Robin's Creative Cottage First Link Up Party!!!

Hello all you paper artists out there!

I'm so excited since today is THE day of Robin's Creative Cottage FIRST Linky Party!!! The challenge this week is to create a project that is your choice! These can be really fun since you can do whatever your heart desires!!!

For my project today, I wanted to make some fun Cocoa Holders. This is what I came up with...



Closeups




They open up like a matchbook (and I found BLUE cocoa pouches for the inside!)


Closeup of the inside saying from the Gingerbread Holiday Set



Here are the details as to how I made these:

You'll need BOTH of the stamp sets for this project ;)
You can purchase them HERE
Cut the solid blue cardstock to 4" x 11 3/4" and score at 1", 6.5", and 6.75"
Stamp "Freezing Season" on the front in black ink
Secure snowflake brads to the front of the packets (These will help hold the packet closed)
Cut the Gingerbread Men at 4.5" on my Cricut (File is from My Scrap Chick) but there are several similar images available from Cricut
Each GB Man is accented with stickles, glossy accents, hand stitching, and dry embossing for the scarves
Line the inside with the packet with any paper you wish (I also cut some snowflakes Nestabilities to accent the saying on the inside)
Stamp the "Gingerbread" saying with black ink and cut out with Oval Nestabilities
Put a packet of your favorite cocoa mix inside & they are ready to give out!

I'd like to say thanks to everyone who participated in the Blog Hop and a big welcome my new followers!! It was a lot of fun reading what your favorite Christmas goodie is!

And now for the winner of the Gingerbread Holiday Stamp set:





Congratulations, Pat! Send me your mailing address to: Crafty_kitten at mac dot com



Be sure and visit Robin's blog and post your project! I enjoy seeing what everyone creates!!!

Last Day For Robin's Creative Cottage Blog Hop

Hi, all you paper crafters out there!

I just wanted to remind you if you hadn't had the time yet, that today is the last day to get your comments in to the Design Team for Robin's Creative Cottage First Stamp Release Blog Hop. EVERY blog in this hop has a set of her wonderful new stamps to give away to a lucky winner! On top of this, Robin has TWO sets to giveaway if you join her linky party! (You have until November 27th to participate in that!)

See my post below to start the Blog Hop!

Robin's Creative Cottage Stamp Release Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Crafty Kitten for Robin's first "Stamp Release Celebration" blog hop! Robin has generously given each DT member a stamp set to give away...details below. Yay!

Each Design Team member will be featuring an original project that includes one of the two new stamps sets available today for purchase on Robin's blog.




If you've come from visiting Maquel at Paper Maineiac, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along for our "Stamp Release Celebration", start HERE.

Remember to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration along with an amazing giveaway. ***Each blog will have one of Robin's stamp sets as a giveaway for one lucky winner.*** Then hurry back to Robin's Creative Cottage for the link up party where you can share your blog with all our viewers.

For my project I made some stocking stuffers...post-it note holders! These were super fun and easy to make!



Closeup of holder



Side View



View Of The Back



Inside of holder



Here are the details as to how I made these:

I used Gingerbread Holiday for the stamps
Cut out a sheet of double sided patterned paper at 3"x8" (Round corners if preferred)
Score at 3.25" & 4.25"
Use an X-acto blade to cut HORIZONTALLY between the two score lines 1" from the top and 1" from the bottom
Stamp "Gingerbread Kisses" on a round top tag cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More at 2"
Cut the Gingerbread Man at 2.5" from Jolly Holidays and embellish as desired
Use circle Nestibilites to cut the circle and scallop (I used Doodlebug glitter paper for the scallop circle and the border punch)
I scored the mini gel pens from Office Depot for the price of 5 for $1!!

*** I have one set of the SUPER cute Gingerbread Holiday stamps to giveaway to one lucky person!!! The winner will be announced on Tuesday, November 22nd. ***

You have 2 ways to be entered in the drawing:

1) Leave a comment telling me what your favorite Christmas goodie is for one chance to win
2) Leave a SECOND comment if you are a follower of my blog for another chance to win!

That's it! Easy Peasy!

You can comment until Midnight, Monday, November 21st

Next stop is Sheila's blog, She Loves Shoes. Go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to head back to Robin's Creative Cottage for the link up party.

Happy Hopping!!!

Day Three Of Robin's Creative Cottage Stamp Release!

Hello, all!

Hope everyone is doing great! Glad you could join me for the third day of Robin's Stamp Release Week! It sure has been a lot of fun seeing all the projects the DT are coming up with!

