APG Christmas Inspiration with Tags

Hi friends and welcome to my blog today.  In the theme of getting ready for Christmas-- today i am sharing a few snowflake tags that i made up for gift bags and a super cute card that i did with silver glimmer and this adorable little snowman plate.  

The tags didn't take anytime at all with the gorgeous Yuletide Snowflake die by Becca Feeken and a pretty piece of snowflake paper i had in my stash by Bo Bunny. To cut out the snowflakes i used coordinating papers in silver, white and silver glitter.  You can use them like i did spread out so they all really shine or layer them for a really pretty effect like the card below.

Each of my tags that i created is going into a glassine envelope so that i can tuck a gift card on the back and it won't get lost.  The white Tag Pocket on the left also comes with a cute folded pocket and i added that to each of my snowflake tags too.  These would also be cute to do in Christmas colors to hang on the tree all decorated with flowers and such.   And each of them can have a gift for all the friends and family that you have coming over this year to celebrate with you.  ( Sounds like another post idea for me :)

Here is the die so you can see all the other parts that it comes with.  

And I also had time to whip up a quick card with one of the Glimmer Snowman plates from Spellbinders called Warm Winter Wishes Snowman Plate.  I used silver glimmer foil for this one with one of our all time favorite dies called "Hemstitch Ovals".  This was super quick and easy and would be a super cute card to send to friends.  You could  get a dozen made in an afternoon easy! 

Thank you for stopping to see what new ideas i have come up with and i hope to see you back again soon for more inspiration!  Have a wonderful and crafty week.... 

Teresa

Spellbinders Supplies:

Shapeabilities Yuletide Snowflakes Etched Dies A Charming Christmas Collection by Becca Feeken

Shapeabilities Charming Tag Pocket Etched Dies A Charming Christmas Collection by Becca Feeken

Nestabilities Hemstitch Ovals Etched Dies Chantilly Paper Lace Collection by Becca Feeken

Warm Winter Wishes Holiday Glimmer Hot Foil Plate

Glimmer Hot Foil 4 Rolls - Metallic Gold & Silver Variety Pack

Snowflakes for Christmas

Today i have another style of Christmas card to share with all of you using Becca Feeken's newest snowflake die set from "A Charming Christmas".  And... I wanted to use a few of my old dies to mix in with it just to play around.  And this is what i came up with.  Since all the dies have so much detail in them i chose simple papers in blues and silvers and then set to work to cut the pieces out and layer them.  It was really fun and in the end the snowflake die really popped in the center of the card.  

Here is the set and you can see all the gorgeous details in each of the pieces.  You can get it

on the Spellbinders website here <<< or in the UK you can get it from the 

Hope and Chances website here <<<<<

Some of my favorite dies to mix in are the hemstitch series of dies and as you can see i used the square in silver and the circle in the blue to make the silver snowflakes pop more.  The darker blue die set is the Flourished Square from the Romancing the Swirl Set.  I love the lacy effect that it has and it complimented the Hemstitch dies perfectly and set the perfect stage for a layered snowflake.

So have fun this holiday season and get out your favorite dies from Becca and mix them up a bit to create beautiful cards for your family and friends this year.  I am getting a huge stock pile to send this year so far and using all the dies from " A Charming Christmas" so don't wait --and get your order in so that you can be ready to wow everyone too.

Enjoy the weekend and thank you for stopping by today

Teresa

Supplies:

Shapeabilities Yuletide Snowflakes Etched Dies A Charming Christmas Collection by Becca Feeken

Shapeabilities Flourished Square Etched Dies Romancing the Swirl Becca Feeken

Nestabilities Hemstitch Circles Etched Dies Romancing the Swirl Becca Feeken

Nestabilities Hemstitch Squares Etched Dies Romancing the Swirl Becca Feeken

Paper: Ruby Rocket Mirror card and silver glitter paper/ dark blue and med blue cardstock

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L tape runner and 3D Foam Squares

Introducing Amazing Paper Grace - A Charming Christmas | Blog Hop

Tis the season to be jolly!  Even though it is only August, Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye.  I'm sure you are already listing out all the cards and gifts you're gonna make, right?  This year Becca of Amazing Paper Grace has designed a Christmas Collection - A Charming Christmas - for Spellbinders and we have a hop today to show you all the goodies and things we've made.  You can see the entire collection -----> HERE.

