Christmas Tin of Cards

We're having a terrible, rotten, horrible, exhausting, no good, very bad week --- and it's only Tuesday.  In addition to all we've had going on with the renovation mess in my studio, we've been spending a lot of time helping my husband's mom.  After working like crazy at her place again yesterday, we got all ready to come home and the car's electrical system (or something bad) blew out and we were left stranded.  After a very long and complicated phone call and then long wait for a tow truck, we were 'treated' to a ride home in the back of a tow truck that looked like a fancy truck version of the Polar Express.  However, from the inside, we were seated in the back seat with no leg room at all, absolutely no shocks and the truck cab was riddled with cigarette smoke.  Yikes!  Thank goodness for my Nebulizer.  My asthma is giving me a real battle.  Talk about exhausting.  Anyway, we're about finished with helping my MIL and should be able to wrap that up by the end of the week.  Cross your fingers that the messiest part of our reno job may be done by the end of the week, too.  There's plaster dust everywhere in my studio and in the storage room next to it.  It's even in the insides of the drawers and the inside of the fridge.  I'm looking forward to 2019.
So ... how about some Christmas fun for us today. 
I have a large tin (Christmas Traditions Punch Box) and it's just stuffed with Christmas cards.  I gathered up my Santa's Workshop Memories and More Card Pack and the coordinating Santa's Workshop Memories and More Cards and Envelopes, set them up on my cart by my TV chair and spent 2 or 3 nights just putting together cute cards and envelopes.  I had enough embellishments to fancy up the envelopes, too.  It was relaxing and super fun.

I even added one of my Santa's Bags, with a tag from my Sincerely Santa Project Kit.  Wow!  So much fun and oh so cute.

 --- NEXT CLASSES / EVENTS:

--- Dec. 3-31 / Double Class Chips and Rewards Tokens

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--- Dec. 10 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Beautiful Christmas Cards (Timeless Tidings Kit)
     REGISTRATION CLOSED.

Keep stamping and creating and you'll have some fun holiday cards, gifts and decor to add sparkle to your holidays, too.

Cherry Cobbler Decorated Christmas Tin

As I mentioned in a previous post, I love tins and I loved making the Sincerely Santa Project Kit tags.  It makes so many!  I used a few of them to decorate other Christmas items.  Are you wondering what I have inside?  I have a bunch of Christmas cards I made using our Timeless Tidings Card Kit.  The cards have a lot of Cherry Cobbler in them, so I thought this tin would be perfect.  By the way, the current SU Inventory shows an excess of these tins so, once you read some of my ideas below for using them, you might want to stock up on a few.  They're really nice.

This would make a great Christmas gift for a special someone.  They can enjoy using the cards and then save the tin for next Christmas ... or remove the tag and use the tin year-round.  Another idea:  Keep the tin for yourself and use it for all your lists, address labels, etc. for sending out your Christmas cards each year.  It's a keeper:)
Even more ideas ---  
- Use it as gift packaging for odd-sized gifts.
- Fill it with bath spa type gifts.
- Fill it with cookies.  Yum!!!
- Fill it with get-well type gifts for someone recovering from an illness or surgery.
- Use it for storage in your stamping area.
- Use it to organize and store your ready-to-send cards for various occasions.

Send me a comment if you'd like to share your own ideas for using this or other tins.  I'd love to hear from you.

--- NEXT CLASSES / EVENTS:

--- Nov. 23 - 28 / 6 DAYS OF SALES!

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--- Nov. 27 / Giving Tuesday
                    Share your blessings.

--- Dec. 10 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Beautiful Christmas Cards (Timeless Tidings Kit)
     ONLY 3 REMAINING SPOTS.
     PAY TO REGISTER SOON.

 --- Special Drawing for Customers
You have until the end of November to qualify. 
You'll get your name in the drawing once for EACH order ... Now through Nov. 30.   
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFO. 

Sincerely Santa Project Kit Projects, Part 2

Are you ready for my Part 2?  Here we go!

I took some of my tags and made cards!  They're all in Cherry Cobbler or Garden Green.

I used our new Tufted embossing folder (TIEF).  I think it's so pretty and really adds a lot to your cards!

OK, confession time.  Do you see my silly mistake on the card below?   I accidentally attached the doily on the right with the vanilla side up, instead of the white side.  Oops!  I can fix it.  Stuff happens:)

After making all these cards + a couple of other projects I'll share with you soon, I still had all these tags left.  I just love them.  Be sure to come back for my next project.

--- NEXT CLASSES / EVENTS:

--- Holiday Open House Party
     Nov. 18 / 2:00-5:00 / A 'no fee' event
     RSVP REQUIRED TO ATTEND

- Dec. 10 / Scraps and Prayers
    5:39-7:30 / $15.00    
     Beautiful Christmas Cards from our Timeless Tidings Kit
     ONLY 3 REMAINING SPOTS.
     PAY TO REGISTER EARLY TO HOLD YOUR SPOT.

 --- Special Drawing for Customers

You have until the end of November to qualify. 
You'll get your name in the drawing once for EACH order ... Now through Nov. 30.   
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFO.

Sincerely Santa Project Kit Projects, Part 1

It's no secret that I love tins.  Stampin' Up! has come out with 2 new ones for Christmas that I really like.  After making my tags, I used a couple of them to decorate my cute tin.  This would make a great gift!

Gift ideas for your tin:
- Complete the tags, place them all in our decorated tin and give to a special someone.
- Leave the kit 'as is' and give it as a gift to a special crafting friend.
- Complete the tags, use them to wrap your own gifts, then use the empty tin as a gift container.  
- It could hold a hard to wrap item or some goodies.  This would be nice for mailing, too.

In a future post, I'll share my other decorated tin.  After decorating my tins and creating the projects you'll see in my next post, I still had all these tags left.  Aren't they cute.

If you're wondering, it didn't take long to make them all either.  The trick is to get all your pieces sorted first.  Once I'd done that, I actually worked on my lap board while watching TV and completed them all in a night or two.  It was fun!  Be sure to come back for Part 2 of my projects.

--- NEXT CLASSES / EVENTS:

--- Holiday Open House Party
     Nov. 18 / 2:00-5:00 / A 'no fee' event
     RSVP REQUIRED TO ATTEND

A lot of these items already went to a new home after our Scraps and Prayers class.  I put out a few new items, as well.  So, be sure to check out my little 25 cent sale while you're at my Holiday Open House Party.
I'm now setting up the longer table with favors and yummy goodies for you.  We'll do our Make and Takes at the kitchen island, so we don't have to worry about the hardwood floor in the dining room.  We can then use the kitchen and dining tables for chatting, placing orders, and perhaps enjoying a little goodie or two.  If you need a Holiday or Annual Catalog, be sure to ask.  I have plenty.  It's almost time to party!!!  We're going to have fun!

- Dec. 10 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Beautiful Christmas Cards from our Timeless Tidings Kit
     ONLY 3 REMAINING SPOTS.
     PAY TO REGISTER EARLY TO HOLD YOUR SPOT.

 --- Special Drawing for Customers

You have until the end of November to qualify. 
You'll get your name in the drawing once for EACH order ... Now through Nov. 30.   
CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE INFO.