Global Design Project - Challenge 119!

Hello, thanks for stopping by today!

I realized that I hand't shared my favourite Christmas card that I created this year! Thankfully, the folks at Global Design Project have a 2 week challenge still open that allows us the opportunity to share one last holiday card from 2017.

Here is southern Ontario, it has been -38 degrees and snowing and blowing with road closures and winter advisories in full effect, day after day, SO it still looks like a wonderful Christmas day out there and why not share just one last card, right?

Every year, my card class ladies pick a favourite out of all the cards we make and this one was their favourite.  I hope you like it as much as they did. ;)

Here is the theme from Global Design Project...

  

Here is my card...

I used some of my most favourite things creating this card.  This former bundle form the Holiday Catalogue was the first bundle I knew I had to have.  Although this is no longer a bundle, you can still order the framelits and stampset individually - I was SO happy to see that Stampin'UP! decided to carry them over.  One of the other favourite items I used are the Stitched Shapes Framelits.

Here is a close up of the detail that these framelits offer!  The Stitched Shapes Framelits and the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits are a perfect complement to each other.  I resisted my usual and didn't attached a bow - I know, I know - I wanted the paper detail to speak for themselves.   

I also love that the greeting included a family message.

Be sure to stop on by and see of the wonderful creations that the Global Design Team and the participants in this challenge have created - they are very inspiring.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

  

Happy New Year - Blog Hop

Happy New Year!  Welcome 2018!  

I am so excited to see what this year will bring.  Today, the first of the month, always brings a new blog hop with my Blogging Friends - I love the first of the month because I LOVE seeing what they create!  And, to help ring in the new year, we have a new look for our blog hop!  What do you think?

The theme this month is "Baby, It'scold Outside".  There couldn't be a better theme for us here in Ontario, Canada.  We have been having extreme cold weather alerts for most of the last week.  Like, I'm talking -38 celcius with the wind chill.  It has been a great time to get crafty inside, but who really needs a reason.

Here is a picture of what it looks like outside my front door..

 

So, the real reason you stopped by..here are the projects I made for the blog hop with this month's theme in mind. 

 
I created a card using the very popular Eclipse Technique as well as a matching gift bag with my Gift Bag Punch Board.  I love how cute they turned out to be!

 My card base is Night of Navy and the layter on top is a patterned DSP from the Coffee Break DSP pack from the Annual Catalogue.   I used the snowflakes from the Snowflake Sentiments stampset to stamp directly onto the patterned DSP usin the Night of Navy and Marina MIst Inks.  I also die cut some Whisper White Snowflakes from the Swirly Snowflakes Thinlits and added them to the front along with some glitter rhinestones for the center of the snowflakes. 

The gift bag was created using the same stamping and die cut snowflakes.  I used the Gift Bag Punch Board to create the bag.  I then used snowflake border die to create a bag topper.  I also created a little tag another great die from the Swirly Snowflake thinlits

 

I really love this bundle!  It was the first thing in the Holiday Catalogue that I knew I had to have!  I am so happy the products are being continued, but if you are a bargain shopper, you will want to get the bundle before January 3rd, the bundle price is not being carried over, just the products individually.  You can order the bundle to save 10% at my online store here.

Thanks for stopping by.  I would love to hear from you, go ahead and leave a comment.

Be sure to hop on through all of the blogs to see the great projects they created to share through the list at the bottom of the post or use the 'next' or 'previous' buttons below.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

 

Crystal Komara

Anna Conetta Masciovecchio

Libby Fens

Mary Blocher

Jessica Mink

Leanne Dillon Johnson 

Michelle Clarke

Mary Ann Kay Rossiter

Tammy Hibbit Gill - You are Here

Rick Adkins

December Blogging Friends Blog Hop

Happy December!

Welcome this the December Blogging Friends Blog Hop.  This month's theme is Christmas, Hanukah or New Year's.  I chose to share a Christmas project.

Are you getting ready for the BIG day?  I am getting there.  Still lots to do, but one thing is for sure, I have many of my crafting projects complete to start spreading the Christmas Cheer!

One of my most favourite things to create are treat holders!  I love to give them away to my customers, to my card class attendees, my garbage man, my postal worker, co-workers, teachers, almost everyone who I want to wish a bit of Christmas Cheer and that I am thankful for all year long.

This year I knew I wanted to use that super cute little test tub that was featured in the Holiday catalogue. (pssst if you love it too, you may want to stock up, the holiday catalogue is ending January 3)  

I also wanted to incorporate some hot chocolate.  So I searched the internet and found a GREAT tutorial from Frenciestamps!  You can see her blog post and video tutorial here. 

I CASE'd her creation, but changed the sizing to accommodate the packet of hot chocolate that I had.  I also changed the colours to match the DSP and cardstock I had on-hand.  Here is my version of it...

I really liked how it turned out.  I used the Merry Cafe stampset for the greeting on the front of the card as well as the cute little holly.  The cup, lit, coffee cup wrap and cute little heart tab are all created from the Coffee Cups framelit set. 

The inside message is from the stamp set Snowflake Sentiments.  I love the tiny little snowflakes that come with the Merry Cafe stampset, so just had to add them!

So I have 24 of them all ready to go and start spreading the cheer!

 Don't miss any of the hop and make sure you see all of the wonderful creations.  You can do that by following and clicking on the list below or by clicking the 'continue' button below.  Happy Hoppin'

Be sure to keep checking back for all of my Christmas creations.

Happy stampin'

Tammy

Crystal Komara

Anna Conetta Masciovecchio

Libby Fens

Anne Power -returning next month

Mary Blocher 

Danica Ferrante -returning next month

Jessica Mink

Jodi Skrip Horsley

Leanne Dillon Johnson

Michelle Clarke

Lorene Yoshimura-Tanigawa -returning next month

Mary Ann Rossite

Tammy Gill - You are here

Rick Adkins

Lisa Harvey Reber

Nikki Debbie Daigneau