Do you live in an area that just DOESN'T GET SNOW (consider my hand raised) or do you choose to be somewhere sunny during Christmas vacation...well this Kit is for YOU!
Make Christmas crafts that match your memories with the Seas & Greetings collection, featuring designs for both warm and cold weather celebrations! The double-sided paper packet and accompanying sticker sheet feature both beach and winter designs, giving you creative control over the look you want for your projects. Get even more creative options by choosing stamp sets, Thin Cuts, and accessories that fit your holiday festivities.Save 20%when you buy the Seas & Greetings Product Bundle, which includes the complete collection of adorable crafting items!
AND....as a special treat, anyone who signs up to become a Maker in November or December will be eligible to get the Seas & Greetings Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and Seas & Greetings Coordinating Cardstock FREE!Learn more about becoming a Maker. If you have any questions, PLEASE feel free to ask!
HAPPY MONDAY!!! I don't like to be the messenger of obvious (but maybe not-so-welcome news) BUT Christmas is LESS THAN 12 WEEKS AWAY which means if you send Christmas Cards, you might want to start thinking about what you're going to do.
Well, CTMH has a BRAND NEW Card Kit that is perfect for anyone!!! Let me introduce you to Picture This...
Featuring Cut Above®-style card kits, the Picture This Christmas special makes it easier than ever to assemble and personalize your own picture Christmas cards. Make your cards even more special with the shaker window options that will help you create truly unforgettable keepsakes!
Here's what the kit comes with:
The Picture This Christmas card kit includes card bases, envelopes, stickers, and die-cuts, giving you the materials for creating 10 cards. Add an even more personal touch to your cards and save 20% when you get the card kit that also includes the exclusive Picture This Christmas stamp set and the 5″ × 7″ Envelope Flap Thin Cuts. For maximum creativity—and a 25% discount—choose the shaker card kits, which include all of these great items, plus confetti and acetate sheets!
I hope to have some samples in the next couple of weeks to show you but if I were you, I'd go ahead and add these to your cart so you won't forget (I'll probably remind you though...hehehehehe).
At Album Retreat, we go step-by-step through the process of creating an entire album’s worth of breathtaking scrapbook pages bursting with unique artwork techniques! We will create 11 two-page 12" x 12" Christmas-themed scrapbook layouts, for a total of 22 gorgeous pages! See all the pages here!
To join the fun, simply purchase the album bundle (EB202210)—there is no separate registration fee! As we get closer to the event, we will invite everyone who has purchased the bundle to join a private Facebook group where the event will be held.
The last day to order the bundle is October 15 at 11:59 pm (MDT), and your bundle will be shipped shortly after that. Get a closer look at the beautiful artwork and see the list of additional materials needed to complete the project.
For the majority of December, I will be playing along with some COAPA cutfiles and documenting the process over on my YouTube Channel.
Here is Day 1 with the Christmas Prompt - The Tree (there are also Summer Prompts for those of you in the middle of Summer half-way across the world). I hope you'll check it out!
Happy last week of November and first week of December! Now we can talk about all things CHRISTMAS (or at least continue...lol).
I am joining a few CTMH Makers bringing you a Blog Hop featuring the Deck the Palms Special that is happening right now on my website. The paper packet features both tropical and Christmas designs, while stickers, stamp sets, accessories, and Thin Cuts can be used to make your projects more tropical or more Christmas—it’s up to you! Save on the complete collection of items when you purchase them in the Deck the Palms Product Bundle!
If you've come from Haley Dyer - the Inky Stamper, then you're on the right track...keep hopping around until you get back to where you started. If you're starting here, WELCOME!
Now...let's take a look at a super simple card I made using the Deck the Palms Cardstock, Paper, Card Front Thin Cuts, and Christmas Stamp and Thin Cuts...
Don't forget that the Deck the Palms Special is going on NOW until the end of December BUT if you want that Paper Bundle FREE, you can become a member of my Stamp, Paper, Scissors CTMH Team. Click here for more information!
Thanks for stopping by! Head on over to the Scrappy Chicks Blog to see what Danielle has to share...I know you'll LOVE IT!
Can you guys believe that!?!? Well, if you haven't already started your Christmas cards, let us help! I am joining eleven other CTMH Makers to bring you a blog hop featuring Holiday Cards. If you've come from Stefani's Blog, you're on the right track...keep hopping around until you get back to where you started. If you're starting here, WELCOME!
I love the natural feel adding some jute from my stash gives this card. As far as the pops of red from the Patterned Paper - you can see I used zip strips then strategically cut strips from the word B&T and adhered to the back of the open slits I wanted the words to show through...
Thanks for stopping by! This is the end of the hop but if you started somewhere in the middle, you'll want to continue on to the CatScrapbooking Blog to see them all.