About A Charming Christmas Collection
Sweet little charms are so fun to play with, they can be dangled off of gifts, dangled off of cards and used in 3D Projects - they are just like the icing on the cake.  You will see that the "holiday" part of most of the sets in this collection have a Charm to personalize them - they are sized the same so you can mix and match them through your projects!  Here's the big deal: Outside of the charms and embellishments you add to make these dies Christmas, separately they can be used all year-round!! Yep, we're all budget shoppers too and want to get the most use out of a die!

Join us as each Creative Team member shares their creations with two dies from the collection.  Don't forget, each of us will be giving away an Amazing Paper Grace die pulled from the comments - one from each blog. The prize details are at the bottom of my post.  So, without further ado let me talk about the dies I get to introduce:

My Projects Today:

First up is the Charming Snowflake Doily die set

First i want to say i love snowflake anything and this die really is unique in that it also has my second love and that is hearts.  For my card i really wanted to knock it out of the park so i used 3 different kinds of silver papers to create layers and then i offset them to show off each layer.

For my card base i used my favorite backround die hemstitch squares in a subtle grey with blue and silver and added a thin silk ribbon to make it even more festive.  And it was so easy to create too.  You also get 2 adorable charms in this set so i went ahead and used them with my next project that i am sharing with you today.


Second up is the Charming Christmas Words die set

 You get 3 sentiments in each set and i used them in bands to create messages on my candy jars and for my card above and below.  You can interchange the outside borders too so these would be great for candles and anything else you want to do in a band type form.

Of course i had to share the top of my hohoho jar... These snowflake dies are amazing!!

And these are my charms included with my snowflake die.  They are so cute..... I would love to make a charm bracelet with all of them!!  Maybe that will be another post soon :)

And wait-- we even have brand new stamps this collection that are perfect for on the front or inside of your cards and also for the other cute dies you will get to see today on our hop....

Aren't these so pretty.  I stamped one out in silver but i can't decide since they are all cute!!

And that's my share today so be sure and hop to all the other girls blogs on the team at the bottom and share a little love and a chance to win.

Happy Wednesday ..... Teresa

Availability:

These dies are available right now on the Spellbinders website -----; HERE

Prizes:

In the meantime, be sure you leave a comment on this post and every Creative Team Members post for a chance to win an Amazing Paper Grace Die from any previous collection (A Charming Christmas not included).

There are six dies that are being given away.  One name will be randomly picked from comments left on each of our six blogs on the Introducing Amazing Paper Grace - A Charming Christmas Collection post between August 15 and August 19, 2018, at midnight US Central Time.  We encourage all of our international friends to participate!  The randomly selected names will be announced on the Amazing Paper Grace Blog on August 20th.  (All giveaways for this hop are managed by and the responsibility of Amazing Paper Grace).

Up for grabs is an Amazing Paper Grace die of your choice from the Vintage Elegance Collection, the Graceful Borders Collection, the Venise Lace Collection, the Chantilly Lace Collection, the 3d Vignettes Collection or the Romancing the Swirl Collection.  There will be a total of six dies and a winner can win once among all six blogs.  If your name is selected, simply claim it within 2 weeks of the announcement by sending your address through the form under the Contact Tab on the Amazing Paper Grace Blog.  There won't be a reply back but if you leave your choice, we'll get it, I promise.  Next thing you know, the die will show up at your door.   The dies will be mailed out from Amazing Paper Grace.

Click on the links to each member to help us get merry with the Charming Christmas Collection:

Visit Joanna   – joannakrog.blogspot.com
Visit Teresa   –  victorianpaperqueen.blogspot.com
Visit Melissa  – keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com 
Visit Judy       – judyhayesdesign.blogspot.com
Visit Leisha     – leishasblog.blogspot.com
Visit Becca     – amazingpapergrace.com/blog

Thanks so much for joining into the fun with A Charming Christmas.
Leave a comment - tell us, how many Christmas Cards you plan to make this season !!

Quietfire Blog Hop for Christmas

Thank you so much for stopping over and joining all of us on the 

Quietfire Stamps Design Team for a fun blog hop to share some of the 

new stamps just released for Christmas.  If you just started today be sure

and check back on the blog for Mon and Tuesday for a chance to win lots of prizes

 and meanwhile I get to share something fun today with all of you that i did.

