In the Christmas Spirit

Did I happen to mention that I love Christmas? I love everything about it. The sights, the glitter and sparkle,the smells of cinnamon, evergreen and peppermint, the music,especially the classics but most of all I love decorating my tree....well *smile*, let's make it plural this year,,,,TREES...2 of them, I have the one in my living room that is a Victorian theme and the newest addition,my "travel tree" in the dining room. The latter is decorated with ornaments collected from everywhere my husband  and I have been in the short 12 years we have been together along with a few ornaments from when the children were little and from close friends. It's a special tree that evoked many emotions while I was decorating it with my treasures I just love Christmas. Did I mention that?

I've been pretty busy with the holiday preparations but did manage to get another card together, one I'm pretty pleased with. I took my first shaker card and made it bit fancier. I love snow globes and found just the right one on the Cricut Joys of the Season Cartridge. When I began this project I wasn't real sure how I was going to assemble it without the foam tape showing around the acetate. As you can see I did come up with a solution using fabric trim. The background, both the white and blue, were embossed using the

snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder. The background of the Snow Globe was done in white,embossed with the same folder, was sprayed with Glacier Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. The globe cover was cut from an acetate sheet, white snow glitter was placed on top of the background and the acetate globe cover adhered to the background with foam mounting tape. I have found that by going around the edges with Glossy Accents you avoid leaking of glitter from your card! I attached a little snowflake charm that I found on the clearance rack at Micheals. I then cut two snowflakes from Cricut Winter Lace Cartridge out of white and silver glitter paper and adhered it to the tag. The stamp was from Joannes $1.00 bin. I stamped it and embossed it in metallic silver. I hope you like it and it inspires you to try one!
Over the next few weeks I will be up to my neck in Christmas projects. I will share them with you with completed. Hint: ornaments for the grandchildren using cricut cuts and etched wine glasses. Should be fun!
Happy December 1st everyone.....only 25 days till Christmas so get crafting!

Holiday card making with the Cricut & Black Friday Sales Updates

Good morning all! Can you even believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner? You know what that means....Black Friday sales. I am really watching this year because I am really trying to put a little hint in Santa's ear regarding the Gypsy and how very badly I need one! I will keep everyone posted on any great sales I find and I hope you will do the same! I completed a project this week that I've wanted to try for over a year. I absolutely love the way it turned out.  Tell me what you think. The window,wreath and Christmas Tree was cut from the Cricut Christmas Solutions Cart.The window is covered with a acetate sheet and adhered to the back with foam tape making it 3- dimensional. I used Stickles on the inside of the window as I discovered it really doesn't adhere well to the acetate. I added extra on the outside windowsill. The sign was also from the Christmas Solutions Cart however it was customized by welding two together using Design Studio (Santa, I REALLY do need a Gypsy). I used flocking "snow" and also used the Stickles for the icicles however you really can't see them in the picture. I enjoyed making this one and think I may experiment a little with it!
Now for the sales. I got an e-mail from Cricutmachine.com yesterday that claims to have the sales of all Black Friday sales. More information is to follow Wednesday so I will keep you posted. I have done quite a bit of business with this company and have received great deals and super customer service.
May you have a great Inspirational Day and don't forget....please leave me a comment!