During the month of September, I will be joining Christy's Beautiful Life and Laura Alberts for Scraptember and 30 Days of Sketches.
I hope you'll head over to my YouTube Channel to check out all the details of this layout and series (there are a LOT of ladies also playing along). While you're there, hit that SUBSCRIBE button so you won't miss any of the fantastic layouts I have to share with you this month!
Thank you for stopping by for this month's Christmas in July Blog Hop featuring a whole bunch of things CHRISTMAS related!
It's a short hop with only ___ Makers participating so it won't take you long to hop all the way through. If you're coming from the very eye-pleasing Becca-Expression's Blog, you're the right track...keep on hopping around until you get back to where you started. If you're starting here, WELCOME!
I used a technique called no-line coloring which is where you use a lighter color ink color...for instance NOT BLACK...that will blend into the image when you're done coloring. For this card I used Toffee ink...
Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to head on over to Krista's Crafty Corner and see what she has to share!
for a complete list of blogs, head on over to Melinda's Blog
I made a super novice coloring video to show you how I color with our Tri-Blend Markers but most of it was out of screen since I tried to do a zoomed-in video. Trying to salvage it - if I can't then I will try and remake it.
This month the Creative Design Team is showing you all things CHRISTMAS. I chose to bring back a favorite mini-notepad of mine (I make them for Conventions, Christmas, birthdays, Mother's Day, etc) with the Bring Back my Pack - White Pines collection.
Here's a look at my project...I hope you'll head over to my YouTube channel and watch the video as well as get the measurements...
There are so many great stories that happen around the holidays that deserve to be written down, cherished, and shared. In November, we released a new workshop kit from the Story by Stacy™ line called Holiday Stories I Love. Using this new workshop kit, a few of our Home Office employees, including our beloved founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton, explored the memories behind photos they treasure most, documented them with detailed stories, and shared them with us below!
Dolls have always played such a significant part of my life. I love them for their beauty and their representation of many fond childhood memories.
My love of dolls began before I can even remember. I cherish this photo of me with my mother on my very first Christmas. Our lovely tree, and my mother and me dressed in our Sunday best. My mother always said she thought of me as her little doll. She loved to dress me up in beautiful clothes with all the little details, just so. She said I even looked like a little dolly with my porcelain skin, big blue eyes and pretty pink lips. She called me her doll and I loved it. It made me feel so special.
By my second Christmas, dolls were my happy place. I took dolls with me everywhere I went. I played with them, gave them each a name, and fussed with their clothes and hair to make them look oh-so pretty. On my third Christmas, I went to see Santa. My mother recalls that when I sat upon his lap, the only gift I requested was more dolls! Dolls were such a happy part of my childhood and even now, bring such a feeling of nostalgia of a time where life was carefree and magical.
As a mother myself, I call my children and grandchildren my little dolls, just like my mom called me. It is a term of endearment that has carried on because it shows such love for these special and beautiful people who fill my heart and home.
Even today as a grown woman, I still find joy in collecting dolls. I’ve created quite a compilation over the years of beautiful dolls, each representing something special. I have dolls of every ethnicity, hair style, period of history, etc. They bring me a sense of comfort and joy to see their splendor and exquisite detail. I hope to one day pass these cherished dolls down to my daughters and granddaughters, that they might know of my love for dolls, but more importantly, my love for them. — Jeanette
A tradition that goes back as long as I can remember is a Christmas nativity that we act out ourselves. I did this as a child with my own family. I’m so happy we have carried it on with my own children and now grandchildren. The year we took this particular photo was December 2018. We had just moved to Lindon and went to our local ward (church) Christmas party. We were about to leave but Ariana insisted we take this photo. Even though I was tired from working all day I did it for the family. I’m so grateful I did. It truly represents all the nativities we have done as a family with better costumes! Lol. We usually use towels, sheets, and toys. No matter how hard, crazy, busy Christmas seems to be, our homemade nativity always brings the true Christmas spirit into our home. We are a forever family because of our Savior. — Monica
I think I was 11 years old and in the 6th grade. We lived in Littleton, CO, and my dad had quit his job at Metropolitan State University a few months before. He had been asked to do some dishonest things and wasn’t willing to compromise his integrity. Money was very tight and even though I knew that, I still asked for a 10-speed bike.
My bedroom was in the basement, and so was my dad’s workshop. My parents told me that Christmas was going to be hidden in the workshop and asked me not to peek. I just couldn’t help myself. A week before Christmas I looked inside. I saw a very old, very beat up, white 10-speed bike.
I remember being so disappointed. My idea of a cool bike was a brand new bike in a pretty color with all the bells and whistles. I remember thinking, “I shouldn’t feel this way! I know Dad is out of work, money is really tight, and this is probably all he could afford.” I remember for the rest of the week leading up to Christmas feeling so guilty for peeking and trying to psych myself up to act grateful, surprised, and excited on Christmas.
