"8 Months Till Christmas" Fun Blog Hop

Welcome to our "8 Months Till Christmas" Fun Blog Hop.  This is our 3rd month now doing this little fun hop and we now have 6 people joining in on the fun.  The reason I started this fun hop was to force myself to create at least 2 Christmas cards a month so that when December came I would have quite a few cards already made, and so that I was not so stressed out come November/December trying desperately to get my Christmas card list completed.  I mentioned this to my BFF's Heather and Mary and they said they liked the idea and wanted to join me on this adventure.  Since we have started, we have found 3 other ladies to join in on the fun!  

If you are following the hop you shoud have come here from the very talented MARY'S blog, but if you happened by my blog just by chance, please go to GEORGIANA'S blog to start at the beginning.   Below you will find a blog list for you to follow in case you have gotten lost.  Hope that you may get some Christmas inspiration from this hop so that you too can start your cards early this year.

Here is a picture of the two cards I made for this month.....we always do one card with a colouring medium and one card with a die cut tool.....

Georgiana: http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.ca/

Heather: http://princesspaperprojects.blogspot.ca/

Kerry: http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.ca/

Mary: http://www.maryshappyplace.com/

Shari: http://sharispinkpalace.blogspot.ca/

Tara: http://tarashomemadehappiness.blogspot.ca/

Here is my first card I want to show you using my COPIC MARKERS & a Bugaboo Stamps image....

SUPPLIES USED:
* Image: Bugaboo Stamps - Mistletoe Fairy
* 4x5.5 card & envelope
* Copic X-Press Paper
* Copic Markers
* Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
* Patterned Paper:  First Edition Paper 6x6 Paper Pack - Festive Treats
* Cardstock: all from my stash
* Ribbon:  from my stash (very very old, kind of a horder of ribbon!)
* Spellbinder Nestabilities: Blossom 3
* Cuttlebug to cut and emboss the Spellbinder shape
*Spellbiders Rubber Embossing Sheet
* Sentiment:  from Michaels $1.50 bin (coloured with copics)
* Color Box Chalk: Lipstick Red
* 3d Pop Dots for image and sentiment
* ATG

Here is a close up of the coloured image (copic colours used listed below).....

COPIC COLOURS USED:
* SKIN:  E11, E00, E000
* HOLLY LEAVES:  YG67, YG63, YG61
* HOLLY BERRIES / DRESS / /SOCKS:  R39, R37, R35
* HAIR:  E59, E39, E31, E50

Here is my second card I want to show you using my QUICKUTZ SHAPES....

SUPPLIES USED:

* 4x5.5 card & envelope

* Cardstock:  all from my scrap bin (whoo hoo!!)

* Patterned Paper:  My Minds Eye 6x6 Paper Pad - Lost & Found Christmas

* Quickutz Shapes (2x2 dies): Santa, Mrs.Claus & Reindeer Head.

* Quickutz Holiday Set: Mini Ornament & HOHOHOHOHO Sentiment
* Quickutz Squeeze Tool (to cut Santa, Mrs. Claus and Rudolph)

* Cuttlebug (to cut ornaments and hohohohoho sentiment)
* Spellbiders Rubber Embossing Sheet to emboss the ornaments.

* Zig 2way Glue Stick (to put all the peeps together)

* Stickles: Silver (for tops of ornaments)

* Glossy Accents: for Rudolph's nose

* imagibisce i*rock tool + tinnie tiny black gems for all the eyes + small red metallic rounds for the berries on Mrs. Claus' headband
* EK Success Powdered Chalk for definition on all the faces (pink for cheeks and nose, grey for beard and hair & brown for reindeer)

* Color Box Chalk: Berrylicious

* 3D Pop Dots
* ATG

Here is a close up of the cut shapes so you can see the chalk effects and the eyes better....

Well that is all for me to day, I sure hope that you are inspired to get into your craft area and maybe get ahead start on your Christmas cards too!  Please leave me a comment if you have time, I love to hear from you  =)

Now it is time for you to hop on over to TARA'S blog to see her awesome creations!

Dont forget to mark your calender for May 25th to join us again for our "7 Months Till Christmas" fun blog hop for even more inspiration!


I would like to enter my cards into the following Christmas Challenges:
* Jingle Belles Rock: Peace on Earth (in lieu of Earth day: recycle/reuse/repurpose) - I used SCRAPS from my scrap bin on BOTH cards!
* Christmas Inspiration Challenge #45: BINGO - I made a line on my bingo card using Layers/Green/Glitter on my Quickutz card
* Always Playing With Paper (Merry Monday) Challenge #17: follow sketch - for this challenge I am submitting my Quickuts card =)

I would also like to enter my cards on the following regular challenges:
* Love to Creat Challenge #12:  Anything Goes
* Make It Monday Challenge # 86:  Anything Goes
* Fussy & Fancy Challenge #61:  Punches & Die Cuts - well both my cards have Die cuts but for sure my Quickutz card =)
* Shopping our Stash Challenge #49: Something with "B" - I used a BUGABOO image =)
* Inky Impressions Challenge:  Anything Goes
* Simon Says - Anything Goes

Until next time, keep crafting!

Shari