For today's post, I am featuring the second set to be released, Robin's Gingerbread Holiday! It is full of nicely designed sayings and images! Perfect for holiday baking and gift giving! They are made from the highest quality photo polymer and are deeply etched so they make stamping SUPER easy!!!

I made treat bags using my Silhouette's Print and Cut Feature. (This sure is handy when you have to mass produce a project!) The paper and elements are from Echo Park's Everybody Loves Christmas digital pack. I just love their bright, happy colors!

Now for my pic! (These are a few of the 33 that I made for my nieces' class!)



Aren't they just SUPER fun? Here's a closeup of the bag topper. I used stickles and dimensional adhesive to give the flat paper some pizazz!



Robin's "Sweet Holiday" saying coordinates PERFECTLY with these Christmas smores!


Now for the deets:

The toppers are cut at 5x5 and scored in half
Red patterned paper is cut 4 7/8x 2 3/8
I grouped the trees, santa, and reindeer images in Silhouette Studio and then used the Print & Cut Feature
An extra Santa is also cut and highlighted with Stickles and pop up dots
Add Stickles to the reindeer's scarf and dimensionals to his nose to make it shiny
Print and Cut the labels, stamp saying with Barn Door from the Distress Ink line
Easy Peasy!!

Tomorrow, the second group of DT members will be posting their projects using this same rubber stamp set. (You may want to follow all the DT members blogs so you don't miss out on any of the fun!)

Be sure to join us on Friday for our first ever Blog Hop! Every DT member will have one stamp set from this release to give to lucky winners!!! Hope you can join us!

Day One Of Robin's Creative Cottage Stamp Release!

Hello to all you paper artists out there!

I'm so excited since today is THE first day of Robin's Creative Cottage Stamp Release Celebration!!! Whoo-hoo!

Robin has come out with two SUPER cute stamp sets to start with! They are made from the highest quality non-yellowing photo polymer, and the images are deeply etched. The stamp sets are 4x6 and packed with cute sayings and images just in time for this holiday season!

For today's project I used her Snowman's Prayer set. Loaded with awesome sayings, these can be used for projects throughout the winter!

Here's my card that I made using my Cricut Imagine! I used LOTS of glitter and pop up dots to add a little pizazz to it!



Closeup of dimensional flowers and pot



Here are the details as to how I made the card:

Saying is from Snowman's Prayer Rubber Stamp Set
All paper is printed from Cricut's Snow Angel Imagine Cartridge
Red card stock is 10" x 6.5" and folded in half
Three small mats are cut at 4.75"x2" , distressed with Stampin UP Real Red ink and hand drawn stitching added
The basket of flowers was printed and cut in layers at 3.5" (pg 23) (I cut the second flower layer twice to add more pop up flowers)
Also, I cut and printed the flower from pg 25 for accent at 1.5"
Other supplies used: Versamark Black Ink, green Stickles to accent center of flowers, white glitter to accent trim on pot, and Dimensional Adhesive to accent red dots on pot, Oval Nestibilities, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Folder

Tomorrow, the second group of DT members will be posting their projects using this same rubber stamp set. (You may want to follow all the DT members blogs so you don't miss out on any of the fun!)

Be sure to join us on Friday for our first ever Blog Hop! Every DT member will have one stamp set from this release to give to lucky winners!!! Hope you can join us!

Happy Fall Door Hanger

Hello, everyone! Hope your Fall is going well!

I wanted to share with you a door hanger that I made recently. I used files from SVG Cuts Pick A Pumpkin Set for the centerpiece. You can use it as a card but I thought they were so darn cute that I wanted something I could hang in the house for all to see. This was the first time I designed the base using Sure Cuts A Lot. It was super simple but after the project was done, I realized I made the hole a tad too large. Oh, well! I decided not to cut it again and just go with the original.

This was the first time I tried to photograph a project in the evening in my craft room with some new bright daylight CFL bulbs. There are some shadows but I think it came out pretty well. I just had to do a minor temperature adjustment on the photo to catch the correct color scheme.

For the fun of it, I'm going to enter this in the following challenges:

Scrapalicious Fall Into Autumn Challenge
Made It Myself Monday # 22
My Graphico Challenge #115 - Autumn

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate you all!

Patty

Mark Your Calendars!

Just wanted to remind everyone that Robin's Stamp Release Celebration starts a week from tomorrow! **Every** DT member will have a stamp set to give away to one of the lucky commenters from each blog that week!

Hope you can join us cause it will be a lot of fun!!