CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop

Hi!

Thank you for joining in our " CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop". The hop goes in a circular path, but if you happen to get lost you can find the blog hop list at the end of this post. The starting point for the hop is The Happy Scrapbooker.

If you are on track you should have just visited, Paige's blog, and you are here now.

This month I made a CAS (Clean and Simple) card. Even if you are short on time, there's still time to make a wonderful Christmas card for your family and friends. 

Stamps: CTMH Perfect Fit - Holidays, Frosted Cardmaking Workshop
Paper: CTMH White Daisy
Paper Size: A2
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, CTMH Lagoon, Crystal Blue, Pacifica
Accessories: Studio G Gems

Your next stop on the blog hop is April.

CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop Line up

1. Diane Tuggle - The Happy Scrapbooker
2. Carol Loftus - Close to My Heart News! 
3. Linda Pekrul - Blue Sky Scrapping 
4. Jamie Barney - Scrapping with Elsa and Sophie 
5. Paige Dolecki - Stampologist
6. Mary Ellen Driggs - Cr8ive M.E. (y'all are HERE)
7. April Grigson - Imagine the Possibilities Studio
8. Theresa Miller - The Sassy Scrapper 
9. Brenda Lapp - Crafting for sanity? Or insanity? 
10. Ashley Denny - Be "hoot"iful Scrapbooking 
11. Mary Schwimer - Ida's Attic

Happy Crafting, 

M.E.

Santa's Elf

Hi!

I caught one of Santa's elves preparing for Christmas. And I couldn't help but take some pictures.

But don't let the authorities in the North Pole know, because I don't want to be on Santa's naughty list.

But seriously, I made these tags for the Handmade Harbour blog's Midweek Papercraft Party (17). This week's theme is: Merry Christmas!

If you have a chance this week to participate, we'd love to see what you create. Oh, and if you are looking for an adorable set of holiday gift tags, you should definitely check out the Christmas tags and sentiments digital stamp.

And if you are wondering where I found these super cute gift sacks, they are Close to my Heart's Season's Tweetings Gift Bags. You can find them in my CTMH shop and with Christmas being in 14 DAYS, the time to order them is NOW. If you want them for your gift giving needs.

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop

Hi!

Thank you for joining in our " CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop". The hop goes in a circular path, but if you happen to get lost you can find the blog hop list at the end of this post. The starting point for the hop is The Happy Scrapbooker.

If you are on track you should have just visited, Paige's blog, and you are here now.

For this hop, I created a Christmas card. After all, Christmas will be here in 40 days. Can you believe it?!?

Are you ready for it? I'll admit this year I'm not ready. Hopefully, I can get all my Christmas shopping done the day after Thanksgiving.

There's still time to order supplies for making your own Christmas and holiday cards. Plus, if you've got some paper crafters on your Christmas list or you need to give your family some ideas on Christmas gifts, you should definitely check out my CTMH shop, if you don't have a consultant.

Stamps: CTMH Santa Claus, Merry & Bright
Paper Size: A2
Ink: VersaMark, CTMH Cranberry, White Daisy, Tombow ABT
Accessories: QuicKutz Cutting Dies Nesting Doily Circles, Cuttlebug Snow Dots, Memory Depot White Detail embossing powder

Your next stop on the blog hop is April.

CTMH Festive Friday Blog Hop Line up

1. Diane Tuggle - The Happy Scrapbooker
2. Rebecca Brown - Show me Scrapping 
3. Michelle Bowley - Wandering Scissors 
4. Carol Loftus - Close to My Heart News! 
5. Linda Pekrul - Blue Sky Scrapping 
6. Jamie Barney - Scrapping with Elsa and Sophie 
7. Paige Dolecki - Stampologist
8. Mary Ellen Driggs - Cr8ive M.E. (y'all are HERE)
9. April Grigson - Imagine the Possibilities Studio
10. Theresa Miller - The Sassy Scrapper 
11. Brenda Lapp - Crafting for sanity? Or insanity? 
12. Ashley Denny - Be "hoot"iful Scrapbooking 
13. Mary Schwimer - Ida's Attic

Happy Crafting, 

M.E. 

Vintage Santa

Hi!

I created this card for an only Santa cards swap. I posted the first card last week and this is my 2nd card for the swap.

I just love this Vintage Santa stamp. He looks so jolly and reminds me of my Great-grandma King. She was the great matriarch of our family and raised not only 4 children (one of which was my Grandma) but after my Grandma needed to be sent to a home. She even raised my father and 2 of his sisters.

She was also a poet. I don't remember if she was ever published but she did write some wonderful poems.  She had the kindest heart and had so many great stories.

I hope I take after her. I loved writing poetry when I was younger and I love to be creative.

Oh and don't forget that I have blog candy available.

Stamps: TAC Vintage Santa

Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Evergreen

Ink: CTMH Chocolate

Accessories: Martha Stewart Crafts Piped Nylon - 3/8" Brick

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Merry Christmas

Hi!

I know it's not even Halloween yet and here I am posting a Christmas card. I promise I'll make some other cards too.

But I just wanted to share this cool card I created for a card swap on SCS. The card swap is all about Santa Claus. I signed up for 2 spots. So there's one more Santa card coming. But I thought this one was super cute and made for a creative card. Also part of the swap is to use use 2 layers and 1 embellishment.

I used this fun red twill ribbon I found in my ribbon stash. I thought it was super cool.

The red I used for Santa and his hat is an awesome color but a pain to use. It's one of the few ColorBox inks that I have and it's SUPER juicy. I mean I've had this for at least 2 years and it's still all juicy and so I have to wait what seems like FOREVER for it to dry before I do anything around it. 

Stamps: SU! Jolly Bingo Bits, TAC Vintage Santa

Paper: Heidi Grace Designs Jolly & Bright, My Mind's Eye On The Bright Side, MME Christmas

Ink: SU! Old Olive, ColorBox Scarlet, CTMH Barn Red

Accessories: CM Circle Shapemaker, Spellbinders Shapeabilties Nested Pennants

Happy Crafting,
M.E.