Captive Elf

I guess our Auburn elf wasn't too happy about being told that he was going to have to go home so while we were at work today he decided to really act up.  When we got home this is what we saw.....

 

 

 

I sure hope these two behave themselves better come next year......

Until then we're running over to DL Art to enter their final antic in to her Elf Antics contest.

TP'ing the Christmas Tree??? Oh My

 

Yep, now they've gone and done it.  Last night we caught the elves in the act of TP'ing our Christmas tree.  Of course when we asked them why they blamed each other.  Crazy elves. 

 

Oh well, I guess there's not much more trouble they can get in to when tonight is their last night here before they go back home.  Hopefully I'm not speaking too soon, but I guess we will find out soon enough.

 

Until then we're running over to DL Art to enter their latest antic in to her Elf Antics contest.

Minecrafting Elves???

 

Who knew elves were in to Minecraft?  I guess it's not too surprising given the exposure they've received since coming to our house.  You know some wives joke around about being football widows.  Well, I'm a Minecraft widow.  My husband LOVES this game and hard as I try I have yet to figure out why.  Of course our son plays it too but not as much as his Tibia or whatever it's called.

 

So yeah, I walked into the living room and there I found our silly elves decked out in a creeper head reading one of my husband's books.  I suppose I shouldn't "complain" though since they were getting along so well.  However, it wasn't long before I did begin hearing some yelling coming from the room and when I went back to see what the commotion was all about I guess they decided it was time to start practicing what they had been reading up on because there they were with controls in hand.....

 

There's still time to play along in Diana's 2nd annual Elf Antics linky party. so If you have an elf why don't you come join the fun at DL Art.

Elf File - Gift Card Holder

Today I have a final gift card holder that I'd like to share with you.  It's actually a card, but it's doubling as a gift card holder since I added glue dots to the gift card, stuck it on the inside of the card and then stamped my sentiments around it.

 

I made this for my dad - the man who has everything.  Every year I ask my mom what I should get for my dad and every year it's the same thing.  Just get him a gift card to Bass Pro because he's always finding something new he wants for his fishing.  And so that's what I do.  I get him a gift card.....

 

Rather than just giving him the gift card in an envelope though I wanted to make a card or something for it to go in.  So I thought it would be cute to use all the different elf stamps I had and set to work creating this themed card.  I used the Buddy the Elf file from the recent Christmas movie blog hop sponsored by SVG Cutting Files and the file folder from the Cricut cartridge Graphically Speaking. 

 

All of the different stamped sentiments you see on my file folder, pages and inside of the card are from the Jaded Blossom stamp sets Elf Workshop and Elf Report Card.  Sadly though I do not have any markers or colored pencils with which to color in my elf, but that's okay I think it's fine the way that it is.

Now of course I'm entering this card in to a challenge or two.  Want to come play along as well?  I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Anything Christmas - SVG Cutting Files - Ends January 14th

Elf (Holiday Inspired Project) - Red Carpet Studios - Ends December 31st

December Linky Party - DL Art - Ends December 31st

Anything Christmas - Bitten by the Bug 2 - Ends December 28th

 

Spartan Elf Games

We heard quite the ruckus coming from the living room last night and wondered what all the commotion was about.  You wouldn't believe what we found we got in there......

 

Yep, true to form, our house divided elves decided to have a friendly little Spartan race competition of their own.  Those silly elves.  I can't imagine where they got such an idea.  :)

And now it's off to the linky races for this post.  I discovered that Diana is hosting her 2nd annual Elf Antics linky party so we're heading there to play along.  If you have an elf why don't you come join the fun at DL Art.

Playful Penguin Gift Card Holder

With all the rain and cold weather that moved in yesterday we just might end up having a cold Christmas this year.  Of course the good thing about that is that I've been sitting in my craft room in my jammies, drinking coffee with the space heater going while I get the last of my gifts made.

 

Right now I want to share a gift card holder that I finished this morning.  For this project I cut the mug from the Cricut cartridge Everyday Pop Up Cards and George.  I welded two of the mug shapes together and then used George to create the slit for the gift card tag to slide into. 

 

To create my tag/card holder, I embossed the tag using one of my Christmas folders and then inked over it with some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Broken China.  To hold the gift card in place I simple adhered glue dots to the back and stuck it on the tag.

 

The penguin is from the Playful Little Penguins file at Too Cute by Jessica.  The stamped sentiment on the mug and the snowman on the tag are from the Simply Christmas set by Craftin Desert Divas.

 

And now I am going to enter this project in to the following challenges:

 

Christmas - Craftin Desert Divas - Ends December 21st

 

December Linky Challenge - DL Art - Ends December 31st

 

Anything Goes - Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Ends December 21st

 

You're a Mean One.....

 

I have to admit it.  Other than Rudolph and the Miser Brothers the Grinch is my all-time favorite Christmas character.  So as I had some free time I decided to create a Christmas shadowbox that was inspired by this T-Shirt I saw when I was at Universal Studios last month. 

 

 

And it all comes just in time for some great challenges that end this week as well.  (But more about those later.)  First let me tell you how I created my shadowbox.  I started with an 11 x 14 frame that I picked up from Michaels.  Then using Excel I created the line-up back drop on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of white cardstock.

 

The Grinch cut out is from the Krafty Nook and the Ornament in the Grinch's hand is from the Cricut cartridge Simply Charmed.

 

To create the mugshot placard I simply cut a piece of black cardstock and had my Cricut Explore write the verbiage.  The Grinch and Who-ville Police Dept. verbiage I cut out from vinyl and adhered to the outside of the glass.  The font used in both cases is called Grinched and I downloaded it from dafont.com.

 

And now I'm going to enter this shadowbox into the following challenges:

 

Christmas Carol Inspired - Die Cuttin' Divas - Ends December 21st

     not necessarily a "carol" but it is one of my favorite Christmas songs....

 

 

 

 

Christmas Ornament Challenge - Bitten by the Bug 2 - Ends December 21st

 

Anything Goes - Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Ends December 21st

 

December Linky Challenge - DL Art - Ends December 31st

Elf,  (project inspired by the holiday season) - Red Carpet Studios - Ends December 31st