I am getting so excited for the upcoming holiday season! I've been rummaging through some of my Christmas papers from last year and found the My Mind's Eye "Winter Wonderland" collection. I just love the colors and fun patterns. I quickly pumped out these six tags. I just love making a cute tag, quick and easy, so then I can make a lot in a short amount of time. So great!!
Today I'm posting my "almost" finished December Daily!! I just have to add the pictures and journaling (which are all saved and ready to go) to make this album complete. I am really happy with the way it turned out. And it was so fun to make!!
Here is a video showing the entire album. I explain what products I used and how I put it together.
Here's a pic of the front cover before I bound it.
Supplies
My Mind's Eye "Winter Wonderland" paper collection and embellishments
I'm so happy to announce that some Christmas papers and embellishments will be going on clearance at the Shop Pumpkin Spice Store. I bought all the pictured product above from this amazing online store, and the prices are amazing!!
Head on over to the Pumpkin Spice Blog for daily inspirations of crafty goodness using delights from the store. And there is a weekly challenge to enter and prizes to win.
This year I've set a goal for myself of creating 12 Cricut Christmas projects to share with you. I just love using my Cricut! And I'm excited to challenge myself into making 12 different projects for Christmas.
For my first project I'd like to share with you a snowflake silhouette. The Cricut has a ton of amazing cartridges that can cut out snowflakes. My favorite is Winter Lace. It can cut a variety of different snowflakes, has a shadow feature and can cut 3D snowflakes.
Here is a quick video tutorial on how I cut these out.
Here are my snowflakes all cut out.
The detail really shows up once they are cut at a large size.
Using my ATG gun, I ran some adhesive at the pointed edge of each flake. Then I hung them up on the large bay window in my family room.
Look at how adorable they are on the window.
And you can see them from the outside too!
I'll probably cut a ton more out over the next week. They turned out soooo cute. And my kiddos were obsessing over having some in their room and hanging them on the front door. Whew!
According to www.mycutsearch.com there are 53 cartridges that can cut snowflakes. And most of those cartridges have more than 1 type of snowflake. That's a lot of flakes!!
Stay tuned for much more Christmas crafty videos to come. And stay tuned for the 4 giveaways I'm doing this month. One each week!!
I made these gift tags to go on all of our Christmas packages. My son helped, and boy was he proud to see his tags on all the gifts he was giving his cousins.
Mass production at its finest.
Using my Gypsy and the hide feature, I was able to hide the small cuts in the center of the snowflake where I knew the circle would cover it. I also love using my Gypsy because I can get all the images really close together and save paper.
Aren't these PTI stamps adorable. And only $5 a set.
Supplies:
Papertrey Ink cardstock : Kraft, Rustic Cream, Pure Poppy, and New Leaf
Papertrey Ink stamps: Tag-Its #8 and Tag-Its #9
Cricut cartridges : Tags, Bags, Boxes and More, and Winter Lace
1 3/4" paper punch
black Memento ink
I never knew making my tags could be so easy...and so addictive. I think I'm going to have to get some more tags ready for my stash.
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone! Many blessings to all this holiday season.
