12 Days of Christmas - Day 9

Day 9 of the 12 Days of Christmas brings a little bag filled with a useful gift - although maybe not as "pretty" as some others - it contains 2 small laundry bags of all things! These bags can be used to contain socks and other small items in laundry loads and they are so useful to ensure that those kinds of small items don't go missing in the laundry. It is also a great way to help family members sort their own items before laundry day!

I had a tough time fitting them into this container - I had to roll and tape them together to get them to fit... and they finally did - just barely!

Products used are all Close To My Heart

Paper: Yuletide Carol Paper Pack, Colonial White Cardstock, Ruby Cardstock

Stamps: Magical Day, Best Christmas

Inks: Topiary, Ruby

Accessories: Art Philosophy Cartridge, Artiste Cartridge, Ruby Mini-Medley Collection

Enjoy, 

Alyson

12 Days of Christmas - Day 8

Day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas bring us a Ruby gift bag filled with hand cream and some little chocolates - a very practical gift in our Canadian winter (well, maybe not the chocolates... but certainly the hand cream!) The tag is from the Season's Tweetings set last winter and I just adore the little bird so I had him sit on top of the sentiment within the wreath. These little bags are so practical for so many things - I just love them :) 

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Season's Tweetings Tag (ret.)
Stamps: Magical Day, Season's Tweetings (ret.)
Inks: Topiary, Black, Ruby
Accessories: Season's Tweetings Ruby Bag (ret.), Circle Punch (not CTMH), Foam Tape, ShinHan Markers

Enjoy,
Alyson

12 Days of Christmas - Day 7

Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas is a Kraft Container filled with Piouline wafers and some little chocolates... mmmm! The decor on the container was taken from the Facebook site of Close To My Heart's 12 Days of Christmas suggestions, which I just loved. The adorable snowman set on two layers of paper, along with some shimmer trim and baker's twine was the perfect setting for this container. The top is shown below as well, with a snowflake decorated with sparkles. 

Products used are all Close To My Heart

Paper: Snowhaven Paper Pack, White Daisy Cardstock, Honey Fundamentals Cardstock
Stamps: Magical Day, Flakey Friends
Inks: Black Pigment Ink, Lagoon
Accessories: Art Philosophy Cartridge, Kraft Container, Neutral Metallic Baker's Twine, Silver Shimmer Trim, ShinHan Markers, Clear Sparkles

Enjoy, 
Alyson

12 Days of Christmas - Day 6

Day 6 of the 12 Days of Christmas brings a burlap bag filled with 10 individual packages of Wet Ones (pre-moistened wet cloths) for those times when you really need a damp cloth - accidents in the car, a dirty public restroom, etc. 

Rather than stamping directly on the bag, I chose to stamp candy canes and attach them to the bag instead. 

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Pear Cardstock

Stamps: Magical Day, Merry & Bright (ret.)

Inks: Ruby, Pear

Accessories: Green Twine (not CTMH), Circle Punch (not CTMH), Burlap Drawstring Bag

Enjoy, 

Alyson

12 Days of Christmas - Day 5

Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas brings a cupcake sock - one of my favourite little gifts to give at Christmas! It is such a warm, fuzzy way to say hello during the cold, Canadian winters! 

This little one is bright pink, wrapped in a paper from the Brushed Paper pack, along with one of the decorative papers from the Fundamentals Cardstock paper collection. 

The sentiment is from a retired stamp set called Season's Tweetings. 

Happy Owlidays to you! 

Products are all Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated

Paper: Brushed Paper Pack, Fundamentals Cardstock - Pear, White Daisy Cardstock, Pear Cardstock
Stamps: Magical Day, Season's Tweetings (ret.)
Inks: Black Pigment Ink, Cotton Candy, Pear
Accessories: Season's Tweetings Labels (ret.), Paper Crimper (not CTMH), Pink Twine (not CTMH), ShinHan Markers, Pink Sock (not CTMH), Gusset Bag (not CTMH)

Enjoy, 
Alyson

12 Days of Christmas - Day 4

Today is Day 4 and a very simple bag with a simple gift. 

