Hubbie's Christmas Cards

Here is this year's installment of Hubbie's Christmas cards for work:

He is now over the food section so I thought the Chef's hat and oven mitts would be cute.  Can you guess where he works???

Christmas Card ~ Target 2010

I made 25 of these babies for my hubby for work! Putting the presents together was a lot like wrapping actual Christmas presents. =) The carts I used included My Community and Joys of the Season. The cuttlebug folder was Spots and Dots and the Ribbon SU.

December Cricut Circle Magazine Challenge - Gift Bag/Box

DECEMBER MAGAZINE GIFT BAG/BOX CONTEST!
We can’t wait to see what you come up with for this months challenge!! Please upload your picture to the Magazine Challenge link here on the blog.
Contest Rules:
You must create your gift bag or box using a base from one of the many Cricut cartridges available. Embellish it to fit your style! Please use at least 4 Cricut cuts in your design and incorporate something from one of this month’s magazine sponsors.

I decided to make a 12 day advent calendar entitled "The Twelve Days Before Christmas". I used Tags, Bags, Boxes and More to make the tribox and Joys of the Season to make all the cuts. There are a total of twelve boxes -- one for each of the twelve days BEFORE Christmas. Each box has a cut featuring one of the twelve days of Christmas, an ornament with the day, and a flourish. For embellishment I inked all the edges, used ribbon, gold cord, gold stickles and pearl I-rock beads.

Traditionally, the Twelve Days of Christmas begin on Christmas, but I thought it would be a fun idea to start it before as we anticipate the holiday. Each tribox will be filled with a goodie for the family to open daily.

For those of you that don't remember the lyrics to the song, here they are:

"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas.
The first verse runs:
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
A Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The second verse:
On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
The third verse begins to show some metrical variance, as explained below:
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
3 French Hens
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
...and so forth, until the last verse:
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...
12 Drummers Drumming
11 Pipers Piping
10 Lords-a-Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids-a-Milking
7 Swans-a-Swimming
6 Geese-a-Laying
5 Gold Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens[8]
2 Turtle Doves
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

Cricut Circle Challenge #9 - Black Friday

Weekly Challenge #9: Black Friday Challenge!
Alright . . . so who’s out shopping this morning?! Me? I have never been brave enough to face the Black Friday crowds. However, we thought it would be fun to give our Weekly Challenge a “Black Friday” twist! Here’s what we want you to do this week . . . Include the color black in your project AND recycle or repurpose something.

This was our weekly Cricut Circle Challenge. I repurposed a Christmas tag I received during a tag swap created by Meilelei. Hope she doesn't mind I used it...but only because I love it! I often make scrapbook pages out of homemade cards I receive. I know the time, love, and work they take and I like to preserve what I consider, works of art.