Winterberry Christmas Wreath Card

Happy Monday!

Today I'm back with another Christmas card. I used PTI's Wreath for All Seasons for the focal image. The twig wreath was stamped in chocolate chip ink and the berries were stamped in real red ink on a panel of rustic white card stock. The gorgeous sentiment is from SU's set Hand Penned Holidays. Love! The bottom of the panel was die cut with the Edger's #1 die and also run through my Cuttlebug with the Linen & Canvas impression plate. I tied a bit of baker's twine around the top and mounted it to a real red card base.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving this week!

 


SUPPLIES
Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons (PTI), Hand Penned Holidays (SU!)
Paper: Real Red (SU!), Rustic White (PTI)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red (SU!)
Tools: Linen & Canvas impression plate, Edgers #1 die (PTI)
Embellishments: baker's twine

Reindeer Christmas Gift Tags

Hello! Today I have a few more Christmas gift tag designs to share with you. For these I pulled out an old Stampin' Up! set that I love called Winter Post. I simply stamped the "To: / From:" and the reindeer in Cherry Cobbler ink on a Tag Sale #2 die cut and then strung them with red and white baker's twine. Simple but I love how they turned out.  

I also made a set in kraft. Which set do you like better? Happy crafting!


 

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Winter Post (SU!)
Paper: Rustic White, Kraft (PTI)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler (SU!)
Tools: Tag Sale #2 die (PTI)
Embellishments: baker's twine

Happy Fall

Hello! I'm taking a brief break from holiday projects today to share a fall card with you. The leaves were die cut with my Leaf Prints die and embossed with PTI's wood grain impression plate, then popped up on a panel of rustic cream card stock. I even snuck in some more Wreath for All Seasons with the sentiment. Ha! Everything was mounted to a kraft card base and wrapped with some hemp twine.

Today is the first of my two craft fairs. I am really excited to connect with other crafters and share everything I have busily been creating, but also a little nervous. What if nothing sells?! Either way, it has been fun preparing and creating a cute table display. I'll hopefully have photos to share with you later in the week. :)

I hope you are enjoying your fall!

**I am also linking up to this week's Paper Player's Challenge, to create a clean and simple card with leaves!




SUPPLIES: 
Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons (PTI)
Paper: Kraft, Rustic Cream (PTI), Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler (SU!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Tools: Leaf Prints die, Woodgrain impression plate (PTI)
Embellishments: hemp twine

Woodland Christmas Wreath

Hello! Just popping in to share a new card design I created for my upcoming craft fair. I used my beloved Wreath for All Seasons set again, I never get tired of it! The wreath was stamped onto a Mat Stack #4 die cut, and the sentiment is on a Double Ended Banner die cut. I sponged around the edges of both for a softer look and mounted them to a panel of Cherry Cobbler card stock impressed with a wood grain texture. Both the mat stack and banner are popped up with foam tape. I love how this one turned out and hope others do, too! :)



SUPPLIES
Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons (PTI)
Paper: Rustic White (PTI), Cherry Cobbler (SU!)
Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler (SU!), Antique Linen (Ranger)
Tools: Mat Stack #4 die, Double Ended Banner die, Wood Grain impression plate (PTI)

Fill 'er up!

Happy Monday! I've busily been getting ready for my two upcoming holiday craft fairs, trying to make sure I have enough inventory. I don't want to be that sad little table in the corner with only a few items. Ha!

As previously mentioned, I love making gift tags, so that is what has been coming out of the craft room recently. These tags use an older Stampin' Up! set called Eventful. This cheeky little phrase just cracks me up! The stocking and sentiment are embossed in white for a crisp look against the red and green card stock.

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas around here!



SUPPLIES
Stamps: Eventful (SU!)
Paper: Real Red, Wild Wasabi (SU!)
Ink: Versa Mark
Tools: Fillable Frames #9 die (PTI)
Embellishments: white embossing powder, baker's twine

Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge

Hello! After a bit of a blogging break I am happy to say I am back! To get back in the swing of things I thought I would participate in Papertrey Ink's monthly blog hop. This month's challenge was to create a set of five gift tags.

I love making gift tags, especially this time of year. Dressing up gifts in pretty packaging makes them feel extra special. As a paper crafter it seems almost remiss not to make my own tags! :)



I chose to use one of my favorite PTI sets, Wreath For All Seasons. The wreath and sentiment were stamped on a Tag Sale #2 die cut from Rustic White card stock .

I made a set of eight and strung them with red satin ribbon.

I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else creates today!

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons (PTI)
Ink: Garden Green, Riding Hood red (SU!)
Paper: Rustic White (PTI)
Tools: Tag Sale #2
Embellishments: red satin ribbon

The Baby Blanket That Almost Wasn't

Late in my pregnancy with my son I decided to crochet a baby blanket for him. I had completed various and sundry other projects for him, like a denim play quilt and a bassinet skirt,  but I suppose I wasn't quite done "nesting" yet.  However, I didn't get it done in time. I blame this partially on the fact that the size of the blanket got away from me and it turned out quite a bit larger than originally intended, thus taking far more time to complete. And partially on the fact that I really should have started sooner.

After our son was born I took a three month hiatus from my crochet project. Being a new mom was all encompassing enough! I eventually picked it up again and worked on it in the evenings after the baby was in bed. It was taking so long, though, I was afraid the poor kid would turn one before I got his "baby" blanket done. But I am happy to report that I finally finished it this week!

I decided to try out a new stitch for the blanket so I pulled out the book Basic Crochet Stitches and flipped through it until I found one that A) made a pretty pattern and B) wasn't too difficult to do. I went with one called the Crunch Stitch, which is basically a half double crochet alternated with a slip stitch.

The reason the blanket turned out so large is that I wasn't working off a baby blanket pattern per se, I just knew I wanted to use a particular stitch. Meaning I estimated how long to make my foundation stitch, and crunch stitched from there. Let's just say my foundation chain was a wee bit too long. Oops.

But it all turned out okay in the end, because the baby is now nearly seven months old (!). So having a blanket that measures roughly 45" x 36" is actually perfect because it is large enough for him to roll around and play on. Glad to be done, but also sort of sad. Maybe I'll need to find another crochet project to keep my hands busy in the evenings. :)


SUPPLIES
Carron Simply Soft Yarn, white
5mm crochet hook