Hatchback Treat holders

Merry Christmas Crafty Friends! 

It's time for our annual Favorite Things Christmas Party with my gal pals, and 

this year I'm featuring The Greetery's Holiday Hatchback. It's a 3-D hatchback 

treat holder, complete with add ons to decorate the car.

Anything but subtle for my favorites, I chose red mirror cardstock for the car base.

The sides are a green stripe glitter paper. The wheels are black glitter paper, and the 

tree is green with 3 different mica sprays. 

I chose to leave the hatch open so I could add a treat, and a tiny bag filled with

'ornaments' so the recipient could decorate her tree if she chooses.

I found these sweet tiny balls at Hobby Lobby, in silver and red, and added a star from

The Greeterys Twinkle Background. They're what are the 'outs' when you die cut the

Background die, but so cute, I save them.

One of my favorite things I chose to share this year is Hammonds Christmas Candy.

I celophaned the car and candy tin, and added a bow and paper Magnolia, also

from the Greetery.

A fabulous bow needs a blinged out centerpiece, and my magnolia is just about as 

blinged as I could get! Silver mirror cardstock, white glitter paper and dotty vellum,

with a mica sprayed magnolia leaf.

Tag making was easy with the Greetery's 4 at a time tag die.

Another look at the 7 tree totin' hatchbacks tied with gold cord for hanging.

Had to try assembling the tiny cases. They're not added to the gift, but oh so cute!

I love sharing my paper crafting skills with my favorite gal pals. So much joy in

making them, I hope you enjoyed seeing them too.

May this blessed season bring hope and joy to you and yours!

 

Christmas Sampler

 

I've been enjoying the stencil sets that came with my Greetery order, and played

with Christmas Sampler done with several color ways.

Redwork is a favorite. I have done quilts in red  and white, and even collected red and

white transferware. Decided to put it on a card, and the sampler was a perfect way to see

if I could keep to all reds. With the exception of the cabin, I came pretty close!

I put the sweet little fir die cuts in the top corners, just to dress the card up a bit. The 

frame is from an old PTI die that cut a much more detailed edge. I only used the 

very outside edge, not wanting to hide any of the sweet detail.

Once I got started with this stencil set, I couldn't stop!

There's a blue one...

One done on some textured Kraft, with white ink for stencil one...

...and one die cut  withAida cloth die, which simulates embroidery cloth.

Betsy included some shaker elements in her release, and they fit perfectly on the

sweet little cabin.

4 Christmas cards to add to my stash, but honestly, still way behind!

Happy Holidays my friends!

A Tub of Get Well Wishes

 

Going through my stash of ready mades, and realized I had very few 'Get Wells'.

That, and the longing to dive into my Greetery order, prompted this card.

The copper tub was aged with a paste I've had for years. I rub it on with my finger,

and was delighted to see it make the ridges of the tub pop.

The greenery is watercolored. Very simply, spritzed with water, and color dabbed 

onto the wet paper. As it is drying, I add more color and  let that dry.

Look carefully behind the fronds, and you'll see I added a  couple of 

vellum die cut pinwheels from the Hey Cupcake set. I thought it helped the stalks 

of green stand out from the wicker background.

Glad to see this new banner and sentiments included in the release. 

All products listed below.

Thanks for the visit! Have a great summer!

The Greetery

Hey Cupcake, Garden Tub, Garden Tub Filler, Little Labels,

Wicker Weave Stencil.

Distress  Oxide Inks, 

The Card Concept Floral Spring or Garden Birds

 

We have a new challenge at The Card Concept, and it's one that you get to choose!

Floral Spring or Garden Birds.

I chose to give you some inspiration from the Garden Birds photo.
It reminded me of a beach house, with rustic wood and sea grass.

My beach scene began from an old Papertrey Ink stamp set called Fence Line Summer.

(I checked and it's still in stock at PTI, on sale!)

I used the colors from the swatches given, and created my card on a watercolor

background that I splotched with reindeers.

My sentiment is also from PTI, called Little Lift Me Ups.

Play for 2 weeks, and remember to add out photo to your post!

The Card Concept #195 {Floral Spring} or {Garden Birds} 

Poppystamps Post: Junk Journal

 

Hello, Poppy Peeps! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today with a Junk Journal, created

with a new die set. It's such a fun project and I've got pictures to show you here of

every page. Hope your drinks and snacks are handy, it's a long post!

The die set has everything you need to make a basic pocket sized journal. You make

it your own with die cuts, twine, tapes and stickers. I even added a flower paper clip.

I themed my little journal to take you on an Easter egg hunt. Come along and count

 the eggs. 2 on the front...

The main die gives you a book shape with a label. I cut 4 of these, turning two around

so the label is below the top one. 

Page 1, is a pocket with a fuzzy bunny. Within the pocket is a page with a chick.

Opposite page is an egg clipped onto a contrasting design. 

The sweet little chick is a sticker, as is the rainbow over his head.

Pages 3 and 4.

I added an arrow to the little butterfly pull out. always nice to give instructions!

Pages 5 & 6. The page corners are included in the set.

Pages 7 & 8 are a favorite... I used some Easter stickers from my stash 

on the pockets. (Pocket dies are also included in the set).

tiny treats revealed!

9 & 10, and I added Washi tape to the pocket of page 9

The bunny ears pull tab is the top of a butterfly die. 

A bunny in an envelope on page 12, and a bunny in a plaid pocket with washi eggs

on 13.

Page 14 is a pocket with another pull tab...

...revealing 3 floral eggs.

the last page has 2 tulip die corners for a photo. 

Egg total? I'll never tell!

I sewed my my journal with twine. and made a tassel.

Honestly, a 10 on the cute scale! And sharing a secret, it was my first

junk journal. Takes some time, but when your creative juices start flowing,

it's a blast! 

Still with me? Want to give this a try? 

Head on over to the Poppystamps blog. I've listed all product I

used for my Easter egg hunt junk journal at the bottom of my post.

Happy Easter!

Want to see it in action? Visit my Facebook page.

Hung Up on You

 

Good morning. And another Valentine using The Greetery's new Have a Heart release.

The sweet Hearts at Home Sweater die is surrounded by a pieced heart wreath 

crafted with the Boxwood Heart base, and stamped with Love is stampset.

This card was on it's way to being tossed. It suffered a smudge on the bottom,

and no amount of scrub would remove a red smudge! 

So I did the next best thing, cut it off, and added a scallop edge. The edging is 

the sides of the Ribbon Maker die. Not my favorite, but it worked.

Tiny posies from Botanicuts Wildflower Mix.

A sweet little sweater hung on a heart wreath... Valentines are such fun to make!

25 Days Christmas Tags: Day 1

It's holiday time, and time for 25 Days of Christmas Tags. Tracey McNeely hosts

a jolly blog hop each year, 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2020 - Day1, complete with

fabulous inspiration, guest designers and prizes.

I'm posting Day 1 on Day 2 with inspiration from Carol Mayne.

Carol's darling tags used Oxide Inks, and penguins on a scallop tag.

Tracey featured Sunny Studios on her blog for Day 1. 

I used PTI's Tremendous Treats: Christmas for my penguin, reindeer and Santa tags.

Love this time of year and Tracey for hosting a blog hop I look forward to 

every year!