Warm Winter Wishes

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards that use the "warm winter wishes" sentiment found on the Just Treats Stamp of the Month. Both cards feature the darling little coffee/cocoa cup.

This first card uses the Seasons Mix-in paper with a cozy color combination of blue and pink, but is anchored down by a bold black and white polka dot.

This next card screams cozy Christmas wishes with the gorgeous 'Tis the Season papers and a pinecone stamp.

Did you know that you can search out more ideas using the stamp of the month on Pinterest and Instagram? Use #ctmhstampofthemonth, #ctmhsotm, or #ctmhjusttreats.

Have a Cup of Cheer

Tomorrow I will get to celebrate with the students I teach. We are having a little Christmas party in class and will play some fun games. I can't wait to give them these cocoa treat bags I made using a printable tag and Close To My Heart products of course!

I filled the Ruby and Lagoon treat bags with some cocoa mix, mini marshmallows and chocolate dipped candy canes. They wrapped up easily with a free printable I found on Pinterest and some red twine.

I am entering this again in Heart 2 Heart Challenges this week, as these are truly a gift from my heart. I hope the kiddo's love them and enjoy a cup of cocoa over their Winter break! {and hopefully they get out all their wild energy before they return!!} :)

Christmas Card Exchange 2015

This past weekend I held my annual Christmas card exchange. The ladies made some beautiful cards and I even added in a special project for them! These gals always inspire me, I hope you are inspired as well!

First up is the card and stamped bag I created using the White Pines paper, WOTG stamp set and Fern Twine and gold glitter paper.

 The little bag holds a couple of tea bags perfectly. This would be a great gift attached to a tea cup or mug.

This card uses some older papers in a design that reminds me of a quilt or stained glass window, so elegant!

This card uses the adorable Christmas tree print White Pines paper and some glittery & gold snowflakes!

What I love about this card is that the holly on the ornament was cleverly cut out from some older papers. Plus, there is just enough bling and sparkle making this a pretty, festive card!

After creating all the cards I surprised the ladies with a special Christmas project. 'Tis the season for hot cocoa and giving unique handmade gifts! I used some older plastic treat tubes and filled them with cocoa mix and chocolate dipped candy canes. I then created and decorated a little box to contain them. I dressed up the box with a Cricut cut Hot Cocoa Cup {purchased from Miss Kate Cuttables} and a sentiment I downloaded online and printed.

I'm so grateful for my customers! Hanging out with them on the weekend, creating projects and laughing is always the best therapy!

Hot Cocoa Challenge

The challenge this week on Heart 2 Heart challenges is to create a project with hot cocoa images or using the very trendy Cocoa color. I do love Close To My Heart's Cocoa ink and cardstock. It is a great base color for so many projects.

Lately I've been seeing several creations imitating the look of chalkboard. I thought I would give this technique a try with our cocoa cardstock rather than black. It worked pretty well, check it out!

Along with the Cocoa I pulled in some older neutral papers, Cranberry pleated ribbon and some darling Juniper mittens cut on the Cricut Artiste cartridge. Be sure to see the other Cocoa creations on the H2H blog!

Perfect Snow Day

Back in December my husband and I headed to the mountains with the kids and our little beagle! We just had some cold days and the mountain was dumped with white sparkly snow! There were hardly any other visitors on the mountain that day and we were making some fresh tracks. We brought along a sled and tube, and of course my kids always know how to entertain themselves by climbing trees or starting snow ball fights! We also brought a Coleman stove and boiled up some water on the tailgate for hot chocolate and apple cider! It truly was a perfect snow day!

Here is the layout I finished to showcase our photographs from that day. I am submitting it to this weeks "Snow Much Fun" challenge at Heart 2 Heart. It is not a typical snow themed layout! I pulled out some colors from our snow gear, hence the pink and black. I wanted to add lots of sparkle to remind me of how pretty the snow looked! I added bling gems, sparkles and sprayed the background with shimmer paint. I finally added in images to remember sipping our hot chocolate and cider.

 

 

 

 

 

*some items are not Close To My Heart, but the majority of my layout uses CTMH products and the design is from the Make It from Your Heart How to Book, Volume 1. :)

Yummy Christmas Treats

This past weekend I made some Christmas goodies to display at my snowman workshop. I love giving homemade gifts, especially when there so cute and delicious!

I am entering these yummy projects in Heart 2 Heart's Christmas Part 3 challenge. I am also playing along with the Inspired By challenge. The photo this week inspired me to get crafty in the kitchen!!

{Elf Cocoa}



{Elf Food}



{Reindeer Chow}



{Inspiration photo}

If you are looking for some Christmas card inspiration, please check out my "for sale" page!

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you get the chance to check out these challenges and play along!