Just a little excited...

I am just a little excited today, Echo Park Paper is featuring some of my December Traditions Mini Album on their blog.

I always found it hard to do a December Daily album as a lot of times I would have nothing exciting enough to journal or photograph for that day so instead I create my December Traditions Mini Albums around our families traditions.  I also leave a few extra blank pages in case a new tradition gets started or something new happens (like last year my son performed in a play). 

Here's a few sneaks of my pages but to see more of a few of them head on over to the Echo Park Paper Blog.

I will be sharing the entire mini album once it's completed.  Thanks for stopping by.

I want candy!

I love peppermint candy, I am so excited when I see it in the stores - it's looks as good as it tastes.  I was even more excited when I saw the new Peppermint Collection from Crate Paper, they had some really cute peppermint journaling cards!

First I made a little brown paper bag that will be filled with peppermints for my son's music teacher:

And here is a little candy jar I made for my son's school teacher - perfect for her desk!

I hope these last long enough to give out :)

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Gratitude and Grace

It's the American Thanksgiving today - so for all my friends south of the border have a wonderful Thanksgiving full of gratitude and grace!

I made this card with the Scrapbook Star October kit, full of wonderful colors and paper and I loved the feathers too.

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Scrapbook Star Design Team Challenge

I am in love with Baker's Twine right now and what better challenge than to add some of it to your next project?  For my layout I added twine around the hearts and I also made a small heart and covered the entire thing with twine.  This is now one of my favorite layouts to date :)

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Have a Crafty Christmas

Head on over to Scrapbook Star for some Crafty Christmas fun and ideas from the Design Team.  It starts on November 15th and runs through the 26th. Here's a sneak peek at one of the projects I will be posting.

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Holiday Greetings

I love to hand make holiday cards for my friends and family using my leftover paper from my layouts and scrapbook pages.  This year I started early and made a few cards with last years Echo Park Christmas Collections.

This first card is my favorite!  I die cut the mug with my Slice and covered it with Glossy Accents then sprinkled in a little glitter to give it some shimmer.  To finish it off I added a paper straw, some felt marshmallows and some bakers twine, so cute!

The second card is a rolled paper Christmas Tree which is super easy to do just roll the patterned paper and adhere the rolls to a triangular piece of cardstock.  To complete my tree I wrapped twine around it and added a snowflake star.  I stamped a Hero Arts bird carrying an ornament to the tree then to finish it off I added some glitter snow and glittered and flocked snowflakes.

For the last card I wanted to make a card that was fast and easy so I covered a chipboard snowflake with silver paint then while it was still wet I added some glitter to make it shimmer.  To finish off the card I added a sentiment from the Echo Park Journaling sheet and a button.  Super fast and easy.

I had so much fun making these cards and can't wait to use the new Echo Park Christmas Collections to make even more holiday cards and projects.

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Winners!!

Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by during the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop and left a comment!  I appreciated all of them! 

The winner of the Zutter Spinner Album kit is:


Chelsey said...

What a neat idea!! I love this and I'll have to try it out myself! Thanks :-)

November 4, 2011 9:16 PM

The winner of the Score-It-All Mini for following my blog is:

Chris - Creations in Bloom said...

Love your album! It's so fabulous. I'm a new follower. Excited to be inspired by your creations.

November 4, 2011 5:53 PM

Congratulations to both of you!  Please contact me with your mailing information.