Tis The Season

Can you believe that it is already December?  This year has been flying by so quickly.  I honestly cannot believe that it is time to put up the tree (done last weekend), get Christmas cards mailed (did mine two days ago), and wait for Santa to come.  Of course it doesn't help that our weather here in Florida is still hitting the low to mid 70's for a high......

 

But I digress.  Today I have a card to share with you that was created for the Cricut Cardz Challenge over at Cardz TV.  Now this will be our last challenge for the 2012 calendar year, but we will back with more fun in January.  For today though our directive was to make a Christmas or Hanukkah card using the card feature from any cartridge we desired. 

 

For my card I chose to use:

 

The card feature from Quilted Christmas - this cartridge has a ton of beautiful cuts

 

The sentiment on my card is from Jolly Holidays - this cartridge quickly became one of my favorites last year when I purchased it

 

And now that you've seen my take on this week's challenge be sure to check out all of the other wonderful designs our team created for you this week.  Then create your own, link up and play along with us.  The best part is if you still have Christmas cards to make this challenge is perfect for any inspiration you might need...........

Hot Chocolate Anyone?

I have been busy crafting away this past week trying to get myself ready for my craft show season which starts next month with our local Oktoberfest.  And the one thing that I promised myself I'd have plenty of were the hot chocolate holders that went like crazy last year.  I only made a dozen of them because I wasn't sure how they'd do and let me tell ya, I was sold out in the first hour.  Of course it'll be my luck that I'll be ready for them this year and they won't sell as quickly.  If that should be the case that's okay because they'll still make great gifts!

With that here's my first batch of hot chocolate holders.  I took my pictures in groups by the cartridges I used to help make it easier for everyone to see.

First up in the lead picture above we have the ones that were made using the  Joys of the Season cartridge.

These were all made using Jolly Holidays - one of my favorite Christmas cartridges to date.  Then again, they're all my favorites so who knows what I'm talking about.  (grin)

These were made using Winter Frolic, Doodlecharms and Life's a Beach.....hey I live in Florida so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to use a couple of flamingos this year...........

Oh and lest I forget, I used the mug cut from Everyday Pop Ups and George to create the slit for my packet of hot chocolate to slip into.

Christmas in July?.....

....Why not.  Mary over at Cardz TV is doing a Christmas in July challenge and I just happened to have a card that I put together recently but had not yet published.  Who says timing isn't everything?  Now mind you this is a very quick put together but I had these Christmas themed bingo cards sitting in my stash begging to be used.

So what's the challenge you ask?  Why it's to "Make a Christmas card using a hand stamped, digital stamped or Cricut cut image of an animal, and any colors you'd like!"



One little cut from one great cartridge - Jolly Holidays - yep that's it.  I absolutely love the little critters on this cartridge.  They're so fun and festive and let's not forget versatile.

Now grab that Christmas cartridge you've been dying to pull out and make your own creation for this challenge and link up to play along too.

Merry Christmas Bingo

I was doing some cleaning in my craft room the other day and came across these great little bingo cards from Jenni Bowlin studios and I couldn't resist making a card or two.  (See I told you I was going to have my Christmas cards done early - lol)

Using my Jolly Holidays cartridge I cut out this cute little racoon so that he would fit nicely on the bingo card.  Then I added a little ribbon with some snowflake print to help tie in to the background paper and viola - another quick and easy Christmas card.....

So am I the only one who's had the urge to make some Christmas cards this early in the year?  C'mon on now be honest.  ;o)  If you've had the urge I'd love to see what you'd created.

Coming Down the Chimney Tonight

Hello fellow bloggers.  I hope that everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving.  We spent our Thanksgiving in Alabama with family and had a wonderful time.  But now that I'm back I figured I'd better get back to making my Christmas cards since it's almost time to get them in the mail.

So today I wanted to share my Coming Down the Chimney Tonight card.  I made this one with the Jolly Holidays card.  It's another quick, easy card - just set your cuts for 4 1/2" and have at it.  I originally cut the house and door in other coordinating colors but it just didn't look right so even though I wanted something other than black for the house I thought it looked best.

And now that I have shared my card I guess I best get back to the unpacking and getting ready to go back to work tomorrow......

Say it With "S" Challenge

I hope that everyone has enjoyed the cards I've shared over the last couple of days.  Today's card was created for this week's Cricut Cardz Challenge.  Our directive this week was to create a card using any image that started with the letter 's'.

For my card I chose:

Snowflake - cut from Accent Essentials embossed with the snowflakes folder and then lightly inked with broken china distress ink

Santa hat (and bird) - cut from Jolly Holidays

The words Merry Christmas were also cut from Jolly Holidays.

And now that you've seen my take on this week's challenge be sure to check out the other fabulous designs our team created.  Then create your own and link up to play along with us.

Elf Approved

Hello fellow bloggers.  I hope that today's post finds you and yours doing well.  As I sit in my craft room smelling the wonderful smell of Spruce mixed with Apple Cinnamon thanks to the air fresheners around my doorway I'd like to share another installment in my Christmas card collection this season.

Today's card is another that was inspired by one I saw in a magazine.  I don't remember which one but the card had an elf and a little tag that said "elf approved".  I thought it was a great card and chose to re-create the theme (not the card itself) using:

Jolly Holidays for the elf pulling his wagon
Christmas solutions for the bear and the baby doll
Christmas Cheer for the gift
Accent Essentials for the tag (which is pop dotted for effect)

Hot Chocolate Mugs

 

 

I know this was all the rage last year, but sometimes I'm a little behind the eight ball.  For whatever reason though I had the urge to make some and went on a search trying to find how they were done last year.  Once satisfied I opened up my Design Studio and went to work creating my own.

For my mugs I used Everyday Pop-Up Cards.  Oh, and I used George to create the slit for my hot chocolate packet to slip inside.  All my little characters are cut using the Jolly Holidays cartridge.

Now to add some peppermint sticks and marshmallows.......

Blistery Wind

.....well in a hot sorta way, but today's card is designed to help keep ya cool.  I created this one to play along in the BBTB2 challenge from last week where the challenge was to use the penguin with the umbrella cut from Jolly Holidays. 

For my card I cut the umbrella away from the penguin's hand so I could place it a little more like I wanted.  My idea was to make it look like it got caught up in the cold, blistery wind only my card wasn't large enough to quite grab the effect I wanted.  It still turned out pretty good though I think.

My "wind" was made using a flourish from the Home Decor cart.

Rocking Holidays

Yep, I just couldn't resist one more Christmas card.  This time though I decided to make it a little more interactive and added an action wobble to the mix.  I really love the way that this one turned out and this little elf just makes it all so easy with his stinkin' cute face.

So for this one I used Jolly Holidays for the elf and Joys of the Season for my snowflake background.  That's it quick and simple but cute as ever.

Now why don't you create a Christmas card and come play along in my Christmas in July challenge.  There's still a couple days left to join in...

Christmas on the Beach

I saw a picture of the Jolly Holidays lite cartridge that came out last year and just had to have it.  And since it's July I decided to create a Christmas in July card.  For this card featuring Santa and his elf decorating a palm tree.  I used the following carts:

Stretch Your Imagination for the tree
Jolly Holidays for Santa and the elf
Handy Man for the ladder