Day 2 - Holly Jolly 2 Day Hop

Hello everyone, welcome to day 2 of our 2 day Holly Jolly Blog Hop. If you got here from Stephanie's blog than you are moving in the right direction. If not head on back so that you don't miss out on any of these amazing projects.

Today's project is a little Minnie gingerbread ornament that matches the decorated candle (this could also be used as a gift tag).

BLOG CANDY: Here is what I'm offering for blog candy. 6 total yards of twine in 3 different colors (lemondrop, caribbean, pink sorbet all from the Twinery), 5 Action Wobbles and a Cuttlebug square die cut set (pictured below). This blog candy is available to anyone residing in the US or Canada (due to shipping costs). Please leave me a comment to be entered for the blog candy. You do not have to be a follower of my blog, but I would love it if you were. I will randomly pick a winner on Monday, December 13th, 2010.

Also remember that for the grand prize which is a bunch of scrapping goodies donated by Scrapadabadoo make sure to leave a comment on each project along the hop. Here is a complete list of the blog hop order. Click on the name to go to their blog.

Stephanie
Glora (ME - you are here)
Carri
Deb
Kristal
Marianne
Erika
Margie
Sandra
Jess

Once again your next stop is the wonderful Carri of Double Click Connections. Thanks so much for hopping along :).

Items Used:

Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge
George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge
Gypsy
Cricut Expression
Peachy Keen Stamps -Simple Sallies
Deco Art Snow Paint Writer
Red and White Divine Twine
Cappuchino (Brown and White) Twinery twine
Chalk for the edges and cheeks
Red Rhinestones

Holly Jolly 2 Day Hop - Day 1

Hello everyone, welcome to day 1 of our 2 day Holly Jolly Blog Hop. If you got here from Stephanie's blog than you are moving in the right direction. If not head on back so that you don't miss out on any of these amazing projects.

This is my first time participating in a blog hop and I'm so excited. My gift idea is a decorated scented candle. It is a Hobble Creek Candle and the scent is Christmas Cookies. It is a yummy gingerbread/sugar cookie smell. I have one of my own and LOVE it. I thought it would make a yummy gift. I made these for my daughter's teachers. This set is for my daughter's dance teacher who LOVES Disney stuff. On Sunday I will post my non-Disney version that she is giving to her school teacher.

These cute little gingers wrap all the way around the candle.

Here is a view of the top of the candle. I added an Action Wobble to this little label. My daughter LOVES that added touch.

For those of you who may not know what an Action Wobble is, they are a dimensional spring that add a lot of movement to your projects. They are not currently sold, but should be available for sale sometime during the first quarter of 2011. Here is a very short video demonstrating how it moves. They are so much fun.



BLOG CANDY: Here is what I'm offering for blog candy. 6 total yards of twine in 3 different colors (black and white, red and white, green and white), 5 Action Wobbles and a Cuttlebug circle die cut set (pictured below). This blog candy is available to anyone residing in the US or Canada. Please leave me a comment to be entered for the blog candy. You do not have to be a follower of my blog, but I would love it if you were. I will randomly pick the winner on Monday, December 13th, 2010.

Also remember that for the grand prize which is a bunch of scrapping goodies donated by Scrapadabadoo make sure to leave a comment on each project along the hop. Here is a complete list of the blog hop order. Click on the name to go to their blog.

Stephanie
Glora (ME - you are here)
Carri
Deb
Kristal
Marianne
Erika
Margie
Sandra
Jess

Your next stop is the wonderful Carri of Double Click Connections. Thanks for joining in the fun.



Wow, that was a long post. If you are interested below is a list of items used:

Just Because Cards Cricut cartridge
George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge
Gypsy
Cricut Expression
Peachy Keen Stamps -Simple Simons and Simple Sallies
Deco Art Snow Paint Writer
Hobble Creek Candle Company - Christmas Cookie candle
Red and White Divine Twine
Chalk for the edges and cheeks
Red and Green Rhinestones

Sweet Holiday Cheer

I have been making my Christmas cards in sets of two. It doesn't take much longer to make two that are similar than it does to make one. How about any of you?

One of my latest creations comes from a cute Disney Christmas ornament I have. It is a Mickey Mouse shaped sucker. Thanks to my awesome Gypsy I was able to recreate it in card form.

So, they turned out fairly similar but not exactly the same. I also used Action Wobbles on both of them but I did them both differently. The first card has an Action Wobble only on the biggest middle part of the sucker (a double layer). The second card has the Action Wobble on the back of the whole sucker. I made a quick video demonstration.



Let me know which one you like the best. I can't decide for sure. Thanks for looking.

Also, one more reminder about the Jolly Holly 2 day blog hop. Please come and join in the fun, starting Friday, December 10th at 7:30 PM EST. I hope to 'see' you there :). If you click on this badge below it will take you to the beginning of the blog hop on Friday.

Items Used:

Paisely Cricut Cartridge
George and Basic Shapes
Stampendous for the sentiment
Red/White twine from the Twinery
Red Mickey Mouse Christmas ribbon (from the Disney Store a couple of years ago)
Hot Off the Press patterned paper

Sparkly Merry Christmas!

I've had this ornament designed for a couple of years now and never got around to cutting it out. I originally designed it in the Cricut Design Studio and later converted the file for my wonderful Gypsy. It is very simple but I love how it turned out. I used Core'dinations Couture Cardstock and it is GORGEOUS. Unfortunately the photos do not do this paper justice. Anyway, here is my card.

I also wanted to remind everyone about the Holly Jolly 2 day Blog Hop. I am so excited this is my first time participating in a blog hop and I hope you will join us. It starts of Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 7:30 PM EST.

Items Used:

Christmas Cheer

Mickey and Friends

Gypsy

Core'dinations Couture Cardstock

Stampendous -sentiment

Rhinestones 

Diamond Stickles

Ribbon

Kitchen Bridal Shower Card

I went to a kitchen bridal shower for a sweet gal in my neighborhood. I thought it would be fun to make a recipe shape card with an apron on the front.

Items Used:

*From My Kitchen Cricut cartridge
*Gypsy
*Pink By Design Take the Cake for the sentiment
*Ranger distress ink
*Stampin Up cardstock (sahara)
*Pop Dots

Joyeux Noel

This is Christmas card that I made for the dearest couple that live in France. I met them while I was living in Melun France (a suburb of Paris) and they have become a very special part of my life. They are about the same age as my parents and sweet as can be. We quickly 'adopted' each other. En tout cas, voici ma carte de Noel...

I wanted to submit this for the Fantabulous Cricut weekly challenge.

Items Used:

*Gypsy Font
*Gypsy Wanderings for the background shape
*Gypsy
*Sakura White Gelly Roll for doodling
*DCWV patterned paper
*Ribbon

Disneyland Christmas Party

The current Peachy Keen Let's Face it Friday challenge was to make a holiday party invitation. Well we are taking our children to Disneyland for Christmas and I thought it would fun to make an inviation for it. My daughter loves stuff like that. Plus I thought it would look cute in her scrapbook later on too.

I also decided to submit this for the Paper Cutz Challenge since it is Christmas and I used two kinds of patterned paper.

Items Used:

*Peachy Keen Stamps Basic Paper Doll Face Parts
*Paper Doll Dress Up for the doll, shoes, hair and tree
*Sizzix Paperdoll dies for the headband, bow and dress
*Pink By Design Take the Cake stamps for the sentiment

*White Sakura Gelly Roll Pen
*Black Ultrathin Bic Marker
*Versamarker
*Paper Pizzaz for patterned paper
*Ribbon
*Gemstones