Year Round Cheer December Blog Hop

Welcome to the December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month the featured stamp of the month is S1212 Year Round Cheer, a set of 12 adorable monthly holiday stamps!  Below are the images in this stamp set that is available only thru December 31st.

If you have come here from Helen Onulak's blog you are on the right path! You can find a list of all the participants (in case you get lost) here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html  This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this set. The hop is simple to follow - just click on the link provided in the post to move to the next blog!

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My item is a 5" x 5" card made with the Pear and Partridge Workshop on the Go (WOTG) Papers.  The stamp for December makes a perfect Christmas card.  I also am featuring this week's Mojo Monday because I thought it was a great sketch to feature these adorable stamps!  Below is my card:

This is the Mojo Monday sketch:

The photo below shows a closer look at the dimensional items of it:

 And, this photo gives a closer look at details (I this this stamp set was just made for the Bitty Sparkles!

Papers:  Partridge and Pear WOTG, including Cranberry, New England Ivy and Colonial White Cardstocks.
Stamps:  S1212 Year Round Cheer
Ink:   Cranberry, New England Ivy pigment pads, Black Exclusive Inks
Embellishments:  Z1263 Bitty Sparkles, Wire Christmas Ribbon (maybe from Walmart)
Other:  Z821 Clear Embossing Powder

Time to hop on over to Kami Welter's Blog to see her beautiful eye candy! Be sure to visit all the Consultants' Blogs to get some great crafting and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available thru December 31st! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

Happy hopping!

Christmas Workshop 2012

Last week was my annual Christmas Workshop.  Everyone got to make 2 each of 6 cards, 2 each of 2 tags and a gift card holder.  First is a picture of everything:

Here is a photo of the just the Pear & Partridge artwork.

Now for the individual pieces (some of the Avonlea pieces were posted previously so I haven't added them to this post.  So, here is the Avonlea card I haven't posted before.  This is the Glory to God Stamp Set.

Now for the Pear & Partridge pieces.  This first card is courtesy of fellow consultant Kandi Gallegos-Garcia.  It was such a beautiful card she created, I had to copy it for my ladies!  This is the Merry & Bright Stamp Set.

The next card was inspired by Freshly Made Sketch #58 and Allisa Chilton.  Allisa is such an inspiration!

And finally the last was also inspired by Allisa Chilton.  I just love the burlap!  It gives cards a down-homey feel!

Next is the gift card holder!  I cut it at 4.75" and it seems to fit gift cards perfectly.  I still need to do something on the inside still....

Inside of Gift Card:

Finally we have tags from the October Stamp of the Month - Very Merry Christmas (love that set!):

And another made with the October Stamp of the Month - Very Merry Christmas:

I hope all you have had a chance to get a jump on your Christmas creations and if not, I hope you are getting a jump on ideas!  Merry hugs!

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Thanksgiving will soon be here, can you believe it?  And it is time for the November SOTM blog hop!  This month the featured stamp of the month is S1211 Capture the Date, a set of 72 calendaring images!  Below are the images in this stamp set that is available only thru November 30th.  Click to see details.

If you have come here from Jean McNulty's blog, you are on the right path!  I am the first stop for this month's hop! You can find a list of all the participants (in case you get lost) here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html  This month we have almost 70 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this set. The hop is simple to follow - just click on the link provided in the post to move to the next blog!

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My item is a Round 4-1/2" size card made with the new Pear and Partridge Workshop on the Go (WOTG) Papers.  Below is my card:

And here is a closer look so you can see some of the glitz:

Papers: G1052 Pear and Partridge WOTG papers, Colonial White, Cranberry, New England Ivy cardstocks

Stamps:  S1211 Capture the Date; Pear and Partridge WOTG Stamp Set
Ink:   Cranberry, New England Ivy, Olive Exclusive Inks; StazOn Black Ink

Embellishments:  Green Glitz Glitter Gel, Red Glitz Glitter Gel, z1764 Just Blooms Florette Paper Shapes; z1780 Wrangler Assortment; z1751 Baker's Twine Harvest Assortment; Clear Embossing Powder

Time to hop on over to Helen Onulak's Blog to see her beautiful eye candy! Be sure to visit all the Consultants' Blogs to get some great crafting and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available thru November 30th! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

Happy hopping!

Dimensional Element Christmas Ornaments

Is it that time of the year already?  Well, most years it's almost Thanksgiving before I get some of the Christmas crafts underway, but I promised myself that at least every other post should be something to do with the holidays!  The Partridge & Pear Workshop on the Go has a bonus project--Dimensional Elements Christmas Ornaments.  I like to change these projects into workshops, so I try to find a way to use the bulk papers and embellishments to make it a workshop.  So, my projects are a bit different than the ones in the bonus project.  Sometimes, it's just because I didn't read the directions and turned up with something a bit different but looked at how I could make it work.  So, below are the ornaments that we will make in my upcoming workshop this weekend.

I think making ornaments is fun!  Look for more Christmas projects soon!