Sunday, December 22, 2013

Advent Holiday Craft Series Day 24 - Purry Christmas

Welcome to day 24th of the Advent Holiday Craft Series. On day 21 we had a Merry Puppy card and today we will have a Purry Christmas. But before we move on to the card I will share with you the book and movie for day twenty four.

The book is: The Night Before Christmas a poem by Clement Moore.



The movie for day 24 is my favorite Christmas movie ever: The Polar Express, directed by Robert Zemeckis. I love this movie for multiple reasons. ( love the book, the story, the animation, the whole idea, and yes! Tom Hanks too)


 
For day 24 I created a card thinking of my cat and also I will be sending this card to my sister in law who is an absolutely cat lover as I am. (I am cat lover, dog lover, any kind of animal lover) I used a stamp set by Simon Says stamp, a banner stamp by Lawn Fawn and some copic coloring.




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Advent Holiday Craft Series Days 23- Scrabble Christmas Card

 
Welcome to days 23 of the Advent Holiday Craft Series. Even though this craft series hasn't go as I planned, I think I had accomplished a huge amount of crafting and also a great use of the supplies that I have on hand, which, was one of my goals.
Last couple of nights we had have so much fun watching movies and reading Christmas books.
 
The book for day 23 is: Night Before the Night Before Christmas by Natasha Wing.


 
The Movie for day 23 is: Miracle on 24th Street directed by, George Seaton.

 
For day 23 I created a Christmas card using scrabble like pieces made with wood veneer paper from Simon Says Stamp 


 
 
 
Thanks to every one who stops by!

Friday, December 20, 2013

Advent Holiday Craft Series Day 21 and 22 - Lawn Fawn Christmas Cards

OMG! What a week, new baby in the family, Christmas program at school, basketball, cookie making (all week), finishing Christmas shopping, trying to get ready for my trip and getting ready for company. I am not complaining though, it's all good and it's part of the fun of the winter holidays.
 
Now, to today's post which is combining two days day twenty-one and day twenty-two.  
The movie for day twenty one is:  Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas directed by Ron Howard.
 

The book for day twenty one is:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
 

For day twenty's craft I have a card made with Lawn Fawn products. This year I am fascinated by the combination of black, green and red in Lawn Fawn's Peace Joy Love collection.



 
 
The movie for day twenty two is Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, directed it by Larry Roemer. This is a Christmas classic from 1964 that had been remastered and enhanced. I created this card because we have a new puppy this year. It is my son's Christmas present but we got it earlier because the pups were ready for their new homes. So this year we are having a merry puppy Christmas!
 
 
The book for day twenty two is: Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
 

 
Last but not least the craft for day twenty two: another card using more Lawn Fawn Stamps (love them)
 

Thanks for stopping by today!
 

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Advent Holiday Craft Series days 19 and 20 - Christmas Tags

This morning my son and I were wrapping Christmas presents and I realized that we need tags for our presents so I started to work on them right away.
The book that I have for day nineteen is Olivia Helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer.


The Movie for day nineteen is: The Santa Clause, a Disney movie directed by John Pasquin.





For the craft I have a set of tags that I created for my family's Christmas presents



Keeping up with combining days, this is what I had prepared for day 20 of the Advent Holiday Craft Series:
The book for day twenty is: The Best Christmas Present Ever by Richard Scarry.


The movie for day twenty is: The Santa Clause 2 a Disney movie directed by Michael Lembeck


For day twenty I have more tags, I am trying to have enough for all the presents. I'll probably have to come up with more.



I hope you'll enjoy everything that I had prepared for day nineteen and day twenty of the Advent Holiday Craft Series.

Thanks to everyone who stops by!

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Advent Holiday Craft Series Days 17 and 18 - Christmas Cards!

Welcome to days seventeen and eighteen of my Advent Holiday Craft Series. Sorry for this late post. (very busy today) As I said on an earlier post, I will be combining posts so I can get this series through before I get even busier.
The Book that I have for day seventeen is: Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner with pictures by Mark Buehner.
The Movie is: Twelve Dogs of Christmas, written by Emma Kragen (book) and directed by Kieth Merrill
And for the craft I have a Card that I created using Lawn Fawn stamps and patterned paper.





 
For day eighteen of the Advent Holiday Craft Series I have  the book Dewey's Christmas at the Library by Vicky Myron and Bret Witter Illustrated by Steve James. This book is inspired by a true story that happen here in Iowa, so I have to pick it for our series. (plus it's about a cat!) Also the movie for day eighteen is: Micky's Christmas Carol, a Disney production.
Last but not least, the craft for day eighteen  it is a card that I created using the Santa's List collection by Teresa Collins. Very simple card I didn't do any stamping so it was very quick and easy.
I hope you'll enjoy everything that I had prepared for days seventeen and eighteen of this series.






