Christmas Kitsch Door Hangers

Good Afternoon.  Today I am sharing two holiday door hangers to place a little treat in for someone special. 

Just enough room to add a little treat or even a gift card.

This holder is also perfect to gift your Secret Santa treat in.  Maybe even a cookie or two for Santa himself...?

Adding some cocoa packets and a candy cane would pair perfectly with this holder.

Ready to fill.

MATERIALS USED:

• Cricut Explore
• Cricut cartridges Art Philosophy and Anna Griffin's Christmas Kitsch
• Anna Griffin Boxing Day Papers and Holiday cardstock
• Misc ribbon from my stash
• Green corduroy button
• Enamel Accents in black
• Ranger Stickles in pink

DIRECTIONS:

1. Use the included files to cut the parts for each door hanger                                                   Santa: https://us.cricut.com/design#/canvas/project/22997073                                                                 Snowman:  https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/project/22950889
2. Create the folds for each door hanger and assemble
3. Assemble the parts to each image and adhere to the hanger as seen in the images
4. Add ribbons and embellishments to your suiting
5. Fill and hang =)

Spring 2014 Flower Swap

I recently hosted a Spring 2014 Flower Swap on the Cricut Circle message board and wanted to share all the lovely creations made with you.  Each participant was simply given the guidelines to choose any flower she would like using any Cricut cartridge and include an embellishment.  That's it!  Here is what my crafty friends came up with:


RockinRenee (that's me) - AG Soiree Lettering 

Gina Piazza - Mother's Day Bouquet

Caffinee - Flower Shoppe

Jodie R -

TinaW528 - Forever Young

Granny Anne - Mother's Day Bouquet

Eyelet - Flower Shoppe

Pinkbug - A Walk in My Garden

albrennick - Flower Shoppe

RockinRenee -

Sage - CTMH Art Philosophy

Violette - Pagoda

Jodie R -

cricutaddicted -

JoJoy - Rock Princess



misawasan - Flower Shoppe

oswaltb -

LoriSjogen - Flower Shoppe

 

KimberlyMaehrer - Essentials



KauaiMelody -

I also received a number of goodies and handmade treats for hosting the swap:

This beautiful wreath crafted by Eyelet - It's PERFECT Marty!  Thank you!

A sock monkey (she knows I have affinity for these guys) and a hand embellished and colored doll/girl by crafted by none other then Gina Piazza.  Her craftiness never ceases to amaze me!

A crafting bag full of goodies from albrennick.  The "thanks" was  SO cool!  Did you cut out multiple layers and glue to create the thickness?

And even more crafty goodies.  Thank you ladies!  I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

And that's a wrap for this swap.  I hope you enjoyed viewing all of the lovely flowers and are inspired to make some of your own.  Happy Spring!







Pin-Up Girls Series ~ Sassy

Ready for my third installment of the Pin-Up Girls Series? 

This card was mostly inspired by the crafty bleedingcricutgreen.  She was in a hat pin swap I recently participated in and created the most beautiful pin holders (the fan and rose).  I took these elements and upcycled them to create this card.  I changed out the paper of the fan, relocated the rose, and straightened her lace ribbon bow to create my border.  I then added a lace seam binding bow, the pin and flashcard and added it all to matching cardstock layers.  I didn't add any additional greeting to the inside since I had already added one to the front.

Hat Pin Swaps

I was recently in three hat pin swaps hosted by JJewel (who was a wonderful hostess by the way).  We were challenged to create two hat pins per swap and a container/tag to hold them.  Here is what I came up with:

The tag was created using the Imagine cartridges Blossom and Imagine More.  The fabric flower was handmade by me.  I also embossed the green layer with a damask embossing folder and added a Stampin' Up! half pearl in the center of the flower.  The white ribbon is seam binding.

My hat pins are supposed to be be fairies, but they can pass as angels as well.

I used a tag from the Cricut cartridge Art Philosophy for this tag.  I ensured I used double sided paper (McKenna by K& Company) since both sides would be seen.  I adhered the bottom and sides of the fold over flap with tape, but left the top open so that I could slide in a tea bag to match the theme of my hat pins.  Again, I created a handmade flower and added a matching cats eye half bead to the center of the flower.  Additional embellishments included websterpages lace ribbon and ivory tulle.

A close up of the tea pots.



To create the holder for this swap, I used a favor box from the Cricut cartridge Girl's Makeup Party and images from the Imagine cartridge Yummy.  I added a window to the favor box and covered it using upcycled cartridge clam shells.  Lastly, I added stickles for a cherry and Stampin' Up! ribbon for a small bow.  The cardstock I used for the boxes was wausau brand  in shell.

