Happy Holiday Treat Boxes -- for We Are 3 Digital Shop

Yes, Christmas is fast approaching!  Are you like me, and you are often looking for quick gifts before dashing off to a get together, or maybe something a little be more unique than a gift bag?

Don't get me wrong, I think gift bags are the greatest invention since toast, but sometimes I want a little something else.  At times like that, I like to create small favor or treat boxes.

The beautiful Christmas papers found in the We Are 3 Etsy Shop make beautiful Gift boxes and bags. 

These boxes were created very quickly with a Lawn Fawn die and 2 different papers from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  Let me give you some details.

The dies is the Tiny Gift Box from Lawn Fawn.   It is about 8x7.  We Are 3 Digital Shop are 6x6, so I placed each paper in my word processing program so I could stretch them to the size I needed.

2 of the boxes use the Evergreen paper from the Winter Plaid paper set.  The one on the right is printed on a light green paper.  the middle box uses one of the papers in the Holly Berries Collection.

There are many beautiful papers for Christmas, Winter, Valentines Day, or whatever season you may need a paper collection for.  You can always find what you need at We Are 3 Digital Shop.

May your Christmas season be filled with wonder and joy!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L.Art -- December Linky Party
Cuttlebug Mania -- Christmas
The Holly and the Ivy -- Christmas
Outlawz Festive Friday -- Christmas

Ho Ho Ho for Lavinia World Challenges

A new challenge is underway at Lavinia World Challenge, where challenges are always anything goes, as long as you use an acrylic or rubber stamp (nothing digital).  There will be one $15 gift certificate awarded to a lucky winner!  It could be you! The challenge will run for the next 2 weeks. 

I am trying to put a wrap on Christmas cards soon, so I made another one for today's challenge:

I started by using the Lavinia paper, Winter Chill for my card base. I then stamped the Moon stamp with Versafine Clair ink in Morning Mist.  I cut out a circle the same size as the moon in acetate, taping it down lightly to hold it in place.  I used several colors of distress inks around the moon to enhance the look of it.  Then, I stamped Christmas Night in Nocturne Versafine Clair Ink.  Lastly, I cut the sentiment with gold glitter card stock out of a Sue Wilson Craft Die.

Lavinia World products used on this card:

Christmas Night

 Winter Chill

Moon

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Versafine Clair Morning Mist

There is also a new, exciting FaceBook group to check out!  This is the second challenge now that Anything Lavinia Group also gives you an opportunity to post your projects.  so, if you don't blog, you can still enter our challenges.  Projects posted on the Anything Lavinia Group must include a Lavinia Stamp or paper. Wherever you decode to enter, challenges run for 2 weeks!  Have fun!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

QKR Stampede -- ATG

D.L. Art -- December Linky Party

Outlawz Festive Fridays -- Christmas

A New Year Toast -- for Scrapy Land Challenges

It's the first Wednesday of the month, so there is a new challenge starting today at Scrapy Land Challenge Blog.  Challenges are always Anything Goes, as long as you use a brand of die sold in the Scrapy Land Store.  There is a wide selection of dies sold there, so this is easy to do!

I am just about done making Christmas cards, and I've started making a few New Year's cards to send to friends and family.  Here's one of them, using a Tutti Design die:

This card uses Tutti Designs die, Champagne Flutes.  I cut it with gold foil paper, and I think it looks so festive!  I'm using this image for New Year's, but I think it could be used for any celebration -- birthday, wedding, anniversary.  I look at those Champagne Flutes, and my mind says, "clink, clink".

All the other elements on this card are from Kaisercraft -- the paper. the banner, and the sentiment, are all part of the Kaisercraft Starry Night release.  It made for a quick card.

The Scrapy Land Challenge will run for the next two weeks, and I do hope you can join us.  One lucky winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to the Scrapy Land Store!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art -- Dec Linky Challenge
Digichoosday -- ATG
Outlawz Saturday ala Mode -- My Favorite Things (who doesn't Like a bit of bubbly?)

Warm Winter Wishes -- for Dies R Us Challenge Blog

How did we get to December already, crafty friends?  I think this month is going to go super fast!  I'm posting today on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog, where I get to play with wonderful dies and great products found in the Dies R Us Store.

It has been cold, and there's has been ice on the lakes near my house for nearly a month now.  Ice fishing is well underway.  Yes, winter is here!  So, I used a gorgeous set of dies from Birch Press Designs, found in the Dies R Us Store to create today's wintry card:

 This uses the Glitz Snowflake Set.  It is currently out of stock.  but there are some other beautiful Birch Press Snowflake designs that are in stock.  All of the Birch Press Designs are so intricate and amazing to work with.  I just love them!

Here are all the supplies I used on this card -- you can see there's also a  Creative Expressions Festive Greetings Stamp Set tucked in there.  It has been my go-to set this Christmas season:

I started this card by picking put the paper colors.  I thought it would look amazing with some specialty papers, so I chose the base layer as a peacock blue foil, the the middle layer as a light blue glitter, then the top layer in white for contrast.

Here's the 3 layers die cut.  I used Stick It Adhesive Sheets on the back of each layer.

Dies R Us Store supplies used on this card:

Birch Press Glitz Snowflake

Creative Expressions Festive Greetings Clear Stamp Set

Stick It Adhesive Sheets

Before you get too busy with the busy holiday season, I'll leave you with one more view of this pretty card:

I hope you check this blog every day for wonderful inspiration!  The design team is so creative, you don't want to miss anything.  Then, join in the challenges at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  Here's one last link to the Dies R Us Store for you, too! 

click below for:

STORE
CHALLENGE BLOG
FACEBOOK
INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Outlawz Festive Friday -- Christmas

Polkadoodles -- ATG

TTCRD -- ATG

Wishing You the Best Year Yet! for Jan's Digis Stamps

Here we go!  Challenge #3 at Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges, or, as those of us that have followed her work affectionately refer to it as, JDS Designs Challenge Blog.  The challenges will be on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month, so what a great way to start out your week! The will run until noon (Eastern) the Sunday before the new challenge.  You'll find all the rules on a tab at the JDS Designs Challenge Blog.  Her beautiful digis can be found in her shop here.

I've made lots of Christmas cards recently, so I took a break from them, and used one of Jan's beautiful sets to make a Happy New Year card.  You need a few of those, too, right?

This card uses the set New Year's Eve:

There are lots of elements in this set, but I chose a pre-colored image, and a sentiment.  After that, it was easy peasy to create my card.  Jan's pre-colored images are the best I've seen.  I couldn't color them better if I tried (so I didn't).  All I did was ink the edge of the oval frame with some distress ink to give it an aged look.  The sentiment is part of the New Year's Eve set.  

The background paper is from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  It is one of the Loving Winter papers.   The die cut stars were cut out from dies by Spellbinders.

Please join us the next two weeks for Jan's Digi Designs Challenges.  They are truly Anything Goes!  From Cards, to tags, to crocheted pieces, anything you makes, link it up!

I also wanted to let you know about a Cyber Monday sale going on at Jan's Digi Designs. From now through Friday, December, 6, all stamps are 25% using code CyberJan.  There are nearly 100 awesome digi sets to take advantage of, so get shopping!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Outlawz Twisted Thursday -- ATG
Outlawz Saturday Paper ala Mode -- My Favorite Things
D.L. Art -- Dec Linky Challenge