Christmas morning came and into the living room we went. There, next to the tree, sat a brand new, bright yellow 10-speed bike. It had all the bells and whistles and it was just for me. I truly was surprised and so excited! It was not the bike I had seen when I peeked. It wasn’t until years later that I found out my dad had been so sad to give me an old bike that he asked around and found out about a police auction. He went and was able to find that new bike for an amount he felt he could pay.
Every time I think of that bike, even today, I get all choked up. It was so much more than a bike. It was a symbol of the lengths my dad was willing to go to make his little girl happy, and showed me just how much he loves me. — Karen
This photo was taken on Dec. 14, 2017. I have no idea who took it, or how this moment was captured, but I am so very glad it was. This photo represents a special tradition we have of getting a new Christmas book for our collection & reading by the tree before bedtime. The lights of the tree make it all the more magical.
The particular title isn’t a storyline I recall, but there is one Christmas book that has meant the most to this little boy. In 2012, the year he was born, President Thomas S. Monson’s book, “The Christmas Train,” was the one we added to our collection. As soon as Owen was old enough to understand it, it quickly became his favorite & we read it multiple times during the holiday season.
The story is about President Monson as a young boy, wanting desperately to have an electric train. I think the train topic definitely added to Owen’s infatuation with the book, yet I also know that the story itself has had an impact on him as well.
The story details the importance of sharing, & sometimes sacrificing, to see the joy it brings to others. Owen is one to pray each day for the homeless—that they can find food & shelter. He wants to donate to the Food Bank & worries about those he sees on the side of the road. He will often comment hours after passing someone, still thinking about their situation or what they might need. He has a very soft heart & a desire to love those less fortunate.
As much as we may try to instill these selfless traits in our children, I do firmly believe that Owen came to Earth this way. His special spirit is filled with compassion & caring. It is a gift especially given to him.
This photo will always be the perfect reminder to me that Owen embodies the characteristics of a prophet as a young boy—wanting so much for himself (Owen’s wish list is always exceptionally long!) yet, he acts on a stronger desire to give. —Jill
Each year a few weeks before Christmas my mom would use a staple gun to stick two long burlap banners to wood beams dividing the dining and living rooms in our home. Both of these were decorated with felt poinsettias and holly leaves hand-cut and hot-glued. To these we would pin the Christmas cards we received. I remember thinking as a teenager that they were looking a bit worn, but that I was ok with that. I liked Mom’s handmade holiday touches.
Geoff and I spend our first Christmases together in Chicago, and I was determined to make our little apartment homey. We purchased a pint sized artificial tree and I wanted ornaments, but other than the very breakable glass balls, these were expensive. I decided that I would clip coupons from the Sunday paper and that however much I saved on groceries I could purchase and paint at Michaels. Some were as much as .59 cents each, but the gingerbread men were only .29 cents. While Geoff studied every evening, I painted ornaments that have hung on our tree ever since.
By the time we built our current home—in 2006—I had fallen in love with bright, happy colors and with the help of fuzzy ball ornaments from IKEA, I created a bright and playful vision that included painted hat boxes and leather stockings in orange, pink, turquoise and green. The point of this story is that I LOVE to decorate for the holidays—just like my mom—with a mix of handmade and thoughtfully acquired things, and that while my style is very different, and a bit childish, it is magical and 100% me! — Stacy
All of our Story by Stacy™ products are intended to help recall and retell memories in a beautiful way, as you can see by our true-life examples, above. We wish you all a lovely holiday season, full of beautiful new memories for you to cherish, recall, and share for years to come!
Well, I knew this would happen...days would catch up with me ESPECIALLY since it's Christmas and my schedule seems to be double the amount of "busy".
Today I'm sharing TWO DAYS of the 12 Days of Christmas Memories.
DAY 9 - Christmas Future was a hard one for me because of the obvious (I mean how do you scrapbook something in the future). I thought of several alternatives but came up with this one. You'll have to watch my YouTube video to see the tie-in...
DAY 10 - Christmas Sweets was a FUN one for me! I documented our making of the ever-so-popular Hot Cocoa Bombs and even created a scannable QR Code that my family (and you) can scan and watch the MAGIC....
I'm back with another layout and YouTube video for the 12 Days of Christmas Memories.
Today is Day 8 - PRESENTS and my layout today shows the facial expressions of our boys several years back, as they opened their presents.
Here's a look at the layout I made followed by a link to the process video on YouTube.
Don't forget about my 12 Days of Christmas GOODIES...today is a Package of Square Foam and Acetate! You can find the blog post with all the details {{{HERE}}}
