Christmas Gift Card Holders

I made another 'visit' to SVGcuts.com and found these great gift card holders and a star ornament, so I had to get busy and make them all!

As you can see, the tree opens up and you just slip your gift card inside.  I know who's getting this one for Christmas!

I used my Cuttlebug and embossed snowflakes on the cream colored portion of the tree and added some sparkly Stickles.  Gotta have a little bling!

The next one I made was the 'book'.  The inside of the book slides out and is larger than the tree, so you could actually use it if you have a small gift, or use to to give cookies and candy.  I think I'm going to take a pop dot and stick it to the back of a gift card and just place in inside the book.  I also think I'm going to add another piece of Christmas paper on the inside of this book.  Not really liking the glaring white.

Last, is the star ornament.  This ornament is perfect for using up scraps of leftover paper.  I went through my stash and found everything I needed.  I can see several of these hanging on my tree this year.

Santa Letters/Cards

We all know you can write letters to Santa, but sometimes he writes back and these are some of the cards he's sending out this year.

You can find the .svg file for this little snowman at SVGcuts.com.  This is a great website with video instructions on how to put their 3D crafts together.  One of my favorite places to go for great ideas.

Santa's Treats

I've been busy making treats for Santa to take with him when he starts making his visits.  Each cello tube is filled with two packages of Sixlets and then topped with layered Christmas paper.  I then attached a snowman to each topper along with a little curly ribbon.

Here is a close up of one of the tubes.  You can fill these with lots of different candies such as Tootsie Rolls, Smarties, Jolly Rangers...well, you get the idea. Just change the topper for whatever holiday you're celebrating.  

Okay, I know I went straight from Halloween to Christmas.  I'll try to get something together for Thanksgiving real soon.  

Christmas Tissue Box Covers

I'm hooked on making these tissue box covers!  I think I'll leave one here in my craft room and take the other to work...or, I could give one as a gift.  Hmmm,, maybe I'll just 'have' to make another one!

To see a great video and a written tutorial on how to make these tissue box covers, go to:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/tissueboxcover.

Snowman Ornament

I was lucky to be invited back to a Christmas ornament party today.  I had never heard of this kind of party until last year when my DIL invited me to go with her to her aunt's, and it was a great time!  Each guest is asked to bring six handmade Christmas ornaments and they are all hung on the tree.  Everyone was given a bag with a number on it, and that is the order you go in to select an ornament from the tree.  It's a great way to get a different selection of ornaments!  Halfway through, the hostess changed the order of selections.  We went in alphabetical order by first name and the next time, we went by the last name.  

This snowman is one of the ornaments I made for the party.  I used the snowman from the Sure-Cuts-A-Lot program and cut out one snowman on chipboard and two on white cardstock, remembering to flip one of the snowmen for the backside of the chipboard.  (Yes, I decorated both sides).  I ran each piece of the white cardstock through my Cuttlebug using the Snowflakes folder.  I know it's hard to see the embossing.  I didn't have my camera with me so this was taken with my phone.  How did we ever get along without smartphones?  I added some twine to the buttons and attached them with glue dots. Poor little guy looks 'cold' without a scraf...what was I thinking! This ornament was also voted the cutest and I won a new tote!