Pocket Scrapbooking - December Daily - Louise

Happy Christmas Eve :)  I am here to share some more pocket scrapbooking with you, this time in the form of my December Daily.  This is an account of the month of December, in the same form as Daily Pocket Scrapbooking but in its own album, focusing on Christmas preparations.  A great album for this would be The Tim Holtz Christmas Wishes album with page protectors to fit.

This is the first page in my December 2013 album.....

I have used Heritage Project Life cards, red and green Cardstock, washi tape and some MME Christmas papers. I also added a few sequins I had in my sewing box.  The December was cut on my cricut using Opposites Attract cartridge and the 2013 is done with gold alphas.  I rounded the corners using an EK success corner rounder and the journalling was done using gold metallic pen

Here are closeups of the 4x6 cards in each pocket...

Thanks so much for joining me for my post today and I wish everyone a Merry and safe Christmas :)  Happy Scrapping.

Christmas Cards - by Kimi

G'day everyone, thanks for stopping by, today I have a quick card share for you all.  I am not much of a card maker, but I wanted to use up the last little bits of my Kaisercraft Gingerbread christmas kit.  The papers I have used to create these are:....

Gingerbread ~ Gumdrop Buttons

Gingerbread ~  Cinnamon

Gingerbread ~ Ginger

Gingerbread ~ Vanilla

Gingerbread ~ Raisin Eyes

Gingerbread  ~ Cocoa

Gingerbread ~ Candy Nose

Gingerbread ~ Nutmeg

Gingerbread ~ Sugar

Gingerbread - 12x12 Sticker Sheet

Gingerbread - 12x12 Sticker Sheet - Numbers

Gingerbread Collectables

My first card is a smaller sized easel card and it measures 5"x4".  I have used some chocolate brown cardstock for the base and a mix of the scraps left over from the 12x12 papers and few papers from the 6 1/2" paper pad.

 I have used a few of the collectables and layered them up on pop dots for that extra little dimension.

 My second easel card is only a little larger at 5"x5".  I have used white card stock as the base.

I have used some scraps of the 12x12 papers and layered up some of the cut-outs from the Candy Nose sheet which I teamed up with some stickers and more of the wonderful diecuts from the collectables Collection.

  Thank you all for spending some time with me and for also joining me on my Christmas journey.  I have loved this collection. Now to see what November has in store!!

.....✿ღ.~♥  Live your Bliss ♥~ღ.✿

Altered Noodle Box ~ by Kimi

Hi everyone, today I am here to share my Altered Noodle or Take out Box with you all.  I have had this noodle box in my stash for quite some time, just waiting to be altered. I thought the Gingerbread collection from Kaisercraft was perfect for it!!  I love these papers, they have a retro feel to them and certainly put you in the Christmas mood.  I have used selections from the 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 paper pad.

 My first step was to pull the box apart and set aside the wire handle.  Making sure to put it where I would find it again!!  I don't know about you, but sometimes I put things down on my desk and they just vanish!! never to be seen again!!

 I then cut out segments from the sides to reduce the bulk and make the sides sit a little flatter.

I also sanded the shiny surface just to be sure that my glue would stick.

After I got all my surfaces prepped I set about tracing and cutting the box pieces out.  I am sorry guys I got busy with it and totally forgot to take pictures of this process.  

 When I finally remembered to take photos, I was up to the embellishing stage.  I have used some ribbons and seam binding from my stash.

 A sticker or two from the sticker sheet that came in my kit.

and the final touch was a wooden Santa embellishment from my stash.

 Here is a close up on the sides and the ribbons. 

This project came together really quickly and easily. I think it makes a great gift box, but I thought I would use mine as a table decoration and fill it with lots of Christmas lollies!!!

Thanks again for stopping by and sharing some of your Saturday with me.  Please be sure to pop back tomorrow to see what Wendy has been creating for you.  

3D Star - by Kimi

 Hey everyone so as you can see I have my kit for October and it is CHRISTMAS!!  I love these papers.  This is Kaisercrafts Gingerbread Collection and the papers have a soft vintage feel.  There are some really fun prints and I can't wait to create some more with them.   This week I have used my e-cutter again and a digital file to create this 3D star.

 I have used the Chocolate card stock that came in my kit as the star base.

 I then cut the top layer pieces or triangles from pages in the Gingerbread 6 1/2"  x 6 1/2" paper pad

I loved how the chocolate card stock gave the star a rusty look.  I wanted to keep this rustic country theme going so I decorated the star with some Red gingham that I had dyed using some Tim Holtz Tea Dye re-inker.

 I used some more twine twists made from the Docrafts Papermania brown string; strips of natural hessian; a mulberry paper gardenia inked with Tim Holtz Aged Mahogany and two rusty bells from my quilting stash.

This is the reverse of the star.  I just love how dimensional this star is and I love LOVE love it's rustic charm.  Thanks for sharing some of your Saturday with me.... Hope you all have a crafty weekend.

                                                             ✿ღ.~♥  Live your Bliss ♥~ღ.✿