12 Days of Christmas Sale Day 3 and Tag (You're It!) Tuesday!

Welcome back for Day 3 of my sale!  I hope you are having a wonderful time watching for the perfect deal for YOU!  Are you ready?  Here we go...

Who wants a free acrylic block?  You can choose either a 1" x 3.5" or 2" x 2" block for today's sale when you order $35 of product on my website!  Just let me know after you place your order which one you would like, and I will send it to you separate from your order.  Just a little thank you for your business!  HERE is the link to my website.  :)

NOW, I have a few cute tags to show you today!  I used the Close to My Heart A Holiday My Acrylix along with the coordinating holly cuts from my Cricut Art Philosophy Collection on each tag.  I also used a couple of metal dies in my collection from My Creative Time.  I am linking these up with the My Creative Time Designer's Challenge to make Christmas gift tags!

This is my favorite of the three!  The actual tags shapes are found on the Artiste Cricut Cartridge from Close to My Heart.   I had to use this little jingle bell die the second it came in the mail.  It is found in the Warm Holiday Fun set from MCT, along with the stocking stamp.

I used the peppermint striped pattern from Sparkle and Shine to paper piece the parts of the stocking.  Tiny little Bitty Sparkles colored red with a Sharpie really add to the ivy trim at the bottom.

This one uses the Scallop and Stitched Circle Dies from MCT and White Daisy Pigment Ink, along with the Close to My Heart Perfect Fit Holidays set--one of my faves for Christmas this year!  The sentiment at the bottom is such a beautiful font and again from the A Holiday set.

 

I cannot say enough about this adorable new die set from MCT that I used for this tiny Santa hat!  It is called Classy Girl Accessories, and again, I HAD to run it through my Big Shot immediately using my Ruby CS!  ;)

The Secret Santa Stamp is from one of the All Around sets at MCT too.   I stamped it in a matching CTMH Ruby Ink.

 Another Tan Glitter Paper bell!  :)

Did you notice how SUPER-EASY these tags are to make?!  They took almost no time to gather the parts and assemble.  I am really enjoying using Kraft paper to make the colors pop this year!  

Thanks for stopping in, and don't forget to shop my 12 Days of Christmas Sale!  :)

Get in the Game, Santa Clause!

Where, oh where is the time evaporating to???  I can hardly believe November is already over halfway through!

I think it's time to mix things up with a game theme over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges before we all get swept away in the hubub of the Holidays.  Are you game? I hope so, because we want you to use a GAME for your inspiration for this one!

I am NOT going to tell you my inspiration for this card yet...but don't worry, because I bet you can guess!

Did you get it right away?  The second I thought about the circles on the game of Twister, I knew I wanted to use the circles and rings in the Perfect Fit Holidays My Acrylix set from Close to My Heart.  

My color scheme was pretty obvious, but I just wasn't convinced I could pull it off with a Christmas theme or feel...until I saw the jolly Santa Clause in the new My Acrylix stamp set named for the jolly old elf himself!

I stamped in Topiary, Pacifica, Honey, and Ruby Exclusive Inks, and backed the White Daisy CS with a mat of Topiary.  I decided to tilt the focal panel off to the side instead of centering it on the mat...after all, Twister is anything but balanced!  I used some of the leftover circles in the inside to round it out...lol...pun intended!  ;)

Soooooo are you game?  Ready to get YOUR game on?  Come on and get your head in the game!  Alright, I am out of punny phrases...lucky for you!   Please do come play along with us over at Heart 2 Heart though, and use a game as your inspiration for a project.  GAME ON!  :)

Gratitude In All Circumstances with Heart 2 Heart

Hello again my crafty peeps!  I appreciate you all so much.  We don't tell each other how grateful we are for the little things quite enough, know what I mean?  I am trying to be grateful in my life under all circumstances and in all seasons, but it is a tricky thing to do.  (Except Winter, lol!  Kidding!)

Today, Team Sunset is sharing its GRATITUDE with you in our creations over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges.  We are incredibly GRATEFUL to you for always tuning in to see what challenge we might have up out sleeve.  I am extremely GRATEFUL to be serving on the Heart 2 Heart Design Team too!  It really struck me though that I am always striving for the NEXT thing, the NEXT big project, the NEXT big gig...when the ones right here in the now are important too!

So, instead of stressing, I am focusing on the GRATITUDE I have for the NOW.  Right now I have two craft shows lined up, and I am so excited to participate in them for the first time ever!  I am extremely lucky to even have a spot at ONE, so my thankfulness is overflowing.  I designed an adorable set of Santa Tags to take along to sell that I would love to show you!

The base for all these tags is Kraft paper.  I really wanted the White Daisy CS of Santa's mustache to POP!  The Sparkle and Shine Washi 3-pack is fantastic for tags!  So quick and easy!   I suppose the exact same thing can be said for the shimmer trim in all colors!  (These would be the EASY things to be grateful for each day, lol.)  I love the Perfect Fit Holidays My Acrylix stamp set that includes this darling Ho, ho, ho sentiment...

These tags and mustaches are cut on my Cricut with the Close to My Heart exclusive Cricut Artiste Cartridge.

Embossing folders are GREAT for tags.  This one is a woodgrain from Tim Holtz.

Sticking the red shimmer trim to CS and trimming it out really makes it stand out...

This final tag is my favorite!  Two little Licorice Opaques are the beady little eyes, and I colored the large Opaque Pearl for Santa's nose with my Alcohol Ink Marker in Cranberry and let it dry (this takes TIME!)  Sharpies work as well...

The sentiment is from the December 25th My Acrylix available on my website that I used Cranberry Pigment Ink to stamp.  I love this face!

Alright, I shared mine, now it is your turn!  Show us your GRATITUDE!  What are YOU thankful for?  Will you make a thank you card or gift?  Something else?  Link up with us over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges by the end of November for your chance to become top chic!!!  That would be some awesomely easy gratitude, eh?   ;)

I am gratefully linking up with Simon Says Stamp's Anything Goes Challenge in hopes of being even more grateful!  ;)