Christmas Gift Boxes

Don't you just love these adorable little boxes and gift tag?

They will be perfect for hanging on the tree. 

They will keep safe those Christmas gift cards and little treasures.

I made these using

Close To My Heart's Cricut cartridge, Art Philosophy. 

This amazing cricut cartridge contains 700 images!

It contains layered images, coordinating tags and cards,

 2 full fonts and numbers, and 3D images.

The possibilities are endless! 

Christmas Card Workshop

Here are the pictures of the cards we are going to make at our October workshop.

Going clockwise...

1. The wreath is gold embossed on a dark green background. I love the simple elegance of this card.

2. Our cardinal is from a beautiful stamp set call "Harmony". This is a fast and easy card to make using a stencil technique with a sponge dauber. So simple. So beautiful.

3. On the easle card (link in previous blog on how to make these) I used the quote and baby Jesus from the "Christmas Story" stamp set.

The blending pen  makes coloring in the Baby Jesus much easier and smoother.

4. On the last card, I used one of the Wishes patterens, called "Just Right" as the design. This stamp set, "A Timber", only costs $7.95. Couple that with a pack of the Mistletoe Christmas papers, and you have inexpensive tools for making your Christmas cards.

Merry Christmas - a bit early!

~michelle

Simple Christmas Cards Workshop

In October and November I will be holding a few

Simple Christmas Cards Workshops.

 I know many of you like to make homemade Christmas cards to send out to family and friends, and if you make A LOT of them, they need to be simple in design. Here are the ones we will be making. They range from wimsical to elegant, but each one is very fast and easy to make. We will make 3 from scratch and 1 from CTMH's Christmas card kit entitled, "Around the Holidays". The kit comes with everything you need to make 12 really classy circle Christmas cards (kit costs $14.95). No stamping is involved - just peel and stick. My boys and I are going to make some of these cards this year to give out. (Maybe I'll get my Christmas cards mailed out before January this year!)

Here is a picture of all 4 different designs.

You get enough supplies to make 3 of each design.

I followed the suggested directions for the first 4 cards,

but the others I am going to personalize with photos of the boys and favorite Christmas verses.

"Around the Holidays Card Kit"

October Stamp of the Month

Close To My Heart's October Stamp of the Month is entitled
"Holiday Warmth". It is cute little set of 11 holiday themed, wimsical stamps. The tree reminds me of the Grinch's tree, so I made a little Christmas card using a quote from the Grinch. The quote comes from a stamp set entitled "Peace on Earth" -it has a set of 17 great Christmas quotes. Just click on the picture to see an enlarged view.
Sorry I don't have a direct way for you to order from this blog (hopefully that will change in the next few months), but if you are interested in ordering any of the CTMH supplies that are posted, just leave a comment with your email and I will get back with you.

If you want to see some really great artwork using this stamp set, you can jump in on the SOTM BLOG HOP:  http://www.livelovelaughscrapbook.blogspot.com/

There is another blog hop that started on OCT 3rd for National Card Making Day, so you might see both on the sites you visit.

Snowman Soup

This little snowman topper and bag of goodies made for a wonderful Christmas gift last year.

My boys had a good time making and giving them to friends.

The topper is made with Close To My Heart's Snow Friends stamp set, Outdoor Denium Cardstock, and patterned paper from the Aspen paper pack, and Raffia. The bag is filled with a hotcocoa packet, mini marshmallows and a candycane.

SNOWMAN SOUP POEM:

Was told you’ve been

real good this year.

Always glad to hear it.

With freezing weather

drawing near

You’ll need to

warm the spirit.

So here’s a little

Snowman Soup

Complete with

stirring stick.

Add hot water, sip it slow

It’s sure to do the trick!