Sweet Gatherings

Good morning and once again welcome to the Keeping Christmas Blog Hop!  This blog hop is dedicated to giving you inspiration so you may want to start making your Christmas cards and gifts early.

On the 25th of each month the team will be sharing some ideas for Christmas.

Your host this month is the creator of Keeping Christmas.......... Kelly Lunceford!!!!!

This month I created a card that is longer is size then I normal do, it is 41/2 X 6.  I started with a white base and sponged on distress ink in tumbled glass.  I used the berry wreath stamp and die set. All the stamps and dies used are from Papertrey Ink. I stamped the wreath with new leaf ink and used pencil colors to color in the leaves also using red stickles on the berries.  The long bow is from deck the halls stamp and die set, stamped with pure poppy ink and glittered, and the center has a dab of red sticklers. The wreath is raised with foam tape for some dimension.




The sentiment is from deck the halls stamp set. I used ver…

Good morning and welcome to the Keeping Christmas Blog Hop!  On the 25th of each month the design team will be sharing there Christmas creations! We hope to get you inspired to get a head start on creating your Christmas cards.

Our host each month is Kelly Lunceford, she is the creator of Keeping Christmas.

Please stop by and visit the amazing team.  I love all of the inspiration they give!

Kelly Lunceford (creator)

                                                   Anita Madden (off this month)

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

                                                   Julee Tilman (off this month)

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

                                                   Vicki Finger (off this month)

                                                   Nancy Guse ( you are here)

I have made 3 cards this month, using a snowflake as my main focal point.  I kept the focal point and the sentiment the same, just changing the colors.


On each of the cards I used …

Good morning and welcome to the Keeping Christmas Blog Hop!  Where you find wonderful ideas for Christmas cards and projects.  On the 25th of each month the design team will be sharing there Christmas creations!

Our host each month is Kelly Lunceford, she is the amazing creator of Keeping Christmas.

Please stop by and visit the amazing team.  I love all the inspiration they give!

Kelly Lunceford (off this month)

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth

Vicki Finger

                                                              Nancy Guse (you are here)

This month I have created 2 cards.  I feel like I have gone out of my comfort zone because of the busyness of the background and the colors.




On the card below I started with white card stock and used Text & Texture:  Bokeh in Hibiscus Burst and Raspberry Fizz ink using my Misti. The trees are from Floral Fantasy and stamped in Vintage Jadiete and covered with glitter. The se…

Good morning and welcome to the Keeping Christmas Inspirational Blog Hop!  Where you find wonderful ideas for Christmas cards and projects.  On the 25th of each month we will be sharing our Christmas creations.

Our host each month is Kelly Lunceford, the creator of Keeping Christmas.

This month I created a Christmas card box that contains 5 cards using Prima, Santa Baby paper and journaling cards.

I made the box using Betsy Veldman's Make-it-Market kit, A Fairy Tale Christmas.  In one of her videos for this kit she created a card box.  This box is large enough to hold cards and envelopes that are 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches in size.







On the outside of the cover I used the Santa Baby paper and Papertrey Ink's Big Basics: Merry Christmas die.  I used scarlet jewel cardstock, 2 layers and covered it with glossy accents.  The ribbon is also from Papertrey Ink.  I used weathervane cardstock for the base of my box.




I also decorated the inside with Santa Baby paper.




I made a total of 5 card…

Hello!  Over at Papertrey Ink they are have a challenge going on and it's called Laurie's Fabulous Favorite!  This week she is challenging us to make a card or project using our favorite accessory!

I do have a few but my all time favorite is buttons, I love the home spun feeling!  On my card today I have used Noted Simply Stitched Vertical  Die, You Have My Heart Die, Petal Pushers Stamp and Die, Quilted Die, Choose Joy Stamp  and 2018 Anniversary set Mixed Bouquet! I have used twine, lace, glitter, I embossed the sentiment and of course I added a button:)!





I hope you take the time and enter the challenge.

Have a great Friday!

Nancy

Good morning!  It is close to the end of February and we are getting our fair share of SNOW, which I love!!

If you've been following Keeping Christmas then you know Kelly Lunceford is the creator and she has a wonderful design team:

Kelly Lunceford (creator)
Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Julee Tilman
Kim Heggins
Lori Tecler
Nance Salkeld
Rachel Bergfeld
Vicki Finger
                                                       Nancy Guse


Today I'm sharing with you my project, a Christmas recipe book!  I thought it would be nice to have a place to hold the recipes that we use at Christmas time for our family dinner.  The designer paper is from Graphic 45, the St. Nicholas Collection.




On each of the pages there is a pocket that holds a tag or two.  I will be writing the recipe on the back of the tags. If the recipe is too long then I will just place it in the pocket.  The book has ten pages.  Take a look at the images below for a peak inside.




I added a few embellishments, includ…