Christmas Swap!

My Kitty Bee Design Team wanted to do a Christmas swap this month. :) Figured I'd share what I got and what I sent!

My swap partner was Elina from Scrapbooks, Crafts, and Cards, Oh My!. She's so talented! These are the goodies she sent me:

(Made by Elina)

This is a shaker ornament using Santa Christmas Penguin. Its so cute!!! Its on my tree. :)

(Made by Elina)

She also made me a bunch of matching tags and stamped wooden tags!

(Made by Elina)

And this super cute card!!!! Ahhhh! Cuteness overload! 

This is the card I sent her! Isn't it funny that we used the same digital image?! LOL I inked him up with Copics and popped him up.  The paper is from The Robin's Nest. I just simply added some rhinestones and white baker's twine. 

I also included some wrapped presents in her package.  I'm not going to post a photo or say what it is... just in case she's waiting to open it! Just some little trinkets I found. :)

Hope you enjoyed my swap photos!

Entering the last one (mine!) in the following challenges:

Simply Create - Snow or all white

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!!!!  This is Day 1!

This hop will take place November 24th through December 5th and the new postings each day will be posted by 8am eastern standard time. This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all of those beautiful Christmas projects. This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards, and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried. There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop. Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit.

There is also BLOG CANDY to give away! Make sure you stop at Lisa's (first stop) to find out how to win!

Here's my project today.  I'm showing you my ornaments that I sold/am selling at craft fairs this year!:

This first one I just filled glass ornaments with colored sand, beach glass, and shells. Then just added some ribbon. I made all kinds of different shapes with all kinds of different colored sands. :)

This one is just a painted and glittered wooden snowflake.  The center is just an image I liked online and just punched it out with a circle punch and popped it up. I also made this one in different colors and patterns... Seattle Seahawks, Spiderman, Hello Kitty!

This one was wooden ornaments that I painted with Chalkboard Paint! I changed up the ribbons and sold them with a piece of chalk in each package!

Hope you liked my ornaments! Here's the line-up, in case you get lost!

1. Lisa ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com

GUEST DESIGNER FOR TODAY - Lyne - 

2. Scrappin Madge ~ www.thescrappinlounge.com

3. Beth McGee ~ http://thecraftyscrapyard.blogspot.com

4. Amy E. ~ http://www.scrapthissavethat.com/

5. Denise ~ www.craftconfectionery.com

7. Cely ~ http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com

8. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

9. Alicia ~ http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/

10. Anna- http://www.stampanna.com

11. An'Jenic- http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

12. Angela- http://www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com/

13. Heather- www.paper-junkie.blogspot.com

14. Jessica -http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

15. Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com

16. La-Vie Borde-Perry ~ http://www.cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/

17. Sandy- http://www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

18. Carla ~ http://racincrafts.blogspot.com

19. Lori ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com

20. Ashley W ~ http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com

21. Robin L. ~ http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

Smoothfoam Blog Hop!

The Robin's Nest is pairing up with Smoothfoam today and we're bringing you some awesome ornaments using Smoothfoam and The Robin's Nest products!  

Here's my ornament:

I used just a simple Smoothfoam ball.  Added some different sized curled Robin's Nest paper strips and some ribbon.

I used Flame Glitter Swirls paper and Red Snowflakes cardstock.  These are 20% off in The Robin's Nest Store for the month of November!!! 

I attached the bits of curled paper and ribbon with some straight pins.

(Don't mind the fingers that are in desperate need of a manicure... I promise I got one a couple of days after this photo was taken!)

HOW ABOUT SOME PRIZES????

Be sure to hop on over to the Chattering Robin's Blog and check out the design team creations using The Robin's Nest and SmoothFoam product - and be sure to become a follower of each blog for a chance to win prizes...now who doesn't love prizes??? I know I do!!!

Oh yeah, did I tell you the prize was $100 in product??? Get started at The Robin's Nest!!!

Andrea Walford's gift card holder ornaments

Hey guys!  Since my back is still really sore, I haven't done much shopping.  I can't walk for long periods of time and browsing a store isn't fun after 15 minutes!  So a lot of my gifts to friends and family will be gift cards.  I wanted to jazz them up, so I made these gift card holders.  The idea and specs came from Andrea Walford.  I love them because they can be hung on a tree, like an ornament!

Everything is by Stampin Up!  I really got a good use out of this stamp set : Warmest of Wishes.  And finally I've used my (hoarded) waffle paper!  It just makes the whole thing POP!

'Till next Christmas project!