I actually had a different idea in mind but somehow like most things

i do it evolved to become this huge wooden snowflake that i could put

up in my house to decorate.  I bought the snowflake from my local hobby

store and decided not to paint it this time.  I did cut papers from Spellbinders

dies to fit the center and on that i stamped my image and embossed it with

a really pretty red glitter embossing powder.  Then i used Fired Brick distress

ink to create a border inside.  To finish it i cut out lots of snowflakes from

the 2013 Spellbinders Snowflake die and i glittered it all up with rhinestones

and glitter from Stampendous.  It was one of those fun messy kind of

crafty projects i did while listening to my favorite Christmas carols so

it was really, really fun to do!

Here is a close up so that you can see the stamp better.  It is called

Good Friends are like Snowflakes and you can buy it here.

I have another quick project that i did with the new Merry Christmas

stamp set.  In this one you get 6 gorgeous styles of the word and each

is different and will make your projects unique and beautiful. I layered

lots of dies in ivory cardstock and added little touches of gold on the

flowers and with the photo corners to match the sentiment.  I hope that

you like what i did and it inspired you to create something fun too.

So how do you win the prizes.. just read a little further...your almost there.

Winter Wonderland Blog hop info & rules:

We're having a Christmas Blog Hop! 
Beginning Monday December 15th we’re going to be sharing some Christmas cheer 

and inspiration as well as our latest rubber stamp creations. 

And yes, we’re giving away PRIZES! Merry Christmas!  

We’ll be giving away a stamp or set on each of our designers’ blogs. All you have 

to do to enter is leave a sweet comment on each of the designers' 

Winter Wonderland Blog Hop post! 

Have all your comments in my midnight on Friday December 20, 2014 

to be eligible. The winners will be announced on Quietfire Creations on the weekend.

Here is our schedule starting December 15th:.

Monday: Diana
Tuesday: Robyn,  Yvonne
Wednesday: Wanda,  Teresa
Thursday: Kathy Jo, Suzanne
Friday: Sherry,  Yogi 

And more good news:
During the Blog Hop all Quietfire Design stamps will be 25% off! 
(click here to go to the Quietfire website).

Happy hopping and Good Luck to all of you!

Believe in the Magic....

There is another fun sketch up on the Cardabilites blog today and i decided to join

in using some gorgeous snowflake dies from Spellbinders and lots of glitter.

I used a Fun Stampers Journey embossing folder for my base

and layered lots of pieces from the die to create the sketch.

The glitter i used is from Stampendous and they have lots of

beautiful products to use to make your holiday cards even more gorgeous.

The white eyelash yarn gave it that perfect touch that i needed to make

it more whispy and snowlike looking.  Here is the sketch that i used.

Thanks for dropping by today....

RRR Winter Challenge is up today

We have a really fun winter challenge up on the RRR blog today and all of

our Design Team really made some amazing things to share with all of you.

And for me-- well I went with my favorite snowflake die from Spellbinders

and added lots of other embossed things to give it lots of dimension.

I just used white card stock and added 2 shades of blue to make

the design pop more and then added my favorite seam binding ribbon

in a pretty bow on the side to finish it off.  Oh and i had to add lots

of crystals to make it glisten too.  That is my favorite part!

Thanks for stopping over and don't forget to join in our challenge

for a chance to win some of these gorgeous ribbons...

Hugs and Smiles...Teresa

Christmas Snowflakes

It's busy around our house this week... we are shopping and 

wrapping and I am getting those last few projects done

and mailed into Spellbinders and I can't wait to show you

some of the things that they are going to have for 2014!!

It is going to be more than amazing and like me

you are going to love all of it....  :)

But since I can't show you--- I made a Christmas card

to share with some of my favorite dies... snowflakes!

We don't get snow down here in southern California

although i can see it up in the mountains and I love

skiing in it and walking in a new snow in the mountains.

So i love making things with these dies.  Spellbinders

has lots of them that you can mix and match, add rhinestones

 and they are just beautiful and you can see them here...

I used the 2013 Snowflake Pendant die set for the center

of the card and I layered it on the Exquisite Circles Die Set.

To make the dies pop out i layered them with foam

dots and changed patterns of red and green. If you click on

the card you can see it better too.  The papers I used are

from Bo Bunny's Christmas line from last year.

At the bottom of my card I also cut the edge with another

of my favorite dies called Curved Borders Two.  You get 

6 dies in this set with lots of intricate edges and they

are really fun to mix and match to make your cards that

much more special to give out to friends and family.

Yesterday we got to spend a fun afternoon at Disneyland

and I have some wonderful photos to share.  It was so

fun watching all the kids and the characters get to excited

and all the decorations they have are just so beautiful.

It was really, really fun.

Thanks for stopping over and i hope you do something

fun and festive today too....