Author: cristina

A Well-Behaved Elf, Finally!

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8 Days to Christmas.. Here are the latest Elf pictures!

Day 16

DH and I have recently bought a treadmill, but Jingle Ginger has no intention of using it! 🙂

Day 17

Reading his book with our little moose.

Day 18

This week our Elf has shown his crafty side! 🙂 He did do a bit of a mess initially to cut out his initials…

Day 19

But then he cut out some beautiful snowflakes! He must miss the snow from the North Pole..

Day 20

Isn’t he cute? Perhaps I should ask him if he wants to help me with my hybrid creations!

Day 21

And now he’s made a complete card! An elf after my own heart! <3 This past week he has behaved really well, it looks like we’ll have a smooth sail until Christmas. Or maybe not? 😉

Digital Stamps

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Digital stamps are something I’ve started to use only recently, and they’re fun! I still feel that designers do a way better job than me picking color combinations, but it is fun to play with them. 🙂 Here’s the latest set I’ve used (20% off throughout the weekend):

I made a card combining a few of these tags (all colored digitally using a simplified version of this tutorial).

Tags card

Credits:
Colour In Christmas Tags by Kate Hadfield
Brown Paper Pack by Sahlin Studio

10 Days to Christmas!

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Only 10 days to Christmas! I wish I could slow down this magical time of the year… There are so many things I’d like to do before Christmas! I am 95% caught up with my December Daily album (days 1-14 are done, except for journaling on a couple of pages and a couple of bits that I want to cut out with my Silhouette), but I haven’t had time to take pictures yet. I hope to get to that this Saturday. I am loving the smaller format of the album this year, but I am sad I haven’t had time to experiment with new techniques. Oh well, it’s still quite pretty in my eyes. 😉 I am leaving lots of space to photos, which makes it easy to put the album together. In the meantime, let me share the past 3 weeks of Project 52 Cards. Only 3 more weeks to go, I am really proud of myself for sticking to this project. 🙂

P52 Cards - Week 48

You can see the Week 48 card here.

P52 Cards - Week 49

You can see the Week 49 card here.

P52 Cards - Week 50

You can see the Week 50 card here.

More Elf Pictures

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As the days pass, our elf is showing more and more his mischievous side! 🙂

Oh my goodness, Jingle Ginger started raiding the gifts under the tree!! He picked this one that happened to be An Elf’s Story… 🙂

Day 12

He spent the day watching his movie!

Day 13

Look at what our naughty elf did next!! He wrapped up the Christmas tree with toilet paper! 😉

Day 14

(note: it is really challenging to wrap up such a big tree on your own! And it took me a whole roll to cover it up – way more than I expected! 😉 But it looked really pretty! 🙂 )
Today he wrote his name in our Christmas carols book!!

Day 15

I’m starting to run out of ideas here! 🙂 Most of the ideas I have take too much time to do in the morning, so it’s getting complicated… It’s great to have a couple of quick backup ideas to do on days on which you are rushed – the last one above was precisely that. I’d photocopied the book last week, and just kept it ready.

Very Merry and Bright

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Jenn Barrette has teamed up with Shawna Clingerman to create this gorgeous Christmas kit. I love the color scheme, just LOVE it!

I used it to make this card:

Jingle All the Way card

I am also using this kit for a 2-page spread in my December Daily album – I am working on my album but I have a crazy weekend ahead, so I don’t expect to be able to share any peeks for a few more days. But I am loving how it’s turning out! 🙂

Noel

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Leora Sanford is re-releasing this Christmas kit today. It’s called Noel and I know you need it! You might not know that you need it, but believe me, you do! 🙂

So why do you need this kit? Well, to me, Leora’s designs have some kind of magic. Whenever I open up a kit of hers, even if I have no idea what to do with it, my page just comes together effortlessly and quickly. The same happened with this kit. I looked for some Christmas pictures, and this page just happened. And I love it so much!

Christmas Lights 2011

Credits:
Noel by Leora Sanford
Font: Typewriterhand

December BYOC!

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It’s BYOC time at The Lilypad! I had a wee bit of time to scrap this week, and I loved playing with the new releases! Here’s what I grabbed:

These sketches by Kitty are much more than just templates! They come with a paper pack and are already loaded with finishing touches like brushes which make it very easy to put your pages together! I love this concept!

Isn’t this penguin just adorable? 🙂 This pack is filled with little goodies that really make your page look great.

Super versatile alpha, and the pockets are already shadowed – fantastic!

I love this set of painted, grungy alphas!

These brushes are so classy and elegant! They really finish your page nicely.

Heather’s fonts are just great, and this one is no exception!

I could not resist this kit. I had to grab it last night to make another page! 🙂

This alpha is festive and so much fun! Works on a great variety of photos too!And here are my pages. I am still working on my mom’s spring visit… 🙂

Mom's Visit Day 12 - Needle Felting

Credits:
Life Tale Sketches 5 by Kitty Designs
Brrr Elements by Valorie Wibbens
Winter Stickies alpha by Amy Martin
Awesome Sauce 2 alpha by Karah Fredricks
Winter Love Stamps by Designs by Lili
Fonts: The Snow Bunny by Heather Hess and Pea Pumpkin Peters

But I’ve started scrapping her latest visit as well. 😉

Christmas Lights 2011 (2)

Credits:
Life Tale Sketches 5 by Kitty Designs
Downtown Christmas papers and elements by The Tattered Pear
Wassail alpha by Jacque Larsen
Font: The Snow Bunny by Heather Hess

More Elf Pictures

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I am having so much fun with our Elf this year! I can see making a whole album just with these pictures. He is totally adorable! 😉

He’s turning out to be quite the reckless type! 🙂

Day 7

He was really sweet this day, reminding us to write our Christmas cards…

Day 8

Guess who got a sewing machine as an early Christmas present?!?!!?!!!!!!!! 😀 And guess who else is loving it? 😉 Wow, it looks like he really knows what he’s doing! Maybe he can teach me how to use it!

Day 9

Uh-oh… I spoke too soon… No more sewing for Jingle Ginger!

Day 10

Well, he eventually finished his scarf, and is testing it out in the fridge! I guess it’s too warm here for him, being from the North Pole and all… 😉

Day 11

December Daily Deals at The Lilypad!

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My mom’s visit is over (already), and I’m settling back into my routine. I have a few days to catch up on for my December Daily album, and I’m looking forward to it! Unfortunately I have a busy work week ahead so I’m not sure just how much crafty time I’ll manage to squeeze in. Wish me luck!

I also wanted to post about a great sale at The Lilypad. For the month of December, each day a category of the store will be 25% off. Here’s the schedule for the whole month!

The December BYOC is coming out this Friday, so look out for some gorgeous new products!