Taste of Christmas Tag

Lately I have been getting some wonderful inspiration from my DT sister, Cheri from DJ's Sundries.
She is having a tag link up challenge on her blog.

 

I made a tag to attach to some yummy Christmas goodies this year.

I used the Merlot and Goblin Green crinkle ribbon. I know they are not the traditional holiday colors but don't they look irresistible and they match my tag perfectly. I also used a beautiful stick pin from our current challenge co-sponsor Pinque Peacock.

The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Winter Fun" stamp set and the double ended banner die is from Papertrey Ink.

 

Be sure to link up all of your Christmas inspired projects below. For every 10 projects linked up I am giving away a bundle of 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon. You still have until December 27th so don't miss out.

 

Thanks Sweet Friend

I hope everyone survived all the turkey and stuffing last week.

We had a very quiet day which was lovely.

Did you all get what you wanted from the Friday sales?

The only thing I bought was a new computer, which wasn't even on Friday. My laptop keeps overheating and shutting off (thank goodness for extended warranties) so I ended up getting a new desktop and will be getting the laptop fixed for the grands. I do not even want to think about installing all the programs and any conflicts with Windows 8. If anyone has any advice with SCAL or CCR working with Windows 8 I would love to hear it!!!

For my card today I used some Merlot crinkle ribbon (1 of my top 26 favs) and a cutting file from our challenge sponsor The Cutting Cafe. The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Love Always" stamp set.

Be sure to check out the 3 Girl JAM challenge blog and link up your projects.

Did someone say Turkey?

Are you all ready for tomorrow? Hubby and I will be spending Thanksgiving here at home with my parents. My brothers always go to their in-laws, my sister lives too far away and my daughter and grands are going to her bio-dads for the holiday.  My mother always wants the whole spread even though there are not many mouths to feed which means we are all sick of turkey and stuffing til next year. lol

I made this little guy in honor of the holiday using the Teddy Bear Parade cart. I used some Merlot crinkle ribbon to frame him and put him on a Wobble. The sentiment is from Pink by Designs "Bountiful Blessings" stamp set.

Don't you just want to squeeze the stuffing out of him. lol I just couldn't resist that little joke.

Be sure to check out the challenge blog and link up your projects!! You still have 2 more weeks!!

Happy Crafting and have a Very Blessed Holiday!!!

3 Girl JAM Challenge 7

T.G.I.F.

Has everone been mapping out their Black Friday routes? I will be at work so if anyone is interested in buying a sewing/embroidery machine come on over for a visit or give me a shout out and I will hook you up for Christmas.

With Thanksgiving just under a week away we want to see all those Thanksgiving projects with just a bit of a twist. We want you to use these beautiful Fall colors.

For my project I used 3 Girl JAM "Merlot" and "Sterling" crinkle ribbon.

The adorable Bingo Card, Frame and Background Paper are from our Challenge 7 sponsor "The Cutting Cafe"

Now head over to the 3 Girl JAM challenge blog and link up your Thanksgiving projects.

The winner for this challenge will receive 3 files from our sponsor.

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a ribbon bundle from

Yummy Treat Box

Good Monday Everyone!

It has been such a busy week around here.  It feels good to have my crafty studio back in order and having some fun again. One of these days I will have to do a video showing my room. It feels much more open now that I removed a lot of stuff and passed it on to freecycle.

Well on to my project. This is a super cute box that can be used for so many things. I used mine for some yummy Hugs and Kisses. The bow was made with some delicious Hot Chocolate crinkle ribbon and the flower is rich, deep Merlot crinkle ribbon topped off with a Vintage Button. I totally love this combination!!

The box was made using a tutorial from Pink by Design (it is 26 minutes into the ustream and the piece that is supposed to be 9 x 5 you need to cut at 8 3/4 x 5). The sentiment is also from Pink by Design "Enjoy the Journey".

So now that I have given you some Ribbon Flower inspiration make one of your own and link it up to the current 3 Girl JAM challenge HERE.

Awesome Pinterest Planner

If you are looking for the 3GJ "Nice to Meet You" blog hop click HERE

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Okay so tomorrow will be 3 weeks since I joined Pinterest and I am so addicted. This is the next best things to YouTube for finding cooooool inspiration!!!

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I saw this planner for bloggers and it is just the best planner ever.

I made a couple of tweaks for me and absolutely LOVE it!!!

My niece wants me to make one similar for school.

Beckie from Infarrantly Creative is brilliant!

She also has printables on her site.

I used K Andrew Designs "Positive Thoughts" stamp set and stamped several of the wonderful sayings all over the cover. I stamped "Smile" over and over because some days we just need an extra reminder!!

If you would like to have this stamp set in your collection, now is the time. There is a sale going on and if you enter the promo code letshavefun you will get 20% off your entire order but hurry it won't last forever.

I used my Cinch and punched holes on the top of the cover and used alligator clips (i think that's what you call them) to hold the calendar pages. I tied 3 Girl JAM's Merlot crinkle ribbon from the "Wine and Jewels" bundle and Hot Chocolate crinkle ribbon from the "Hot and Cold" bundle on each of the clips and it looks beautiful.

If you order during the month of April you get free shipping. Hurry and take advantage of the savings!!!