle and scallop together by adding an eyelet and some twine.

I experimented with a couple more of these tags.  This one has another sentiment from All Around Christmas.

To make this one, I used Emma's XL Label Die, cutting the shape once out of green cardstock and once out of vellum.  Before adhering them together, I went through the same process with a third sentiment from All Around Christmas.

Recipe:

"Celebrate It" Small Kraft Bag

Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, True Black, & Stamper's Select White Cardstock

K & Company "Secret Santa" Patterned Paper

My Creative Time's "XL Label" & "Scallop & Stitched Circle" Dies

My Creative Time's "All Around Christmas" Stamp Set

The Essential Glue Pad

Martha Stewart Crafts Glitter

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Recollections Eyelets

Trendy Twine

*** 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway Alert ***

To qualify for ALL of the AMAZING giveaways for the 12 days, you must comment on every blog in this hop!  You will have until Tuesday, December 13th @ midnight, to post all of your comments.  Very important:  please leave a way for us to contact you if you are one of the winners!  There are some amazing giveaways for this 12 day event and some surprises to help celebrate My Creative Time's One Year Anniversary!  Yes, Emma released her first set of stamps one year ago!  So make sure you are tuned in, because this is ONE hop that you do NOT want to miss!!!

Your next stop is the ever so talented Leanne.  Here's the full line-up, in case you get lost:

Emma

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Jeanne

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Leanne

Linsey

Liz

Nancy

Nikki

Ruthie

Shar

Tracy

Trell

Veronica

BIG Christmas Tags

Last year my best friend, who lives across the country from me, asked me to make Santa tags for her. I'm surprising her with some for this year. The tags are cut from Cricut Classic Font at 5". All of the other cuts are from Jolly Holidays, cut at 3 1/2".

Recipe:

Bazzill and Core'dinations Cardstock

sei and DCWV Patterned Paper

ek Success Ticket Punch

Papertrey Ink "2010 Holiday Tags" Stamp Set and Fresh Snow Ink

Michael's Ribbon

White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen

Christmas Tag #5

Here are the last in my sets of tags to give away this year. I think these cuties are my favorite! The tag is again from Cricut Classic Font cut at 3 3/4" with a shadow. The little gingerbread people are cut at 2 1/2" from Jolly Holidays. I didn't cut out the button layer, substituting real buttons instead.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate and Stamper's Select White Cardstock

Provocraft White Textured Paper

AC Patterned Paper: Jolly

K&Company Secret Santa Designer Paper

Papertrey Ink "Tiny Treats: Christmas" Stamp Set, Chai and Dark Chocolate Ink, Buttons, and Rustic Jute Button Twine

ekSuccess Ticket Punch

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Holiday Planner

Today I'm sharing my project for Craft Junkie Too's Design Team. This week we were asked to share Christmas organization tips. Since I find myself with all sorts of lists stuffed into my purse at this time of year (gifts to buy, cards to send, thank you notes to write), I decided to make myself a little holiday planer. I used my new Your Story Photo and a 4" x 6" green book cover that came with it.

For the cover, I cut brown cardstock at 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" and layered it with a patterned paper cut at 5 1/2" x 3 1/2". The topnote is cut from Accent Essentials. I played around with my Gypsy to make a shadow. The white layer is 4.09" x 2.65", and the brown layer is 4.42" x 3.01". I also used some felt with a Papertrey Ink Die to accent my circle.

For the inside of my book, I make some lined pages by creating a template in Word and then running white cardstock through my printer and cutting it down to 4" x 6" sheets.

I made three sections for my planner: Cards, Gifts, and Thank Yous. For each one, I made a divider sheet with a 4" x 6" piece of brown cardstock, layered with a 3 3/4" x 5 3/4" piece of patterned paper. All of the elves are cut from Jolly Holidays at 3.5". The "cards" was made by welding together 1.88" letters from Gyspy Font.

Recipe

(all materials Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise specified)

Your Story Photo Cover

Dark Chocolate and Rustic White Cardstock

sei Christmas Mint Patterned Paper

Bazzill Basics Textured Cardstock

Limitless Layers 1 3/4" Circle Collection and Just the Ticket Dies

Holiday Button Bits, 2010 Holiday Tags, Just the Ticket, Through the Trees, Mega Mixed Messages, and Daily Design Sentiments Stamp Sets

Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, New Leaf, and Chamomile Ink

Pure Poppy Felt

Vintage Buttons

Pure Poppy Baker's Twine

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to visit Craft Junkie Too today to learn some more organization tips from the rest of the design team! Also, stop by here again on Saturday to see the Your Story Photo in action again. I'll be part of the Your Story Photo Blog Hop!