Snowflake Splendor Cards and Hot Cocoa Set

Winter here is upstate NY is pretty much in full swing.  January is a long, cold, dark month.  So I decided to come up with some projects to celebrate winter.  My first craft is this Hot Cocoa carrier filled with a hot cup ready for your cocoa night!  There's a little bag of marshmallows and a hot cocoa mix in the decorated bag.  

I wanted to make this because I bought this stamp set for the saying, "You're the marshmallows to my cocoa."  I figured now is a good time to take it out and actually use it!  

Because the designer papers have some purple in them, I added Highland Heather cardstock to the projects to coordinate with the Misty Moonlight blue.  I think there are many things to use the coffee carriers for and this is just one idea.  In the future, I hope to use them again for something else.

I made this card using the Snowflake Wishes stamp set and Snowflake Splendor papers.  It's much sparklier in person and gives a nice greeting for these winter days.  I got the idea from Bonnie O'Neill on Pinterest.

The next card has a lovely snowflake cut out in it.  Simple, yet nice for the winter season.  This card idea is from Sherri Chapman Blessing.

Here's a pic of the whole set.  I have to say that I like the "wintery" look.  Is it snowy and cold where you live?  Do you make cards to celebrate winter?

Holiday Gnomes

The first set that caught my eye in this year's holiday catalog was the Gnome for the Holidays stamp set.  It features 3 cute little gnomes decorating and getting ready for Christmas.  I like buying and using sets that a little bit different from what I already have.

This is just the sweetest little card featuring the gnomes that I've seen!  The original idea is from Jo Blackman.  I love having the gnomes peek out of the little windows on this card.  :)  I changed up some of the designer papers and used the Merry Christmas word dies.  It's one of my favorites this year.

Next up is the little man gnome trying to find a place to hang his Christmas ornament.  I used trees from In the Pines to create the forest and paper from the Heartwarming Hugs collection. So sweet!

The next card has the little girl gnome standing outside of their home.  She may have gotten confused as to where she was supposed to put the Christmas tree!  This card idea is from Cathy Bethel.  I used Heartwarming Hugs for this card, too.

To compliment the gnome cards, I added this In the Pines tree cut out card.  I used the same holiday papers so that all of the cards would coordinate, giving them a cohesive look.  This card was easy to make, but I love it's simplistic impact.  This idea is from Patti Dolan.

Are you into the holiday Gnomes this year?

 

Heartwarming Hugs

This week I worked on some cards and projects using the Heartwarming Hugs suite from the mini holiday catalog.  I love the warm red homespun look that it brings.

I started with the coffee mugs holder and made it into a hot cocoa gift set.  The cup has chocolates in it and the little " gift bag" has a hot cocoa mix.  I added some mini marshmallows and love how it all came together.  :)  

Here you can see a little better what I put in it the carrier.  It makes a sweet little gift to give to someone.  :)

For this card I used the set Christmas Cheer and added in a mini marshmallow stamp that I had from an old set.  I like the candy cane cut out and the little greenery in the cup.  I saw the idea for this from Anne Marie Hile on Pinterest.  

This card uses A Merry Hello hostess stamp set.  I got the idea to fold back the designer paper from someone on Facebook.  I can't find her name, but I do love the card idea.  (Let me know if this idea is from you and I will give you the credit.)

And lastly, I made a little gift card holder using an older Label die set.  This is so cute for putting in a gift card or tucking in some money.  I would love to make more of these and put them on the tree!  This idea is from Julie Gilson.  

How is your holiday crafting coming along?  I'd like to make these coffee cup sets in some blue snowflake papers and have them for after Christmas. :)