The Muslin Bags can be stamped using our Pigment inks and I used Glacier, Lagoon and Crystal Blue to stamp snowflakes on this little one. I realized after I took the photo that some of the Bitty Sparkles had already fallen out of place... such is life. They are almost impossible to keep in place on fabric, I find! 

Inside are three large clips that can be used for a variety of purposes - holding open bags of food tightly closed, keeping stacks of paper in place, etc. 

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted:

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock
Stamps: Magical Day, Snow Flurries (ret.)
Inks: Pacifica, Lagoon Pigment Ink, Glacier Pigment Ink, Crystal Blue Pigment Ink
Accessories: Muslin Bags, Bitty Sparkles, Circle Punch (not CTMH)

Enjoy, 
Alyson

12 Days of Christmas - Day 3

Today's gift is in the form of a decorative bag - with the Frosty Friends stamp! 

I love this stamp set... the three snowmen are so adorable and I couldn't decide which one to use but I think I will probably end up using all three at some point for these gifts. 

There are two cookies inside the bag. 

Products used are all Close To My Heart

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Glacier Cardstock
Stamps: Frosty Friends, Magical Day
Inks: Black Pigment Ink, Lagoon
Accessories: Art Philosophy Cartridge, Liquid Applique (ret.), ShinHan Markers, Paradise Baker's Twine (ret.), Designer Creations Lagoon Paper Bags

Enjoy, 
Alyson

12 Days of Christmas - Day 2

Today's gift comes to you in the form of a pillow box (and it is shown empty as well). 

It was kept very simple - just some cardstock and patterned paper wrapped around the pillow box and a label cut from Art Philosophy and stamped - that's it. 

It was filled with loose tea from Steeped Tea - one of my favourite tea companies. 

Products used are all Close To My Heart

Paper: Yuletide Carol Paper Pack, New England Ivy Cardstock, Cranberry Cardstock, Colonial White Cardstock

Stamps: Magical Day, Best Christmas

Inks: Cranberry, Cashmere

Accessories: Art Philosophy Cartridge, Quatrefoil Embossing Folder, Twine (ret.), Pillow Box

Enjoy, 

Alyson

12 Days of Christmas

After reading a terrific post on the Close To My Heart Facebook page, I decided to do the 12 Days of Christmas for some friends of mine. The hardest part was figuring out what to put into each of the bags or containers since they are really not very large! That takes some creative thinking! 

I have already missed a couple of days so I am behind with my posts but here was the first day. 

I wanted to do cupcakes but no matter how hard I tried, I could not cut the box from the Artiste cartridge large enough to fit a reasonable size cupcake, even with a 12x24 inch mat. There was all sorts of space left over in the cutting diagram that I couldn't delete... So, I ended up going with a pair of tarts instead and creating these boxes that ended up being about 4x4 inches and approx. 2 inches in height. 

Tune in tomorrow for another idea - daily through until Christmas Day! 

Products used are all Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted: 

Paper: Snowhaven Paper Pack, Cranberry Cardstock, White Daisy Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Glacier Cardstock

Stamps: Magical Day

Inks: Glacier 

Accessories: Artiste Cartridge, Snowflake Embossing Folder (not CTMH), Clear Sparkles, Cranberry Ribbon (ret.), Twine (ret.), Ruby Mini-Medley Collection, Foam Tape

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Atlantic Hearts Sketch 85

The sketch at Atlantic Hearts this week is awesome - every week's sketch for Atlantic Hearts is awesome! However, when I saw this one, I knew right away which stamp set I wanted to use and the colour scheme I wanted to use as well. It was to be a straight forward, simple card.  

I decided on a winter themed card - and one of my all time favourite stamp sets - Snow Flurries. The flourishes in this stamp set are simply gorgeous. I covered the lower half of the stamp with washi tape so it wouldn't show and stamped the remainder of the flourish. I used a sentiment from another terrific set called Adornable. 

Some retired embellishments in the same colours and that's it - simple but "snowflakey". Hope your day is filled with snow like mine is! 

Products used are all Close To My Heart

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Teal Glitter Paper
Stamps: Snow Flurries (ret.), Adornable (ret.)
Inks: Lagoon, Lagoon Pigment Ink
Accessories: Artiste Cartridge, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Blue and Green Sparkles (ret.)

Enjoy, 
Alyson