Resist The Temptation-Christmas Stampin All Year Long

Good morning my crafty friends.  Let me start out by apologizing to you.  I don't have a project to show you for this post.  I missed out on this weeks challenge at Christmas Stampin All Year Long but didn't want you to miss out on the chance to win some awesome templates from our sponsor, Perfect Presentations.  They are offering two of their fabulous templates to the winner of this weeks challenge.

Now onto the challenge.  This week we're resisting temptation to use stamps.  That's right, NO STAMPS allowed on your holiday package!  Use papers, embellishments whatever you want just no stamped images.
The other members of the team have some wonderful examples to give you inspiration, just head on over to CSAYL and check them out!

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Stamping Hugs,
Becky  

Non Traditional Packaging-Christmas Stampin All Year Long

Good morning!  How was your week?  Can you believe it's Friday already?!!!  This week has gone so fast.  It's already time for another challenge at Christmas Stampin All Year Long.  This week we're doing it up non-traditionally and making packages.  When I say non-traditional I'm referring to color, you can use any colors but reds or greens. Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is the fabulous Perfect Presentation and they have so generously offered a free template to the winner of it!  So what are you waiting for?!!!  Let's get started!!!

The team and I have been busy creating some wonderful samples to inspire you.  Here's what I did:

I went with their Tall Gable Box template for my project.

I printed the template on Really Rust (I had to ask my family if this looked red and they informed me it was more of an orange than a red) card stock.  All I had do after that was make my cuts and scores and embellish.  The image is Warm & Cold from Penny Black stamps and I colored it using prismacolor pencils.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up's Snowflake set (retired).

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Warm and Fuzzy-Christmas Stampin All Year Long

Good morning! Are you ready for this week's challenge at Christmas Stampin All Year Long? I know I am! The challenge is to use felt on your project. I love the way felt looks on crafty projects, don't you?

                       Our generous sponsor this week is the fabulous Perfect Presentations.

A Perfect Presentation offers fantastic templates in a variety of formats, that are easy to use and make a perfect presentation every time! The design team and I have fallen in love with these products and I know you will too. Leigh Ann, the owner, has generously offered a template of choice to our winner this week!

   And the best part?   Leigh Ann has two FREE pdf templates for you to download and play with for our challenge.  Goody Box and Candy Wrap!

For my project I chose to work with the Tall Gable Box.

I kept it simple yet elegant this week, letting my snowflake add the perfect accent to this wondeful box.

I layered up a silver fabric snowflake with a felt snowflake that I accented with turquoise stickles and a dew drop center.  To finish it off I added a border complete with ribbon and silver ric rac and a mat cut using my cuttlebug and Label One Nestie.  The side panels are embossed using my snowflake embossing folder to give it more texture.



We hope you join us for this week's challenge.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Make your own designer paper.

Good morning and welcome to this weeks challenge at CSAYL. We're creating our own designer paper using stamps. Our fine sponsors for today's challenge is the fabulous Perfect Presentations Templates.

They have some really  fun templates to work with and the best part is they've done all the hard work so all you have to do is trace, cut and embellish.  I chose to work with their My Little Bag  template.  This is my project.

To get my project started, I traced the design on some sage card stock and then cut, scored and folded it.  Following the instructions that come with the template, I then glued my pieces together.  For the designer paper I stamped snowflakes  and swirls onto some navy card stock.  I added a scalloped punched circle layered with and embossed circle and snowflake to the bottom border.  For the border I attached a piece of white corrugated card stock and a row of jeweled flowers.  To finish it off I added some faux stitching, a ribbon handle and a vclcro closure.

Be sure to stop by the CSAYL blog and see all the awesome designs the team created.  We'd also be thrilled to have you join in on the fun.  You could be the lucky winner of a template of your own.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  TTFN

Hugs, Becky