And here are my yummy ice cream cone pins.

The was such a fun swap to participate in.  I had such a great time brainstorming what I was going to do for my themes and had even a better time playing with beads.  I can't wait to participate in another hat pin swap!  If you haven't been in any swaps, I encourage you to.  They really help to get your creative juices flowing, to dabble in something new, and to meet online friends.  It's a very fulfilling experience!  =)

Creative Color Challenge 05-21-12

Welcome to this week's Creative Color Challenge.   Here is my project with this week's colors:

CCR file:  https://www.box.com/s/faae449f4d0f9a1c2b59
Gypsy file:  https://www.box.com/s/fa2af433cf3caf6f6899

 And the colors:

Very Vanilla RGB: 255, 250, 226

More Mustard RGB:  212, 161, 80

Basic Grey:  118, 122, 121

We had some fun projects linked in last week!  Here are the winners:

Jennys Scrapbooking Haven

Carolyn's Creative Corner

 Please feel free to grab your winner's button from my right side bar.  In  addition, you will each be entered into the monthly drawing for the Cricut cartridge Once Upon A Princess.

As always, I look forward to seeing what you come up with this week's colors!

My Pink Stamper Special Release Blog Hop!

SO exciting!  Robyn at My Pink Stamper has a new product release!!!  Image stamp sets AND a black hybrid ink stamp pad!  For my project, I created a birthday card:

Materials Used:

• My Pink Stamper Birthday Doodles Kit
• Cricut cartridge Art Philosophy
• Stampin' Up! Melon Mambo ribbon
• Stampin' Up! Soft Subtles brads
• Ranger enamel accents in white
• Signo white gel pen

CCR file:  https://www.box.com/s/34c98ea0433ea09fe5e5
Gypsy file:  https://www.box.com/s/01c0c54ff735a864c02b

The image is perfect for coloring in.  Actually, this was my first attempt ever at using alcohol markers.  The great thing about the Birthday Doodles Kit is that it comes with 6 basic colored alcohol markers to get you started if you are new to this trend as well. 

Where can you get this great kit?  Once you complete the blog hop, you can enter to win the exclusive Birthday Doodles kit on My Pink Stamper's blog.  My Pink Stamper LIVE will begin at 11:30 AM CST and the winner will be announced LIVE at 11:45 AM!

You can order the kits from the following links.  Just remember that although you can view them now, they aren't available until noon CST.

Birthday Doodles Kit:
http://www.shoppumpkinspice.com/exclusive-my-pink-stamper-birthday-doodles-stamp-kit.html

My Pink Stamper Tumbler:
http://www.shoppumpkinspice.com/exclusive-my-pink-stamper-tumbler-limited-edition.html

Girlie Doodles stamp set:

http://www.shoppumpkinspice.com/exclusive-my-pink-stamper-girly-doodles-image-stamp-set.html

Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop exploring these great new products!  Your next stop on the hop is with Shelley (Shelley Lee Designs).

And here is the entire blog hop list incase you just joined us or get lost:

Robyn (My Pink Stamper)

Andrea (Divine Domestic)

Carissa (Sprinkled With Glitter)

Edna (Create with Expression)

Julie (ReadySetStamp)

Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

Renee (I Came, I Saw, I Created)  You are HERE

Shelley (Shelley Lee Designs)  Go here NEXT

Angela (Simple Creations)

Chelle (Paper Krate)

Cristi (Scrappin 5 Little Cupcakes)

Helen (Crafting Cricut Mom)

Missy (Quick Chick Designs)

Roberta (TX Scrapper Mom)

Tracy (Craft Junkie Too)

Karlee (Karlee Krafts)

Maria

Creative Color Challenge 05-14-12

Welcome to this week's Creative Color Challenge.  Here is a card I made from the color selection for this week:

Materials Used:

• Cricut cartridge Art Philosophy
• Stampin' Up! Baja Breeze  and Not Quite Navy cardstock
• My Mind's Eys Indie Chic Nutmeg paper pad
• My Mind's Eye Citron "Grow" decorative brads
• My Mind's Eye title
• Stampin' Up! Eyelet Lace punch
• Ranger distress ink in Broken China
• Seam binding from my stash
• Button from my stash

Baja Breeze RGB: 141, 189, 193

Not Quite Navy RGB: 52, 103, 120

Calypso Coral: 245, 116, 97

And here is last week's winner:

Gnat - The Creative Bug

Congratulations Natalie! You are this week's winner and will gain a second entry into the monthly drawing for the Cricut cartridge Once Upon a Princess!  Thank you for your participation!

I look forward to seeing your creations for this week: