Thrifty Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to The Stamping Boutique’s
"Thrifty Christmas-Making Handmade Gifts" Blog Hop!!

We are very excited about the holidays and know for many money is tight this year, but that doesn’t mean you cannot give great gifts! Our Elves, oh I mean design team have been busy in their workshops coming up with some fabulous projects to help you with those last minute gift ideas. What better way to show you than to have a
BLOG HOP!!!

You won’t want to miss this hop and because we know you are all busy getting all the preparations done for the holidays, this hop will run all weekend. The hop starts today, Friday
December 9th @ 12:01 am (CST) and runs until Sunday December 11th @ 11:59 pm (CST).
 

I am your 1st stop on the hop so you are in the right place. Make sure and follow along for a chance to win some AMAZING blog candy along the way and PRIZES at the end. 

For my "Thrifty Christmas Project" I have created and altered canvas, using scrapbook papers.  All my papers are from CTMH Mistletoe collection.  I started with a blank white canvas that I picked up at Michael's with a coupon of course.  I grabbed a layout from my CTMH idea books and then altered the dimensions to fit my canvas.  Next I printed these wonderful "holly berry" images on my cardstock, paper pieced them, and fussy cut them out.  I added a little pop to edges by adding some ink to edges of leaves in New England Ivy and a lil' black spica pen to edges of berries.

  Next I have created a couple easy, fun projects to give to those special teachers, neighbors, or office friends.  In front are some mint patties that I have dolled up. I used the image called "candy land winter candy" which I have printed a little bigger, colored them with Copics, and then fussy cut them out.  I mounted them on scalloped circles before attaching to my candies. 

In the back is a hot cocoa holder, which I found on You Tube. 

Here are directions to create:

1. Start with a 4 x 11 piece of cardstock

2. Score at 4 3/4 and 10

3. Cut a piece of coordinating card stock (or pp) to 3 3/4 x  4 1/2, I then cut a piece of 
pp to 3 5/8 x 4 3/8. For t he flap, I cut a piece of card stock in CTMH juniper to 3/4 x 3 3/4 and then my pp to 5/8 x 3 5/8.


4. Grab you cocoa packet and lay inside, punch two holes using your Crop-a-dile or hole punch. Add you ribbon and any other embellies + your image/sentiment! I used the newest image from the store called "snowman-bring it on."


I invite you to continue hopping and hope you enjoyed my projects and got a couple ideas to help you with your last minute holiday gifts. Remember each designer along the way is featuring a project that showcases a digital image from The Stamping Boutique store. Be sure to visit all the design’s blogs and leave a comment (we will be checking). Each designer will be giving away (1) FREE image from our store to one random commenter.

Once you have finished the hop, make sure to leave a comment on The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate for our store. Remember to be eligible for all prizes, YOU MUST COMMENT ON EACH STOP ALONG THE WAY!


Next stop by Jen's blog, to see what FABULOUS project she has in store for you today.