APPT Blog Hop From the North Pole Kit

Happy Friday!! How many of you are all decorated for the holidays!? I am usually the girl with the totes of decorations in the house the morning after Thanksgiving (If you aren't in the US, you may not understand this), but with football last weekend it put a HUGE kink on things! 

I was so happy to receive my From the North Pole Paper Pumpkin Kit! I really would have loved to have ordered extra... but that is not happened and I couldn't wait to get down and dirty with this kit and making a couple alternatives for the A Paper Pumpkin Thing Blog Hop!

I am no joke over my head with orders and craft fair creations at the moment and this box was such a joy to create with! I immediately knew that I wanted to make a gift card holder with with the treat bag add on... Well enough chatter! Lets look at my creativity at work!

There really is no way to misuse this kit, whether it is tags, cards or gift bags, it is so much fun to use! You can even mix it up and use October "Ho Ho Ho" kit! I chose to mix it with some of the fabulous DSP from our Holiday Catalog. It paired well with the Sweetest Christmas DSP as well as the Gingham Cottage! 

So I destroyed one of the treat bags... Just kidding... I used it as paper by cutting it down to 3.75" x 5". It is layered onto a piece of Mint Macaron. I have added a piece of the polka dot paper from the Sweetest Christmas. I trimmed the tag top off of the Mint Macaron glimmer banner. The "Holly Jolly" tag was trimmed to 2" x 2" and matted with Real Red at 2-1/8" x 2-1/8" and was adhered with dimensionals. The sentiment is stamped with Mint Macaron ink and accented with a candy cane from the kit that I chose to tie a Linen Thread bow accented with the Jingle Bell Trinkets. This is all nicely layered onto a Real Red card base in true Christmas fashion!

This is a cute little gift card holder! Again it is accented with the Sweetest Christmas DSP and I added a bit of the Garden Green Gingham Cottage DSP for a fun country touch. I made a quick little pull tab with the Very Best Trio Punch!

The sentiments are stamped in Garden Green and your pocket for your gift card is where that Mint Macaron piece of card stock is. I also accented this with a Linen Thread bow with another Jingle Bell Trinket! 

Thank you so much for stopping in! I can't wait for you to see what my friends today, you can click along the list below!!

OSAT Blog Hop Festive Season Blog Hop

Happy Thursday! Long time no blog for me right? I have to be honest, the craft room really hasn't been a joyful place in the last few months... but I have been working my way back and have some joy again! I think I just needed a break... the kids schedule continues to be somewhat grueling with Taryn managing middle school boys basketball and our football team still in the hunt for the state championship. Throw in some sewing for Taryn and church youth group... 

This month the OSAT Team is hopping with the theme "Festive Season" and I don't know about you but I am soooooo ready for Christmas. Not sure why, maybe its the walks through Hobby Lobby the last two weekends or the Christmas Bazaar that I will be participating in... I am feeling quite festive myself! So for today's creations I have combined the Jingle Jingle Jingle with the Celebrate With Tags Bundle for this fun and jolly card!

This card was so fun to make, it started with the a piece of our Basic White cardstock cut to 3.75" x 5". Towards the bottom left corner I used one of our Blending Brushes with a bit of Pool Party ink to give a soft "snow" like background. I stamped two of the mittens from the Celebrate With Tags, one in Garden Green and the other in Real Red. I then die cut them with the coordinating die from the bundle. I then die cut the cute little stitched snowflakes also in the Celebrate with Tags dies out of the White Glimmer Paper (which unfortunately is unavailable). Once I had these arranged the way I liked them, I adhered them with a bit of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. To coordinate with the Sweetest Christmas DSP, I stamped the word Jolly from the Jingle Jingle Jingle stamp set in Sweet Sorbet ink and then the outline with Pool Party ink. A bit of Red and Clear Rhinestones were just the right touch with the Red Glimmer Paper strip. This is all nicely layered onto a great multicolored stripe from the Sweetest Christmas DSP and a bit of the Sweet Sorbet Bakers Twine!

I stumbled on this box a week or so ago on Pinterest! It holds 5 nuggets and can be dressed up or down... You can even stack a few together and wrap a belly band around it! You can find the tutorial here . I decided to doll it up with a bit of our White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon, a Sweet Sorbet Mitten, Red Glimmer Paper and fun sentiment from the Celebrate with Tags! As you can see below, I have also wrapped my chocolates with coordinating DSP.

I am so glad that you chose to stop by today to see my festive side! I can't wait for you to see what my friends have created too! You can click along the list below to tour the hop!