 Supplies:
Card #1
Card stock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Lawn Fawn
Stamp: Season Tweetings by Lawn Fawn
Dies: Lawn Cuts
Markers: Copic
Inks: Versa Fine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black
Others: Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen.

Card #2
Card stock: Stampin' Up
Patterned paper: Santa's List Collection by Teresa Collins
Stickers: Santa;s List Collection by Teresa Collins
Others: sequins.


Thanks to everyone who stops by!

Friday, December 13, 2013

Advent Holiday Craft Series Day 16 - 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge # 31





Welcome to day 16 of my Advent Holiday Craft Series. Today I am entering the 10 Minute Craft Dash # 31. I used the challenge colors and stayed within ten minutes. It is very nice to be able to post for the holiday series and at the same time enter in the 10 minute challenge. 
Today is Friday, (that means we can watch a longer movie)  tonight we will be reading I Want a Dog for Christmas by Charles M. Schulz and we will be watching one of my favorite Christmas movies: Elf, directed by Jon Favreau and written by David Berenbaum.
I hope you'll enjoy all that I had for you tonight, I'll see you tomorrow for day 17.



 
 
 



Supplies:
Card stock: Red, Raspberry Splash by Bazzill; white by  Simon Says Stamp; white for cut outs by      X-press It
Stamps: Happy everything, Claire's ABC's, Flying by, all by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Versa fine Onix Black, Memento Tuxido black, Doodle Bug Lady Bug Red by Color Box
Markers: Copic
Adhesive: Tombow Stamp Runner
Others: Foam adhesive, rhinestone.
 
 
Thanks to everyone who stops by!

 

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Advent Holiday Craft Series Day 14 and 15 - Cards


Welcome to day 14 and 15 of my Advent Holiday Craft Series. I had decided to combine two days because I took two days off from this holiday series. I was so busy doing some shopping and other holiday related tasks. (I had learned and next year I will plan accordingly) So day fourteen was Tuesday and I we read A Merry Bunny Christmas by Rosemary Wells and watched A Merry Bunny Christmas based in the books by Rosemary Wells produced by Nick Jr.
For the craft I created a card using the same paper collection from Martha Stewart Holidays that I used on day six.

I will probably combine more days of this holiday craft series to get it over quickly so I can dedicate more time to the holiday's preparations and for a trip that I am planning for the end of the year. I am going to spend New Year's Eve and the first two weeks of the new year with my family so I am really excited and busy, however, very happy to be able to share and keep crafting this season!





Now for day fifteen (Wednesday) of the Holiday Craft series we read Arthur's Perfect Christmas By Mark Brown. I have to say that this story is one of our favorites! The family values and the respect for other people's traditions that it enhances are great for children to learn. We also watch the movie with the same title Arthur's Perfect Christmas based on the book by Mark Brown for PBS kids.
For the craft I created another card, very simple and easy to make I hope you'll enjoy everything that we had for day 14 and 15 of the Advent Holiday Craft Series.






I will probably combine more days of this holiday craft series to get it over quickly so I can dedicate more time to the holiday's preparations and for a trip that I am planning for the end of the year. I am going to spend New Year's Eve and the first two weeks of the new year with my family so I am really excited and busy, however, very happy to be able to share and keep crafting this season!

Supplies:
For Card # 1
Card stock: Pure Puppy by Papertrey Ink
Patterned paper: Martha Stewart Christmas
Sentiment: Stamp by the Paper Studio
Cut out bird: DCWV
Others: adhesive, small brads, foam adhesive.
 
Card # 2
Card stock: Craft by the Paper Studio
Patterned Paper: DCWV
Sentiment: Stamp by the Paper Studio
Sticker: Recollections
Others: Adhesive, small brads, foam adhesive, white gel pen.
 
Thanks to everyone who stops by!

Monday, December 9, 2013

Advent Holiday Craft Series Day 13 - Elf Magic Card


Welcome to day thirteen of my Advent Holiday Craft Series! Tonight we will be reading  and watching my boy's all time favorite: Max & Ruby. We will read Max's Christmas by Rosemary Wells and we will watch Max & Ruby's Christmas based in the books by Rosemary Wells for Nick Jr..These adorable bunnies have been in my family since our boy is three years old.
For the craft I created a very easy, however so beautiful card that will work for kids as well as for adults. Here it is I'll hope you enjoy it.





 

 
Supplies:
Card stock: Pure Poppy by Papertrey Ink
Patterned paper: Elf Magic collection by Bo Bunny
Stickers: Elf Magic by Bo Bunny
Twine: Mail twine by Divine Twine
Adhesive: Tombow Stamp Roller
Other: Paper trimmer, bone folder, corner chomper.
 
 
Thanks to everyone who stops by!