Button Gift Tags

I was inspired by Sandy Hentzel, a fellow teamie from The Scrapbook Blessings Club who had made these and it was love at first sight AND it uses one of my loves - BUTTONS!!!! I'm involved in a Christmas tag swap and shhhhh but don't tell them that this is one of the styles they will receive. We'll  keep it out little secret!

  Supplies:

• tags were cut using Cricut Winter Frolic at 3.75 inches using DCWV The Crafty Christmas Stack as I had loved the embossed look of the white snowflakes on the beige paper
• chalked around the edges of my tags
• with a black sharpie, drew Snowman's hat and arms
• went through my button stash and found various white buttons in 3 sizes which were glued under the hat and where the arms would be
• glued 1/8-inch burgendy ribbon for the scarf
• jute string for the hangie thingie (that's a very technical term!)

Guess, I need to not only get these out in the mail now but also to buy/make some presents to use them with!!!

Thank you for stopping and visiting with me today and hoping you take a moment or two to leave a comment!!! I love to read them and hoping your's will be the next one I read.

Christmas Blessings
Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne 

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It's the Most Wonderful Smell of the Year!!!!

Christmas has the most wonderful smell and our house is no exception!!!! I've been a baking fool this past week and have baked almost 500 cookies!!!!!! Christmas funds are minimal this year and everyone is getting homemade cookies. Reminds me of a simpler time when gifts were made for family and friends.

I was asked to be the Guest Designer this month at My Whimsical Little World and I get to share with 4 new releases with this being the third of the 4th which is a wonderful gingerbread house!!!!

Supplies:

• Gingerbread House digital file from My Whimsical Little World
• gingerbread ribbon
• DCWV Mrs. Claus' kitchen background
• Recollection green cardstock for base of card
• Jennifer Elloy Gingerbread Lane Dimensional Stickers
• Stickles

Recipe and Directions for a Joy Fold Card:

• one (1) sheet 8-1/2 x 11 sheet cardstock cut 4.25 x 7.25 inches and another cut at 3 x 6 inches
• score at 4.25 inches on the 4.25 x 7.25 inch piece of cardstock
• score at 3 inches on the 3 x 6 inch piece of cardstock
• cut background 4 x 7 inches for the 4.25 x 7.25 inch piece of cardstock and another piece 4 x 2 inches
• cut 2 backgrounds 2.75 x 2.75 inches for the 3 x 6 inch piece of cardstock
• adhere background to 4.25 x 7.25 inch cardstock and refold
• wrap ribbon and attach to back of 4 x 2 inch background and attach to lower front of card
• adhere 3 x 3 pieces to the front and inside of 3 x 6 piece folded cardstock
• Gingerbread House was colored with Whisper Strokes Markers with gel pen accents
• Stickles for the glittery frosting
• gingerbread ribbon tied in a bow with dimensional sticker for center
• sentiment from dimensional sticker package

My parents made along with decorated a gingerbread house every year and it would be dessert Christmas along with the millions of cookies Mom, Gram, Aunt Marilyn, and I baked!!!! Such a warm fuzzy feeling that just an aroma or a picture can conjure!!!

I hope this brings a fond memory to you also. Thank you for stopping and visiting with me today and hoping you take a moment or two to leave a comment!!! I love to read them and hoping your's will be the next one I read.

Christmas Blessings
Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne 

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And the Wisemen Followed the Star to Bethlehem

Anything But a Card's new challenge's theme is "Celestial". For my interpretation, I am reminded of the Three Wisemen following the star in search of the new born king.

I used the program Make the Cut along with an image of the Three Wisemen following the star which was cut using vinyl and adhered to a glass vase with a battery operated candle inside:

Tip: be sure to use the "kiss" setting on your Cricut when cutting to cut the vinyl as not to tear or rip your finished project

I appreciate and love reading your comments . . is your comment the next one I read??? 

Much love, hugs, and friendship

Lynne 

this was entered in the following challenges:
Miriam's Crafting Blog's 19th Monthly Challenge: Handmade Gifts